The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 28, 1914, Page 2, Image 6
BIG GUNJHARGES
Handling Shells and Powder at a
Naval Ammunition Base.
SAFETY FIRST IS THE RULE.
All Workmen on lona Island, Uncle
Sam's Station In the Hudson River,
Wear White Serge Suits and Moocasins,
and Copper Tools Are Used.
loua island, the United States naval
ammunition buse in the Hudson river,
covers lit) acres. Within its limits ure
stored about 3,000,000 pounds of
smokeless powder and over 1,000,000
pounds of black powder, besides man.v
thousauds of shells. This war material
Is kept iu large brick and stone
powder magazines and shell bouses.
The powder magazines all have four
separate fireproof walls and are divided
up into compartments in order to
prevent u Ore or an explosion from
reaching or destroying the entire contents.
The loaded shells are kept separately
from the empty projectiles and
are stored in two Uxed ammunition
magazines. Each shell is weighed and
numbered before being put away. The
weight is recorded in chalk on the
shell.
Magazine attendants inspect the shell
nooses nnO powder mngnTAnoB mntiy
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 tX) degrees.
Just how many shells for the big
battleships are stored away at Ioua
island is a secret, but there are lots of
them. They are expensive. Thus the
fourteen inch shells, weighing 1,(300
pounds und requiring a charge of nearly
400 pounds of powder, cost about
$GOO each.
One of the principal activities at
Iona island is the manipulation of
wujoKeiess powuer ror cnarges tor tne
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 suits and moccasins;
no metal or other articles ore allowed
In their pockets which might In any
way cause a spark.
All the tools, funnels, measuring
cups, scales and other appliances used
are made of copper. Hero 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.
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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 chunges In the weight of
the charges.
Each morning the day's supply of
powder is brought from the mngnzlno
to the filling 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.
These bays have several wide streamers
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 tn large copper
cans and returned to the magazines,
where they are held 1n readiness to go
aboard the ships.
The big charges of 400 pounds for the
fourteen Inch guns are arranged In
four charges of 100 pounds each. The
bags when piled on top of one another
reach to the top of u man's head and
present a formidable sight of bottled
up destruction.
One of the Important operations performed
In the magazine bouses 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 shell steady
and to get at the base of ihese huge
steel missiles?some of them weighing
1,t>00 pounds?they are roped in n sling
and hoisted clear of the floor by a pulley
and chniu. The poiut Is then lowered
a foot or so into a stout wooden
frame with an opening a trifle larger
than the shell. Then a# long nnrfn\V
hn a la
?' >mv%i ?vu in iUO OUCII CHVliy
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
cuscs and the bursting charges of the
three-inch rapid tire shells.?New York
Bun.
A Hardened Criminal.
Mrs. Ootrox?You have shadowed my
hnsband for two weeks. Did ho do
anything wrong? Society DetectiveWrong.
madam! He ate pens with a
spoon, pie with a knife and drank coffee
from the saucer. I will spare you
further anguish by not mentioning his
clothes.?Chicago News.
Joy Is the ray of sunshine that
brlehtens and opens those two beautiful
flowers-Confidence and Hope.?
K Sonvestre.
THE BELL AT LLOYD'S.
Tolls Whan a 8hip la Potted In the
Chamber 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 hell now used at Lloyd's belong
ed to the Lutine. which was wrecked
near the Zuyder Zee in October. 1799.
while taking specie from English merchants
to Hamburg.
There is 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 xronreous uniform
beneath the sounding board.
When after a week's disappearance
it is feared Hint a vessel has gone
down the owners make nn 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
arould 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 i* vipon 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 tbe 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.?Youtli's Companion.
WOMAN IN HISTORY.
Sh# Appear* to Have Got Herself on
a Good Many Pages.
Some advocntes of equal suffrage and
feminine progress seem to think that
woman has not been given her proper
place and due credit in history.
And vet. don't von knnw wo hnd
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?
Uutli and Rachel and Potlphar's wife
not to mention Lot's.
You bet Caudle bad no contempt foi
Mrs. Caudle, nor Mantallni for tht
madame.
W* ? <> hnolr flfl
patra and Aspasla except to remark
that in their dny 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 Fltcher was a hum
mer in American history and Sal Jen
nlngs a loller in English history; Meg
Merrllies was no slouch. Does Cath
arine of Russia count for nothing, noi
Maria Theresa of Austria, nor Eliza
beth and Victoria of Rrltain, among
feminine sovereigns?
Gracious, here come trooping Lu al
the door, their bright eyes shining and
their rosy cheeks glowing, Jessie
Rrown of Lucknow and Jennie Deane
of Midlothian, anel Ethel Newcome and
Lucy Fontain and Florence Dombey
God bless their sweet souls, each and
every one!?Louisville Courier JoumaL
Protoct the House Wren.
The rich, bubbling song of the house
wren is one of the sweetest sounds ir
country life. It behooves the farmer'j
boy to provide wren boxes, the en
trances to which are about an inct
in diameter, nulling these in the ga
hies of barns and outhouses and or
chard trees. Grasshoppers, beetles
viiicj|juiui?. uugs niiu spiuers are tnt
bird's principal Itoras of food, but cut
worms, weevils, ticks and plant lice
are eaten in large quantities.
Exaggerated Evils of Insomnia.
Of the live minor exciting causes ol
functional nerve disease insomnia b
the chief, and its intrinsic evil effect li
invariably exaggerated by the impor
tance attached to it by the sufferei
himself. If a man does not mind lying
awake quite half the mischief is ot>
viated. but In nervous people the Idea
of fatigue doubles the actual exhaus
tion.?SclioOeld's "Functional Nerv<
Diseases."
Ground Flat.
An old couple from the country wen
in town on a holiday, and on going
along one of the streets they saw abov?
one of the stair doors "James Simpson
Ground Flat," when the old womac
was heard to remark: "Sic a death.
Surely he's been nin oor wi' a steam
roller."?Loudon Mail.
maKing aur?,
"Bow shall 1 express my sentiment*
townrd yon?" said the Infatuated
you UK man tenderly.
"On paper, please," said the lovely,
bnt clear lighted, girl "Then there
can be no chance of your wriggling out
of it."?London Telegraph.
Where They Differed.
"I always try to look at everything
from both sides."
"Your wife tells a different story."
"How's that?"
"She says you haven't seen the Inside
of a church for years."?Chicago
Herald.
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FIREFLIES IN JAPAN.
Catohlne Th?m For Doooratlvo Purpocea
la Ragular Trad?.
In Japnu there Is followed the pretty
custom of employing In garden parties
and In various other social functions ^
the native fireflies for purposes of dec- s"t
oratlve illumination. In some cases E
these tiny creatures are disposed about pi
in cages; sometimes they are released hi
In swarms in the presence of guests. a1
To meet the deuiund for fireflies thus ?
used it follows that there must be some 01
systematic method of effecting their
capture in sufficient quantities. There e<
are a number of concerns in the Jnpa- h;
uese cities that employ men to cutch 9'
the fireflies. These hunters proceed J1
about their task in this way: ?J
The sturt is made ut sunset, and the (
hunter takes with him a long bamboo 1
pole and a bag of mosquito netting.
When u suitable growth of willows
near water is reached the hunter makes n
ready his net and strikes the branches, ^
filled with the insects, with his pole. j-(
This jars them to the ground, where
tliey may easily be gathered if one 55
proceed about the Job quickly before b
they have had time to recover und tly o
away. b
The skilled hunter, sparing no time m
to put tliem at once into his bag, uses b
both hands to pick them up, and he 0
tosses them lightly into his upron, v
where he holds them unharmed until *
it can contain no more. Then he trans- n
fers them to his bag.
This work proceeds until ubout 2 r
o'clock in the morning, at which hour (j
| the insects are beginning to leave the
' trees for the dewy soil. Then the ^
hunter changes his tactics. He brushes ?
the surface of the ground with a light vs
broom to startle the Insects into flight, sj
when they are taken as before. It is v
said that an expert may capture as s<
many as 3,000 in a single night.?Wash v
ington Star. T
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STICKY FEET OF THE FLY. J
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Why tho Germ Laden Pest Constantly si
Robe and Brushes Them. w
Before the men of science terrified c
the world with their talk of germs ti
most people thought that the housefly d
was a harmless creature and very e
cleanly in his habits, since he seemed n
to spend a great part of his time in "
cleaning his legs, but sluco public opiu- 1
ion has turned against him some explanntion
has to be found for his ap
parent cleanliness. Says the Bibliothek
<ler Unterhnltung und des Wissens: n
"The fact that a tly can walk on n r
glazed or slippery perpendicular sur- 1 n
1 face has long been a matter of obser- f;
vation. It was at tirst thought that I;
the fine hairs that cover his legs were d
so small that they could enter the a
pores of the smoothest surface and in t
that way bear the weight of his body. ,.
Later it was thought that a sticky j;
tluid was secreted by the feet, which b
caused them to adhere slightly to the a
ran. Tin- ajrcat of the microscope
has made it possible to observe the j,
1 precise facts nbnut the fly's uuusuul g
powers. v
1 "It is true thnt the fly's feet secrete /
i a kind of grease, 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
'r each individual hair can be seen under ?
' the microscope to leave a distinct t
grease spot which has a little clrcuJ
lar mark in its center made by the
hair itself. I ^
"With such sticky feet it is naturally , (j
j the case that the fly collects a gooti j",
deal of dust in the course of his daily ^
j perambulations. If he wishes to walk 0
on glass or upside down on the ceil- r
ing he must spend a few hours every o
day keeping his feet clean of this coat- i
^ ing of dirt" i
Spoiled His Chance. , 1
' "Whv don't Voll nninnun to thnt trirl'i I
You like her, nnd I'm sure she would
1 bnve you." ?
"All true, but there is an Insuperable
obstacle between us."
"All family or religious objections
* can be overcome."
"Nothing like that. 1 got a little too
' gay when 1 first met her and told her i
I was getting $50 a week whereas 1 1
am getting ouly $25."?Louisville Cour- c
ler-JournaL.
I Mozart's Delusion. I
i During the last months of his life *
Mozart imagined a man stood always
r by him to compel him to compose his
f own requiem. Mozart played his harp- s
sichord when three years of age, at
i the age of five composed concertos and q
at six made a concert tour in Viennn. ^
5 Kxtremely nervous, the musician was n
so weak that at times he would faint C
without any apparent causa?New
York Telegram.
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Better Than That.
* "Girls ought to be taught how to 11
1 Kt 11 till fl nil tllllfl thnmomlnnn * ? ? ? "
..W.u MivmoviTVO. A ouppusu, y
1 Mrs. Co 111 e up, you want your daugh- ^
ter to have a good carriage?" a
1 "Indeed, she don't need none. We -j
can afford to buy her an automobile
now."?Baltimore American.
li
! Easily Remedied. d
Creditor?Still no money? Look here, P
I'm mighty tired of this everlasting n
' waiting. Debtor?TiredV John, fetch
| a chair for the gentleman.?Fliegende
' Blatter. '
They Brush the Clouds.
Mr. Foggy London?What causes the
; delightfully clear weather you have in J
New York? Mr. Man Ilattan?Skyscrapers,
dear boy.?Life.
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Labor relieves us from three great 1 j|
1 evils?ennui, vice and want?French j f(
Proverb. I C
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EMIGRATION A FEATURE
OF THE EUROPEAN WAR
roblem For Smith?South Carolini
Senator as Committee Chairman
Must Wrestle with Subject.
Washington, Aug. 23.?Undoubted'
the most important lasting feature,
> far as "the Aemerican side of the
uropean war is concerned, after the
resent agitation over cotton and the
igh price of foodstuffs has passed
way, is the question of immigration
-what to do with the thousands upi
thousands of immigrants who will
0 knocking a1. th? doors of the Unit
1 States for admission after they
ave been mustered out of the armies
f their respective countries. And
ist here it will be upon the shoulders
F Senator E. D. Smith of South Carlina,
chairman of the senate commit;e
on immigration, that will rest the
'elfare of th-j I H iring man i i 'the
fnited States?the man in the cotton
till, the iron furnace, the railroad
imp, the clothing factory?in fact
rherever the laboring man is to be
sund.
It is no small task that Senator
mith will face. It must be rememered
that there are many thousands
f men in foreign countries who will
e ruined by the war. Many of these
rill have whatever business they may
e engaged in entirely wrecked and
thers, mustered out of their armies,
rill turn to the western world as the
Sldorado?the land of peace, harlony
and plenty.
When Commissioner Caminetti of
he United States immigration bueau
was asked today to make an esimate
on the number of men who
rould likely seek immigration to the
Jnit<Sd States within the next 12 (
lonths, he said that such a thing
rould be impossible, but that it might
afely be assumed that within the
ery near future this country would
ee the largest tide of immigration
.hich the world has ever known
here will be thousands of them comly
this way he said, seekinp employlent
of one kind and another, in the
lills and workshops, and it will be up
3 congress to handle the situation in
uch a way that no hardship will be
rorked on good men who wish to
ome to America, and at the same
ime see to it that American labor
oes not suffer. A big influx of forigners
here, he said, would naturally
lean low prices for American worklen,
and it is to be hoped that the
nmigration committees of the house
nd senate will take care of the situation,
it being a most precarious one
ar American, labor.
It will thus be seen that during the
ext year or two if Senator Smith is
eturned to congress there will be
luch for him to do, not only for the
armers but for every class of labor,
n fact, the very life blood of labor
epends upon congressional action,
nd with Senator Smith holding the
hairmanship of the committee al^ady
referred to, the interests of the
^boring man will be safe. Should he
e retired and another man placed
t the head of this committee?a new
nan? there is no telling what may
lappen and to what extent immirrants
will be admitted to the United
States, thus reducincr the Drice of
American labor as the result.
itate of South Carolina?County of
Union?Court of Probate.
By Hon. W. W. Johnson, Judge of
'robate.
Whereas, J A. Wilburn has made
uit to me to grant him Letters of
administration on the estate and efects
of Giles West, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and adnonish
all and singular the kindred
;nd creditors of the said Giles West
leceased, that they be and appear
cfore me, in the Court of Probate,
o be held at Union, C. H., Soutn Carilina,
on the 5th day of September,
icxt, after publication hereof, at 11
'clock in the forenoon to show cause,
f any they have, why the said adminstration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
7th 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 unertain
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Wnl/n ?in irAiif* litrni* A lo7lf lit/at*
tt anc up juui ?*?vi ^ *??j IITV1
rings on the worst of diseases. Take
^IV-ER-LAX now. Glymph's Pharnacy...
.
The man who pets ftlfc THUHfc 0?
eldom gets the best of it.
LIV-ER-LAX tones up the system.
Stimulates the liver to work in harnony
with the other organs. Guar,nteed
to give satisfaction.
Jlymph's pharmacy.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 17.?L. N.
Sase and Mr. Davenport, piano dealrs
living at Spartanburg, S. C., were
nstantly killed at 12:30 o'clock this
fternoon at a grade crossing at
tings Mountain, 30 miles south of
Charlotte, when their automobile was
truck by a Southern passenger train,
'he bodies were horribly mangled.
LIV-ER-LAX is guaranteed to reieve
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Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Vour druggist will refund money If PAZO
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Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in d to 14 days.
The first anplication gives ESSS and Rest. 60c.
No. Six-Sixty-Six
Thia is a prescription prepared especially
>r MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER.
rive or six doses will break any case, and
f taken then as a tonic the Fever will qot
sturn. It acts on the liver better than
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You# telephone order
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yourself, whether it's a
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Here's a List of Today's Telephone
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Stone's Wrapped Cakes.
Better than you can makeCheaper
than you can bake
Six varieties 10 cents each.
SANDERS BROS.
PHONE 237.
Welch's The National Drir
| here. Buy the Case
Telephone
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If there is no tele]
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And Return Via U. & G. S. and S.
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The Union & Glenn Springs R. R.
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up to and including Sept. 10th, they drv
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 fol- a
lowing day of sale. Passengers wish- "
ing to may have limit extended until
Oct 31st, 1914, upon payment of dif- oU <
ference between price paid and the
regular Summer Excursion fare to pai]
JBLuglUflYiUe, this extension feature
to be arranged with AgfiOt*. AV.
S. A. L. Ry. at Wilmington. For further
information, Schedules, etc., tf
phone 182. C. L. McEachern
Agent. ??
Some genius may yet be able to SI
make breakfast food of wild oats. I ^
A woman seldom nags her husband
unless he is that kind of husband. laf*
Two women can get along well to- I .
gether if they hate the same people.
How To GIvo Quinine To Children.
FKBRIMNK in the trade-mark name riven to an AI
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ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. W,
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Also especially adapted to adults who cannot Al.ii
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it the next time you need Quinine for any pur- I /
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name F1?BK1I.IN1{ is blown in bottle. 25 cents. A
Some things come to those who
wait, hut especially if they are not
vaccinated. Be|P
? ? Ten
Whenever You Need a General Tonic day.
Take Grove's and
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless tf
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE ^
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out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
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