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New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
BY GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH

points Of vantage on the ship, and from these station.
wires run to the wheelhouSc All through The ship afe
fine wires These wires are arranged -0 that when the
temperature in any particular place rises above certain
point the fusng Of the wire immcdlatcE completes an
electric circuit and causes the ringing o bell IN The
whechouse In addition to this a red light flashes on
chart board to indicate exactly in what part OF the ship
the fire has started. Some Of these ship themostat
are so decatey balanced that they give warning before
a fire has actually broken out. The wire are made TO
fuse at temperature few degrees bcioa where spon'
tancous combustion begins. Thus in a hot hold where
combustbe material is stored or where cotton, oil, Or
similar cargoes are placed the thermosta' would give
warning of an impending fire before any lame could
actually break out.
A danger known is robbed Of half it. terror Pipe
run through most parts of the ship for fire and any
thing except a bad confagraton can be Sly eXun'
guished. The ships thermostat has sawed many a
steamer from probable disaster and greatly iuced H
risk of marine insurance. As a silent little re warning
device it has paid for itself thousand mc nd ever
navigator and member Of the crew can re,'in peace a.
night. confident that a watchu eye that never ,leePh
on duty.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Fighting Fire in Mid Ocean

NEXT to fogs, fire at sea has always been the most
~ dangerous enemy TO encounter. In the DAYS ot
old wooden ships fire a terrible experience Ships
would then burn TO the waters edge and the crew and
passenger, had TO take to the small boats With the
coming OF iron and steel ships the fire hcnd was SUD
posed 10 be less threatening; but a number of tragic
fires which melted and twisted the metal hulls quickly
dspcllcd any such dclusions With huge carpocS of m
tammablc combustlbIc material aboard steamer of
to-day may soon become fearful charncl house When
this fact was fully realized science took up the
for the purpose OF solving the problem The only rra.
sonabc way OF combating fire at sea Is like that adoptcd
shore y fire early discovered can quickly be con
trocd. 1t Is only when fire gets bg start that it be-
comes unmanagcablc
Consequently, inventors sought to prevent the spread
Of fires shphoard rather than to fight them after they
had got under hcadway So the ships thcrmostat was
invented, and as a mechanical means of warning the
crew OF FIRE aboard 1t accompIshcs all that is desired
There are several thcrmosat stations located at ro
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Warning from Icebergs

RUT what Of the icebergs those great floating hulkS OF
- danger that threaten navigation every spring: They
come down from the Arctic seas, and on some dark
night may crash into giant steamer and bury her be-
Meath their weight crush her like an cggShc Many
a fine ship has been myserously lost whose fate IS sup
posed to have been wrapped up in a midnight collision
with an iceberg. These grim monsters of the ocean
carry no fogbell horn, and warning of their ap-
proach notifies the navigator advance. Passing an ice
berg in the daytime is thrilling experience and crew
and passengers alike enjoy the wonderful spectacle but
dark nights when the fog hangs heavily over the
water the bergs become terrible engines of danger and
destruction.
In order to forete the approach of an iceberg, deli
cate instrument which can be lkencd only to a sensi-
tive thermometer and barometer combined, is placed
we'll forward of the ship. Frequently in the past Cap
tans have been able to detect the presence Of ceberg
in the vicinity by a sudden falling of temperature The
bergs radiate an immense cold all sides, and
this chs the air a considerable distance. The fog
dctector is constructed take advantage Of this at
mospherc change. Sometimes it is possible to detect
the presence of berg mile and more away by close
study of the delicate little instrument. When running
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Controlling Safety Bulkheads

WEARS ago ships had their huls divided ,9ngiri
nal sections by watertight bulkheads When ta'
invention was first tried it far from perfect ana %
times of emergency the bulkhcad doors otd mol q
shut against the thrush Of water. Great D" royemen'
have been made in these bulkhcadS, and lay S,ap
equipped with all the modern devices '.- controhn.
them is pretty safe against any danger of nklng lfGl
collision. If ship should collide with am or S'A'
a rock, the mere turning of a valve would .nlly coS
all the doors and divide the boat into ~ rght CON.
partmentS. This can be done in less than minute an.
on some ships powerful automatic pump ne sci gNus
the instant the doors are closed. Thus tore anyoS
could reach the scene Of the disaster pumps ~ou|
be throwing out the water that had en- red through any
hole caused by the collision.
There are two methods of controlling .risAt o'A
head doors One is by electricity, and e. othef y
means OF water pressure Pipes r.r from huge 'nA
to each door, and power OF eight hundred ound' '
be eXerted to each square inch. By,.r. doofS 81,
closed emergency warning gongS ring ny tch cool y
give notice TO stand from underneath, we ec~'-, ~
later the great half-ton steel plates begin 'Se' IL
descend slowly At first and then more a- .E ana VI.
irresistible force. Up in the whcclhuu red ns.
flashes out to show when a door is d. D. ana "
navigator knows instantly If there IS ar rouOe WI"
one of them
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Watching Over the Passengers

EVEN the individual passenger Is CON ..ed o" -.
- modern steamer, and his safety has 10 4 i-A., -
of considerable study and experiment. suppose . a@~
should fall overheard when a ship Wa .alus NJ. ~,
or twenty knots hour. Before the momentum o. !" ~
great mass through the water could be- oNeu VI vi,
small boat lowered, the man overheard N...| I'd, -
or two astcrn. What provision could n. .ic 20 ~,
him? That was the problem for many '., O"'
day il is easily solved. ,t
lust above the head Of the watch office. the VIC
house is box with glass cover Inside ,l" ,i1r II
wheel. Ii the cry is heard on any part OF On. 'P M
Overheard" the watch officer rcachy- u" .na S!''S
small hand wheel a twist lmmcdA... .. 'iy az ~
leased from the sides OF the steamer -.|.." JIG -
rings. These drop into the water WITHIN . .," " -.
after the announcement that somebody "r allen ~ -
board is given, and when they stnkc ID" N"" -
suddenly flare up into red lights Each ,- 3, ylotdy,
with a small tube containing chemical ..'. P,,b N,
bright red flame when brought INTO contact VIZ VIZ IN
water. This red light can be seen at a.,.,'N1Cn ~ irn
or more miles on the darkest OF nights, a"A " U,.
for upward OF an hour or more When man Ian, a.,
board after dark he can instantly >cc the 'gA s he
ing on the waves and he IS any KIND u' MAI,
will reach il and find the life uug. McAHN1"Si m me
are being lowered from the steamer AMI Ea'eu Sbsr
red lights the sailors pick mp the rings one H'' I'M 70
ON one of them the unfortunate pa"'eHs'' N ''
bc found ,, 10
Experiments and investigations are now E''l,s ,,oce,
protect passengers from the inconvenience '"" C,JsG
OF scaSickncsS This device IS based on The p'uNF con-
the gvroscopc Bv having part OF the o,g'''1'. '.e,dy
StruCtcd SO that the floor would always nr '" G,yei
level no matter how rough the sea Wa d was roye
that scaSckncsS could be prevented inns No"'i "a
a great boon TO thousands OF people WHO NY y, ng
voyarc on account of their proncncsS 70 W" ;,,sr
Such safety device would be constructed ih lN NV ,b1n
est of passengers convenience and pleasure L how
for the protection of lie and property I'Hn
ever is along the line OF modern steamship mp
Continued on page IS
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
Signaling Through the Seas

I r was only after submarine signaling was invented
that ships had any adequate protection when rushing
through ogs. All they could do was TO slow down keep
a double watch ahead and trust 10 constant whstling
and footing OF the oghorn to them from disaster
But ships equipped with submarine telephone devices
practically safe from many OF the dangers that for
mcrly threatened
The submarine signaling system is simple, and is based
upon the principle that vibrations OF the water will carry
me ages just accurately air will carry wireless
signals There boxlikc contrivancc attached to each
side Of the ship beneath the water line Installed in
this is bell which sounded automatically when occl-
sion requires IN times OF ioggy weather The ringing
Of this bell causes vibration of the water, and as II
travels along IT may be picked up 10y the submarine tcc-
phone another vessel in the vicinity. In addition
10 this each ship has q submarine telephone receiver
attached 10 the outer skin OF the hull which is sensitive
enough TO pick up any sounds IN the water Wires run
from this telephone receiver 10 the whcchousc Bv
placing Of the carpcccs 20 the side OF hlr head the
navigator can distinctly hear bells on other ships
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

several miles away. Even the churning Of the water
by the screw OF an approaching vessel can be distinctly
heard and also the noise Of breakers or any other
unusual disturbance of the water. The telephone IS
regulated by a switch that the navigator can listen
first to the noises on the port side and then the star
board 1t would be almost impossible to approach an
other steamer within mile and not have the fact known
in advance and on which side it is coming.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

inability get into communication with other ships
The old tcrrors Of sea and storm will thus be largely
eliminated.
But. while wireless tccgraphy is Of the newest and
best known devices for safeguarding travellers on the
high seas it is not by any means alone in its field. and
without the other safety inventions it is doubtful if the
greatest Of them all could always save property and
human life Science has been long while working out
the problem Of making life on the high seas safe
shore and to reasonable extent has succeeded There
may be accidents and mishaps on the ocean, but how
often do we hear Of appalling disasters on modern
steamers equipped with all the inventions devised for
their safeguarding?
These safety devices are intended for the most part to
prevent accidents rather than save life and property
after misfortune has come In this respect they differ
largely from wireless teegraphy The great tcrrorS Of
the fog, fire, storms iccbcrgs and floating dcrc
Ec'- The danger Of collision in fogs has always existed
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

in the natural paths OF ccbcrgs in the spring and sum
mcr, close watch is kept the instrument and any
sharp drop in it brings the steamer down TO half speed
or a full stop
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

~ sound does travel in a straight line in q fog it is
almost impossible TO prevent collisions by bells, horns
and whistles.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

>NENTION and perfection Of wire
less apparatus perhaps have done
more 10 rob the sea OF its tcrrorS
than almost any device yet conceived
bv man, and the future Of wireless
in navigation, when all ships are
equipped with receivers and trans
mittcrs. must be of far reaching effect.
Timid passengers will then never get
beyond touch Of land, and wrecks or
brcakdowns will be known in port
within few minutes after they have
occurred. There will no longer be
rcpctitions Of steamers floating idly
and lonely on the ocean for days and
weeks with disabled propcllers or
broken shafts, simply through their
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
PROGRESS MADE
In LEE COUNTY
Drawback is the Large Hold
ingS Of Land
Gee County JournalO

The recent census shows that Lee
county has made a worthy gain N
population during the last decade. The
exact statistics credit Lee with an in
crease of 20 per cent. in population
At first this increase in population
may not appear as a very worthy one
to the casual observer, but it is true
that Lee county has labored under
greater difficulties in building up It's
population than any of our neighbor-
ing counties.
For years Terrell county has had d
good percentage of white farmers who
cultivated their own land. Sumter
county has enjoyed the same distinc-
ton, especially during the past years.
Even Dougherty county, as small an
increase as was shown in its popula-
ton outside of Albany, has enjoyed bet
ter advantages in inducing immigrants
to settle upon its lands
But Lee county is coming into It's
own in this particular. The day of the
large, unwieldy plantation is doomed
to pass even in Lee For many years
these large plantations, poorly tended
for the most part by negro laborers,
have been the greatest drawback that
the county has got
The most hopeful sign that is noticed
now is that the white farmers coming
in from South Carolina are buying up
small farms and are themselves Guilt
waiting these farms.
Lee county has suffered too long
from the feudal system of land owner
ship that prevailed in ante-Dellum
days. What is most needed now is an
influx of worthy white farmers who
will buy small farms and cultivate
them, The day of the negro farmer
mast pass, if Lee is to keep pace with
the modern spirit of agricultural prog
ress that has permeated this entire
se"tiC~ of the state.
t. increase in price of the farming
lands and othe~ property in Lee coun-
ty givas promise of a splendid record
for this county as regards increase Of
population and increase of prCp2r,~
values dCriTc tha 10 years uron wli2A
it has just enteIc1 There are signs of
new life and new enterprises every
where. If the people of Lee county
will only put their shoulders to Tho
wheel, the close of the present decade
will show a truly wonderful progress
in the affairs of this county and sec
ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
ABOUT COTTON
School Children Might Well
Commit Them to Memory

CDR. w. B. Burroughs, in Macon Tel
egraph)
I read in your very valuable paper
of the 26th inst the great discovery ot
new variety of cotton which will
grow from fifteen to thirty feet in
Guatemala and yields l, 200 pounds 10
the acre, and that Mr.. Billow had sent
specimens of seed and plant to our
Department of Agriculture
Do your readers know that Pliny,
who lived about A. D. IS, writes that
among the productions of the island of
Tylos, in the Persian Gulf, are wool
bearing trees that bear a fruit like a
gourd and of the size of a ounce,
which, bursting when it is ripe. dis
plays ball of downy wool, from which
are made costly garments of fabric
resembling linen, and worn by the
priests of Egypt?
Do they know that Marco Polo, who
travelled over Asia as the confidential
agent of the Tartar conqueror of China
made mention of cotton growing at
Mosul, opposite the ancient city Of
Ninevah, in Persia, and of one tree at
Guzerat six yards high which bore
twenty years?
Do they know that six years after
Oglethorpe settled Georgia that Sam
uel Aus-Poutguet, a Swiss living near
Savannah, took over to London cotton
raised by him? This was the first ex-
port that l read of.
Do you know that the year after the
Revolutionary War ended, viz, 1884,
an American vessel that carried eight
bags to Liverpool was seized on the
ground that so much cotton could not
be grCwn in the United States? Do
they know that the first known bag Of
sea island cotton grown in America
was grown by Alexander Biszct on St.
@imons Isl1ud. seventeen miles from
D"-7nswick, in 178S?
DO tney lnow that the sea island of
Georgia and Couth Carolina prodrco
cotton plants that grew fifteen feet
high and made a bale to the ac~o 20
fore the Civil War?-but the Jeff DAVIS
negro, like the Confederate soldier, is
passing rapidly away, and the Lincoln
negro will never, no never take his
place.
Do they know that the value of the
raw cotton exported in 1910 was $780,
100000, representing approximately
two-thirds of the production of this
country, and that one-third of the crop
is usually retained for domestic use?
This suggests a valuation of aproXi-
mately $SOO,OOO,OOO for the total raw
cotton produced by the Southern
States, not counting the cotton-seed
used and exported, and the oil cake
used at home and exported. It is some
thing to know, and for Georgians to
be proud of, that her cotton crop for
1902 sold for more money than the tax
able values of the whole state was in
1S66-the year after Sherman burned,
robbed, killed and destroyed everything
that was in his reach.
Do they know that Georgia was the
first state to show to the world that
she was supreme in the raising of cot
ton and that the first cotton exposi-
ton held in the world was held at our
Georgia Capital City in 1881?
w B. BURROUGHS, NJ. D.,
Brunswick Ga, March 2, 1911.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
EMERALD SHOES
and STOCKINGS
French Fad for Contrasting
FOOtgGar for Indoors

New York, March A few hints as
to the footgear for house and evening
wear: pretty idea much in favor is to
have your dainty silk hose, and your
still dainter slippers, Of color which
shall blend with, yet wholly distinct
from, your dress; some daring con-
trasts would be emerald green shoes
and stockings with a dress of pale
blue; geranium pink chaussure, with
a soft gray toilette, and so on through
all the gamut of color.
As to Gloves.
From shoes to gloves is but a natural
sequence of thought-the edict has
gone forth, definitely and clearly, white
gloves are out of date either for morn
ing wear or for dress occasions; all
the natural tones of suede or gray for
afternoons, and for the earlier hours
OF the day cream-not white-tan.
gray, fastened in the latter instance
with two huge pearl buttons.
One point is very noticeable in the
evening dresses emanating from the
Work-rooms of the most exclusive par
lsian modistes, and that is that the fur
trimmings which have ragged for six
months are quite demode, and we must
away with them. This from land
where fur is worn all summer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
Walding, Kinnan G. Marvin,

After girl has been engaged three
or four times she finds it almost as
exciting as man does when he gets
his hair cut
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hams Vegetable Compound was rec
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05

Truth is the gnat at which a good
many people strain, and lie is the
camel they swallow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05

Some men would be brighter IL they
would reflect more and some would
reflect more if they were brighter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
THIS HEN LAID TWICE
IN THE SAME PLACE

Macon, Ga, March 5.-Macon actual
~ has a hen that laid two eggs in the
same place on the same day. The fowl
veteran White Leghorn, belongs 20
Mrs Fl. T. Paul, on Second street, who
sWears that she saw the hen accom-
plish the feat.
Mrs. Paul says that she was attract
ed by the cackling and went and got
the egg and that Immediately after
wards the hen went back on the nest
and laid again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
BLOW OPEN VAULT
AND SECURE $3.50

Windfall, Ind, March 4-Robbers
here early today blew open the outer
vault Of the local bank and secured
$3.50. They failed to gain entrance 70
the inner vault, which contained $780,
coo in cash. The robbers escaped.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05
Phone 1876.

To get the credit for thing is re-
arded by everybody as being just as
good as deserving it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05

We are unable to recall the names
of any of our acquaintance who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-05

Some people are such sound sleep
ers that the sound keeps everybody
else awake.
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MY
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Baltimore, Md send you here.
with the picture of my fifteen year old
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we offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
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APRIL WEDDINGS

Do not delay longer in placing orders engraved invitations
our spring samples represent the latest shapes
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His Chance.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)

BE mine, 1 pray you'll" cried Mr..
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answer hastily! Ponder well, and see
if you cannot love me. 0, if might
only, as some knight of old, perform
some deed of daring-do some Valor-
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you cam" interrupted Miss Cum
ming, calmly. GO speak to papa"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
Carlisle, Fitting School.

The Carlisle Fitting School opened
up for the fall session this (Wednes-
day. morning with the largest enroll
ment and the brightest propects in
it's history. The number of board
ing students is the largest ever at
tending the school, and every place
is filled. The girls hall is full and
several of the young ladies are at the
Headmaster's residence. The boys
hall is also full.
Opening exercises will be held this
"wednesday evening, at which ad-
dresses will be made by J. F. Carter,
ESQ.,, representing the mayor of Bam-
berg; Presiding Elder c. B. Smith,
of Orangeburg, chairman of the board
of control; Revs. ". H. Hodges and
O. J. Frier, and Headmaster Guilds
will make some announcements.
The teachers are all here, including
Miss Gibson, of McColl, Marlboro
county, who will have charge of the
primary department.
After the addresses tonight there
will be reception to get acquainted
with the new teachers and stuL 'nts,
and the new library will be opel. or
inspection.
All friends Of the school are in
yited.