The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-10

,u,a,h of which determined if the
explosion should AXE place N n an
or any certain distance. one 49,
leg used al a target practice Iaiieu
70 explode. It went beyond the Arse.
and was found about v mics a"as
at the "Worth Farm" II nae ueI -
used for some time as an anoifoH
: negro house on the farm One
Christmas at a big party given by tne
colored peopie the bootleg e1plooeu;
It tore the chimney TO pieces aLu
broke up the party, but strange 10 ~
late. no one. was hurt mas
On the day. that the sunnoat W.
fired BY the Confederates the Town.
Of kinstOn waited in greatness g.
element not knowing hat eHect the
| explosion would hav on properly OK
neonle. but after the boom OF one
cannon the water rushed IN 50 rap
dix that for a second time IN the ms
| tory Of the Confederate Ram, II es-
| caped humiliation. The fire was eA-
tinpnished before it reached the pow
der in the magazine and she was lel'
70 the mercy Of the sands OF Tune:
After the war, Captain Joe Whlts
Of the Confederate army, optaiheu
permission Of the United States gov
ernment to use the machinery OF the
gunboat. At the corner OF brlsl.
and Heritage streets he had a saw
III AAAS LS
CINE boiler.
From the time it sank. the gum
boat became a gathering place TOT the
boys of Kinston. They explored her
magazine and made use OF the ags
Of powder to play pranks on eacn
other. The old powder was smeareo
over the entire body OF a boy for the
pleasure that the others took IN see
ing how ugly it made him, knowing
how 1t would sting as soon as it dried,
and how hard he would have to scrub
himself to ge it off. The %gunboat
was and Is a favOrNe swimming place.
Z The United States government built
~jetties i'm this river in after years, but
the old boat remained where it had
sunk forming d jetty itself better
than any other in the river. 1t is
: often about 80 feet deep at the gun
boat at low water.
i Boys have come and sone Some
e have even drowned at the gunboat
n knowing nothing of its history nor to
which army it belonged. Parts Of II
\ have succumbed to the inexOrabl1
hand of time, but it teaches a les
t son that all would DO we'll to heed
It is impossible to forever suppress
IS the truth. Somewhere in Gods uni.
verse a witness is kept. The Confed'
q crate Ram Neuse is still here, a wit.
d ness that the great demonstration:
y made at the north over Fosters vic
d tory were the result OF false reports
It tBy men who were on the Ram
. and woFkmen who helped to build it
Also, by George B. Webb, whose fathe
helped to armor-plate the gunboa
p and who was present when it wa
done. Every part Of the boat was ex
planned to the boy by Mr.. StepheI
Is Fulford, one of the Workmen, VIII
q took him over the boat often. TIL
names and data were olso given b
Of Mr.. Brinson, one Of the workmen t
OF Fl. c. Whitehurst, OF New Bern, /
s. 1911. This description Of the Raj
er is established by many Witnesses
10 Editor Carolina and Southern Cross.
~ would take away a great deal Of tn
rat food, and the elimination OF til
rain barrels and tanks would DO muc
to wipe out h mosquitoes.
1 first visited G%uayaqu1l fffree
IL years ago. It was then a town of 40
900 inhabitants. It has now from 80
600 to 100000, and has greatly in
proved. Che streets have been vic
:. ened. and many Of the new buildins
kafe n They are Of two Storie
covered with stuceo and painted q
h cOlors Of the rainbow. MANY
Them have balconies which reach O,
over the street, and not a few ha1
galleries along the second story. II
TO town has large stores filled with fir
goods, and great warehouses confai,
W. ing bags or cOcaO, coffee, and s,1ps
lat awaiting shipment. 1t has an e,ectr
street car line and electric lights. ho,
l" or which have been introduced sin,
IA, ! was there. It has g. theator or