The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-07-26
A TRUt}E:!!.EI:sS |. WAR
The UtEncc''irfJ ss9lryats Between
tho Sea and the Shore.
VICTORIES CN BOTH SIDES,
Sometimes tho Ocean Lashvs lta WAY
ThrtaGh Roc%y CIiHe, and Some
titncs the Wind arsd Land Cosnbinp
to Ges.t slso 4illows Gacs TO Defeat.

'''"-h nH|"J ShHer ana SoDe-
| tincs the Wind and Land Combinp
to e}e':t tho 5iiows Gacs to Defeat.
Ii IS truccless war that the waters
OF the world are wngins against its
| lands. john Oliver I.nCorcp, ass,ch,t,
! editor Of the National Geographic SO
ciety, has prepared for that institu
! ton study Of this striking s,rUwah,
between the earth ana the sea with th,
shores lines Of the world rs the IA,
flung thcuter OF war.
| After calling attention to the fnc,
that the processes which have trans.
| formed the polar regions from druS.
| junglcs OF tropical growth into lands
| Oh perpetual Ice ana snow, which have
brought the tops OF mountains TO the
! bottom OF the sea and the bottom OF
the sea to the tops Of mouutnills. are
sun going on. although the hand,
upon the face Of the clock Of geology
move so slowly that we cannot pcrcciv,
! Their movement. Mr.. LaGorcc con
tinucs:
Along every coast limo on the foc.
Oh the earth there is perpetual warfare
between the land and the sea, with tho
wind as the shifting line, now throw,
| IN" It's weight into the balance ON tho
one side and now on the other. Here
thc llnu is taking the offensive, driving
the sea back foot by foot. always with
the aid OF the wind there the sea mar
ShhiS great drive ana eats its way
lahHWard slowly and laDoriously. but
| none the less successfully.
ne varying fortunes OF this rclcnt
less ana age long war which neither
truce nor treaty Will ever bring to nm
end can be read in the shifting sands
OF the scaSiorc. At many points alonr
the coast of the northeastern states ara
| round bold cliffs, and the charging son
attacks them with the shot ana shell
OF loose shinslc Some OF them, how
! ever. are adnmnnt ana imprcgnahlc in
thelr frontal fortilications and hold out
against the sorrSt siege but between
them nave occurred stretches OF softer
rock which have been literally pound
Gu 10 DUST by the oceans heavy artil
lcry, thus permitting flank attacks on
the hltHcrto unconuucreu dcfcuSes
| Along the southeastern coast, how.
ever, the rock bound cliff is the cxcep
ton and the long stretches OF glittcring
sand the rule. Here the sandy beach
reaches out farther and farther into
the sea, and the water is thus enabled
10 penetrate farther and farther into
the land because the attack Of the sen
Is usually frontal movement and tim,
or the land frequently wedge attack.
InuS we can account for the long
straight shore OH the one hand and tho
| split on the other
The formation Of the beach immcli
ateiH guarded by the Cape Henry light
Is not changing so rapidly us is the
, case only Al few miles on either side bc
| cause OF It's somewhat protected posi-
| ton, due To the many sand bars or reefs
| lar olt from shore which, acting rs the
| nrSt trenches, serve to break the charge
OF the white horses OF Father Ncptunc
| us tlcy dash in from tho ocean and
| because or this knowledge OF defense
II IS pain to be seen that good uuur
Ter OF milo Of beach has been added
py the defender since the old l.%ht was
erected
Rockaway beach. Long Island
grows westward at tho rate of nearly
mile every twenty years. At Nag
Head, \. c., the land has extended
INTO the sea at the rate OF thirty-livc
feet year In 1901 DR.. Nathaniel
Bowditch prepared Il chart OF Salem
ana MarDlchcad harbors, giving the
soundinSs over various lodges Of rock
| Ninety years Inter similar soundings
We're taken. and in all cases the water
was found to be considerably dccpcr
once again telling the tale of endless
warnings.
"On the shore of Cape Cod, near
Chatham. the land IS rctrcating at the
rate of foot year and on the south.
crn shore Of Marthas Vineyard it is
giving up the fight to the enemy at the
rate OF three feet every twelve months,
While on the southern face Of Nan.
tuckct the retreat has been as much as
six feet a year. the records tell US.
I'm its inccssant warfare against the
land the sea literally takes it's cap
turcd hosts and makes them do battle
under It's command. The bowllers that
are shattered from the face of cliff
are dashed up against it again and
again, hammering others loose, the
while being worn round and smooth
as the projectile Of big guns must be.
AS the process goes on these huge
shells are worn down and crumbled un.
til there remains nothing to tell the
story Of forced fighting against their
own stronghold save grains OF sand on
some distant beach or the soft carpet
| spread upon the floor OF the sea many