Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-18
CHARLESTON, w. VA, is CHOSEN
AS Site for Uncle Sans Twelve Mill
lion Dollar Factory.

Washington, April 1.-THE gov
ernment's armor plate and projectile
factories, for which Congress appro-
priated S1o.700,OOo. will be built at
Charleston, w. Va. a location rec
commended by special navy board
rs offering an ideal combination OF
military safety and easy access to
manufacturing materials.
In announcing the selection Secre-
tary Daniels said construction work
would begin at once and would be
hurried to completion. He also
made public the report of the board
which personally inspected facilities
Of 20 cities chosen out Of more than
100 which offered sites.
VIII Cost Big Sum.
For the armor plate plant an APP
preparation OF $11, 100000 is avail
able, but greater sum may be ask
ed Of Congress before construction is
finished. The initial appropriation
for the projectile plant is $1,700,-
900. Charleston offered several ac-
ceptable sites free. One of these
will be selected for the factories,
while one Of the protected gorges
nearby will be used as proving
field
The Investigating board pointed
out In it's report that most of the
sites suggested had to be rejected be-
cause of geographical location, Offer
ing inadequate security from inva-
SIGN.
OF the various districts, the report
says. the West Virginia district,
from Cumberland, Md, to Ironton,
Ohio. possesses more advantages
than any Of the others.
Most Favorable Sites.
"Withing this district Charleston,
w. Va. and Cumberland, Md. are
the most favorably located, in the or
der named," the report continued.
The first possesses the advantage OF
the low cost Of assembled materials
and favorable local conditions of the
site. while the second possesses the
advantage Of being in close proxim-
ity to the best labor and supply mar
ket in Pennsylvania and the distri-
button Of the finished products of the
plant.
"The board recognizes the value of
the claims set forth in the briefs of
Va 1sfn pff wit !,
but considering all conditions 1t is
believed that none are more fayora-
bly, located within this area than
those Of Charleston, w. Va, and
Cumberland, Md.
Coal and Iron Near.
s"The West Virginia district has
the great advantage of near access to
some Of the best coal mining regions
in the United States. Pig iron mar
kets are not far removed; oil and
natural gas are available; water
plans may be developed to a certain
extent, although the cheap price Of
coal makes it possible for coal-flred
plants to compete with the hydraulic
plants. This district is closer to the
great steel Industrial labor materials
Of Pennsylvania and the cost of as
sembly Of raw materials Is very low"
There is more catarrh in this sec
ton Of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it
was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t in
durable. Catarrh Is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by
F.. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
constitutional remedy, is taken In
ternally and acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. One Hundred Dollars reward
IS offered fof any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
f.. j. Cheney e. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by drue gists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tion-Adv.
Rough Talk Is Dangerous.