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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

cut off when the Louisiana mines were developed and of late we have been mak- .ng our sulphuric acid from pyrities, the most of which we have been importing from Spain and Portugal. We took from those countries last year l,25O,OOO tons, put the supply has been cut off by the submarines and it will have to be re- placed in large part by these sulphur mines.
 Just now we are using more sulphur than ever before. Our usual consumption has been in the neighborhood of 90OOoo tons per annum. Last year we used more than three times that quantity, and the oulk of the excess went into high explo- sives for the projectiles shipped to our allies. From the treeport mine quarter of a million tons was shipped to one mu- nit.ons factory and l understand that large contracts have been placed for the future.
 The fertilizer companies will need more shan 100000 tons of sulphur for the acid phosphate required by the farmers but their supply will be restricted by the amounts needed in the munitions fac tories and it may be also by our ship ments to Europe.
 Sulphur is used also in many manu- factures Prior to this war 70 per cent of our product was consumed in making wood pulp and news print paper. The paper on which this letter is printed was bleached with sulphur; and this is so of almost all papers used for periodicals, magazines and books Sulphuric acid is a necessity in refining petroleum It is employed in the making of sugar, and also in steel, iron and coke manufactures. In connection with lime it forms the lime-sulphur insecticide which is used everywhere in our orchards, and it means the success or failure of our fruit crop. In short, it Is the basis of so many diff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

Freeport, Tex. g7t HAVE come to Freeport to write of
 an industry that means much as to = victory or defeat in our great war with Germany. Away down here in southeastern Texas, at the mouth of the Brazos river and within a short distance of deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, lies a great bed of pure sulphur. The bed is mere than 800 feet below the surface of the earth and it Is crowned by a huge dome of rock which has necklace or quieksand. It reaches only g feet above the surrounding country and to look at if YOU would think it only hill. The deposit of sulphur is just like another great bed that lies under a similar dome in southern Louisiana on the edge of the gulf and the two deposits are now fur nishing eS per cent of all the sulphur used in the United States. Each is producing tens of thousands of tons every month and both will be worked to their full ca pacity throughout the war.
 R1lt before I describe the wonders go- ing on here, let me tell you how vital this sulphur has become 10 our llIe ds a nation. It Is needed to make the sul- phuric acid which is employed in all high explosives and it Is the basis of acid phosphate the commercial fertilizer upon which we rely for our food supply
 In the past we bought some of our sul- phur from Japan, but this is now going to Russia, where 1t is used for making munitions of war We once got the most of our supply from Sicily but that was
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the sulphur will probably bring chemical
 plants and sugar refineries here on ac-
 count of it's cheapness. The nearness of
 the place to the oil fields of Mexico may
 make it an oil distributing center and
 fuel oil will be the basis for a consid-
 erahle industrial development. Moreover,
 the port has the advantage of being abso- lutely free as to dock or wharfage
 charges. The land all around belongs to
 the company and its plans include the building of city. The town has already 1900 population and that notwithstanding it is only four years of age. It has banks, stores, public schools and comfortable homes It has hotel, the Tarpon Inn, which is patronized somewhat on account | of the fishing and bathing, and as sea | side resort The sulphur mines alone ! have a pay roll of $3000O month, and this will be increased by the demands | of the war The place is connected by
 rail with Houston. which is 60 miles away,
 and there are occasional steamers going | to Galveston, which is about the same distance to the north up the gulf.
 | Copyright, 1917, by Frank c. Carpenter)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24
SUJl. .PHUR AND THE WAR Frank C. Carpenter

advise the increase of the depth to at least 25 feet and they say that this sum will secure that depth and maintain it for three years which would probably include the term of the war.
 As it is now, the harbor has chan mel IS feet deep and three miles long, con- meeting it with the Gulf of Mexico. At the entrance to the gulf great jetties have been constructed, and there are all facili- ties for making an excellent and per manent deep waterway into F'reeport. The Brazos river which is the longest and largest in Texas. is wide and deep all the way to it's mouth. It makes great bend between the gulf and the harbor, and at that point 1t is crossed by the in tercoastal canal, which runs north and south along the gulf. This bend makes the harbor landlocked and serves as a protection against the storms of the sea
 The deepening of this harbor will give the southwest another important gateway to the Gulf of Mexico. Freeport will form an additional outlet for the cotton and grain of this part of the world and
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ferent industries that we must have il
 in order to live.
 Until the sulphur mines of Louisiana
 were developed the most of the world supply came from the Island of Sicily
 It was dug up about the slopes of the volcano of Aetna, and Italy supposed that she had a monopoly of the business
 for all time to come. This was so not withstanding sulphur was known to exist
 in Louisiana. It had been discovered
 there about the close of our Civil Wa but the deposit was covered with quick
 sand and was buried 800 feet under the
 ground so that it resisted all the at
 tempts of the miners
 Then came from Germany youn 5
 chemist named Herman Frasch who
 went into the employ of the Standard Oil company He was an inventor as well as a chemist, and he became ln- | terested in taking the sulphur ana other offensive odors out of coal oil. He had made good investments and
 was growing rich when he heard ot the sulphur deposits of Louisiana, and turned his mind toward getting them out of the ground. He came down tc the Gulf of Mexico and made many experiments. He drilled wells here anu
 there over the deposit and finally con cluded that he could put down pipes lHlO luS SulDHuI dHQ melt IL ny AitSesAi- of superheated water in such a way
 that the liquid sulphur could be forced up to the surface of the earth. lie tried it and it proved a success. In l 1903 he was taking out sulphur Ill paying quantities and the followins | year he had enough to supply the American market and ship 5000 tons | to France.
 
 4l. r pE l to undersell Frasch in the United States. He showed them. what he had and offered to go into combination with them to supply the worlds mar ket They laughed at him but he sent additional shipments to France and undersold them; and, to make lonS story short, it cost them a million oI so of dollars before they were ready to make contract with him to keep out of the American market and to pay him an annual bonus not to enter their market in Europe.
 Since then the Louisiana Sulphur company has, if reports are correct been making enormous profits. The stock is said to be worth upward oi $1700 a share and it is currently re ported that every share brings in div l idends of more than $1200 a year, oi 1 S100 month, year in and year out | 1 S100 so that the stock really pays 120l l per cent.
 And now we come to the discovery | of these great deposits of sulphur l Freeport. They were, found shortly I after the oil began to spout on Spindle l Top Hill. The petroleum deposit | Beaumont which began the oil indus try of the southwest, lay under grea dome of rock, and it was associated
 with sulphur. Capt. A. F. Lucas, wh' discovered that oil, conceived the 1dei
 that he could find oil under any sim liar dome along the gulf coast. Ther were many of them and he explored a great number. Among others he sanl a well into the dome under which th
 sulphur lies. It was then known
 Bryan's mound, and 1t lay here in tn
 prairie only 23 feet above the loy
 coastal plain.
 1 Captain Lucas has told me how h
 sank the well into the mound an
 how after he had gone down abou
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very few minutes, and we can see long trains of this light yellow chemical nov ing across the prairie and down to the harbor on their way to the north.
 But let us see how these great blocks are built up. The sulphur as it comes from the earth is carried in pipes to an acre field close to the well. This has been smoothed, and a fence of two-inch blanks run around it. The blanks are nailed to a post 10 feet in height so that they make a tight board wall which reaches as high as your head The sul- phur begins to flow in. It comes out of the pipe in boiling, bubbling liquid so thin that it flows easily-over the ground. It is now 100 degrees above the heat Of boiling water, but is is sulphur and 1t cong calls or freezes at 25O degrees Fahren- heit. It is so hot that it spreads itself evenly over the surface, and little later soldifies making a great bed of sulphur rock covering the ground. As more sulphur comes, it flows evenly over this surface, and the great mass is gradually built up in solid rock 40 feet thick as I have described. As the building goes on the fence is made higher and higher until you have at last wall of plank enclosing the block. This block | is as hard as stone and would stand
 
 prairie The blanks are now taken away l and used over again. It takes a we'll flow 1 ing about six weeks to make such block, | and at current prices the sulphur con 1 tained in it is worth in the neighborhood | of S2, ,C000O0 As I figure it. the company is now mining something like 2o0o tons , of sulphur a day, and it's product is about 1 half of all the sulphur of the United 1 States.
 This will show you how necessary it is that these sulphur mines be protected and given every facility for exporting i their products They form one of the four great sources of supply of sulphur known to the world, two of which are in the United States. The other United
 Sites source, as I have said, is the Union Sulphur company of Louisiana which has | a capacity about equal to this. In addl- ton are the mines of Sicily and the prod uct of Japan, neither of which we car rely upon for any part of our supply Until recently Sicily had been taking care of the needs of Europe and Asia. It hac on hand prior to the war 650,000 tons o1 sulphur on top Of the ground. It now has less than 140, ,0o0 tons of which 40,000 tons are promised to France The remainder it refuses to sell.
 l It is also important that the harbor ! Freeport be deepened in accordance witt
 the recommendations of the board of en
 gineers for rivers and harbors of the wa
 department This can be done at a cos of $455000 and a bill to that effect is nov
 before Congress. These recommendation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

It is also important that the harbor at Freeport be deepened in accordance with the recommendations of the board of en- gineers for rivers and harbors of the war department This can be done at cost of S455, GOO and a bill to that effect is now
 before Congress. These recommendations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

Invitations have been receive din the Tri-Clties by friends of Roy Houston. a former resident of Florence. to his mar riara to Miss Alpha Goodson of Ever green, the wedding to take place on Juno 2s, at the Methodist church in Evergreen, They will mako their homo in Decatur,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

Mrs Helen Early. field secretary for the Gulf States division of the American Red Cross society, has been in the Tri- Cities this week, and lectured In the in- terest of the Red Cross. Mrs. Early is making a tour of north Alabama towns in the Interest of the Red Cross.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
100000 IS
ASKED FOR VS.
BIG WAR FUND

Sunday tho Young Mons Chris
tian Association. thru It's National
War Work Council. will begin a
weeks campaign to raise sas. 600, 900
In this country for its army and
navy work. both abroad and al
home. the money to be spent In pro-
vidlng oar men NJ well Az those OF
our allies. with wholesome recrca-
ton. opportunities Tor study. religl-
Gus guidance. substitutes for home
life and other comforts and neceA-
aities These functions have been
assigned to the y NJ G, A. by the
government
one Of the biggest features OF tho
associations army work Is tho build
inE OF huts In camps right up to the
firing line. Hundreds OF these huta
have been built and many hundreds
more are proposed. These buildings
are known blythe Rcd Triangle that
marks each one. The work OF tho
\. NJ. c. A. among the soldiers and
sailors has unstint~d approval from
all commanding officers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
QUESTIONABLE
TO SHOW CLASS
Of DRAFT men
By GEORGE MARTIN

I nifra Press Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. e.-rhs
draft questionable. which viii
determine the class and order Of
service Of Americas remaining
1900. 900 registered men will be
mailed soon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
CHARACTER" IS
ELECTION ISSUE,
SAYS CRIFF|THS

Austin ~. Gtffiths has opened hin
campaign for mayor with an appeal
for support by "ail sorts and condi-
tons Of people Of every class aud
section Of tho city. Of Jew and Gen
tic. Catholic and Protestant bun-
ness men and working men
lie fired the FIRST gun at a
luncheon given by tho Taxpayers
league at Good Fats cafeteria Thurs
day noon.
'"rho main izsuo 81 the campaign, %
no said. Is bound TO 10 the char
acter Of the man"
No temporary drive against vice
he naid. would serve the purpose. and
declared n cleanup was n debt owed
% soldier ana sailors and 90 'our
selves and our children"
lie said he stood for "a patriotic
city" and applauded the lawful cf-
forts OF working people 10 "abolinh
human ohniiels"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
Lose Your Fat,
Keep Your Health

guperfiuous flesh IL not healthy.
neither Is u healthy 10 diet or rNrr-
cise too much for its removal Thg
simplest method known for reducing
the ovrrfat body two. three or four
pounds week u the Narmola
Method. tried and Endorsed by thou
sanda Marmoia Prescription Tab
lets. containing exact doses OF the
famous prescription. are sold by
druggists at 70 cents for a large
case. or II you prefer you can obtain
them by aendinE direct 10 the Mar
moia Company. st woodward ave.
Detroit, Mich They aro harmless
and leave no wrinkles or fiabhln-As
They are popular because effective
and convenient
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
To Get Rid of Wrinkles
and Bad Compilations

IL more important now than dur
ms the period ~ rrofua~ psrsptra.
tion. 10 keep the pores ctoar All
cosmetics clog the pores In cool
weather this inteFferes greatly with
elimination Of waste material In
jnftng instead OF aiding tbs com
piexion. Ordinary morcollE.d wa,
serves all the purposes OF ereafnh
powders and rouEss. giving far bet
ter results. 10 actually peeia off an
offensive nkin. At the same time un-
cioHginE the pores. Minute parfi-
ciea OF scarf akin come off day b.
ssy. causing no, the least diNcnm-
fort Gradually the healthy. young
~r skin beneath peeps out. and In
less than a fortnight you have =
iovsiicr complexion than you ever
dreamed 81 acquiring. Msrrnilsea
wax. obtninatie at any druE store
ls spread on nightly like cold cream
and washed off mornings one
ounce usually suffic~s
For removing wrinkles. without
stopping tho pores with paEty stuff
here's q nsver-faIiing formula. one
ounce powdered ssroiite. diasotve Cd
In one-haif pint witch hazel Hattie
tho LACE in this daily for awhile
every limo will vanish completely
Even the frat application gives sur-
rrisinE r~suits--Adv~rtise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
WATER SHUT OFF

Water viii be shut off in George
town. east OF puwamish ave.
in all the mains supplied by tho
old Georgetown reservoir on Satur-
day from . n. IN. 20 y. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09


mailed soon.
The men viii get their list OF
questions before they get their
Christmas presents. Each regis.
uant viii have seven days Go nm.
nwcr. ON the basis OF his verified
replies. he viii he placed In ono OF
five classes. tho fifth being the last
group called.
The five oiassificntiona have been
WAS published. Among the radical
departures from the original plan
IL the placing OF all married men In
the 'nonbeliiEerent" class. IL In
planned that only those men who's.
families and dependents are fully
provided for. even II tho man ls
killed. VIII 10 put into fighting
units.
Con. Crowd-r plan. 10 AJAX con.
grcun 10 draft All mon who have
reached the age Of - ninc. the
CONSUMPTION law became cffoctiv. IL
IL estimated 100000 men have
passed this age since then.
Glen. Crowder himself does not
know exactly when the second draft
Will b. made Probably IL will 10
some time during the spring,
Congressional permission n not
necessary for the second draft
The contents Of tho draft auss-
tionaire viii not be made public
until tho m~n receive them thru the
mali or shortly before that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09

ROME. Nov. sl--Queen Elena 70.
day placed her apartments In the
Quirinal pslan. at tho disposal OF
refugee children from invaded Italy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-09
MARKING TINE IN
TELEPHONE STRIKE

Striking telephone opsrstsrs
and electricians are marking
time in their strike until Sec
Rotary OF Labor Wilson srrive.
IN San Francisco saturday
morning and tskss q hand IN the
settlement proceedings
Miss nhoaa Kerr. president OF tho
operators union. announced the
girls were continuing their usual
suard over all % tho exchanges
Tho customary Informal mass meet
lnrs ar- being held. at which ,ims
new susEesliunH arr brought up re-
Earding tho strike procedure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01
SOCK SOCIAL

A Sock Social will be given by the
Epworth League of the Methodist
church, of Wa-Keeney, on Tuesday,
November 6, 1917, at 7:45 p. m. Lunch
will be served. Your sock admits you.
This little sock we give to you
'Tis not for you to wear.
We hope you'll put your pennies in
And bring to US with care.
Find the number of your sock
And multiply by two;
Twill not be much and very little
trouble.
But if you only have one foot
Well surely charge you double.
Now if you wear number ten
You'll owe US twenty cents.
Now drop that in this little sock
And fill our hearts with glee.
If you find the distance great
Or care or sickness prevent you to
attend
Just send your pennies with Uncle
Sam
Or mayhap some good friend.
If you have friends who wish to come
And no invitation get
Make sock and bring them on
You'll find a welcome yet.
Be Sure and Bring Your Sock
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01
NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES

Services for next Sunday will be as
usual for the evening. Epworth
League at $50, preaching at 7:30.
There will be no preaching Sunday
morning as we plan to begin the
revival meeting at Ogallah next Sun
day morning. These meetings have
been postponed on account of the crit
ical illness of Evangelist Tyalor's
brother.
At the teachers meeting last Sun
day it was decided to have an organ
lied Junior department for the Sab
bath school. They will occupy the
Epworth League room.
In spite of the bad weather Sunday
evening a good number were out to
services.
Plan TO attend the Epworth League
Social held in the church basement
on Tuesday evening, November 9Th.
A disposition was expressed by our
Sunday School last Sunday to have
a community Christmas program and
tree, providing it meets with the ap-
proval of the other churches.
The Womens Foreign Missionary
Society will meet with Mrs. Courtney,
next Wednesday, November 7th, at
2:3o p. m. Leader Mrs. FRITZ.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01
FOOD AND FUEL COMMITTEES

As the progress of the war makes it
necessary to draw the restrictions a
little closer about the food and fuel
supply of the nation it becomes nee
essary that citizens in all parts of
the country be appointed to gather
information and report the same to
the governmental headquarters. In
this county Food Conservation and
a fuel committe have been appointed: i:
C. H. Benson is chairman of the food
committee and the other members are
Mrs. Chas. Kellogg, Mrs. ]. J. Pea
cock and Chas. E.. Downie, at Collyer;
Mrs. Nova Blakely and Roy Blakely,
at Ogallah; Mrs. Estella Larrabee,
Miss Margaret Swiggett, Mrs. J. ].
Keraus, Mrs. A. j. Ellermeyer, Mrs.
Mary Hunt and E. D. Beason, for Wa
Keeney; J.. W. Harvey, at Banner;
Chas. Cross and E. W. Altman on the
east side, postoffice at Ellis. Hudson
Harlan is chairman of the fuel COM
mittee and the other members are
W. III. Cox, at Collyer; Norman
Mapes, at Ogallah and J. W. Bingham,
at Wa-Keeney. The salary drawn by
each of these members is "honor."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01
MOORE-FULLER

A very beautiful and impressive
wedding occurred at the home of Mrs.
T. R. Moore, Saturday evening, Oct
ober 9th, at $50 o'clock when her
daughteryGeor was united in mar
riage with Mr.. Edwin Fuller, of Sher-
idan, California The ring ceremony
was used in which Rev. Allison offic-
lated. The marriage is of much inter-
est to Wa-Keeney people as both the
bride and groom are well and favor
ably known in both social and bus
mess circles. The wedding was a
very quiet one there being only the
immediate relatives and friends of the
couple in attendance The brides gown
was a handsome creation of white
hand embroidered satin with wide
silk lace and tulle with a touch of
flesh colored satin which added great
ly to its beauty. She carried shower
of brides roses. Her going away at
tire was suit of midnight blue with
which she wore a black velvet hat
with grey plumage and grey shoes
and gloves. The groom wore the con-
ventiona1 black. The decorations
were of southern smilax and huge
yellow chrysanthemums. After the
ceremony and congratulations the
bridal party was shown into the din
ing room where delicious luncheon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01
THE CREED OF THE UNION
PACIFIC

In prefacing short talk before
the members of the Omaha CONNER
cial Club, at luncheon given by that
organization on October 18th, r. S.
Lovett, chairman of the board of dir
ectors of the Union Pacific system,
outlined the policy of the Union Pac-
ific in its relation to the public ''the
creed of the Union Pacific system"
"Success has come to the Union
Pacific" he said, through the recog-
milton of its duty to serve. That duty
is three fold. 1t has a duty to the
nation as a whole. 1t has a duty to
the communities through which it
runs, and it has a duty to those who
work for it. The interest and welfare
of the Union Pacific system"
Eve have set this down as our
policy and we are trying to carry it
out, for such a policy is in the end
best for those who have put their
money into the Union Pacific"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-01

Uncle" Jesse Cockrell left last
Thursday night for the Soldiers Mil
ltary home at Leavenworth where he
Will spend the winter. Uncle Jesse
says this Is fine place in the winter
time Ihey have a good warm place
to sleep and loaf during the day and
that they have plenty to eat. He will
come back again as soon as spring
comes along.-Ellis Headlight.