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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
A German Wooden Shoe

NHIS of the famousor the Germans would say,
the which large portion
the people have been reduced through the block
ad The present specimen manufactured by one of the
largest firms MAN, The sole OF two pieces
M wood hinged with scrap leather allow action The
trap passing the foot is of paper hbre
The heel counter of material while the ankle strap
made Of scrap leather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
aboard the New Me xico, the First Electric Sh

short hours Of leisure afforded On ON.
Ger on active duty.
A. long line Of ranges extends along
one side. This kitchen 10 run by steam
and oil rather than electricity. The
ranges burn oil instead Of coal for
fuel. The crew eats in the kitchen, sit
ting at long tables which, when not in
use, are strung up against the roof.
All the baking is done electrically
electric motors operate the dough mix
ers and dough kneaders, while tho
loaves are baked in electrically heated
ovens.
The New Mexico has twelve is-inch
guns and many of smaller calibre, in-
GLIDING a battery Of sn.i-aircraft guns.
The larger calibre guns, three IN each
OF the four turrets. are operated by
electricity. The turrets are revolved
and the guns elevated by electric
motors. Ammunition HOSTS run cleo.
trically and there are electric gun
leaders, while even the big guns are
fired by electrical means, but the
smaller calibre guns are generally
operated by hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
The Coming TOtrer


operated BY hand.
The Coming TOirer
In examining into the control OF
these grea. batteries Of destruction we
come to one OF the most interesting
spots on the ship-,hc coming tower.
Navy regulations designed TO withhold
important matters Of military design
forbid US from obtaining picture OF
the coming tower. But it is permis-
sible 20 describe il briefly. The con-
ming tower is shaft extending per-
pendicularly through the ship from top
to bottom, with ladders running up and
down the sides and convenient methods
Of transmitting instructions by means
Of indicators and telephones.
During an action the vessels CONF
handing officer usually stations him.
self in this tower" which is also
known as one Of the several FIRE con-
troll stations, and transmits instruc-
tons concerning the proper operation
Of the guns.
Up in the mast we encountered enc
Of the big "eyes" OF the ship--an cleo
.rica) eye, which can see for miles in
inky darkness. The current for the
operation of the General Electric
scarchlight comes from one Of the
rurbo-generators heretofore described.
The New Mexico is equipped with eight
36-irch searchlights.
Our visit 20 the ship took place on
";ield day" which is the nautical term
Tor house cleaning day in the vernacu-
lar Of the landsman. This accounts for
the scaGolds. The crew had turned
10" to "clean ship" and were scrubblng
off the vessels sides when We appeared
on the scene.
Electrical propulsion % marine ves-
sells is opening up an entirely new era
OF scientific advancement and the day
will come shortly when the seven seas
will be dotted with electric ships just
as surely as the automobile o. the land
has practically displaced the horse
drawn vehicle Of the past. SO far as
our own navy is concerned, Secretary
Daniels expressed the essence Of the
idea when he said:
Il think this country has cause TO be
proud Of this achievement in engineer
ing, not alone because OF the pro-
ncunced success in this particular in
stance referring 10 the New Mexico,
but because % the assurance IL gives
US OF the superiority Of our capital
ships 70 those Of foreign countries
Having proven the superiority OF
electric drive as applied to the propul'
sion Of naval vessels in the United
states, electrical engineers are now
turning their attention 70 the adoption
Of similar principles TO the driving Of
merchant ships. or cargo carriers, and
% large passenger vessels.
A careful analysis Of existing concl-
tons has convinced many Of them that
the time is no, far distant when these
principles can and will be successfully
applied 10 ships Of many different
types.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

4 WRITER in "The Scientific
~ American" dwells on the
L - use Of castor oil as lu-
bricant for the engines of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

In examining into the control OK
these great batteries OF destruction We
come to one OF the most interesting
spots on the ship-,hc coming tower.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

a half days in the week and complain
of the high price of farm products
produced by the farmer and his fam
lily working about twelve hours per
day. The farmer and his family toll
long hours and know little of the
comforts and conveniences enjoyed
by the town and city mans family,
and seldom complain.
The world seems to begrudge the
farmer a decent living. He sells for
S5 cents a pound of cotton which is
manufactured into cotton goods that
sells for SIS or more. He gets about
$3.50 for the wheat which goes into
a barrel of flour that retails for about
$50 when made into loaves of bread.
The lowering of the price of cotton
and wheat and other farm products
will have very little effect upon the
retail price of the finished products
to the consumer, as the cost of the
raw material is usually small item
in the final cost of the things we huy.
However, price or no price, there
is no reason why the farmer and his
family should toll long hours to grow
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

food for idle town and city families.
The farm woman cans, sews and
washes for all the family, AMI be-
sides raises chickens, milks the COWS
and eultivates the garden. Farm chill
dren gc to school from four to six
or seven months in the year, work
a:t,rT the home durir., the nlr!i!:;
and mornings and for long hours e7-
cry day during the long summer
days. The town and city women re-
fuse to move out into the suburbs
and attend to gardens, chickens, cows
fruit trees and so on. The town chill
dren go to school nine months in the
year and do nothing during the morn
ings and evenings and the three va
cation months. However, in spite of
these facts, there is a strong move
ment to greatly reduce the price of
farm products.
Farmers of this country should
thoroughly organize and demand a
sufficient price for their products to
enable them to enjoy the same edu-
cational advantages and the same
comforts and luxuries enjoyed by the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

taking agricultural courses, namely,
83 seniors, 60 juniors, Sc sophomores
1872 freshmen, 40 one-year agricul-
tural students, 19 wounded soldiers
taking vocational training, and 8
special students.
The enrolment this year shows a
larger number than ever of brothers
and other relatives of former stu
dents. Included among these are
sons of several graduates and for
mer students. The fact that the
"old men" send thsir sons, nephews,
ETC., is one of the best evidences of
the love and esteem in which the
college is held by those who have
had their training here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
CLEMSON COLLEGE
HAS GOOD OPENING


Clemson College, Sept. 30.-With
the arrival of the 40 students of the
one-year agricultural course on Octo-
Der 1, the enrolment for the session
1919-2O is completed. AS the enroll
ment now stands the senior class
numbers 145, the largest in the his
tory of the college. There are 1913
juniors, 2O5 sophomores, 2S5 fresh
men, and "a disabled soldiers. With
this total enrolment of over 800 men
every room and every bed in the
three dormitories will be occupied.
There are altogether 388 students
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
HELP SAVE MILLION DOLLARS

Clemson College, Sept. 30.-"Re-
ports received thus far indicate that
cotton anthrasnose, the fungus boil
rot of cotton, is even more wide
spread and destructive this season
than heretofore" says Director H.
w. Barre, of the South Carolina Ex-
pertinent Station. During the past
ten years the disease has caused an
annual loss of more than million
dollars in South Carolina. The dis
ease SENS to be becoming more de-
structive from year to year, in spite
of the fact that the Investigations
conducted at the South Carolina Ex-
pertinent Station show that it can be
prevented.
eve have found that the fungus
which causes anthracnose grows into
the inside of the diseased bolls, at
tacks the lint and seed, and grows
into the seed. The fungus remains
alive in such seed until they are
planted and germinate and start 10
grow; then it attacks the seedlings.
The disease remains alive on these
stalks and attacks the bolls when
they appear. In this way it is car
ried in the seed and continues to
spread from year to year."
There is no way of curing stalk
of cotton after it once has anthrac-
nose. The only thing that can be
done is to protect the cotton next
year. The first and most important
step in this is to secure seed which
are free from disease. 1t is best to
secure seed for next years planting
from a field where ther is no dis
ease. If this is not possible, the next
best thing is to pick cotton for seed
from stalks which show no signs of
disease and which are not near dis
eased stalks. It is not safe to pick
healthy looking bolls from stalks
which have rotten bolls on them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
FARMERS MUST FIGHT
FOR FAIR PRICES

There is much complaint relative
to the high cost fo living in towns
and cities. Wage earners and salar-
led men complain of the high cost of
living while they live high and insist
upon an income which will enable
them to support their families in idle
ness. These town and city men
work eight hours a ady for five and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

town and city man. Furthermore,
the farmer and his family should not
be required to work longer hours
than the town and city man works.
In other words, all tariffs and price
fixing commissions should treat every
phase of production and distribution
impartially, and the farmers will not
complain.-Progressive Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

FOR SALE:-Auhurn Beauty Six
Touring Car, only run 1000 miles.
Fully equipped. A bargain for any
body. Apply C.>L. SAULS, Box
336, Abbeville, S. c.
1O-7-6t-Pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

FOUND:-Gold nurses badge, Pry-
or's Hospital. Owner can have
same by applying at this Office and
identifying property and paying
for this ad. 10-7-tf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
WANTS

LosT:-saturday, Oct. 4, between
S. A. L. station and Express Office,
a II jewel, open face, 'Waltham
watch and chain, Return to T. A..
Stallings at express Office and re-
ceive reward. 10-7-3t. Pd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

BUNGALOWS AND
GARAGES FOR SALE:-Can ship
in ten days. You can build in ten
days. Be in your own home in less
than a month. Save rent. J. F.
Entzminger, Greenwood, or Frank
Nickles, Abbeville. 10-7-3t-Pd,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

The farm home no less than the
village home should be surrounded
by a fine lawn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
than month. Save rent. J. F.
Entzminger, Greenwood, or Frank
Nickles, Abbeville. 10-7-3tPd.

FOR RENT OR LEASE:-Eureka
Hotel Barber Shop, complete with
chairs and all fixtures. Willing to
thoroughly renovate same for re-
liable party. Apply to Eureka Ho-
tel Office. 10-3-tf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07
JOHN A. HOLLAND,
The Greenwood Piano Man.

Tho largest dealer in musieai instru.
ments in Western South Carolina. Sells
pianos, self-player pianos, organs and
sewing machines. Reference: The
Bank Of Greenwood, the oldest and
strongest Bank in Greenwood County,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

HELP WANTED.-Young man with
high school education to learn the
printers trade. Fair salary to start,
with increased wages as work JUS
titles. The Press and Banner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

QUICK-SALE BUNGALOWS AND
GARAGES FOR SALE:-Can ship
in ten days. You can build in ten
days. Be in your own home in less
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

FOR SALE:-One Schulz Cabinet
grand piano, mahogany finish, used
very little, in good order. For price
see r. C. WILSON, Agent.
10-3-2t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

FOX SALE:-Crimson Glove Seed
in chaff, $3.50 per hundred.
w. P. WHAM, 10-7-3t. Pd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-07

WANTED:-Young lady with high
school education to learn to oper-
ate Linotype. Will pay salary as
soon as work justifes.
The Press and Banner Co.
The sun., 1919-10-09

Senator SMooT, whose public spir-
tied efforts to spare American indus
try and American labor from de-
structive foreign competition are I'M
tagging, may not find his anti-dump-
ing measure as effective as he ex-
poets 1t to be. This bill is avowedly
aimed to prevent Germany from
throwing into our markets quantities
of dyestuffs and similar articles at
lower prices than their home cost OF
production. When, for example, 1t
Is found that Germany Is selling in
this market oxalic acid, mentioned by
Senator SMooT, for less than the ac-
tual value Of the product In Germany,
then an anti-dumplng duty shall be
added to equalize the difference.
: But, as a matter of fact, there will
be no need for the German producer
to offer his goods here Mt lower prices
than his cost of production. In the
very nature of things he will automat-
ically sell higher. The deprecated
German mark will enable the German
producer to export his goods at much
higher than his cost of production and
yet be much lower than anybody else's
cost of production. The reason for
this Is clear. The German producer
will pay his labor and otherwise pro-
duce in deprecated marks; but he
will sell that product, abnormally
cheap by reason of the deprecated
mark which he pays for it-he will
sell 1t, we say, not in deprecated mark
values but In the higher currency
values of the market in which he sells
it. For the American trade he will
produce in marks but sell in dollars.
1t Is and viii be, as long as the
mark is down, tremendous advan-
tage to the German producer for ex-
port to be buying his domestic labor,
his domestic raw material, his domes-
tic power, all his domestic supplies
with the low value marks. He will
never need to sell his product abroad
for less than 1t has cost. He cannot
II he wants to do so. He can and
will sell it abroad for more than the
mark value because 1t will be the
absolute bottom.
The sun., 1919-10-09

as II has the right to be served and
can capital be rewarded MS II must
be rewarded to keep 1t invested in
anything. "Es
1t may be a prodiglous problem to
put our railroads together as national
needs require. But IL the Govern
ment will consent and assist there
will be found the brains and the en-
terprise to do the Job. Meanwhile the
Congress leaders, the railway man.
ayers and the American people ought
not to revert to the old manner OF
thinking in terms Of rates for sepa-
rate railroads, service by separate rail-
roads, liberation Of separate railroads.
They ought to think, and they will
think, of the group railroads-the
only solution Of desperate indus
trial and financial situation upon
which hangs more. than the mere
convenience and comfort of the pub
lie; upon which hangs the very eco
nomic life of the nation.
The sun., 1919-10-09
INWooD'S POST OFFICE.
The Neighborhood Never Is, but Al
ways to Be, Served.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr: A
mild fiutter OF excitement was caused in
Inwood. just above Washington Heights,
by the publication Of statement that
Postmaster-General Burleson had again
promised to open a branch post office in
the section.
This neighborhood is probably grow
ing more, rapidly than any other in the
city, and the residents and business peo-
pie have been clamoring for better postal
service for the last three years. An
nouncement has been made time and
again that the Postmaster-General had
lent an ear to the appeals from the good
citizens Of the section. but the promises
drifted away like thin air, never to be
heard Of again. Yet Inwood goes Sc
renely along and hope springs afresh
every time mention ia made Of promise
to open a branch post office to give 1t
the postal service to which It Is Justly
entitled.
The question Of establishing a branch
in West 207th street has been agitated
for some time ard only as recently as
last March II was asserted that the
northeast corner of Tenth avenue and
20sth street had been leased to the
United States for the erection Of a two
story post once. Naturally this caused
the residents to believe that action at
last had been taken, but the fact re-
mains that the branch post office Is still
to materializs. RESIDENT.
NEW York, October g.
The sun., 1919-10-09
POE AND JOHN DISCO.
Their Agreement In 1845 on the Con
duct Of a Publication.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
THE SUN of September IA it is men,
toned that "in the summer OF 1S45 Poe
joined with Charles +. Briggs In con-
Quoting the Broadway Journal"
have in my possession contract or
agreement in Edgar A. Poe's own hand
writing between one John Disco and Ed
gar A. Poe. dated July -, 1cs6, in
which John Disco was to publish the
paper at his own cost and expense and
to have one-half the nett" profits Of said
publication, and Edgar A. Poe is TO
be sole Editor and to furnish matter for
the paper from week to week uninter-
fered with by any party whatever" and
ito receive for such editorial conduct
one-half the entire profits over and
above all the reasonable costs and
charges of said publication" &C.
John Disco, In speaking Of Poe. Willis
and Morris, gave me the Idea that the
eating place they patronized mostly was
in Fulton street near Dutch street. l do
not remember him ever speaking Of
Sandy walsh's In Ann street, unless in
deed II ran through to Fulton. F. S.
NEW YORK. October s.
The sun., 1919-10-09
The Public Fighting Back.

Perhaps because the rock bottom
facts Of the British railway strike set
Element have not even yet come to us
Americans have not regarded the out
come as complete defeat for the
strikers. Both DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
and Lord NoBTHoLIFFE, however, pub
licly speak of 1t in terms which indi-
cate that the United Kingdom itself
must think the strikers were beaten
to standstill.
Lord NoRTHCLIFFE, who Is not
merely an amiable friend but a strong
advocate Of organized labor, says in
so many words: Labor was defeated
in this strike because most of the
men directing 1t were Just average
men" LLOYD GEORGE with the vivid
ness In which he can paint his lar
guage describes the. strike as "Prus-
sianism," which was defeated in its
effort to hold up the country and
strange 1t Into submission"
We may reasonably assume from
the blunt, almost brutal, words of
these men, undoubtedly the most pow
erful pair In the British Empire-two
leaders no longer in sympathy with
each other but both still competing
for national preeminence-thatt the re-
suit of the railway strike was in
truth an overwhelming and lasting
defeat for the strikers.
More significant still Is the Prime
Minister'S announcement that this was
no mere local brawl bred by chance
circumstance or precipltated by sud-
den temper. 1t was pitched battle
for which both sides had made long
and thorough preparation. LLOYD
GEORGE tells how the civil army to
meet this very strike was organized
months ago. while the guns of Europe
were still echoing over its battlefelds.
The nation was organized against spe-
cial interests-in this case the rail-
way unlons-particularly organized
and singularly operating to exact trib-
ute from the whole publlc-"to hold
up the community" requoting the
frank LLOYD GEORGE, "and strangle
1t into submission"
The British nation, then, having en-
tered into an industrial war of self
defence and having won its first VIC
tory, is not likely to avoid second
challenge, IL there be any other Or
ganized special interest soon embold-
ened to offer such challenge. And
the example of the triumphant Brit
ish public is not likely to be lost upon
other publics hard pressed In the same
GEOGRAPHICALLY the American pub
lie. When the public fights back it
goes hard with the aggressOr.
The sun., 1919-10-09
BURCH ENDORSED BY
EPISCOPAL DEPUTIES
House of Bishops Expected to
Ratify His Election.

DETROIT. Oct. disappointing canoni-
cal rules, the House OF Deputies OF the
Triennial General Convention OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of Amer
lea unanimously voted TODAY 20 approve
the election of the Right Rev. Charles
Sumner Burch as Bishop of the do
cese of New York. memorial asking
such action was presented on behalf of
the diocese by DR.. William T. Manning
Of New York.
The church has a part TO play in the
characterization of industry, in easing
the friction between capital and labor
the burning question OF the day" said
the Right Rev. Charles Henry Brant,
Bishop of western New York and for
merry chaplain-general of the American
Expeditionary Forces, opening the ,tri-
ennial convention to-day. The church,
he said, must modernize in the changes
brought about by the war. and take its
place in the vanguard In the new order
1T Is not necessarily revolutionary to
talk about the characterization OF in
dustry.' said Bishop Brant. at ia
logical II We believe In our Government
and our Constitution. Political democ-
racy we practise in manhood and wo,n-
anhood franchise educational democ-
racy In the public schools religious
democracy In religious freedom !. a SAT
isfactory expression of Industrial de-
mocracy remains to be worked out"
Referring to the demand of labor for
treatment as something besides an ar
ticle OF commerce" Bishop Brant said
1.-THE Kingdom of God stands behind
all national and industrial systems in
Guiding democracy itself. and brother
hood is its watchword. The workman.
Of to-day asks for that. for my part
cannot see why conference should ever
he refused"
The sun., 1919-10-09
NO RUST ON BUSY RAILS.
why Main Tracks Keep Bright and
Sidings Soon Corrode.
From the Scientific Ameroan.

II has often been observed that the
rails on the main track OF a railway are
not so liable to rust as those of sidings.
The railroads on the main line keep
bright while those on the sidings are
soon badly corroded Attention to this
fact was drawn by George Stephenson as
far back as 1S43.
1t has been suggested that freedom
from rust on the part of the main track
rails was due to some galvanic action
which was intensified by the vibration of
the rails In use However. one would
naturally expect vibration would increase
rather than decrease the oxidation.
The true explanation is probably that
the railhead is kept clean by the traffic
and is kept hard by the hammering OF
the rail while the wheels pass over It
also that a certain amount OF oil is spat-
tered on the rail from the wheels Ill of
which assist in preventing oxidation.
Rust forming on the siding would COL
iect and hold moisture, causing further
rust.