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New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Difference in Jackets

"Mr. Still does the same thing in
modified form, but he also attempts
more. In place of cold water jacket
he has hot water jacket. In fact, the
engine jacket is made into part of the
water space, or at least is IN free con-
nection with the water space of the
steam boiler, which is raising steam
from the exhaust gases. In this way
his boiler absorbs most of the heat
which otherwise passes away with the
jacket cooling water, as we'll as a con-
siderable part of the heat in the ex-
haust gases. In fact, in tests made by
Professor Hopkinson and Mr.. Boys 3.2S
pounds of steam were raised from the
jacket heat and 2.72 pounds from the
exhaust, six pounds in all, per hour per
effective horsepower developed by the
gas or oil engine proper. The steam
SO raised Mr.. Still utilizes not in q
separate engine, but in the same cyln-
der, but on the other side of the piston
that the gas or oil is burned in. He
claims that the additional effective
work thus obtained is 29 per cent when
the steam portion is operated non-con-
densing and 40 per cent when operated
condensng, which latter, of course, is
the normal steam engine practice.
~"There are many technical points
raised which cannot be fully dealt with
in this article, but it may serve use
full purpose to indicate q few lines Of
criticism Earlier it was pointed
out that gas (or oiD engine cylinders
are at present jacketed with cool water.
Practically no maker will consent to
higher outlet temperature than $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit-say, 110 Fahrenheit
average temperature in the jackets
and most makers of large engines pre-
fer not to exceed 13O Fahrenheit at
most At higher temperatures the cool
ing is less effective, and deposits take
place in the jackets at the local hot
places. Mr.. Still, when using a steam
pressure of l20 pounds per square inc..
must have his jackets at a temperature
OF 800 Fahrenheit. The jump from 1870
to $50 Fahrenheit may we'll be serious.
especially for the piston, which, it will
be remembered, is jacketed with hot
steam instead of cold water, and which
is always a danger point in gas and oil
engines. Another difficulty in many
cases arises from the fact that steam
is not raised, except by external means,
until some time after the engine has
been at work-a considerable drawback
for intermittent working.
"Other points of a more technical
character relating to fabrication, piston
leakage, cylinder expansion, governing
and also questions of size Of unit, COM
plexity and capita cost, must also bs
considered; and it is clear that onlv
experience of large engines can finally
determine the utility of Mr.. Stills pro.
; posais. 1t is, however, fair to say tha,
) his claims are not based on experiments
with mere models. He has successful,
developed $50 horsepower (etfective) il
one cylinder of an adapted Diesel ei
engine and carried very heavy oyn
loads, which last he achieves by ad
mitting an additional and indenenden
supply of steam to the steam side O
the engine"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
A Steam En-
gine That
Saves Fuel

CINE, claimed to be 25 to 35
- per cent more economical of
fuel thar any other engine
so far in use, is reported by an en-
gineering correspondent in "The
Manchester Guardian" who writes:
"At a meeting of the Royal Society
Of Arts in London F. E. D. Acland read
a paper describing a new engine de-
signed by Mr.. Still. 1t is claimed that
the new engine is between 25 and 80
per cent more economical of fuel than
any other engine in existence. Large
claims are not unusual in the mouths
of inventors and their friends, but Mr..
Still can show considerable expert
mental work on engines of large size
and tested by such competent authori-
ties as the late Professor Bertrsm
Hopkinson, of Cambridge, and c. "
DOyo. mOlCOFCb, VIC Sloaibo 2IoNC W
Mr.. Acland on behalf Of the Still engine
at the Royal Society Of Arts were
treated with respect by such acknowl-
edged experts as Sir Dougald Clerk,
Professor Watkinson and Sir Charles
A. Parsons. of turbine fame. Hence we
are entitled to think the Still engine
worthy Of attention, although it has yet
to demonstrate its complete commercial
fitness. Certainly a saving of about
one-third of the fuel consumed by gas
and oil engines and of about so or 90
per cent of the fuel consumed by steam
turbines and engines is an alluring
picture both for the user of power as
an individual and for the nation as a
whole.
Mr.. Stills engine is a combined
steam and gas or oil engine. In the
ordinary gas or oil engine the gas or
oil is burned in q cylinder, which, in
order that it may be kept in workable
condition, must be jacketed with cool
water. To this water the engine gives
up about 80 per cent Of the original
heat in the fuel. Another 40 per cent
is thrown away with the exhaust gases,
and the balance, say 80 per cent, is con-
verted into work. These figures vary
a little, Of course, but she variations
90 not substantially alter the figures
given. To improve the efficiency, it is
common practice with large engines to
utilize some of the heat thrown out
with the exhaust gases for raising
steam, which in turn is utilized for
power or other useful purpose.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Blow Things
Up,UseCoal
andOxygen

q YITRO-GLYCERINE stands
N first among our violent en-
\ plosives, yet the power it
can generate is less than
one-sixth of that given by the com
bustion Of an equal weight of good
coal OF petroleum. In his Rede
lecture at Cambridge, Lord Moul-
ton touched on many scientific and
chemical developments Of the war.
As reproduced in "The London
Tines" he said:
srake the subject of explosives, the
besis Of all modern warfare. An ex-
ulosive Is nothing other than a COM
bustible substance that can burn
npidly without needing to be in COM
munication with the external air. Peo-
uIs are prepared to credit such q SUBJ
hanes with secret stores of power
Wholly surprising those that are pos
sesssd by other bodies. This is, how
ssr, far from being the case. 1t may
surprise many. yet It Is true. It may
,sfely be said that there will never
10 an explosive which can give out
nearly as much energy as an equal
weight of coal or petroleum. Nitro
g!ycerine stands first of our most vo-
lent explosives, and yet the power it
can generate is less than one-sixth of
that given by the combustion of an
equal weight of good coal. The diff
ference in the effects Of the two cases
Is due to the fact that the coal needs
the oxygen of the air for its combus-
ton. In nitro -glycerine the oxygen is
10 be found in the explosive itself.
The explosive can therefore burn with
rapidity and within closed walls, and
the hot gases thus generated, which are
many hundred or even thousand times
the volume Of the explosive itself, give
,he sudden pressure which bursts the
containing walls, or, in gun, drives
out the projectile
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Improving Cunpo,cder

Excellence in the explosive was at
tanned IN the case of gunpowder by
grinding the materials to fine powder
and thoroughly incorporating them.
Thus each particle of combustible had
when the combustion was started at
some one point by spark it rushed
through the mass with speed sufficient
to cause the explosion. Some eighty
years ago chemists discovered sub
stances in which the combustible and
the oxygen are present in one and the
same molecule
Like the lion and the lamb OF which
'he prophet speaks, they lie down to-
gether, and it is not until the molecule
Is shattered by heat or shock or some
other like agency that they rush to-
gether into combustion. AS might be
expected, such combustion is in
stantaneous, and the explosion it pro-
ouces Is very violent, far exceeding all
That had previously been known. These
bodies were the earliest forms of what
are now known as high explosives.
These explosives could not be used
IN guns, because they would burst
the gun, nor in shells, because ever if
they would stand the shock of firing,
'hey would shatter the she'll into too
small fragments to be effective. So the
use Of these carly high explosives in
war, except for blasting or like de-
structlve purposes, made little advance
1or many years until it was discovered
'nat by dlssolving them in some vola-
.i'e solvent and subsequently driving
II of there was left a substance re-
semoling gelstine which could be cut
into pieces of any desired shape or
size. 1t possessed all the power of the
original explosive, but its rate of
burning was wholly different"
Showing how explosives are made
20 burn differently, the lecturer goes
on to say:
You will understand the reason of
THIS when say that though it was a
true explosive, burning with extreme
.ap'olty, IL was poor conductor Of
near. When the charge was fired all
'ne pieces commenced to burn on the
surface, and the combustion was SC
rapid that it spread itself through each
piece Of the material more quickly
'aan the high temperature could arrive
a. 'ne centre Of that piece by conduc-
',0n OF heat. Hence it followed that
'ae pieces always burn from the out
sue inward, and the explosion neve,
So'nmences inside the piece, so that by
'nahg'ng the shape and size of the
pieces into which the material was cut
~"u ehus making the amount of thei,
.u1aace large or small compared with
sae'f bulk, you can make q powde,
"a'eh would burn more or less quickly
Quick" and "Slo,o''
For instance. a favorite method O.
Increasing the rapidity of burning is b,
xs1aorating the pieces SO az to increas,
As surface without increasing the
'aiA' In this way there could be mad,
sus OF the same substance powder.
suitable for small arms, which required
Very rapidly burning powder, and fol
'se guns which required a compare
~se'y slowly burning powder. I an
s''ng the words quick and slow in &
sAapafative sense only. The actua
S. ue required is always small. In the
xsest gun loaded with the coarses
New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

had gone out Of its banks. Finally we
reached the lagoon where our quarry
was believed to be. We found his
hole without much trouble. 1t had q
submerged entrance under the l-dge
Of the bank.
1--WE had brought steel hook with
out any barb, and about the size of
those used by butchers to hang, up
meat. This hook was secured to the
end of sapling pole about fifteen feet
long. Two of US showed that hook
down in the alligator's pit and twisted
it around until it was evident from the
beasts struggles that he was impaled
Then we hauled him out. I've sus-
picion that he came almost willingly
Anyway. he couldn't resist much in the
hole nor in the water, but when we
dropped the moose of rope over his
head the fun began.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
A BOOK OF GREAT
HISTORIC INTEREST
CONTAINS RECORDS AND REM
INISCENCES OF CONFEDER-
ATE SOLDIERS.

The News press has just turned
out hundred and sixty page book,
edited by Mrs. J. M. Griggs, contain
ing the life work of the late Mrs. B..
H. Hood in Records and Reminis-
cences of Confederate Soldiers in
Terrell County" A complete muster
roll of Terrell county men IN the
war between the state 1861-65 is also
included, with a full history of Memo
rial Day and Confederate flags.
A very interesting history of the
gun shops and refugee camp located
in Dawson during the war is valua-
BILE contribution from the pen of Mrs.
W. S. Dozier, who, as assistant his
torian, of the Mary Brantley Chap
ter, U. D. c., gave invaluable aid to
Mrs Hood in research work.
Records of the Mary Brantley
Chapter, U. D. c., and the Mildred
Rutherford Chapter, Children OF the
Confederacy form chapters of absorb
ing interest. The records of Confed-
crate soldiers taken from the tax
receivers books and pension lists IS
of special Importance.
From cover to cover the book IS
a credit to all who had part in the
making, and Mrs. Griggs is being
warmly congratulated on the enter
prise and effort in getting the matter
so attractively before the public.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
NEWS ITEMS AND PERSONALS
FROM BELLFLOWER VICINITY

There will be an all-day singing at
Bellfower school house next Sunday
and everyone is cordially invited to
attend. Don't forget to bring we'll
filled basket.
Misses Willie Byrd and Rebecca
Bush and Miss Stanford and Mr..
Tom King, of Blakely were Sunday
visitors at the home of Miss Mary
Virgins.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrington and
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Harrington, of
Parrott, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. Mcneil.
Miss Mary and Resale Virgins
spent the past week with Mrs. W. C.
Thomas in Dawson.
Misses Alline and Katie Belle Wig
gins, of Plains, were welcome Sunday
visitors here.
Miss Beatrice Planey, of Shellman,
was the weekend guest of Misses
Hasty.
Messrs. Mcleod and Bell, of She'll
man, were among our Sunday visi-
tors.
Miss Hazel Sawyer, of Montezuma,
is the guest of Miss Matte Contrell.
Mr.. J. H. Bellfower spent the
weekend with relatives in Triton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
JEALOUS WOMAN CUTS
ANOTHER TO DEATH
TRAGEDY OCCURRED I'm PUBLIC
ROAD AT A LATE HOUR ON
SUNDAY NIGHT.

Lula Loring was fatally cut by
Lula Williams, another negress, Sun
day night.
The tragedy occurred in the pub
lie road near Mr.. j. M. Tomlinson's
place below Sasser, and was the re-
suit of a jealous rage.
A negro man and the Loring wo-
man were returning from church, and
Lula Williams waited some distance
ahead and as they approached began
cutting at the man, who had been
paying attention to both of the wo-
men. He ran and she then turned on
his companion and inflicted two or
three severe gashes on her face and
neck, from which she bled to death.
She lived only about thirty minutes,
but managed to reach her home be-
fore she died.
Coroner Marshall held an inquest
Monday, ard the verdict of the jury
charged Lula Williams with murder.
She disappeared Immediately after
the tragedy, and had not been ar
rested up to last night
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
NORTHERN ICE DEALERS
INCREASE THEIR PRICES

Pawtucket, R. l.: The ice dealers
of the city held conference, as
result of which an agreement upon
increased prices was reached and
put into effect. The extra mild
winter prevented the ice men from
gathering their usual crop, and for
this reason, as well as the added
wages they were compelled to pay
for the small quantity of ice they did
cut, they say there is no other al
tentative than to raise the prices of
the commodity.
The head of the Pawtucket Ice
Company, one of the chief concerns,
said that only about two-thirds of the
normal supply had been harvested,
and many of the dealers did not Sc
cure that He said that his company
had 1,150 tons purchased, and be-
yond that the source of further sup
ply was a problem. He further call
ed attention to the fact that the ice
men had given the family trade the
benefit, as far as possible, in the
matter of advance, having raised the
rate but so per cent, while that to
the market trade was 100 per cent.
The rate to families last year was 30
cents per 100, while this year it will
be 80 cents.
Here is the new schedule:
Family trade. 80 cents per 100
pounds; drug stores and saloons, 70
cents; and markets, 1000 pounds and
over, SO cents per 100.
Waltham,. Mass: Announcement is
made by the Waltham Ice Company
of the new price of ice to go into
effect on the of April and the new
prices represent an increase of thir-
ty per cent. over the schedule of last
year. The local dealers have but half
of their supply, and conservation
of ice will be a requirement this
summer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24

Whereas, the Georgia division OF
United Confederate Veterans has
been so royalty and Hospitality en-
tertained by the United Daughters
of the Confederacy of Dawson and
the citizens generally, be it
Resolved, The Georgia division, to-
gether with our matrons, sponsors
and maids of honor, do hereby ten
der to the U. D. C. and citizens Of
Dawson and Terrell county our heart
felt gratitude for the cordial recep-
ton which they have so unanimously
given US, and for the generous, yea
royal manner in which they have en-
tertained US, and each and every one
of US will ever cherish as "a bright
spot to memory dear" our reunion
of 1919 in Dawson.
Resolved, That to the may OF Daw-
son, Hon. Frank McNulty, who for
an indefinite period has devoted ms
unfagging energies and herculean Ell
forts to making this reunion grand
success, our hearty thanks are due.
Resolved, That to Mrs. Thos. b.
Raines, chairman of the Mary Brant-
ley Chapter, U. D. c., and her col
leagues, we tender our most pro
found thanks for their interchangeable
labors in providing for US reception
unprecedented, if not unequalled
hitherto, and we shall ever cherish
in grateful remembrance our reunion
of 1919 in the hospitable community.
Resolved, That we shall, each and
every one, bear with US in grateful
remembrance the lovely, loving and
kindly reception and treatment we
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
/ 4, B. STEVENS
| HAS PASSED AWAY
| ,.s oF FORMER BELOVED
|s ,rG BROUGHT HERE
[.nD BURIAL MONDAY

,,,;o Stevens, widow of the
g J Stevens died at her home
B, B, s saturday night, f. following wing:
|anta : 9s several weeks. The body
E9ugdd or " morning, ACCOMPANIED
NG aDra Of the family. Funeral
enD 9eeTe held Monday morning
F. f Dy,c c at the home OF Col.
y -. 0'f N, J. Yeomans. where a
u.s. mi of friends who had
lg gad sb on her in life paid
ana I'd ~ tribute. The impressive
p .,s sau conducted by Rev. I. H.
Eon w." and tie remains were we eo tol-
PS OIL q large concourse to Cedar
Dy oter W and laid to rest by the
\ her husband and children,
b n nGa her to the grave by sew
s nanv years the Stevens family
+5 hirI home in Dawson and were
| In Identified with every interest
,itv and county. Mrs. Stevens
s s.r' in Atlanta in 1851, the
g g,r If lanes Lotion and Olivia
ET Che % was a sister of DR.. Geo.
oNr notod minister of Nashville,
The deceased was married in
J. Mr. O. B. Stevens. To this
" vor ON children were born, those
Inr being Mrs. M. ]. James, OF
Mr.. 0. B. Stevens and Miss
stevens was a member of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24

First Methodist church in Atlanta,
and was also a member of the pio-
neer society of that city. AS a neigh
Dor and friend she was always
thoughtful and obliging, as Chris
tan humble and devoted, but it was
in the home that she was at her best,
and it was there she will be most sad
ly missed. Her going away has car
ried sorrow>to hundreds in this Sec
ton and all over Georgia.
The out-of-town relatives present
beside her children were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Nasworthy, Atlanta
Frank Nasworthy, Nashville, Tenn. !;
Willard Nasworthy, Birmingham,
Ala. Her sister, Mrs. Lunday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
COL. YEOMANS DELIVERED
FINE ADDRESS SUNDAY

At the Methodist church Sunday
night Col. M. J. Yeomans read very
fine address on moral, formal social
and informal social law, in other
words the law of the Bible, the Law of
the courts and the law of public opin-
ion. This address was prepared by
Col. Sam Sibley and delivered before
the Bar Association, which convened
at Tybee some days ago. There were
in it many strong points to show the
abject slavery of our people to pub
lie opinion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
DAWSON BAPTISTS WILL
HAVE MEETING FOR MEN
To Discuss the $75,OOO,000 Cam
paign. Refreshments Will Be
Served by the Ladies.

The members of the First Baptist
church of Dawson are arranging to
have a mems meeting at the church
Wednesday night, July End, at which
time methods will be discussed for
the great campaign for seventy-fve
million dollars.
Refreshments will be served by the
ladies, and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the men of New Bethel,
Sardis, Pleasant Hill, Bronwood and
Chapel Grove churches to be pres
emit. Those who come are not expect
ed to wait at home for supper, as
lunch will be served at the church at
Dawson. The meeting will begin at
8 o'clock, July End.
THOS. M. CALLAWAY, Pastor.
A new line of mems neckwear. j.
w. Davis e Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
Veterans Praise Entertainment
Given at Reunion in Dawson

have received at the hands of the cit
liens of Dawson.
The above preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted by
the Georgia division, U. c. ", in con-
vention assembled at Dawson, Ga,
June 10, 1919, the same being offer.
ed bv Comrade Geo. H. Hammond, of
Atlanta Camp No. 159.
BRIDGES SMITH, Adj.-General.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
For Councilnen.

We, the undersigned, hereby an
nounce ourselves for councilmen of
the city of Dawson for the ensuing
term, subject to usual white primary
Respectfully,
J. D. WEAVER,
J. S. LOWREY,
W. L. PACE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
WILL HAVE MEETING OF
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS

Association Coming to Dawson.
Mr.. E. B. Harold, secretary of the
Georgia Local Underwriters Associa-
ton, has written Mr.. Rogers Carver
that he and the president of the as
ISOLATION, Mr.. Marshall J. Ellis, will
be in Dawson on July 22nd in the
interest of the state association, and
asks that a meeting of all fire insur-
ance agents in the city be arranged
for that date at $50 o'clock in the
morning.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
DIR. CHAPPELL HAS
SAILED FOR UNITED STATES

Popular Physician Will Soon Be at
Home from Overseas.
DIR. Guy Chappell, who has been
overseas for more than a year, sailed
June 18th and is expected to reach
New York July 1st, where his wife
and daughter have been for two
weeks awaiting his return. The many
Dawson friends of the genial doctor
will accord him a warm welcome.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-01-25

Under the terms of the amendment, the manu-
facture, sale and Importation of Intoxicating Ii
quors must cease one year after ratification
January 10, 1920. Nationwide prohibition, how
ever, will become fact on July because of the
terms of the war measure forbidding the manu-
factrre and sale of alcoholic beverages after that
date until the rehabilitation of the military
forces is completed.
The prohibition amendment is the eighteenth
added to the federal constitution The Anti
Saloon League of America claims that its rati-
ficaton will wipe out 23o disti1leries, 992 brewer
les and more than 100000 saloons and wholesale
liquor establishments. Its leaders, however, are
shrewd enough to realize that this will fall far
short of putting an end to liquor drinking
Arthur Sears Henning writing in the Chicago
Tribune, says:
"While prohibition leaders are glorying in their
great victory they realize that the United States
will not be bone dry unless the law is rigidy en-
forced. Experience in Maine, the original dry
state, has demonstrated that prohibition does not
necessarily prohibit
"The league forsees that unless there be rigid
regulation of doctors and drug stores, there is
likely to be an alarming increase of illness among
those afflicted with unquenchable thirst and that
prescriptions for toddies, beers, and wines for
recuperative purposes will be in great demand.
Likewise the league is not unmndful of the
great demand there will be for certain patent
medicines Without stringent regulation in this
particular it might appear that national prohibi-
ton had produced nation of invalids."