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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

These bottles are not touched after
being fed in, until the man who oper-
ates the bottling machine puts them in
position for filling.
The machine that does the filling is
as interesting as the automatic wash
er. This machine automatically meas
ures the syrup and mixes it with the
carbonaed water, fills the bottle and
presses the cap or crown into place,
making an alright seal.
The filled bottles are then inspected
over a strong light and any bottle that
is not as it should be is set aside and
it's contents poured out.
We wonder how many of you drink
filtered water!
That is the kind of waite" you get
in the bottled drinks put + by the
Lime Cola Bottling company. The
filterer is rather simple. affair but
every drop of the water that goes in
to the tank from which water is
drawn to fill the bottles has to pass
through it thus insuring the utmost
purity of water.
To properly carbonate water II has
to be cold. To get this chill into it..
it is necessary to use, ice or refrigera-
ton of some kind. The Lime Cola
Bottling company has its own ice ma
chine, and the water is chilled by
means of large coils Of pipe that are
submerged in the water tank; through
which ammonia gas is pumped. The
circulation of this ammonia through
those coils will in a short time reduce
the temperature to 40 degrees, which
is the best temperature for carbon
ating, and if desired by running the
pump longer the water can be frozen.
In handling the syrup every pre-
caution is taken to. prevent contact
with anything that is not perfectly
clean. The porcelain tub from which
the syrup is drawn is in screen room
especially constructed for it. The
syrup is pumped through tube and is
passed through a cloth as well as a
metal strainer into this tub, and as it
passes out to the bottling machine,
it goes through strainers again After
each days operations the tub and all
tubes used in handling the syrup are
thoroughly washed out and cleaned,
all crowns and broken bottles are
swept up and removed and the hose
turned on.
The result of all this care and at
tention is just what might be ex-
pected-each bottle with Lime Cola
O. it is a perfect, wholesome, health
f drink, put up under the most SAN
i,ary conditions.
The management welcomes inspec-
ton on the part Of the public at any
time, and when you accept their in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05
MISS CLARA BOWERS
HOSTESS FOR CLUB

On Tuesday afternoon Miss Clara
Bowers entertained the Pastime club
at her home in Boundary street.
Pretty pink crepe myrtle blossoms
added a finishing touch to the living
room in which two tables were placed
for bride. At the close of the games
tempting course of banana salad,
sandwiches and iced tea was served.
Those present were: Mrs. Joseph
Feagle, Mrs. James Epting, Mrs.
Claude Dominick, Mrs. Tench @.
Boozer, Miss Blanche Davidson, Mrs.
Raymond Fellers and Miss Hortense
Woodson.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

and merry making when, on last Fri
day, at the home of the father they
gathered together to celebrate his
'seventy-sixth birthday. The 29th Of
July is day to which the Counts
family look forward, as a day when
they can gather together around the
old homestead and discuss the days of
their CHILDHOOD.
The father realizes that he must be
classed among the aged and his chill
dren with the middle aged. But on
July 29th age is forgotten as they
join together in their games as they
did years ago.
This anniversary was an unusually
happy day for the family. Through
the great providence of. God the four
sons and FIVE daughters, twenty-five
grand children and five great-grand-
children of Mr.. Counts were allowed
to gather at the old homestead to
show their love and respect to their
aged father. Several beloved friends,
directly connected with the family,
Ialso paid their respects to the Counts
family.
A long table was prepared in the
front yard, and at twelve o'clock a
most delicious barbecue dinner was
served. And as the meats, hash and
rice was passed up and down the table
one could easily see that the family
and friends were enjoying the day.
Mr.. Counts is the son of Mr.. An
drew Counts. He was born and rails
ed in Lexington county near Peak, S.
C. Fifty-four years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Mary Shealy, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Joe Shealy, also of Lexing-
ton COUNT. After their marriage
they settled down near Peak, S. c.,
where Mr.. Counts has been very sue
cessful as farmer. To this happy
union were born eleven children, six
sons and five daughters. Two sons
have passed to the beyond. The 9TH
er four sons and five daughters are
ali married, and are very successful
in their line of business. To these
sons and daughters were born twenty
eight children, three of whom have
passed to the other world. And to
these children five great grandchildren
of Mr.. Counts have been born, all of
whom are living.
Mr.. Counts is very proud of his
nine children, twenty-five grand
children and five great grandchildren.
And he prays and trusts that one year
hence the entire family may be per-
mitted to celebrate his seventy
seventh birthday.
A Friend
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05
Family Dining

A very pleasant event was the in
formal family dining on Monday at
the home of Mrs. j. R. Davidson in
Boundary street in celebration of
Mrs. Davidson's birthday. Those
present included only the immediate
family in the home and Mrs. David
sons sisters and brother, Mrs. E. P.
Matthews, Mrs. John w. Henderson
and Mr.. A. J. S. Langford.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

vitation to visit the plant you may De
sure of having a pleasant as we'll as
an interesting experience, and most
hospitable treatment.
You will enjoy Lime Cola even
more than you have been enjoying it
when you know what has gone into
it's making.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05
Rook Party for Visitors

Mrs. w. H. Hunt entertained on
Tuesday afternoon with a delightful
rook party complimentary to her two
attractive nieces from Columbia,
Misses Dorothy and Frances MoIn-
tosh. The afternoon was pleasantly
spent and at the close of the games
the guests were served an ice course
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

Celebrates Seventy-Sixth Birthday.
Mr.. H. H. Counts and his children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren
experienced another day Of pleasure
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05
MISS PAULINE FAINT
HONORS RECENT BRIDE

Miss Pauline Fant entertained a
number of friends Saturday afternoon
at her home in Main street in honor
of Mrs. T. E. Davis, a recent bride
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

Music has charm in the country
where the houses are mile apart.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

is credited with doing eighty-four miles an
hour in Jack Frost for six miles in a race
with Haze.
Practically all iceboats are built with
converted sloop rig, jib and mainsa1. There
are three main parts in the construction:
the hull or backbone, commonly called the
center timber the runner plank on which
the hulls rests and two runners attached to
each end Of the runner plank. and the rud-
der. The rudder is the only movable part
of the boat with horizontal and vertical
movement.
The sails Of an ice yacht and those of
sailing craft are essentially the same ex-
cept in the cut and the weight of the canvas.
The ice sails are made of lighter canvas
and they are cut as fiat as possible. No
draft is given either to the jib or mansaii.
Various other rigs have been tried with
out any great success. The lateen rig is
used almost exclusively out West and modi-
fcations of the lateen have been used in
Eastern centers. On smaller boats where
the sail area does not exceed 250 square feet,
the cat rig has given fair success The mast
has TO be stepped so far forward in the cat
rig to preserve the proper balance that il
has not been generally adopted. But the
sloop rig has been undergoing a gradual
change, with the mainsail getting larger and
the lib being made smaller. At present, the
jb on the iceboat is so small that 1t is used
primarily for balance and only incidentally
for driving power.
The limit of size was reached in the build
ing Of the Iciole and the Jack Frost. The
Icicle measured 6s feet II inches over all
and had sail area of 1910 square feet. AL
though she was one of the fastest boats on
the ice for time, ultimately she was beaten
by a boat that carried less than half the
same sail area
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

sheet were Stacked off the speed of the ice
yacht could not exceed the speed of the
wind which-as iceboating rates it's
hardly moving.
The best point of sailing is about five
points from the wind. That is where she
gets up on a single blade and flies over the
ice. An ice yacht can sail at moderate
speed within 2 2-3 points Of the wind.
There seems to be less chance of capsiz-
ing in an iceboat than In a regular sailboat.
When the windward runner Is far up in the
air and to all appearances the boat is about
to go over, the end Of the main boom Is rest
ing securely on the ice and preventing such
a casualty Now and then they do go over
until the masthead strikes the ice, but they
are easily righted and off on another squirt
as though nothing had happened.
The average boat is built to hold crew OF
not more than two. though the majority OF
racing crafts manage to get along just with
a skipper. In the matter of weight and
balance, the one man crew Is far to be pre-
ferred; but in the excitement of intricate
rnaneuvers in a stiff breeze the helmsman
can generally find use for an extra pair OF
hands.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Odd Facts About New York

found, but nearly all were later identified.
The persons reported missing in the same
year were $50. nearly all of whom were
traced by the police. Inquiries for many
others were made, but the number stated
are regarded as the actual missing.
The diamonds and pearls entering this port
annually would be worth literally about
thirty cents to every person In the United
States. The value of the cut and uncut gems
entering last October was s3,440710. In
addition to the real thing imitation gems
to the value of s42,72a entered during the
same month.
The deepest part of New York Bay is at
the southern end of the Narrows. The
depth there is 100 feet In some places out
some distance from shore il becomes
shallow as fifteen feet. The greatest depth
of the Hudson opposite the Battery is fifty
two feet. II is from fifty-two to fifty-seven
feet deep opposite Central Park. Opposite
Fifty-ninth street In the river the depth 70
bedrock is 1875 feet. but about seventy-five
feet of mud and silt lie on this bedrock un-
der the water.
In round figures and allowing for the
changes wrought by tides the width of the
Hudson opposite the Battery is 1.500 yards.
at Fifty-ninth street 1t is 1900 yards, and al
Fortieth street 1,4OO yards.
The city government owns or leases 1900
buildings whose annual lighting bill amounts
to sa1S916. Tho electric bulbs for these
buildings alone cost about 100000 annually
according to the officials of the lighting De-
partment
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Now Comes the Scooter
To Dispute Supremacy

While the modern iceboat will probably
never have any rival on the ice in the mat
ter of speed, the scooter has come in during
the last ten years or 80 and is being used
both for pleasure and duty on Great South
Bay and Manhasset Bay. The scooter
travels over ice or water, snow or any
other element that it happens to encounter
and gives everybody a good time.
Actually the scooter is little more than
a pumpkin shaped, South Bay duck boat
sitting on a pair of runners. 1t was orig
inally used by the baymen and life guards
who needed some means of communication
between the mainland and the outlying
beaches during the winter months when
Part of the bay was frozen and part open
water.
To-day the scooter is used in various
parts of the country, especially where the
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
No TiIier on Scooter.
The lib Does the Work

The lib does most of the steering HOLD
fast to the mainsail and let go the jib. and
the scooter comes around as If she were on
a turntable. To come up in the wind, the
helmsman merely has to step lightly toward
the bow and the lightened stern will swerve
around. BY an adjustment of weight and
a careful handling of the sails a scooter
turns in it's own length.
But when 1t comes to sailing before the
wind the scooter balks absolutely AS soon
as the mansai blankets the wind from the
jib, the steering power of the boat Is gone.
II is necessary to tack before a wind just
as you would tack into 1t.
The real thrill of scootering comes in TAX
ing off from ice into ice water. The scooter
is driven straight at the water Just before
reaching the water, the crew stands up to
relieve the boat of all dead weight. II she
takes IL on a slant. there is good chance OF
a wet spill; but If the man who controls the
jib is strictly on the job and she takes It
straight she floats off easily without ship
ping any water,
Heading for solid ice again is more sport.
The proper maneuver Is to take that head
on too with as much momentum as possible.
If the wind is blowing sufficiently, the scoot
er viii mount the ice and be Off on her run
ners without any fuss In a light breeze.
however, it is sometimes necessary to pull
the boat up with the pike pole provided for
that purpose.
The scooter can make between thirty and
forty miles an hour. During the ice season
the Knckerbocker and Manhasset Bay
Yacht Clubs stage races every Saturday and
Sunday Meanwhile, the Shrewsbury River
enthusiasts are maintaining their loyalty
to the old fashioned iceboat
Regatta committees Of the various ice
yacht clubs have so far failed to announce
the exact dates of their big races for this
year. In fact. they make particular point
each year of being as indefinite as possible.
An ice yacht race is too risky an enterprise
70 be scheduled many hours ahead of start
ing time. Even If the committees could
forecast correctly a week of ice, young
blizzard might come along any day and
bury the course under foot or so Of frozen
snow
An ice yachtsman has TO have lots OF
patience. And then some.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Bv TORREY FORD.

A LTHOUGH iceboating is one of the
II Oldest sports on the winter program
\ it is still considered novelty IN the
average community. Nine persons out OF
ten who wouldn't lift an eye to the heavens
at the whirr of a passing airplane would
walk a mile to see an iceboat in action. And
vet the records clearly show that the .ceboat
was doing 100 miles an hour half century
before the first plane was brought out Oh
the field for the first timid test
There probably never has been any official
census taken on the subject but if there
were the figures wouldn't show much above
one iceboat to every 100000 population.
While Red Bank, N. j., and Patchogue, l.. l.,
might come in strong with iceboat to
every three families, this tally would be
offset by the total lack Of registration OF
any craft from Louisville Ky. or Houston,
Tex.
Iceboatng on the Gulf of Mexico has
always been notoriously poor. Nor has II
ever become much of a rage among the
regulars at Palm Beach. Jump half con-
tinent and you find the same neutral attitude
still prevailing. You might scour the Prov
ince of Quebec and gather only handful OF
enthusiasts. You might page the entire
Puget Sound without locating a single ice
boat skipper.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
1t Is Not an Easy Thing
To Sail This Queer Craft

One cannot learn to sail ar iceboat by
dropping out some fair afternoon and taking
a few tricks at tho tiller. Even an expert
e-lced water sailor has got to begin all over
again and be brought UP gradually to the
point where he can be trusted to take an
iceboat out from it's moorings with some
prospect OF bringing himself and the boat
safely back to port
Sailing her to windward is easy enough,
according to experts. Any one who can
distinguish between port and starboard and
knows a flaw when he sees one can sail an
iceboat off to windward without much diff
ficulty The tricky part comes in sailing to
leeward, starting. stopping. jumping cracks.
maneuvering narrow passages and threading
the traffic OF other iceboats. skaters and on
lockers.
The secret OF sailing to leeward, once
gained. makes II not such complicated art.
Instead of paying Oft the sheet and letting
her run before the wind as in water sailing,
the helmsman must trim his sails close,
nat aboard as the expression goes If the
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Iceboat Jack Frost
Still Holds the Record


In the history of iceboat racing during the
last thirty-five years the name of one boat
stands out boldly The Jack Frost began
her racing career in 1883 by capturing the
challenge pennant in race between Pough-
keepsie and North Shrewsbury. To-day she
still holds the lead and stands by a record
made February 9, 1893.
The time record was established by the
Jack Frost sailing over a twenty-mile course
in 40 minutes 30 seconds, or at the rate
OF a mile in minutes and 2S seconds The
calculated distance that the yacht sailed
in covering the course was 31.3S miles, maxi
ing an average of mile in / minute and "a
seconds.
why this record should stand over so
long a period of years when iceboats are
supposed to make much greater speed is not
easily understood by a person unacquainted
with the details of racing. The chief ex-
cuse offered by the ice shippers themselves
is that the average course over which
race Is held is so narrow that yacht is not
able to hold a course for more than few
minutes. Hardly does 1t get under way
before the opposite shore is reached and 1t
has to sheer off on another tack.
Another factor that holds up the speed
of the race Is slowing down 10 round the
leeward buoys. Where this has to be done
several times during the race 1t lengthens
the course and increases the elapsed time.
The Wolverine. OF the Kalamazoo Ice
Yacht Club, has to her credit a record in
race to,windward and return of twenty miles
in forty minutes fiat, or at the rate of a
mile in two minutes; but in this race the
actual distance sailed was not known
The slowest time ever recorded for a
victor in a race was when the Icicle won the
Hudson River vs. Carthage race in 1899 in
the elapsed time for the twenty mile course
Of hour Q minutes and 81 seconds AS
the Icicle actually sailed 31,3S miles, this
was at the rate of a mile in two minutes
and thirteen seconds. The Icicle held the
challenge pennant from 1888 to 1892 and
won 1t again in 1899.
The average speed made over the Hudson
River course In all these races figures out
to about one mile in one minute and nifty
FIVE seconds. In spite of this, various skip
pers have reported speeds made over
measured distance UP to 100 miles an hour.
Archibald Rogers. n veteran ice yachtsman.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Iceboat Territory
In Vicinity of New York

The favorable part of the sport from
metropolitan point of view is the accessibility
of the iceboating centers. Three of the best
known centers In the country are within easy
committing reach of New York office
These are the Shrewsbury River in New
Jersey, the Hudson River and Manhasset
Bay Other iceboating centers dotted about
the country include Orange Lake and Lake
Chautauqua In New York. Lake Champlain,
Gull Lake at Kalamazoo. Michigan the Wis
consin and Minnesota lakes and along the
southern shores of the Great Lakes.
There Is considerable discussion as to who
did tho hrst iceboating In America. The
Hudson claims the first ice yacht club the
Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club, with char
ter dating back to 1861. Still, it was more
than ten years ago that the Shrewsbury
River yachtmsn held q carnival to cole
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
True Iceboating Is Like
Riding on a Razor Blade

The explanation is comparatively SIMPLE.
Iceboating is a fussy sport, especially about
climate. 1t demands severe cold weather
without snow, long stretches of ice without
flaws and traffic regulations that have elm
mated all mention of a speed limit. 1t is
only an occasional spot on the map that car
step up and meet these rigid qualifications
And when the ideal iceboating territory is
found there is still the difficulty of selecting
sportsmen who are willing to swap few
thrills for the privilege of being yanked
over the ice at a breakneck speed on con-
veyance that has little more stability than
the average safety razor blade.
Our own knowledge of the sport is entirely
from hearsay. The only thrills We have
ever had from boating on the ice are second
hand thrills. We have seen them come
swooping down seventy-fiv or eighty miles
an hour, skid ninety feet taking a corner
and sheer off on another tack. We have
seen a boat tear off ahead of the wind. fall
into a pinwheel and shoot back to meet the
breeze again.
Barring pneumatic tubes the iceboat is
probably the only air propelled contrivance
known to man that can travel faster than
the wind. Yet the iceboat fan will tell you
that 1t is not dangerous sport. A few
legs get broken and colarbone here and
there, but, generally speaking, it's a pretty
safe pastime. Oh my. yes, He insists
upon 1t.
If a participant sticks to his ship and
avoids any serious collisions he may check
in at the yacht club at night; but II he loses
his hold on turn or gets dizzy with the
speed and parts company with the main
sheet he may ride a mile on the ice with
nothing but centrifugal force as motive
power and nothing to sit on but the original
pattern as designed In the Garden Of Eden.
ANY breaks in the ice or shore lines en-
countered during this record slide are treated
as legitimate hazards of the course
But for all the broken bones and i'm
promptu duckings in Ice water, the regular
sailors Of the iceboat fleet admit that the
thrills make up for everything. They like
that carefree feeling of ripping off mile
in nothing fiat. It's exhilarating and great
tonic for depressed spirits.
The New York herald., 1921-12-25

TIME amount Of water used daily by the
people of the greater city would
Il make lake which would be exactly
one mile long, half mile wide and seven
feet deep. On other words. it is 74O, 100000
gallons.
The number of persons walking up and
down Fifth avenue at Forty-second street in
the daytime averages about $4,000 to the
hour. The official figures are, 129,93O for the
ten hours between $3.50 A. NJ. and $3.50 P. M.
The vehicles passing at the same time num-
ber 14,ISz. The pedestrians passing up and
down Broadway at Forty second street dur
ing the same ten hours average Ill, ,306, and
the vehicles number 1920. On Fifth ave.
nue., at Thirty-fourth street, the pedestrians
number II 500 and the vehicles 1890
The total length of Manhattan Bridge is
two miles less 1890 feet Williamsburg
Bridge is 1900 feet and the old Brooklyn
Bridge is 6,537 feet
The wharves and docks of New York not
including those on the New Jersey side,
number 713.
Place all the streets OF the greater city
end TO end and II is safe to say you would
have a street that would reach across the
continent. The streets of Manhattan,
borough which is more confined" than some
OF the others, have an aggregate length of
1868 miles.
The number of dead bodies found in the
city in 1920 was 554 OF which 47o were
The New York herald., 1921-12-25
Photos by Edwin Lcvick.

Since that time the trend has been toward
smaller boats, both for racing and for pleas
ure craft. Different parts of the country
have gone i'm for special classes. At Kala-
mazoo the 45O square foot class has had
a considerable vogue, while at Orange Lake
the majority sail in the $50 square foot
class.
There is a distinctive type of iceboat
called the Madison type, which was con-
ceived on the lakes around Madison, WIS,
and another type that was developed in
northern Michigan. The Hudson River type
is generally used around New York.