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AIR RAIDERS FEAR THE SEARCHLIGHT Mies Find Powerful and Far* Reaching Illumination an Im portant Factor. USEFUL IN SPOTTING TANKS Pick Up Hun Bombing Planei at ■ Distance and Keep .Them Con stantly In View—Equipped With 8ound Detector*. New York.—Lout fall, when the Aus trians were driving the Italian sol diers from their hard-won mountain fortresses, the defeated army had one weapon which It constantly used to harass and impede the foe. This was the electric searchlight, a newcomer on the field of battle. Powerful lights were trained every night upon the odvandng Austrians whenever they came to a river cross ing or whenever they were obliged to halt for another reason. This ham pered and Irritated the enemy ex ceedingly. It was not only that se rious danger attended any disclosure of their operations. They suffered also from nerves when the long feel ers of light brushed over their faces and hands and revealed every detail of the work upon which they were engaged. ' The use of searchlights by our own expeditionary forces Is becoming an Important branch of the engineer ing service. Not long ago. congress voted an appropriation of $1,000,000 for searchlights of both the field type and the anti-aircraft type. The lights commonly used are 88-Inch lights, hav ing a candlepOwer of 1,000,000,000, and n maximum range of approximately 10,000 yards, or nearly six miles. ' First Use In Warfare. When searchlights were first Intro duced In warfare It was expected that they would bo primarily service able in battlefield illumination. The scheme was to throw light upon the opposing battle line and show ad vancing companies of Infantry the kind of ground over which they had to go. Another plan was to have rows of searehllghts parallel with the trenches and sweep the terrain be fore them, lighting up the barbed- wire entanglements laid by the foe and exposing pnrtles of enemy sol diers at work repairing them. How ever, neither of these nses turned out to be especially significant. The dif ficulty was that, ns soon ns the lights were In operation, they were easily picked off by tho enemy’s, guns, the same manner, they could not be plhccd along the line of trenches More recent experiments have dem- onstated that there Is a real useful ness for field searchlights. They are now being employed to spot tho en emy’s tank advances. Instead of be ing hauled by horses, ltko the first field searchlights, the newer ones are mounted on motor trucks. They are flashed for only a minute or two at a time, and nro Instantly shifted to an other vantnge point. This affords them a greater measure of self-pro tection. The antiaircraft searchlight Is the most valuabto type of light now used by our soldiers. It Is our most ef fective defense against the low-flying night-bombing plane of the Germans. Antiaircraft guns have proved almost hopelessly Inadequate In coping with nlght'alr raids, and If It were not for the long pointing fingers of the search light the foe would be able to effect some very deadly work In night at tacks upon supply depots and ammuni tion dumps. miles away from its objective. For this purpose the searchlights are lo cated at points likely to be attacked. They are sunk In holes in the ground and are heavily sandbagged. Both tbe light and the men working It are given considerable protection.. Fitted With 8ound Receivers. To detect the approach of airplanes the searchlight apparatus Is furnished wth sound receivers. Without these receivers tbe outfit Is practically use less. The receiver can' be swung around to catch the sound vibrations, and they are remarkably accurate In discovering the position of the plane. Usually It can be located within a few degrees. The light Is not turned on at all until the airplane Is practically lo cated. Then It Is suddenly flashed on the craft. Once n bombing plane Is found It Is hnrd for It to get away from the Inexorable pencil of light. Bomb ing planes are not like battle planes; they must fly In comparatively straight lines and are aot free to twist and turn so ns to wriggle out of rang? of the light The first thing an aviator does when he finds himself In the spotlight Is to rise. That Is Just what the operator of tbe searchlight wants him to do. Tbe higher, he goes the less accurate his aim becomes and the smaller grows the chance that he can hurl his bombs at a desired point. Furthermore, he Is dazzled by the light and his sense of security Is completely destroyed. Some times he can be found out by one of the antiaircraft guns, or pursued by one of our own airplanes. Even If the searchlight crew does nothing more thnn to frighten an airman and drive him awny It lias performed a defensive act which may save quantities of stores and ammunition, to say nothing of lives. Health About Gone Mtnjr thousand* of women suffering bom womanly trouble, haw been benefited by the use of Cardul, the woman's tonic, according to letters we receive, similar to this oaebomMis.Z.V.SpcH, of Hayne, N. C. "I could not stand on my feet, and Just suffered terribly," she says. "As my suf fering was so great, and he had tried other reme dies, Dr. —— had us getCardul. . » I began improving, and It cured me. I know, and my doctor knows, what Car diff did for me, lor my nerves and health were •bout gone." TAKE SEORGIA MEN ACTING AS SECOND'LIEUTENANTS Plattsburg, Aug.—The Students’ Army Training Corps camp, has now reached its full quota of 3,300 men and the force la now being reorgan ized into two prdvisional training regiments of infantry of three batal- lions each of 12 companies to the reg iment. „ There are a large number of young men from Georgia among the new ar rivals and nil of these have been put in commands above Company R, but the roster of these new organizations will not be completed before next wek A roster containing the names of the Georgia men, whow ere here in the first camp in'June nr.d whoh ave re turned and are now serving ns non commissioned officers and instructors will also be prepared some time next week. Of the former camp men, Colonel Denver has selected 22 who ho has designated to act as second lieutten- ants during thep criod of the camp, five of whom aref.rom tho state of Georgia, this state furnishing the greater number by two over any oth er state. The meq selected are: Dav id P.Welchel, Gainesville, a member of Company A; W. W. McCrea, Tif- ton of Company B; Clement N. Eyler, Savannah, of Company Q; Ivey W. Duggan, Clayton, of Company U, and T. N. Cooley, Grnntville, of Company W. The duties of these men will be those of second lieutenants, but their privileges will bo those of other stu dents anil their relations with respect to other students will remain as be fore. Thesem en'will not be saluted The insignia of rank will be one round silver button to bo worn on the right side of the olive drab shirt collar. The Woman’s Tome She writes further; "1 tm in splendid health... can do my work. I feel 1 owe it to Cardul, for I was in dreadhff condition." II you are nervous, run down and weak, or suffer from headache, backache, etc., every month, try Cardul. Thousands ol women praise this medi cine for the good it has done them, and many physicianswho have Used Cardul successfully with their women patients, for years, endorse this medi cine. Think what it means to be in splendid health, like Mrs. Spell. Give Cardul a trial. Afl Druggists The manager of two high-class mo tion picture theatres in New York has issued ap roper protest against “the prevailing tendency to make capital of the patriotic fervor which imbues the American people at the present moment, as evidenced in the produc tion of crudely conceived and badly executed pictures in which an ill-con- ccaled attempt is made to commer cialize our love of country.” The press of thee ountry may well devote seme critical attention to the' exploi tation of patriotism involved in many clap-trap productions of war feature films, in which thes pirit of the Amer ican fighting forces ia grotesquely caricatured. To The Farmers We wish to announce that we are going to operate this season the BUSBEE GIN on the A. B. & A. Railroad track, also the RUSHIN GIN, in East Vienna. . We are installing new machinery with a view to handling you cotton quickly and to the best advantage. Both gins will be ready for operation as soon as the season opens. We are prepared to serve you and solicit your patronage through the coiping season. We will be in the market for your surplus cotton seed. J.J. & J. L. LASHLEY. A patent has been iazued for nn attachment by which any person can The method la to pick up n hostile lessen the amount of sound given by bombing plane when itjs about five telephone bells. Now as ever, there must be in journalism, ns everywhere in organiz ed effort, a man behind the guns. He may not be visible. Hut he is there nnd he is bound to be there.—Henry Watterson, Mr. Garfield, the U. S. Fuel suggests that each farmer furnish to gin his cotton. We are in the wood in any quantity. Administrator, sufficient wood market for cord A MEMORIAL TO THE MEMORY OF BRO. AND SISTER B. G. McKINNEY BY THE MARS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH All that skilled physicians and lov ing hearts could do was to no avail, God in his infinite wisdom has sent the grim reaper into oui* midst and called from our body Bro. and Sister McKinney. ‘Aunt Frankie” as Sister McKin ney wns familiarly -known to her many friends and really so was she to one of the community indeed, and in fact, by all that the ties the name aunt implies, was born Nov. 19, 1860 and died Jan. 10th, 1918. She was before her marriage, Miss Frances Pollock, in her childhood and as a young woman she gained the friendship of many, the high ns well as the low, and by her unselfish dispo sition and earnest desire for the wel fare of others retained the friendship of nil to the end. Although she had not united with the church until 'she had reached" middleage, she lived a life we would do, well to emulate. Bro. McKinney was born July 28th, 1847; Died March 12th, 1918. “Un cle Ben” in his quiet unassuming way was always ready to lend a helping hand or to speak a word that would bring cheer to n sorrowing heart. Time and time again have we known he and his dear companion to visit the sick and bring with them delicacies for the sick. He too, joined the church late in life, but was n loyal member at- his death. In his last illness he bore his suffering with fortitude, longing and yet patfently waiting for the end that he might join his loved ones. B. G. McKinney and Miss Frances E. Pollock were married Jan. 12th, 1871, to this union were born seven children, six of whom survive them, they are T. W., W. H„ G. L. Mrs. G. R. Adams, Mrs. Rufus Buscelle, Mrs. Jack Adams We would say to these that their father and mother are at rest and with the redeemed are around God's throne, beckoning you to come and be with them. Besides the children nnd grand children a host of relatives nnd friends mourn their death. Therefore, be it resolved, first, That we bow in humble submission to the will of our Heavenly Father, knowing that all things work togeth er for the good of those that love him. Second, That we extend our heart felt sympathy to the bereaved ones in this double sorrow that has come into their life. Third, That a copy of these resolu tions be furnished each of the chil dren one to the Vienna News for pub lication and a page be left blank in our minute to their memory. Respectfully submitted, R. B. MOYE, S. N. LUPO, A. D. HENDLEY, Committee. A rotten apple makes a bad neigh bor for a sound apple—and a newspa per conducted on unsound policies ia a thorn in thes ide of its better-man aged competitors. Indestructible prescriptions for spectacles invinted by a Chicqgo oc ulist, are stamped upon aluminum and can be filled by opticians in any country.