The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, July 16, 1909, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextALL TOGETHER! — •—— *" —Cartoon by C. R. Macauley, in the New York World. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TESTS OF NAVAL ORDNANCE TO BE SECRET Important Experiments Costing SIOO,OOO Planned to De termine Relative Efficiency of Various Elements of Offence and Defence, Washington, D. C.—The experi ments in naval ordnance, for which the last naval appropriation act con tains an appropriation of SIOO,OOO, now available, will be conducted in secret. For some time the naval ord nance officers have been anxious to conduct certain tests which require much expense, and which could not be made out of the usual allotment lor the naval bureau of ordnance. It was not expected that Congress would make provision for such a purpose, largely for the reason that objection prevailed in some quarters to the ex penditure of public funds in direc tions which did not always show tang ible results. It was pointed out, however, that the beneficial effect of the tests would be no less real mere ly because new material was not be ing acquired. There was much in the way. of theory vyhich it was de sired to supplant by actual knowledge obtainable only by tests. So many questions have arisen among the ex perts as to the relative efficiency of various elements of offence and de fence that they are highly gratified to have an opportunity to settle them. One of the most important tests is that which will show whether the armor now being placed on American battleships will resist the projectiles of high power guns at battle ranges. Guns are now fired in tests at short range with velocities w r hich are esti mated to equal that -which would exist if the distance were what is known as a battle range. It is as serted by many that the armor will not serve its purpose. Actual experi ments in firing at such ranges against armor supported in the same manner as on a battleship have hever been carried out, and no one knows what the actual effect will be. Another question is whether high explosive shells will have the effect claimed for them and whether the pressure of the gases of such a vio lent explosion will blow in the armor side of a battleship. Then, too, it is desired to know -what will be the ma terial effect of such explosives on the personnel and whether the structure of the ship will stand it. Connected with such an experiment is the de termination of the maximum depth to -which a twelve-inch shell will pen etrate the water at battle ranges and the effect of the explosions on the underwater body. Tests will also be ■conducted to determine the resist MUIR GLACIER FREE OF BERGS. Strange Changes Wrought by a Subterranean Earthquake in the Famous Alaska Ice River. Victoria, B. C. —A recent remark able phenomenon in Alaska is the drifting away of icebergs from the front of Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay so that for the first time in nine years this famous river of ice, the most noted on this continent, has been vis ited. In 1889 a subterranean earth quake occurred at Yakutat. and ever since the approach of this glacier has been so choked with ice that boats have turned away with their passen gers disappointed. Now through some peculiar drifting of the ice steamboats can enter the channel and go near the right wing of the glacier, and after cautiously pushing their way get a glimpse of the left face. In" the nine years that it has been inaccessible the glacier has under gone remarkable changes. When Professor John Muir, after whom it was named, visited it it had a solid face two miles long and rising about 250 feet above the water line. It was a live glacier,, and great masses of ice ance of exterior armor to the attack of twenty-one-inch torpedoes. It may develop that the armor now used will not exclude torpedoes, in which event the disclosure would be disconcert ing, to say the least. ?t w'ould have its value, however, in showing to what extent and in what direction improvements must he installed to give exterior armor its necessary power to resist such a form of naval attack. / It is also proposed to ascertain whether the turrets as now con structed and equipped on battleships will withstand the impact of heavy projectiles at battle ranges. It is a question whether there will not he under such an attack material dam age to the structure itself, to. the sights, the electric and other gun gear contained in the turrets. It is important in this connection to as certain whether the sights now in stalled cn the twelve-inch turret would he permanently disabled by six-inch gun fire, which demonstra tion would show whether it is neces sary to design a turret that can be disabled only by heavy gun fire. One of the important experiments will be with movable water planes in stalled on the sides of a battleship, operated automatically, so as to di minish the roll of a vessel, and so im prove the accuracy of gun fire in time of battle. The record target practice of thobAtlantic fleet this summer will be with the vessels rolling, so as to ascertain if the target could be hit under the most adverse conditions at sea in time of war. It is also desir able to ascertain if under such unfav orable conditions it would be possi ble to offset the influence of the sea and contribute to the stability of the ship as a'gun platform. It is appre ciated that anything which improves marksmanship on board ship is a di rect and vital contribution to the fighting power of the navy. These are only a few of the sub jects which will be taken up by the naval ordnance officers during this fiscal year. No previous announce ment will be made of the experi ments, most of which are likely to be conducted at the naval proving ground at Indian Head, Maryland. The tests will be made solely with the view of obtaining information for the Navy Department and no an nouncement of the results will ba made. toppled into the sea from' time to time with reverberations like thunder. Water splashed fifty feet high at each fall and the sight was fascinating. To-day the glacier assumes a differ ent aspect. Erosion has worked out a new bay, which will soon be charted, and the glacier itself seems to have tw r o parts, the live part, from which icebergs break and fall with tremen dous noise, and a dead arm, with land forming between it and the sea. This change is due to a hill which projected through the top of the ice when Professor Muir was there. Now that hilltop is a large mountain di viding the ice fields. The ice has also receded four miles in the nine years. The captain of the first steamboat piloted in front of .this glacier in re cent years was presented with a sil ver service marked in large letters “Muir Glacier.” This is without doubt the most remarkable known glacier on this continent. It has 35 4 square miles of ice. RAINS INJURED CROPS Condition of Georgia Crops Mow Rat id at .GO. COTTON AND COHN SHORT Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson Says Cotton Crop Will Be Curtailed 500,000 to 600,000 Bales. Atlanta, Ga.—Crop reports received at the department of agriculture, fol lowing the recent heavy rains have caused Commissioner .of Agriculture T. G. Hudson to rate the present crop condition at 60 per cent, as against 82 per cent, the estimate given out a month ago. The continued rainfall is assigned as the reason, and it is further stated the cotton crop in Georgia, as a re sult, will be curtailed from 500,0tH) to 600,000 bales. In North Georgia the crop condi tions, both for cotton and corn, are given as exceedingly bad. In middle Georgia they are some better, though suffering, too, there from too much rain, while in some parts of south Georgia the grass has run away with the cotton. Only in extreme south Georgia are the conditions given as fine. In that section it is stated that the crops are as good as ever grown in Georgia. NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE. The house of representatives held only a brief session on Saturday morn ing, and aside from passing two local bills affecting the city of Augusta, reading now bills and bills up for a second reading, transacted no busi ness. There was no sesion of the sen ate. The two bills passed were: A bill to authorize the city council of Augusta to secure by condemnation proceedings lands needed for the ex tension of the city’s waterworks sys tem. Also a bill to create a .river and canal commission for Augusta. Among the most important new bills introduced in the house was one by Mr. Davis of Albany to amend the law with reference to the exam ination of banks in this state and to provide for the appointment of a state bank examiner and his assist ants. Now that the last dollar due from the convict lessees has been paid, and the convict lease system forever clos ed, so far as Georgia is concerned, there will be more financial embar rassment for the state, which the co lons will have to unravel. State Treas urer Pope Brown received a check for $2,729.29, from the E. E. Fov Man ufacturing Co., of Egypt, Effingham county, the same being the last quar terly instalment due by them to the state on leased convicts. This com pletes all the payments from lessees on convict hire. After defraying the expenses of the prison commission, there was $60,000 left of the convict lease fund, which is now due, for distribution to the several counties. The sum, together with other war rants for bills of the state, overdue, is now being held up in the executive department, for lack of available funds in the state treasury to satisfy them. Governor Brown will not give up his place as head of the Marietta board of education while he is gov ernor. An important bill affecting the banking laws of the state is pending before the senate, where it was intro duced by Senator Rutherford. This measure, it is .stated, has the approval of the state banks generally, partic ularly those belonging to the Georgia Bankers’ Association. One of the first purposes of this bill is to make such provision as will both require and insure two examinations annually of each state bank. Under the new bill there are to be five assistant bank examiners, each at a salary of SI,BOO. instead of the $1,500 now paid. The expenses of bank examination are not to be paid by the state, but by the banks. The house special judiciary commit tee voted to favorably report a meas ure which will revolutionize criminal procedure in Georgia. It provides that the jury shall assess the punishment within the limit of the law as ex plained by the court. At present the jury only declares the guilt or inno cence of the accused, while the judge pronounces sentence. The bill was Introduced by Mr. Lewis, cf Hancock. The present session of the general assembly has a burden of $430,000 to face and must cut its cloth accord ingly. said Representative Reid of Campbell, chairman of the committee on ways and meanst After impress ing upon the members the serious and irksome nature of their work, Mr. Reid showed that last year there was an excess of expenditures over re ceipts and this year adidtional appro priations to be met as follows: Excess of appropriations for 1908, $1S0,000; increased appropriations already made for 1909, $250,000; total increase, $430,- 900. He said the report of the comp troller general showed that some $70,- 000 of extraordinary receipts came in last year which could not be counted upon this year. Thus the present legislature must, in financing the state, make allowance for an extra half million dollars. Senator Johnson has introduced a bill in the senate making it unlawful for any person, firm 3r corporation to sell any commodity for a lower price in one section of the state than in another section. The first offense is made punishable as a misdemeanor and in case of a foreign corporation, the second offense is punishable by ousting from business in the state. Domestic corporations may suffer a revocation of their charters for sec ond offenses. rriil S*feo jf’cmYJi iso pa. f I c 1 tame e i>o Sono. YORK., (900 Drops! castor ALCOHOL 3 PLK CKNT. ' AYegetable Preparation IbfAs sirailaring theFtodandßegula I ing (lie S lomachs aitdßowels of Infants/Children Promotes Digostion.Cheerfti! 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I used to suffer from bearing down ains, nervousness and sleeplessness, l>ut now the pains are all gone and I sleep good. I highly recommend Cardui for young and old.” Try it. AT ALL DRUG- STORES G. W. MOKIUS, Pres. J. G. WARD, V-Pres. J. T. BOND, V-Pres. C. M. POWER, Cashier. BANK OF STOCKBRIDGE STOCKBRIDGE!, GA. WE HAVE Fidelity Bonds A “Deposits Insured” Fire Insurance N I n Reserve Fund Burglarly Insurance D of $250,000.00. Deposit Your Money With Us. STOCKBRIDGE WAREHOUSE CO. Will store your Cotton FREE f° r 30 Days. Insurance Rates : 10c. per month/ Storage after 30 Days 25c. per month for four months; Balance of the Year RRee! t&~ SEND US YOUR COTTON! Advertise in Your Home Paper For the Very Best Results. (ASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the At, Signature / Vup of w ft Jr ln I\ X Use \j For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THI CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW TORN CITY.