Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME I.
LIMIT ON MEDS
Only One Hour Is Allowed Swim
mers at This Beach.
Authorities Have No Difficulty In Reg
ulating Length of Stay, but Can’t
Make Them Come Out When
Their Time Is Up.
Boston, Mass. —Revere, a suburb of
this city, has a burning question. It
is not who will be the next president
or whether the Red Sox will get the
pennant or not. These important prob
lems are discussed far less around the
popcorn booths and the cool trains of
the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad than “How are they going to
keep tabs on the bathers under that
new one-hour limit rule?”
Will the policeman on duty have to
stand on the beach and sing out the
time at minute intervals that the oc
cnpants of the suits may get back to
their rooms within the hour? How
can the bathers be depended upon to
ramember at which hour they went
into the water? Would it be feasible
to chalk the time of day on each bath
er as he springs gracefully down the ।
runway upon the sands?
These and many other conjectures ’
are being made. The proposal to put 1
in a time clock is strongly opposed by '
the labor interests. They say that <
play will be just like work when they I
hare to “punch the clock” at the be- ’
ginning and end of their bathing hour.
Others say that under the new sys
tem the bathers will not fully enjoy 1
their-hour’s splash when they have to 1
remember constantly that they are :
swimming against time. The fun of i
the dip is just to slosh around and ’
have a good time. Under the new sys
tem, they say, all you would have ■
would be a short time. And that con- 1
MOTORS FOR SHIPS
-
Electricity Will Propel War Ves
sel in Future.
Plans for Innovation Are Now Under
Way—Experts Declare Engine and
Turbine Are Not as Efficient
as Newer Motive Power.
New York. —The plan for future bat
tleship propulsion is to drive each ship
propeller with a powerful electric mo
tor direct connected to the propeller
shaft, this doing away with all gears
and consequent loss of power.
This new arrangement would also
save an enormous amount of coal and
greatly facilitate the handling of the
ship, as with electricity it is qutie pos
sible to control the ship from the
bridge, eliminating the ringing of sig
nal bells or with telephoning to the
engine room, located far away in the
interior of the ship. The man on the
bridge can start, stop, slow up or re
verse the motors at will.
While the steam turbine engine
shows better results for ship propul
sion than the old reciprocating types,
experiment has proved that turbine
engines must travel at a high rate of
speed to give their greatest economies
and when they are used for ship pro
pulsion this speed must be cut down
with the aid of gear systems, incur
ring a serious loss of power.
The United States collier Jupiter,
which is being built at the Mare Isl
and navy yard, will be the first large
vessel to be equipped with electric
propulsion, the Electric News re
marks: The general scheme embraces
a steam turbo-generator set delivering
Its electrical output to a pair of in
duction motors, each of which will be
direct connected to its own propeller
shaft
The designer of this equipment Is
W, T< R. Emmet of Schenectady, who
descrited its principal features and
FIGURED CLOSE IN FINING HER
Woman Is Assessed $3 for Making
Five Inch Error in a Guess at
Auto Trial.
Minneapolis, Minn. —Mrs. Josephine
McMichael in municipal court paid *3
because of an error of five inches In
judgment of distance revealed after
the Judge, the lawyers and spectators
all had puzzled their brains In figur
ing out an arithmetical problem. She
was charged with driving her car
within ten feet of a street car dis
charging passengers.
The spot where the automobile
stood was agreed to easily enough.
The street then was measured and al
lowance made for the “overhang of
the street car and the width of the
automobile, and it was found that the
automobile was Just nine feet seven
Inches from the street car.
Invites Foes to His Funeral.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Herman Rohr of
1449 North Comae street committed
suicide by Inhaling gas. He picked
enemies to occupy the same carriages.
NUMBER 4.
ENGLISH GIRL AND KER RICH CATCH
Ak jSPwggW ■
F \ ^^l
■ 9 nil 9
A VI I Em ?: .
THE announcement of the engagement of Lady Marjorie Manners to the
marquis of Anglesey means that the eldest daughter of the duke of Rut
land has captured the heart and hand of the young man who has been re
garded as the most desirable matrimonial "catch” in the British isles. The
marquis is the possessor of vast riches.
stant consciousness of the hour limit
would weigh on the heart like the
thought of the way the taxi clock Is
piling up a dime every half minute
weighs upon the youth who has come
eagerly a half hour ahead of time to
take his girl to the concert and has
to wait forty-live minutes for her to
adjust her millinery.
The problem is as much a puzzle to
the officials at the bathhouse as any
body else. They admit they have ar
rived at no solution to the riddle. Just
now bathers may stay In as long as
they like, owing to the cold weather.
One employe thought a good way
would be to check up the time of each
key and then charge the bather 25
# ——
the method of control in a paper read
before the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers. The generating unit
consists of a six stage Curtis turbine
connected to an alternating current
generator.
The colliers Neptune and Cyclops,
now in commission, are sister ships to
the Jupiter. The Cyclops Is equipped
with triple expansion reciprocating
engines and the Neptune is equipped
with a pair of steam turbines with
gear reduction.
The electrical equipment of the Jupl- ■
ter was given a thorough test a few
days ago before a party of naval offi
cers. The test showed beyond a doubt
that electricity is the ideal power for
battleships and other large steam
ships. Nearly all the work aboard a
modern battleship, exclusive of pro
pulsion, is now done by electricity
and there is no reason why they
should not be completely electrified.
Inasmuch as the Curtis steam turbines
take but little room, and the motors
even less, there Is no reason why the
available horsepower of future battle
ships could not be much larger than
at present, thus Increasing their speed
beyond the present record and mak
ing them more efficient. The saving
of the power now lost in battleships
driven by reclproctaing engines would
make a vast difference in the speed
records.
AFRICAN PYGMY AT ZOO
New Yorkers Soon to Have Opportu
nity to See Rare Anlmak
Captives.
New York. —For the first time on
record visitors to New York zoo will
shortly have an opportunity to inspect
1 what Is probably the rarest animal
that has ever been made a part of any
such collection —that is. the pygmy
hippopotamus.
These pocket editions of the “blood-
Cannibal Race in the West
Evidence Found by R. F. Glider to
Prove Traditions of the Omaha
Indians.
Omaha, Neb. —Traditions among the
Omaha Indians to the effect that a
tribe of cannibals once lived in the
. Valley of the Missouri have been ver
, Isled apparently by discoveries made
recently near this city by persons op
erating under the direction of R. F.
Gilder, a well-known archaeologist.
The Omaha Indians came to this
region from the Ohio river about 300
years ago. These pioneers heard
from other Indians who then lived
here of the former existence of a
tribe that ate human flesh. Inquiry
among other tribes that had formerly
been in the valley showed that they
had the same tradition, and persons
interested in uncovering the history
of the early inhabitants of America
undertook to learn if there was truth
in these tales.
The search has been going on for
She lluUetin
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912.
cents for each hour or fraction, there
of, to use the legal phrases of the par
cel check. A man might stay in the
water so long he would not have car
fare home. Therefore all he could do
would be to stay in the water and
keep increasing the tariff that he could
not pay.
Under this plan the state would get
all the quarters that are due, for It
could hold the bathers’ street clothes
as ransom. Altogether the ramifica
tions of the possibilities of the one
hour limit idea are so fruitful of com
plications that the authorities are
rather glad th»t they have not been
required to enforce it a single day
since the order waj issued.
sweating behemoth" were discovered
in 1884 in Africa, and it has taken
nearly thirty years to secure these
first live specimens, although a few
mounted bodies have been shown,
since their habitat so far as known 18
confined to a remote territory peopled
by bloodthirsty cannibals. The two
specimens which have now been ac
quired, p, male and a female, cost the
zoo $12,000, a figure which indicates
their rarity.
According to descriptions that have
crossed the Atlantic ahead of the pair,
the male is 30 inches high at tho
shoulders, 70 inches long from the
end of his nose to the base of his
tail, and his tail is 12 inches long. He
weighs 419 pounds. The female, be
lieved to be only two years old. is 18
Inches high and weighs 176 pounds.
In comparison. Caliph, the enor
mous male hippopotamus who now
stands in a mounted state in the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, stood 4 feet 9H Inches high at
the shoulders, was 12 feet 4 Inches in
length from end to nose of root of tall,
his circumference was 11 feet 8 Inches
1 and his weight has been given as
close to 6,500 pounds.
' Beside the enormous bulk of a full
grown male hippo of the common spe
cies, the pygmy is like a six months'
old human infant of thirteen pounds
’ weight beside a man of 180 pounds.
' In bulk one adult Nile hippo weighing
' 6,000 pounds is equal to fourteen adult
male pygmy hippos.
Twins Come to Aged Couple.
Eugene, Ore. —Twin boys, each
weighing eight pounds, were born
to Mr. and Mrs. John Waring, who
live at Jasper, 12 miles southeast ot
here. Unusual as this weight Is for
twins, there Is a more remarkable
feature In the fact that the father is
i past sixty-seven years of age.
j Seven Whales are Sighted.
Sayville, L. I. —A school ot seven
• whales was sighted off this beach.
The largest body of whales ever seen
. here.
« — —
eight years. At the beginning It was
found that some race had lived on the
bluffs of the Missouri in dugouts,
which at times were 10 feet deep and
were roofed with poles over which
were laid twigs, grass, and earth. In
the floors of these were caches in
which were stored property and food.
These from time to time have yielded
evidence of cannibalism, but nothing
that appeared conclusive was un
earthed until this summer, when in a
small dugout, one of eight, were found
bones which Mr. Gilder believes show
absolutely that human flesh was cook
ed to be eaten.
"In all there were found parts of at
least 16 human skulls ranging from
the smallest infant to the senile sub
ject,” said Mr. Gilder in announcing
this discovery. “Many showed the pe
culiar color which bones assume on
being boiled. In my possession there
is a vast assortment of Sood bones of
quadrupeds and birds.
THE BEGINNING OF
A GREATER CAREER
The Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow of Our Career
During the yesterday ot our busi
ness career, we anticipated the desire
of the people of this section of the
State, for an up-to-date store, with
modern ideas and modern business
principles. To this end we have
worked, we have spared neither mon
ey nor labor.
On July Ist, the old firm, under the
laws of Georgia, was formed into a
corporation, with Mr. W. S. Myrick,
who has been with the old firm since
its organization, as President and
Manager. Mr. T. H. Caraker, the
capable manager of the Shoe Depart
ment, Vice President, and Mr. J. W.
Daniels, former Manager of the
Clothing Department, as Secretary and
Treasurer.
This is a step forward. It has been done
that we might better serve you, that we might
make shopping more pleasant and congenial
for you in the future than it has been in the
past, also that the men who have worked to
help build up this great business, might be
identified with the firm.
Today we open the doors ot a great depart
ment Store to you that is at your service and
is up-to-date and progressive in every respect.
The tomorrow of our business career shall
keep pace with the strides of the most mod
ern and Progressive Stores in the Country.
The W. S. Myrick Co
(Incorporated)
Milledgeville, Georgia
Everything For Everyone to
Wear
SI.OO A YEAR.