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Georgia Man Commanded Under-l
sea Boat Off Irish Coast Dur
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ing War With Germany.
Life in the deep as depicted by
Lieut. Commander R. H. English, as
sistant to the director of submarines
at Washington, and who during the
war commanded the O-4, detalled on
patrol duty off the Irish coast, fur
nishes more genuine thrills to the
square inch than did ever the un
dersea explorer in Jules Vernes'
“Pwenty Thousand League Under the
Sea.”
* Lieutenant Commander Bnmlh,‘
whose parents reside at Warrenton,
(3a.. has been in the naval service for
{hirteen years, following his gradua
tion from Annapolis, His career in
the service has been a remarkable
one, he having been selected by rea
son of his particular qualifications at
the beginning of the war to command
one of the first few submarines of
this country. He is in Atlanta on fif
teen days' leave visiting his wife's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Me-
Cord, 870 Peachtree street.
HOW PATROL WORKED.
In relating some of his interesting
experiences, Commander English also
described the types of submarines
now used by the United Btates naval
forces and which wrought such terror
to the Germans, who were beaten at
their own & me in undersea warfare.
“At the beginning of the war two
submarine bases were established by
the United States navy, including a
{leet of seven statioped off Bantry
flay in the North Sea and a fleet of
five stationed at Ponta del Gada. The
duty of these patrols was to destroy
(3erman submarines or any other sub
marine that happened along in the
particular area of our boats. Fach
submarine was detailed in a ceitain
area and remained on patrol for about
one week before relieved.
“During the day we remained com
pletely submerged. Only after night
fall did we emerge and recharge our
batteries and air chambers. Each
submarine was equipped with a lis
tening device that rendered it possi
ble to distinguish the type of vessel
miles away by the noise of its pro
peller. To detect another submarife
the difference in the noise of its fast
moving propeller, together with lhoj
reciprocating engine, gave us the in
formation ana the direction In which
it was going.
RUN 60 FEET DOWN,
*gubmarines of the type used In
our navy may submerge to a depth of
200 feet with safety, but the approx
imate depth while running at full
speed is sixty feet. At this depth it
is almost impossible to detect the
boat from airplane observation. Be
sldes its torpedo guns, every boat is
provided with three-inch guns that
are used In firing while emerged.
“The great danger American sub
marines faced was firing at one an
other. Of course there were signals
of recognition between them, but the
orders were to fire at any submafine
¢ighted in your defined area regard
less of whether there was time for
recognition of not. In this manner
several of our boats fired on our own
men before they were eventually
recognized.
“Germany's mistake In conducting
its undersea warfare was falling to
wait until she had a sufficlent num
ber of submarines to combat with our
forces and England's. While Ger
many was constructing the regulag
type of submarine xjr government
was building a type oAboat known as
a submarine destroyer. This undoubt
edly changed the ultimate defeat of!
our sea forces to vlmog‘ ‘
FUTURE OF SUBMARINE.
“Submarines will certainly be de
pended upon as one of the navy's
chief supports in this country, The
attempts to have the submarine
barred from use in modern warfare
Ly the international tribunal at The
Hague on the grounds that Germany
violated the overt laws Is no argu
ment. Just because Germany engaged
in illegitimate warfare is no reason
why submarines should be condemned
and debarred from America's fighting
forces."
Commander English was reticent In
speaking of his personal deeds during
the war, for which he has been rec
ommended for the Distinguished
service Cross. No amount of persua
sion could induce him to talk of per
sonal achievements. He, however, ad
mitted that for saving the life of
Ldeut. Commander George A, Trever,
who was injured when a hydrogen
tank exploded in his boat, he was
rocommended for a decoration and
received numerous ocommendatory
lotters,
Splendid Band Program
Planned for Lakewood
The following is the program for
the concert by Wedemeyer's Band at
lmkewood Park from 4 to 6 o'clock
Sunday afternoon:
March, “Four Kings”-—~Weldon,
Seouton, Lalby and Brooks,
Overture, “ltaliens in Alglers™—
Rossinl ‘
Dansa Mexicana, “Manzanillo”.
Robyn. |
Selection, "AttiNa"—Verd
Bong, “The Lost Chord"-—Sulllvan.
INTERMISSION,
Trombone jag, “Knock Out Drops”
~Klickman,
Waltzes, *“lmperial”-—Arr, Laren
deau.
Trot, *“The Music of Wedding
Chimes™—~Wendling,
Medley selection, "Indian Malden”
--Fulton,
March, “Semper Fidells" —Sousa,
Finale, *The Star-Spangied Ban
ner.”
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300 Postmasters Meet
| At Macon on Monday
MACON, Ga., Aug. 28 ~Three hun.
dred postmasters will be in Macon
Monday for the meeting of the Geor.
gh Association of Postmasters., W.
~ Thurmond of Commerce, 1;’_! pned
n, will pres LI
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Lieut. Com. R. H. English,
Assistant to Director of
Submarines.
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Parrott Barker to
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Open Realty Offices
Marvin D. Pleree, formerty vice
president of the Planters’ Bank at
Parrott, and later president of the
bank of Cuthbert, has recently
moved to Atlanta and opened realty
offices on the fifteenth floor of the
Hurt Building.
Although a young man Mr. Plerce
has been in the banking and real
estate business for the past ten
years and his long experience will
undoubtedly be of great value to
him in the handling of Georgia
farms, in which he will specialize.
Besides the Atlanta office Mr.
Plerce has agents in South Geor
gla, who keep in touch with the va
rious farms offered for sale, and in
this way the firm can offer an ex
tra service to their clienta
In speaking of the future for
Georgia farms Mr. Plerce had che
following to say:
“There is a bigger demand for
Georgia farms now than 1 have seen
in a number of years, and they are
constantly elimbing in value. With-
Jack Salmon Company
Sells Many Residences
The realty firm of Jack Salmon
Company in the Forsyth Building re
ports unusual activity of residential
transactions during the week, Among
the deals consummated through that
firm in the last few days are the fol
lowing:
Mrs. Sam G. Jones to Dr, John B.
White, 86 Drewry street, $6,000,
George J. Dexter to W. J. Jones, 107
East North avenue, SB,OOO.
Mrs, O. M. Calhoun to L. A. Je
rome, 115 Lawton street, $5250,
Mrs. A. A. Bookem to a client, 616
North Jackson street, $6500.
H. Starnes to H. W. Eubank, 208
Hopkins street, $5,250, -
Mrs. D. W. Morgan to R, T, Cole,
21 Ashby street, $3,500,
H. T. Cox to H. C. Montgomery, 39
Vedado way, $4,150.
R. W. lvins to R. i Wiggins, 150
Sells avenue, $4,000,
R. L. Burks to J. V. Smithers, two
houses in Bast Point, $3,600,
Mrs. C. J. Balsden to R, J. Holle
man, 2566 Grant street, $3,660,
John C. Rasbury to L. A, Smith wva
cant lot North Boulevard, Boulevard
Park, 32,2560, |
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Farm Implement Firm
To Have New Building
Work will begin Monday on the
erection of a new two-story building
at 10 Walker street near the Terminal
Station, to be occupied by the new!
firm of Stewart Brothers, dealers in
all kinds of farming implements, It
was announced Saturday by the real
estate firm of Forrest & George Adair,
The new bullding is to be erected of
brick and will consist of 7,000 square
feot of space, to be used as storeroom,
office and sample rooms. It will be
completed, according to the contrac
tors, In sixty days, the new firm to
open immediately afterward, Anoth.
er feature will be a railroad track
connecting with the main lines,
J. W. Stewart, member of the firm,
is well known in Atlanta's business
)world. having resided here for the
last twenty years, representing the
John Deere Plow Company His
brother, N. G. Stewwurt, of Dallas,
Tex., who will be associated with him,
is also a former agent of the Deere
plows,
DeKalb Superior Court
Will Convene Monday
The fall tedm of DeKalb Superior
Court convenes in Decatur Monday,
September 1. The court will proceed
with the civil docket the first week,
and the eriminal docket will be taken
up Monday, September 8,
. The erimin# docket for this term
is notable as being heavier than for
several years. The State wlready has
161 cases for prosecution, generally
for misdemeanors, but there are three
for capital offenses, two of these be
ing charged against white men
These men are. Walter Cowan
charged with the murder of Sam Far.
ris, and David Smith, charged with
eriminal assault. Grady Boldware
colored, is charged with the muraer
of Henry Morrison, also colored,
Six Recruits Signed -
For Navy ?;'I{“; i
Enlistments in the na .
cal recruiting A?‘. OMAS-[of
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