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ENGLAND IS BUILDING
BAXTJLEHJPS. IMPAIRS
Light Cruisers By thft Half Ddzen and
Destroyers in Bows of Ten.
" LjDfi(3on,:'.ug;' 10 There is a -certain!
qaiali sectionTpl JBritish water-iront
wheremore ships, are; guilder construc-
tio--tbday'- thai - the .entire . shipbuilding,,
facilities of any other nation could un
dertake at any one time. They include
every type of craft from submarines to
battleships and from steam trawlers to
Atlantic liners. Most governments lay
down their battleships and cruisers sing
ly, and the lesser -.crafts perhaps in
pairs, but here battleships loom up as
twins, light cruisers"by the "half dozen
destroyers in rows of-ten, , with .many
braces of long submarines, and an bc-1
casional moniter. ' -The
war fleet under the hammer and
the paint brush here 'tould rank in the
naval list above the establishments of
several modest maritime powers. - It
could demolish the two squadrons
which fought the battle of 'ManilaJb'ay
with one volley, and then steam against
the combined American and Spanish
fleets of Santiago with confidence. And
the merchant ships in the stocks are as
many as the United States mercantile
marine has added tot, its register iri sev-
era!" years-... - -. ?;
!;
..f'We Ihaye trained screws ready, to
step on board' all Ihese ships as 'soon
as they are fitted," a naval officer re
marked. . ....
Under tutelage of Parliament ' for.
West Donegal, a party' of correspond
ents spent a crowded day on land, "on
water, and on ships in dock, at this
base. They saw some things which
they were not permitted to describe in
; detail, -and --many. . things. , which . they
canuot . describe ., for Jack of technical
knowledge; for the ordinary man the
visit'furriishefF"-mostly ' illunlinatioir
. upon the vast sfeateTm Which -sea- pow
er is arranged, "und upon-the kind of
'men" whoL- managov-it,- and .Ttheir.. hard
but cheerful lives.
The general stage settings for this
swift- review of the fighting and trad
; ing vessels under construction consist
led of several tniles of water-front lines
as thickly, as cauld -be7 crowded with
skeletons and hulls. The stocks carried
"- everything -of the-final type r-until next
; ycar, or next- week, for every .nayal
campaign means new ideas, new.de-;-vices,-new
lines of -ensr"uction. Two
;" years -of-active- service under war conr
editions have brought a great advance
;to the Britijh n.ayy already acknowl-
edged to Tte leader in most naval mat
if'ters ""Every 'ship"'and every detail of
a ship,: is the last-word -in- its class, ac
cording to the war-bought iwdgment-of j
eliginecirs and; fighting officers. In one
- -noticeable detail at least British naval
: architects appear to have' been convert-'
; ed to the principle" of :'one feature i of
. i. American .warships. ....
The monitors make an appeal to an
I'American because there is a suspicion
, ; that other navies were disposed to scoff j
.'at them for years. Yet here. they are,:
with all their superficial changes and
embellishments-a tribute to what the
: brain of John Ericson conceived in the
; sixties. The monitors have been very
useful to the British navy in this war.
' They have been "employed in the'shalv
.- low waters , off "the .-coast ; of ; Belgium,
i;and ever more effectively at Gallipoli.
-.;The. correspondents there described
:;them fully. Two or three strata of the
-.outlying hull may be penetrated by
" torpedoes, and the monitor can still
: still keep at work with her guns.
' Two battleships, almost prepared for
the water, according to information
rendered, are; expected to demonstrate
themselves "the most efficient machines "
of their family ever commissioned, and
,tnev.. l?.k .. The battleship" standing
: in the timbers on: land . with "all its
:; lines- revealed, showing its . adaptabili
: ty for- speed, presents a' different Jpic-.
. ture from the fighting ship seen above
- "water and has a suggestion of a racing .
:, yacht.. These. had been constructed in
something like half the time consumed
t. in making a big warship in ' pre-war
days. There were several so-called de
. Stroyers "certainly as long as-many light
; cruisers of earlier times, 10 of them
;: extended side by. side, in jone jow and
; others elsewhere.;" r ; ;- . . :
Just where the super-destroyer' leaves
off and the light cruiser begins; is . not
- a matter of length today. Beyond the
j; destroyers was a "line of long thin skel
etons of submarines, whose size could
"inot' be 'judged "at all --accurately : in a
passing view, even if -it eould be re-
'-' ported Oampiirred with, the now. " old
-.fashioned submarine they are as the
X Aquitania to the Philadelphia.- r
,- Floating alongside a "dock' was.: a
'gi Tar and new submarine, painted jand pol
' " ished like a touring car fresh from :thie
i Kl N V v Kl fv( v'n k y ( msi fc leaf TobaK0
shop. Her young commander stood
alongside jpd jpjroudlv pointed out
sotuei of her attractions jTrom his
transparent enthusiasm Ae.ihight have
been a pleasure yacht instead of the
TTVehfehrgpf thp-nres dtfflgctons fornj-of
adventure that fighting inonr undertake
v Or ..course we-- are not tne same
class "with HorJEotii and; ;Hotferook, ?K:he
explained, 'butJIhope rypi .will jhar
something from X Seventeen," point
ing to the number painted on the tur
ret. He observed also that this thing
could submerge in 20 seconds.
Prom this largest shipbuilding sta
tion in the woffd, with it3 miles of
smoking factories,, and with its rever
berating clangor of thousands of ham
mers ringing' upon-. steel, the party traveled-
over night to the most extensive
naval base in the- world. This was a
plaee ; where- ships run in for repairs
for oil which is almost the only fuel
of these" days, for ammunition and
stores. Here they are replenished, re
fitted, repainted frequently, and then
disappear into the mists of the North
seaj" . whieh-ra typical one was en
countered on the morning of this visit.
' The shipbuilding district was a realm
of private enterprises, factories and
yards where rich firms carry on their
own work independently and with no
f visable traditions of discipline, and- no
toutward signs .of professional jcomrade-
.ship, except perhapB-in - the luxurioiis
offices decorated withniwdels-'Of dead
and gone skips., dating from eras of
wooden and" iron hulls, where the di
rectors "entertain their friends in peace
fui- times land-now by brief but earnest
after lunch speech gave unneeded as
surances --ItHey' were working as hard as
the-menwho wear gold braid.
The naval yards present an aspect of
their own. Their whole area., and their
activities " certainly" are as diverse" as
those of the shipbuilding community,
but - -all - is -uHder -one management- and
one-directing brain. There -as much
more, to naval Organization t)udi meets
the ieye in the ,big fleet putting -to sea,
and the shore force has its all important
work even if less spectacular, and less
appreciated than that of the fightin'g
men. The naval captain, in actual con
trol of this establishment invented the
remarkably complex spotting system
which governs the fire of ships in ac
tion, and probably, he and the officers
of his staff draw pay which is a mere
fraction of the salaries commanded by
the! superintendent of a ship' founder 's
yard, if the financial recognition gov-1 n " . - , , , -.- .i
T '" ""' T - 6 I Beatty went through the fight on the
ernments give their naval officers can
be called pay. --
Two years ago. this was a great naval
base,- according to reputation, but now
its extent an d the array., of docks.. and
shops- and barracks has .been so .multi
plied as -to. make it .a tFu-l-y; vast one.
The -force of ...skilled-and, -.common
workmen is larger than can" be kept at
constant employment for they must be
able to grapple , with emergencies and
with quick operations, on a big scale
Wireless is a great aid. Every :
ron coming into' port telegraphs Its
needs, even the humble submarine does
the same. : The materials and rthe men
are ready on the. docks and in the strp-
ply ships when the .fighting craft ap
pear. There was an example on view.
One of the most "massive and swiftest
warships in being was "shored Up inside
a drydock,"an(l that -necessarily one of
the largest docks constructed, to have
her hull seaboard. Incidentally advan
tage was taken of the time, as is eus-
tomary, for a thorough overhauling- of r
every detail of " the ship 's machinery
from , keel ; to . topmasts. ' Fifteen-inch
guns, turret machinery,, every , detach
able or movable fragment of the whole 1 -
complex' creation;; was-:being.:detaehed,
ahd"'insp"e"ctFd; scrutinized, tinkered,
polishes- :n"r'le&''Sev'r'.a':3icaiidi'ed'
workmen were engaged. Mileeof wires
were strewn arjovje decEs" ,ant between
leks, apparently in hopeless tangles,
but T;h6'experjt workers handling them
knew what all the ordered confusion
meant. .- .The plain, citizen who. wrang
les to achieve a modest rectification of
a telephone wire gone - wrong would
here find cause for -prayerful wonder.
Doubtless rall navies do : the same
thing, but One gathered the impression
that it is about the ultimate : illustra
tion of efficiency in .complicated and
concentrated work. 5TI1 rough it ail the
sailor'man "displayed- his adaptfoilTt; ; to
sleep ; in; impossible places and positions
under impossible circumstances:.
The trip included a view of Beatty 's
battleship squadron. There they were
and"' that "is about- "all ' that - can : be;
said. - They- were prepared to strxim. for
action- at five- .BiimiJbos "notice, and. .they
did not care to steam for action with
a cargo of newspaper menand a na-tionulist-,jne)ner
of parliament;. These
coutd not ;lecfently he throWn over"-"
boaid andobyiously. were not worth
WHWT.
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Readers in. this Column, are 5c per line
per insertion Cash with ' the : Order.
FOR SAL E 100 BARBELLS r OF
Corn at $5.00 per barrell." Shields
WANTED SMALL HOUSE IN OR
' near town or" rooms for lighi house
keeping. .Purnished rooms preferred.
Address W. A. Cqates,' Citjr.
FOR SALE ONE UP TO DATE GIN-!
ning Outfit located tit' 'Dawson's X
Roads. ' Will sell for half cash bal
ance1 in 12 months. For further in
formation apply 'to.-Li. W. Barnhill,
Scotland Neck, N. C. -
" We have for sale nice, lob.soja beans,
also some Virginia seed peanuts and
black peas. Call on BAKER & EVER
ETT, Palmyra, N. C. -.-;--- 5 23 Into.
WANTED: A Subscription Solicitor
and "correspondent 'in everyftbwii" in
Halifax County. Good proposition to
right party. Address The Cammon
wealth. a moment's delay. One ship canied
into the Jutland battle an army officer
oh , leave from France" who -wa CcJIijig
on" a' brother pn.boardv lie returned,
fortunately, published it, as hid mature
and well considered judgment, tha: he
felt more at home In the treuehes. Two
destroyers conveyed the visitors o round
the squadron.' There was considerable
fresh paint visible in splashes, more on
the" German' bnciany"suhk'"W'aTspit
than elsewherebut'what that meant
fn the way of damage was Grerek -tothe
"outsider.." Two facts.- impTetspd- -an
American. That the commanders of
the larger ' ships averaged about 10
years younger than the' commanders
of ships of the same class in the 'Anier-
iean navy, and the number and Varie
ty and adaptibility of the supply craft,
the navy 's commissary . department.
The only, thing approaching leisure
discovered was on some of the destroy
"ersr" "These searscoutswoTk -tir-shif ts.
rFour lays on active duty (a- very ac
tive duty), four days in port ready to
start 'at the drop of the-rhat, -and four
days outfitting with more or less shore'
leave,- is- their program. -.- - -. -
Some information and scraps of gos
sip of the battle canic. out in. the course
of talk. One- item was- that Admiral
bridge and did not takeprotection of
any of the armored -plaees whieh- build
ers make for shelter in -battle, and he
was under heavy fire. Another, that
when the Marlborough -was -hit- -by-a L
torpedo, and all believed that she-had
only a minnte or two-to live, her -com--
mander issued two orders. One was to
close the watertight doors that -she
might float as -long as possibTer and. the
ohter to fire all guns at utmost speed,
where there was a reasonable target.
He wanted her but in as many, blows
as she could at the last mdment, think
ing with all the others on board that
the last moment had struck. There
leaked out a seeming . .. consensus of
I opinion that a -.certain -high officer is
considered just, without - - bowels of
mercy for carelessness or slackers, and
yet men like to serve under him.
-- Then, an . incidental" remTnisc"ericeby
a surgeon on one of the ships which had
the .good. .luck, to "escape- being hit--lie
-was below of course, waiting for the
wounded, and "playing the hardest part
if that , can be experienced on a ship in
action - Even .harder - than the engi
neers and stokers in -the depths, . who
work without seeing or knowing what
goes 011 above, . and how7 goes the bat
tie, because he was" neither working
nor seeing. The great guns were rock
ing the ship and none below 1 knew
whether it was victory are all to the
bottom. One of his men Was absorbed
in a novel, paper eovered and frayed.
Probably where heroic' Algernon leaps'
overboard and rescues blushing Made
line from the jaws of the shark." "T
admit I thought it was a bluff.' He
did not turn the page, and kept on
reading and turning tliem over. I was
thin"king about homeland mother.
On this big ship' as oil "all the - cruis
ers "and destroyers, there was one strong
reminder of their work. About all the
smaller guns were stacked shells; shells
lining the sides like Nankins pjates and
on-: the walls, of a-porcelain . collector,
and shells in boxes and in baskets,-
Shells, .and more shells, ' '. apparently
is the motto of the navy, as it' is of
the arm v. . " . ... ' .;' .- -
'" ; " - r Not Yet a While?- "V "4
- -It is not -suppose - that CTreat . Brit
ain will carry the thing-so far" as to
declare a boycott against the Amcri,
can - bankers; Durhauv Herald.
I CHURCH SERVICES.
- -Methodis Episeopal -Church t :
"' Rev. 'L. ..Singleton; jasfor
Sunday Sehwil lif45.- i --i'T';.
Morniilrvipe--ll rOQvrjtj. .4;
rJ.v,ening. Servicer tiP ... . . ,.
Wednesday - evening Prayer Meeting
7:45.
Baptist -Church,- .
' Eev. E."'A. McFarland," Pstor
Sunday School 9:45.
-Moaning Svico-11.:00 .TT.r
.Evening Service :io. . .
Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting
7:45.
EpiscopaVChHrch -. "
Rev. Reuben, Meredith, Bector." .f
Sundny School 9 :'45. " "
-Morning Prayer --and sorraon -tltOO
Eyenin .Jpr&yer gnjj. sermon 8jp0
71 SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES
I; will sell for cash to thehighest
bidder at the Court House door at Hali-
fai, N. C, Monday Sept. "4, 1916, fol
lowing lend to satisfy.. J;axes and cost
for-" the year 1915 in Conacanara and
Scotland Neck town'ships, as follows : ; ;
; Scoanit-Neck Township
Mclvi'iia'i-t'ottOHjl ( acres near Scot-'
rf-'jesae6tia aeres'ilen-' Mnttt' i
$1.66. -' - r--T- --.'ts. r.r l-V
"vLena Dickens, 1 ' atrcGreeRWood, '
$3.12. .-".. .w4 -j
...Caroline Harvey, 4 acres, Graball
$2.62.
Lvn Iledffepe'tn"," "2ST "acres Tsrael Lit-1
tie, $12.83: " ' '; -"' ' '" ' ' "
. Sip Hill, Est;, l" acre n'ear'town $2.62.
Titus Ipll, 97 Biggs Land, $11.61.
: ' Daniol Xi. Johnson,'" 5 "aeres Peogeon
Hill-, $1,17.. t
: "Arthur' Jones. 1-ere Graball, $11.72. I
' W. W. Lawrence, I town lot, $4.55.
Madison NorfleetA-5 acres Peqgeon
Hill, $2.12.
'."Clarar-Pitt 7 -acres,- Millie : Sihithjj
9 1 .1
.Me. D, Eowe, 1 town lot, $3 90.
Irving Smith, 2 acres, Bakers, .3.66.
Joe Sandy Smith, 1 'town 'lot,' $6.18.
-. Isaac -SpruiLlS. .acres, .Mary 's Chapel
$3.12. ..
jCiKgsW ebr 1 acre GbeenT-odjo.OD.
" Vve "Wliite; 4Tacfes7 Mary Chapel,
Lewis Wilev,J 1 acre, Greenwood.
$4.10:
" Conocanara Township
' " Starling Bullock 100 acres " : Piney
Woods, $14.1tl "." . -;-.;
Ed. Davis, 2- acres-near TilleJy, $4.35.
-.. Willie B.-Edmonds. 3724 ..acres near
Tillery,; $10.53. " ' '
Lfe itale, 3 acres, residence, $3.31.
Silas Jones, 26 acres, West "Alexander,
$6.98, . . - :r: -, - . - :
' Iklnttie" Jackson,; 28 -Pincy - Woods,
5.19. -- . .- 7 77.-
Joseph Johnson, 30 acres, near Daw-
sons, -$5:51,
GeoTge- Wadff " Johnson, '10 abres'lle
roT Johngo'n;" $3?4T:" X :;" '.- -"'
Walter -Knight,-"-- -65 acres, -, Piney
Woods, $15.78. --- . '
Jim Tillery, 10 acres "near TilTery.
$5.27. - -
Osqitr Whitak$Tr v 25 acres, Piney
Woods; $2.53.
'"""'"" j; K; STITELDS7 Tax'Cbirepfor.
Scotland" Neck and Conocanara Town
ships, -'--v'. .. :' .
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White IviBtaiySpeetacies a.tt - $1.00
15 year "gu"afanteecJ""gold filled
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