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Watch Label on Your Paper f M ^ 1 @f^ The Date on the Label is ^e and Don't Let Subscription ?^| ? |, TJHj j^TJ^ StoppL 1" * rsT\BUSHKD 18J)I. THK DILLON HERALD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THl HSD.AY, MOliNIXG, JULY 10, 1919. VOL. 23. NO. ML THE BIG Aid SHIP CROSSES ATLANTIC TRAVELED NEARLY SIX THOUS-1 AND MILES WITHOUT STOP. | f I "Seemed Like Atmosphere Was! Haunted by 5000 Devils" Said | One Lieutenant. Mineola, N. Y., July 6?Great Brit-) ain's supe?r-dirigible R-34, the first-1 lighter-than-air machine to cross the!' i Atlantic ocean, anchored here at Roosevelt Flying Field at 9:45 a. ra. ; today (1.54), Greenwich mean time, after an aerial voyage of 198 hours i and twelve minutes, which covered if 3.130 knots or approximately 3,600 miles. i Passing through dense banks of i cloud, with the sun and sea visible 1 only at rare intervals, the R-34 was ' forced to cruise 2,050 knots to reach i Trinity Bay N. F., from East Fortune, ' Scotland and 1,080 knots from there to Mineola. Almost Out of Petrol. When the super-Zeppelin arrived i here she had left only enough petrol < to keep her moving ninety minutes ] longer. Her crew almost sleepless j for four and a half days were weary j. ? almost to the point of exhaustion, but !i happy at the successful completion of their epoch-making trip. The> return voyage will be started Tuesday at 8 i a. m. % I Haggard, unshaven, their eyes blood- ] shot from the long vigil and lines of i care bitten deep into their faces, Major G. H. Scott, the commander, andji his officers showed plainly the effects i of the anxious hours through which (1 they lived yesterday, while they were 1 cruising over the far reaches of Canada and the Bay of Fundy, beset b: t fog, heavy winds and terrific elec- ) trical storms. Haunted by Five Thousand Devils, jl "It seemed as though the atmos-i' phere was haunted by 5,000 devils," i said Lieut. Guy Harris, the ineteoro- 1 T-fc O J lrtwrr nvorHlIP 1 logist. VV lin ine rv-o i iuu6 ^- ( at its destination, petrol supply run-ji ning low and buffeted by strong head : winds, Major Scott decided yester-:1 day while over the Bay of Fundy to j ] send a wireless call to the American '| Navy Department to giv,e, assistance if \ v it were needed. This was merely z I measure of precaution and did not in- '1 dicate discouragement.. While de- I stroyej-s and submarine chasers were 1 racing to her assistance the R-34 ws- < plugging steadily ahead on the way tc i Mineola. < Hoodoo Left Behind. I Once clear of the Bay of Fundy the , ( atmosphere hoodoo which had beset i " w th?) craft from the time it took the air- ;t was gradually left in its wake. The j R-34 headed southwest out across the j Atla. tic along the coast of Maine, her < nose pointed for Cape Cod, with the i United -States .destroyer -Bancroft'] heading on her tail and in constant { wireless communication with her. The!1 destroyer stuck close in the wake of the air monster, running under forced draft, until Cape Cod was reached, and then the dirigible cut across lots, j It had been decided on the voyage along the coast that unless a favoring i wind came up the R-34 would be \ forced to land at Mantauk Point and i early this morning a wireless message was sept out making that announce- i iuent. With the cape left behind how-\ ever, fortune finally favored the dirigible and the wind veered 10 her favor. Headed straight for Montauk Point, she ran true, and before the tip end of Long Island was reached i. was decided to go on to Mineola. Flew Majestically. With the goal almost in sight, the R-34 flew majestically above the island and headed straight down the center of it for Roosevelt Field 100 i miles away. As she cruised over riverhead the dirigible came within range of the wireless transport teiepnone m_ stalled at Roosevelt Field by the navy radio service and perfect communication was established. During the night the wireless calls from the R-34 were received by the navy radio station at New York. Over the. wireless telephone it was explained to Major Scott of the crew assembled to assist him in landing had been sent to Montauk ( Point in motor trucks in the expectation that he would tie up there ano. that consequently pr parations for receiving him had not been quite completed. Dirigible Sighted. The mammoth balloon was sighted in the distance about 1 o'clock aim fifteen minutes later was over Roosevelt Field. She cruised about in circle at a height of about 1,200 fee: until word was telephoned ihat everything was in readiness for the land ing. While the R-C4. was circling th > field at a great height. Major Pi-itch aid jumped off with a parachute. H-landed safely near headquarters s a. smilingly hurried indoors before > ambulance that had been rushed to the scene could reach him. This w: nearly a half hour before the dirie* ble came to anchor. j^L Huge Ifawver Dropped Lieu'. Hoyt, I S. N\. the ground oi ^icer, had a.-sembl? d on the I t id |?rce of more than ijtd) soldiers ' ^:o!s i <ly lor in-;;tni iicuon th<? R-34 circled lower and low.-. When she was only 200 feet abov< the ground a hug" hawse/ was let from under her nose. British non-con? missioned officers shouted gleefully as they seized the rope *md hung on. The water ballast was dropped from the forward end of the dirigible, and her nose tipped. Then she began : to descend. Five more guide line: TROUBLE NARROWLY AVERTED. White Sergeants March Colored Soldiers Into a Hotel at St. Matthews. Three while sergeants in charge of a barehall nine of negroes came near stirring up a genuine hornets' nest here this morning, says a St. Mat-' thews dispatch of Tuesday. Arriving! in town about 8:30 o'clock, the negroes, who were also in uniform,, were marched directly to the hotel, j No one suspecting the purpose of the I officers in charge, paid any especial attention until Nit was learned \hut i they had marched upstairs and had 01-! dered breakfast and taken charge 01 the lobby. The presence of the ne-' groes confounded the proprietor,! Mrs. Herlong, and in a very few mom- j ents it was known over town. Before, a crowd could gather, they were advised to get out lest they be summarily ejected. This they seem to have done in a leisurely way without evincing any knowledge of the fact that they had committed a breach of southern manners. When they arrived again on the streets, their manners were were not of a penitent nature. A number of leading citizens had come upon the scene and when advised of the ugliness of their conduct, one of the sergeants is said to have resented it. The timely appearance of Sheriff! Hill prevented trouble;. He advised the! sergeants to leave town. However, af- j ter having gone back to the station to | take the next train out, it was learned: that the conduct of the whole party in 1 getting off at the station and at other! places when they were not suspected ! had been of a taunting nature and the party was waited upon by men read> to enforce their demands, and instead 1 of Waiting for the train they took the j foot route up the railway for Colum-J bia. It is stated by those who are said to have seen the party when they ar-' rived at the hotel, the negroes balked ' ind said they did not want to go up j the stairway, and that thereupon the white sergeants took them by the arms and virtually forced them in Mo one here, believes the negroes would have attempted to secure accommodations at the hotel had they not been under the direction of the white officers and the feeling of the i people here was directed at the ser-1 geants. ' | were dropped and landing parties grasped them as the watef ballast was dropped from the stern. In both operations at bow and stern the landng crews were drenched by the cas-' jading water. Major Scott directed all | the details of the landing and it was ;arried out as smoothly as though the inexperienced landing ere a* been i /!?ring dh'gibles all their lieot. IGd.ng at Anchor. The hawsers were attached t> concise blc^vs, (wo at each end uiuS 01,c ,it ea).h in the center. When the great ship was safely anchored all the ropes except the ones at her nose were cut loose so she could swing with the wind like a ship at anchor. The landing crews will stand by all through the night to hold her safe. The first man to step "ashore" was Major Scott. He was obviously tired 1 out but happy. On his face was sev-j eral days growth of beard and he j showed plainly the strain he had been' under. He wore the regulation air! costume. Short and chunky and typically British, the military skipper ol the huge airship shook hands with Gen. Lionel E. O. Charlton, British air attache in the United States, who was waiting for him. The greeting was' typically English as tlie appearance of the commander. There was no do 1 monstration and the two officers met as ea?uallv as though the trip had i been across the English Channel. First to Step Out. Brig. Gen. E. M. Maitland, D. S. O. observer for the British air ministry was the next to step out of the car. He looked fresher than hi- com-! panions for he had no duties to erform on the way across except to kee* the ship's log. He said he had slept well and he had taken time to shave. He wore an officer's cap, a top coat, woolen breeches and felt shoes. His only regrqt seemed to be that the Tt-3 4"had caused anxiety," by sending out the wireless calls saying assistance might be needed. Lieut. Commander Searchary Lansdowne, the, American observer on board the R-34 looked almost as hoc gard as Major Scott, who he had assisted all the way across. The same was true of the other five office!, and the twenty-three, men of the crow The men of the R-34 were greeted by Gen. Charlton, Lieut. Col. Feder ick W. Lucas and Major Ht'gh Fuller representing the British Government and by Rear Admiral Glonnon and Major Gen. Mencher representing t American navy and War Department as well as by Lieut. L. B. Clarke, 1" S. N. designated to receive from Gen Maitlaiul the log of th?> trip All's Well That Kn-ls Well. "All's well that \ 11." wa lb' greeting of Admiral Oleone i befor he read an official nir- go > f *r come from Secretary of the N'nv !>m:els welcomi! g the R ! to h I'nited States and extending war a< ' congratulations upn?! her wonder*'' achievement. Ml ibe air voyger were in excellent phvsieal cot!'! hi except that they were very * They suffered no hardships r>xo?r' lack or sleep. There was plenty <>r food and 't was not necessary to re duce the ration of either, nolwi'i standiii? the unexpectedly long voyage. To Keturn Tuesday. Gen. Mailland announced that th. return trip would he b torn T?"?sdny \ MR. H LEROY BEIHEA KILLED BYAUTOMOBILE MACHINE STRIKES BUtiCY AND CRUSHES MR. HKTHE.VS SKULL. Lowe arul Russel I'arrish of Marlboro County Are Under Arrest Charged With Crime. An automobile speeding over the Bethea road -at 40 miles an hour early ; Saturday night struck a buggy in \trViisiVt Al r A T ornv Rothptr wac riH- ' ing and inflicted injuries upqn Mr. Bethea from which he died at noon ; Sunday. Th</ only other occupant of, the buggy was a little white boy who' was returning home with Mr. Bethea.; Lowe and Russel Parish, two young white men from near Clio, are under \ arrest charged with responsibility for; the accidotnt which caused Mr. Bethea's death. Mr. Bethea was in town Saturday i afternoon and left just before dark for his home six miles west of Dillon.' He was traveling over the Bethea I road which runs almost in a straight | line from the town limits to the home | of the late Dr. Frank Bethea, four miles out from town. Sitting beside; him in the buggy was a little white) boy, the son ol' a Mr. Hyatt who; lives on Mr. Bethea's place. They i had crossed the bridge about 200; yards beyond the W. L. Bethea place three miles out from Dillon when an 1 automobile speeding down the road behind them at about 40 miles anj hour struck the retir wheel of the bug-, gv. The wheel was smashed into) kindling and Mr. Bethea was thrown i out with great violence. His head! came in contact with some part of tie' automobile, presumably the hub ol j the right front whc|il, and he sus-| tained injuries from which he died the next day. With the exception of the little white boy wh0 was with Mr. Bethea and two negroes who were with the Par boys in the automobile there were no eye witnesses to the tragedy. Thti automobile did not stop but continued its wild flight down the highway. When assistance arrived Mr. Bethea was found on the edge of thej road in an unconscious condition. Aj hasty examination showed that his skull had been crushed and he was! rushod to Dillon in an automobile and ! carried on the northbound train to j Fayetteville where he passed away in a hospital at 12 o'clock Sunday. The! body was brought to Dillon Sunday j afternoon and carried to his home in the country. The little boy who was in the buggy with Mr. Bethda did not recog- j nize the occupants in the automobile, j and suspicion pointed to a negro boy| who works at a local garage. This boy had taken Mr. J. R. Regan's car out of the garage and was seen going in the direction of the Betheii road; late Saturday afternoon. Sheriff Lane began a search for the colored boy and the stolen automobile and located t both early Sunday morning. The front | whc/jl of Mr. Regan's car showed that j it had come in contact with something' although the boy stoutly denied that he was the one who struck Mr. Be-j thea's buggy. Later in the afternoon | it was learned that the Parish boys had collided with a buggy while goine nut nf Dillon th.it nichl and act ing upon this information Sheriff Lane went to the home of the Parish's in Marlboro county and the boys admitted that they struck a buggy at this point but did not know that Mr. Bethea was injured. The boys were taken into custody and brought to town. The tragedy is greatly deplored by the entire community. Mr. Bethea was a familiar figure on f-hfr streets of Dillon and always naa a pleasant greeting for everybody. He lived a quiet life, and in his dealings with his feilowrnan was generous almost to a fault. His untimely passing is mourned by a large circle of friends by whom he will be greatly missed. Mr. Bethea is survived by a wife, who before marriage wtu Miss Ella Easterling, three sons ana rour daughters, as follows: Henry B. Bethea of Sumter, Leon Btfchea and Walker Bethea, Misses Carrie and Janie Bethea, Mrs. F. C. Watson, Savannah, Ga. and Mrs. T. C. Gelder of Summerton. One brother, D. W. Bethea, also survives him. Mr. BetlnV was about 64 years old and a member of the Dothan Methodist church. The internment was at the family burial plot in the Little Roc!: Cemetery Monday morning and was attended by a large gathering of friends from all parts of the county. Tile ft' lernl : on ice was conducted by the Rev. Sam Bethea of I.ittlo Rock, assisted by the Rev. Wab?n B. Dun can. D. D., of Dillon and the Rev. .1 X. Wright of Oheraw. rft X a. m. The orders from the ui>* minis." he said ore to return a5 oo ship ran he made r ad.v. i u 1 plies of petrol, oil, hydros m. roe.: i water wercj ready at the landing : ci'iui She work <<1 putting thna a hoard was begun almn-'i a1-' soon - s : dirigible was anchored. The will b" continued through the under glare of huge s' archlivh1 . As tliej it-:{! passed oxer i.onj rland, - lie was followed ? > a !' lengthening procession of autumn biles. Tiio stream of motor ours ptpsed in and out of tiio fields adjoining chorod. Thousands f>1" other siuhtsocrs that in which lhe airship was nilwont to the fields by every in? an? available and many who conl<| no1 find anything in which to l ide walked i from the nearest railroad stations. JAMKS JACKSON NOT OVILTY. Former Dillon County Citizen Trie: tor Murder of Daughter. James Jackson, a former resident of this county, was tried for the murder of his daughter in the sessions court at Bennettsville last \freek. Thi:; was Jackson's second trial, the first having resulted in a mistrial. The; following account of the trial is tak-] en from the Pee Dee Advocate: James Jackson is the white man charged with the murder of his! daughter, Lillje May, 20 years old j whose dead body was found hanginr 1 by a trace chain in a horse stable a: . their home on H. M. Hodees nlace in lower Brownsville. He did not employ an attorney. The court appointed J. W. LeGrand and. J. ? Owens to defend him. He was tried at the last court and the jury failet t0 agree, making a mistrial. Hi. second trial was begun Monday. Dr. J. L. Jordan testified that the I joist in the stable was seven feet one inch from the ground. The chaii was 37 inches from the wall. Under the end of the joist, betweeen th* body and the wall, was a box feec" trough, about two feet wide. Under the body was a small wheelbarrow turned upside down. There was excrement under the body on top o the wheelbarrow. One end of a trace chain was wrapped around the joirf three times and fastened by a stick through a ring. The other end of the chain was fastened around th girls neck. An apron was wrapper tightly around her neck and fare, two or three times and tied in har knots at the back of her neck. T'chain was over the apron. In th> trough was a freshly ironed bonnet. It was 4 feet 4 inches frofn the to of the trough to the joist. The toof the girl's head was about 15 ir. dies from the joist. The bottom of the whedlborrow was about six ches from the ground. The charwas looped around the girl's neck b; being run through a ring at the ei of the chain. From the loop to th top of the box was 4 feet 4 inches. Mrs. Louise Jackson, mother o the dead girl, said that Lillie Ma was about 20 years old. The day b fore Lillie May's death James Jackson and all the children wire picking cotton together. They came home between sunset and dark, About supper time, James got ma and commenced cursing about the old papers (referring to the indictment for incest with Lillie May). He was put in jail, but was never tried. After that he often raised rows ane struck me several times. That nigh he threati^ied to kill me if I didn't take up the old papers. Lillie ? said, "Before I'll see my mamma killed and submit to my daddy, I'll hang myself." She then said she was going to her Aunt Minnie McDowell's. She then went out, about 8 o'clock. James went out about five minutes afterwards. He was gone about ten minutes, and came back. He went out and came back several times. The last timet hr stayed about three-fourths of an hour. He and I went to bed between 10 and 11 o'clock. I went to sleep and did not wake up till morning. He' was then up and out. I cookrc breakfast. He came in and leaned against the fireplace, and lv! lnnsrhin?r said. "Lillie is out yonder hanging with a chain around he: I neck.*' I then went out and went Nathan McDowell's. The children went with me all but Abraham, win ; was sick. James came to McDow ell's after a while. If the boys wen out that night I don't know it. They went to bed after James came in tin* second time. The witnesses were separated, :G i that they did not hear each oth|r's| testimony. Iiowan Jackson, brother of the | dead girl, testified that his father raised a row, Lillie May went out. I and he went out after her. Ha. came | in and went out again before I went I to bed. I woke up during the night! and went out on the front porch. Saw his father coming in at th front gate. Next morning father| camct in and leaned against the mantle and said, "Lillie May is han? \ ing out yonder in the stable by : | trace chain," and laughed about it.j We told him we did not believe i and he told it again. Mother an | all the children then left but me?ai.' Abraham. Father was sitting on tin | front steps and got up and went ci: | the gate. I asked him where he v. going. He said, "I am going to nick cotton.'' 1 said: "What are you going to do about it?" He said, ' don't know what they arei going do about it. I am going to pick eo ton." Abraham and I then went t< McDowell's. I often heard Lilli May say she was going to kill ! son rather than surmui to neither. Abraham McDowell said thai U v. in. I.illio May, lather and I picked cotton the evening before. That night the row first '-farted about 1!' tic sister trying to take out a'l 'h something to cat. Pa went on en ing in the big house. I did not I.'Hie May go onl I saw Pa no n vbfio ti<? wa out the s pond ' 1 Howan and I went to bed. lining P*? cnrio in and aid t >1 May was hanging on' yonder >! M'- v all let": bvt nie and Pa. ha at ed with hi i sack to nick cotton. Mrs. Minnie McDowe'l testified that Lillie May had copplained 'o her i wo or three tinp-s ahottt her father's treatment. I lira Jackson, sisier of i.i!l>e Ma;, testified that she picked cotton v.-i'h father and the other cliiidt.en I i i v.-ninc Mnthrf w.i : cooking t'.UP per when we cot home at supper (Continued on pace four.) COUNTY NEWS AND HAPPENINGS NEWSY LETTERS BY RECl'LAIi ' CORRESPONDENTS. News Items of Interest to Herald Headers Ebb and Flow of the Humun Tide. Sellers. Mrs. Mary W atson Legette died at her home in Latta Sunday, Jul y 6th and was buried at the Antioch cemetery on July 7th. She was the last surviving member of the immeliate family of Isham Watson in whose memory the Watson reunion is heitl. At ilies^ gatherings "Aunt Mary" was the guest of honor. She was nearly 91 years old, and was born and rearol in sight of Antioch church. For sevei al years she has held her membership at Antioch. Just a lew wetJks ago she sent a contribution to )ur pastor and for the up keep ot the cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sellers with Misses Elizabeth and Margaret Sellers and Miss Lillian Kamseur spent Sunuay at Marietta, N. C. Mr. H. W. Ritch and family dined at the home of Mr. J. G. Baker Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Shackleford with Miss Kathleen Sellers spent the glor ious 4th in Georgetown. Mr. T. B. Watson attended the races at Dillon on thei 4th. Mr. B. B. Sellers and family spent the -1th at Reedy Creek Spring*. Mr. Earnest Page has recently put waterworks in his home. o Oak Grove. The town of Oak Grove was disturbed at a late hour Saturday night when a party who was passing through discovered a burglar in J. C. T V* n olorm vi r o c {m_ UYVICJ O OkUlC, luv aim iu TV uo iau mediately given and a number of residents surrounded the store and after much coaxing and persuasion finally succeeded in getting the intruder who proved to be a son of Mack Brogdon a negro living near here to come out and surrender. A rope was procured and he was securely tied and taken to jail early Sunday morning. This is the third time that this store has been broken into or an attempt made at entrance in the past few months. Mrs. E. G, Carmichael of Norfolk, Va., is spending sometime with hea sister, Mrs. J. S. Fair. Mrs. Jno. C. Hayes spent the week end at Minturn. Prof. Zeibler of Latta, who will teach agriculture during the coming session in several of the schools of Dillon county was in this community Monday morning in the interest of his work. Mrs. E. S. Carlisle, Misses Gladys, Mary Rae and Jno. M. Carlisle of Bennettsville visited in this section last Friday afternoon. A good shower fell hele Sunday afternoon and the crops are moving along nicely. Tobacco and corn seem to need a good soaking rain but cotton is apparently not showing the effects of the scorching weather of the past sciveral days. The teachers and scholars of the Uethesda Sunday school will meet at the church next Saturday afternoon at six o'clock to make arrangement:for holding Sunday school day in the near future. MANY SEE HOUSE RACES. Hie- ('rmvtl Witnesses Events at Dil Ion on Fourth. A crowd conservatively estimated at 3,000 people witnessed the horse races in Dillon Friday. The crowd war orderly and there was not a single accident of any kind to mar the pleasure of any one present. The racing was of the highest type, there being not the slightest suspicion of jockeying. The large crowd was enthusiastic throughout the four races and seemed much pleased with the whole program. There were four races, each carrying a purse of $200, as follows: 2:25 Pace (time 2:27 1-2)? Queer. Abbey, owned by Bryant and Rogers first; Nella Brooks, owned by A. P Bethea, second; Nellie Gray, owned by Gray McKinnon, third; Monature Burns, owned by E. R. Filer be fourth. 2:30 Pace (time 2:27 1-4) ? Peter Pinto owned by J. B. Jibson, first; Korrect Shape, owned by A. P. Bethea, second; Roy Gentry, owned b> E. It. Edwards, third; Lillian Blue, owned by Smith & Martin, fourth i> first and second luats but dropp. d out in third heat. 2:27 Trot (time 2:27 1-4 I-?Prim . 1 i ?... i.' i? i.'it, Win. ut i; v.. hwiiuu i r; ?-*. i\. n?? ? .. . J. \\\ Hamer, first; Hal Hov. own' hy .1. \V. Hamer and K. R. Rlleibo soiond; Whip Cord owned by T. \ Co:to.'riia! 1. iliird: Sorento May. ov fd by j. W. Rryanl. rourth. Free for All Mime 2:!^ 1 '1 Mrude Tern, owned by 'V. T1?y first; Direct !? !!. over,; by T. C. Co. invroa. :f?coii<l; Drii'r Alien owned b Oitie Moore, third. 'I be eroiin .s and track wi n '.is nest pry feet ny i: is possible to make Ibei 1 The l>i)!oo Matinee Clu') had spar, neither time nor money to this end The next tares will be run the fir ! week in Annus!, at which time 1.... .. .. .w .,.,1 uv,,n limn ili,, one tin'i lit I M" ? i wwu ^ ?% .. saw Fridays races is expected. "Floeel'isi is never sati fu il an! " > he kills tv.o birds with on. stone." T?tirr"ins "And even 'hen Im isn't satisfied nnlcs lie '.rets the ster.e br-Jc." THRILLING STORY OF AIRMEXS GAMBLE AGAINST ELEMENTS. Log of the R-;J4 Wonderful Word lietare <>i Lile High Up in the Air i Amid Clouds. ?uineola, July 6?Not in the m^re > iccord of miles covered is to be found /ne real romance of tne ll-34's aerial voyage to America. The full story I of this great adventure, this gamble against the elements, is revealed only through the human incidents of the trip, chronicled in the form of a log by Brig. Gen. Edward M. Maitland. Inrlinirl nhtflrirr fnr ihn lilii.iuh alp ministry. The story?a' Jules Verne tale come true?was written while the giant dirigible was leaving the ground at J East Fortune, while it was passing \out of sight of land, while it was bat- , tling its way across the Atlantic and !eluding electrical storms in the northland, while It was slipping safely down | the shoreline of Long Island to its anchorage at Mineola. Intensely Human Story. It is an intensely human story, set down in simple, unaffected style. In it is described the feelings of ^ ' men starting on a great adventure? cheerfully confident in the face of a hundred dangers. In it is described the courage of red-blooded men fighting their way through an ocean of , v< | cloud and fog. In it is described the resolute daring of men calculating I coolly, just how much fuel, already greatly shortened, they could expend in dodging tempests which might dash : them to destruction. In it is de; scribed the fighting spirit of aerial adventures combating to the last a ; situation which might force them to \ call for assistance. But nothing Kj i to be found in the log of the great joy ! which must have surged up in every : man's heart when they dropped anchor victoriously safe at the end of a 3,600-mile voyage. Flying at Night. "When flying atn ight there is always a feeling of loneliness o? leaving the ground," reads an entry made after the airship hardly had taken ! the air but it is followed almost immediately by a description of the first breakfast in the air, which ends.'' "In the adjoining compartment the jgraphophone was entertaining the crews with the; latest jazz tunes." ! T>in? nnmoo an tf/?nnnnt r?f czlp^nin?r In l! * "*>?! UU UVWUUI, V. ?>vv|>U.e hammocks aboard a service airship, with a word of caution for the unwary sleeper. "There is only a thin outer cover of fabric on the.under; side of the keel on each side of the k walking way and the luckless individual who tips out of his hammock would in all probability break right through this and soon find himsetf in the Atlantic. Word Pictures. There follows a series of word picI tures of cloud formations, showing as in the case of Alcocfc and Brown the R-4 at times floating between two layers; of wireless messages breaking through these cloud banks to bring cheer to the adventurers; of meals cooked over the exhaust pipes and engine repairs made with chewing gum; of the discovery of a feline stoway smuggled abroad by a superstitious member of the-crrw and then the sighting of ice fields and Newfoundland, with terse observa_ tions on aereal navigation. True Sportsmen, Instead of finding expressed at this i point enberance of the captain and |crew, it is remarked that the airmen ' i think they would like to stop at Now' foundland and Nova Scotia some time I for shooting and fishing, as the forest .and lakes viewed from the air hot f I promise of much game and fish. ' Then comes a more anxious entry: "The petrol question is becoming jdecidedly serious." And again: 'Tor | some Mine wnue pasi mere nas ween distinct evidence of electrical cfistruhances." Then comes a description of two thunderstorms successfully evaded . ?"set down quite simply as they occurred and more or less in the fc'?i of a dairy,'' as Gen. Maitland promised at the head of his log. o V. W. A. Association (tall)* at Catfish. On Wednesday, June 25tl/. the Young Woman's Auxiliary of the Tee Dee Association held its anneal rally Kt Catfish Baptist church. Miss Ruth Allen our superintendent presided. Our honor guests were Rev. H. H. McMillan, who recently returned from China,on furlough, and Miss Lila Watson who soon sails for China. It was indeed a pleasure and inspiration to have these with u>. The first part of the progr: m . as given on r to discussing various phrases of Y. W. A. wdrk. Does u mv to have a rally? Poos Mission Stti v Pay? What kind of leader i- :e>. <"'i for a Y. W. A? wove question: heartily liseiosod. Mi*.- Vashti George reid .1 ii:i res-:ng pap< r on "?.| .in ;i Tr'grain" Miss Lila Watson told s ;.K!;.. noresuns.; i'iiiifm am m niv Traiti'iv: School at Louisville, ab;u "Why I am going to China ' Mr. McMillan spoke very earnestly no "The Needs of China and how 'o meet ihem." The meet ins; w;:-- a ?et <u\ 'S, due largely to our enthusiastic leader and the hospitable pconh* of Cit fish. Mr. W. L. Thoi'.hurg -ho managed the Farmers Liberty Warehou-v of Lake View the past sea: on has ar i\ d in Dillon and will this year unit: gc (the Farmers Warehouse at Dillon. 1 See his announcenu f on another pave.