The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, November 22, 1911, Image 4
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Bridgeport, Conn., was recently the
scene of a most remarkable aeroplane
. achievement. Not only did it thrill the
vast army of spectators because of the
- reckless daring displayed by the bird*
men, but it proved beyond ail question
that, with the right make of ride, a
marksman can shoot while flying at
tremendous speed, with the same accuracy
as when on the ground.
Army officers have been anything but
satisfied with the results obtained with
the service rifle, and the flight was
planned as a test of a repeating arm of
^ other than government make.
The flight took place at the Lake
Aerodrome before 10,000 people who
paid admission and a far greater number
who occupied points of vantage
upon neighboring hilltops, housetops
Alter a fellow has finished the job
it is mighty easy for some other fellow
to find faalt.
What a lot of motion has been lost
reaching for a match and bringing up
a toothpick.
How many times have you thought i
you could deliver a better lecture than
the one you jurt heard?
People who boast of their crosses
are toting a useless load.
And if hoop^kirts do come back,
how are you going to button your i
wife's waist?
Clothing hooks wer3 invented by a
man to be used by women.
If tomorrow would on'y bring forth ;
what we have planned today! 1
and trees.
When Beachy came npon the field, a
violent wind was blowing. Undeterred,
he mounted his seat and was soon
soaring high above. More than once
it seemed to the spectators that his frail
craft must surely turn turtle and come
crashing to the earth, but every time
the treacherous wind threathened, clever
manipulation by the aviator held the
machine straight and true. After having
been in the air a number of minutes,
- Beachy pointed his craft in the direction
of the grandstand, encircled it twice
and, as gracefully as a bird alights,
brought it safely to the ground.
To every one present it seemed certain,
in view of the dangerous antics of
the wind, that no more flights would
CRAZED BY JEALOUSY
SHOOTS YOUNG GIRL.
Fearful Deed of a Young Man in Augusta,
Georgia.
A fio Vs\tt 15 PrahT
augUOld) WM vy - ? - v. ,
jealousy, Ed J. Brazell, a white cob*
tonf mill operative, 42 years old, shot
sad killed Carrie Belle Duncan, a 16- i
j
year-old girl, in the presence of Brazell's
sick wife this morniDg. Before
the man could reload the single barreled
shofcgcn and torn the weapon on
himself, his wife, though weak and !
feverish from illness,wrestled with him j
and prevented him from accomplish
ing his porpoBe. Officers soon arrived j
and placed Brazell under arrest.
Brazell and his wife and the dead girl j
and her family lived in the same tene- *
ment house. He was enamored with
the girl, and was insanely jealous because
of her alleged acceptance from
another man. While the Duncan girl
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was in the room with the wife and ;
just after she prepared breakfast for
the Brazells the husband seized a gun
and blew the girl's brains out. The
wife is prostrated and Brazell refast s
to talk, although letters found in his
pocket stated that he loved the girl, I
was jealons of other men, and that he i
intended to kill her and end his own
life.
URATE SHOOTING
ft! DEMONSTRATED
rATES GOVERNMENT.
p, Lieut Fickel Throws Two
raight Into Target
Unit**.vmd Umdtrte**d
be attempted that afternoon ;TJbt to the
amazement of all, Beachy, as soon as
he landed, hailed Lieut. Pickel, who
was standing- nearby, armed with a
Remington-UMC rifle, and invited him
to take a seat alongside.
This Lieut. Fickel did, and aviator
and passenger were soon on their way.
To make the trip all the more hazardous,
the machine had been shorn of all
extra supports invariably carried with
passengers for balance.
Time and again the big planes could
be seen to tremble as if they were about
to snap when contrary gusts of wind
caught them; and to those below the
tilting and the swaying of the monoplane
were fore-runners of certain destruction
to the aviator and his passenger.
When the machine reached the
farther end of the field it suddenly
turned, and came flying back at lightning
speed. At the other end of the
fie'd, in full view of the spectators, a
target had been rigged. When within
firing range, Lieut. Fickel raised hisrifle
and sent two shots straight to the mark.
It was a wonderful performance and
a fitting climax to a meet that was replete
with sensational features.
In an interview after the demonstration,
Lieut. Fickel said that he found
the speed and accuracy of the Autoloader
a distinct advantage over the
service rifles he had previously used in
similar tests, and that he considered it
the only practical gtja for use under
such conditions. ... ...
State News.
T1>p "RTpt?V>iiw arrant inrxr nn Tupr
day threw oat the indictments against
W. A. Clark and Wilie Jone9, of Columbia,
charged! with conspiracy in
connection with the late Seminole Security
company.
.T. W. Rideout, general foreman of
the Southern railroad at the Spartanburg
junction, had his leg cut off by
a freight train on Tuesday.
The largest yield of oorn ever produced
on one acre in Saluda county
do what the humble little lightningbug
does?make light without heat.
so far as|the records show was made
this year by Thomas Shaw, a negro
farmer of the Penn creek section?
146$ bushels.
Craney MoCallough died on Sunday
night in Laarens county of wounds
inflicted by Jim 8hell?both coloredtwo
weeks ago. This is Lauren's
first homicide in a year.
J. Hampden Brooks, a well known
citizen of Greenwood, died on Tuesday,
aged 78, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. Q. Marshall. He was
captain of a company in Kershaw's
brigade and did valiant service as a
Confederate soldier. He is survived
by his wife and ten children.
Burglars broke into the milinary
store of Miss Carrie Cave, of Barnwell,
and stole $47 in money and a
large quantity of valuable furs, cloak
suifs, etc. .
A trophy cup valued at $1,000,
known as the Indiana trophy, will be
given to the farmer who shows.tho
best ten ears of corn at the Natio lal
Corn show to bo held in Columbia in
January of 1813.
We all like to meet the man who
can disagree with us without acting
as if he thought we were plumb fools.
There's always room at the top, but
some of us would rather be a little less
successful than a lot more lonesome.
Science 13 a great thing, of course,
but to date it hasn't learned how to
ADVANCE GUARS DRIVERS
ARRIVING IN SAVANNAH
Trying Out for VanderbMt and Grand
Pri2e Races.
Savannah, Ga.?The advance guard
3f drivers and cars fer the Vanderbilt
2up and International Grand Prize
races and light car races, which will
take place in Savannah on November
11 and 30, have already arrived and
are daily trying out the famous course
Dver the Chatham county roads. With
the large number of entries and the
world's most famous drivers, these
two big blue ribbon events of automobiledom
will unouestionably prove
the greatest road races ever held in
the world. Never before have two
events of such magnitude been held
it one time. Heretofore t'.e Vaaderbilt
Cup race was held at Long Island
in October and the International Grand
Prise Race at Savannah in November.
Owing to the inability of the promoters
to get the proper protection for
the course during the race and the
unequalled facilities offered by Savannah,
it was decided this year to
hold the big event at Savannah. It
?caa hardly be called a curtain raiser
for the Grand Prize, as it is itself
such a world famous race, but it will
be run first and two days later the
Grand Prize race will be run, the two
days being allowed to give competitors
in the Vanderbilt race ample
time to overhaul and "tune-up" their
big space-killers for the Grand Prize
event. In these races and the light
car events it is probable that over
seventy-five cars will be entered. The
course is seventeen miles long, and
with the oars eating up distance at
the rate of 80 miles an hour, it will
be readily recognized that there will
always be "something doing'' on every
part of the course. Specially constructed
cars have been entered, the
most dare-devil drivers in the world
have been secured and it is absolute
ly certain that the excitement is going
to be intense and the races the
grandest sport ever held in the South
and, barring unforeseen accidents,
the greatest the world has ever yet
known.
ENORMOUS GASH PRIZES
IN BIG SAVANNAH RACES
Drivers of Big Cars That Win Will
Be Made Rich.
Savannah, Ga.?With $19,950 in
cash already hung up as prize money
for the winners of the automobile
races in Savannah on November 27
and 30, and with the large majority
of the tire concerns and accessory
manufacturers not yet heard from, it
appears that not only -.'ill the races
set up records for the annihilation of
distance, but will as well place new
figures on prize money carried away
by winning drivers.
Recently the amounts were added
to by offers from the Bosch Magneto
' - c +Vio ttti n n ore whn
company ojl ^>?,uuu iv& n..
are equipped with Bosch magnetos
and by the Findelsen & Kropf Manufacturing
company, makers of the
Rayfield carburetter of $2,500.
These with the previous offer of the
Remy Electric company of $4,250 to
those winning with Remy magnetos
and the offer of the Savannah Automobile
Club of $12,500 in gold to the
winners of the events, make the total,
which will be greatly swelled
when the other offers come in.
The letter of the Findelsen & Kropf
Manufacturing company is for the
winner of the Grand Prize race $1,000,
the winner of the Vanderbilt $500,
second man in the Vanderbilt $200,
winner of the Savannah Challenge
Trophy $250 and winner of the'l'iedeman
Cup Race $250.
The offer of the Bosch Magneto
company is $500, $200 and $100, respectively
for first, second and third
place in the Grand Prize; $200, $50,
and $50 for first, second and third in ,
the Vanderbilt; $100, $50 and $50 for
the Tiedeman Trophy and the same
for the Savannah Challenge Trophy.
All these prizes are offered with the
proviso that the winners must be
equipped with the product of the com- !
pany offering the prize. The gold
prizes offered by the Savannah Au- j
tomobile Club are without restriction !
to go to the winners. j
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WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS j
WILL BE AT SAVANNAH
Never Before Has Such a Galaxy
Been Gotten Together.
Savannah, Ga.?Among the famous
drivers who will pilot cars in the
great Vanderbilt cup, International
Grand Prize, Tiedeman Trophy and
Savannah Challenge Trophy races,
which will be held in Savannah November
27 and 30, are Bruce-Brown,
Burman, Wagner, Basle, Dawson,
Hemery, Bragg, Grant, Mulford, DePaima,
Tatzield, Kearn and a score
of others. These drivers are
all world famous. Never before was
SUCH a Kci.ia.xy Ui vrui iu-ianiyiis tuivers
assembled in one place. The
greatest rivalry exists and it is known
that these men will enter the races
to win at all hazards. It is "do or
j die" with them, for the race will make
the driver and the manufacturer of
the machine rich and world famous.
Xo amount of money could purchase
the prestige which winning these
races will give the cars. The manufacturers
have spent many thousand
dollars building special cars and speed
madness will be rampant in Savannah
during the otherwise calm days cf our
Indian summer. 1
EtESSFlK
MUM
ON SfflNIMI
Savannah, Ca.?The eyes of tfee a*Lomobile
world are axed on Savannah
and from now until the first day of the
big races there late m this Hoatii
Savannah will he the Meeea for every
one interested in the world, famous
events. The railroads have offered
reduced rates, numerous newspapers
bare conducted contests in which
tree trips to the races were offered
as prizes, a big "uround-the-state-teur"
has been projected and will end in
Sarannah, automobile clubs in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Richmond,
Charlotte, Durham, Columbia,
Charleston, Jacks onriHe, Atlaata, Au-..
I gusta, Macon, Birmingham, New OrI
leans and many other cities will have
| cross country "runs" to the races, and
| It is certain that there will be more
| people In Sarannah during the first
four days of Thanksgiving week than
were ever before there. The races
are to be the greatest the world has
| ever known and every on who haft
I any way of gtting to Savannah and
I can spare the time is going to be
i there. The representatives of numer|
ous foreign automobile clubs will be
' on hand, and all foreign entries must
! be made through the recognized clubs,
whioh are Automobile Club de France,
| Royal Automobile Club of Great Brit:
I ain and Ireland, Automobile Club of
Italy, KaiserlSch Automobile Club,, Au*
tomobile Club de Belgique, Oestarre*
i ichische Automobile Club, Automobile
Club of Canada, International Racing
! Association of Cuba, Dansk Automo*
v.n? r*inH Mcuiarlflnri1a/>hA Automobiel
Ull* UIUU, i1VUV>U??
, Club, Magyar Automobile Club, Auto*
mobile Club of Guadalajara, Auckland
Automobile Association, the Automo|
bile Club of Porto Rico, Royal Automobile
Club, Automobile Club of Rou!
mania, Automobile Club of Moscow,
| Royal Automobipe Club of Spain,
I Kungl. Automobil-Klubben and the
! Automobile Club de Suisse. Of these
France, Italy, Fermany and the United
States are the most interested,
for they have the largest number of
entries in the races. It will be truly
an international, universal race meet
and the winners will get not only the
enormous cash prizes offered, but before
duck falls on those eventful days
their names will have been flashed
to the four corners of the earth. It
is small wonder that the people are
literally wild over the coming races.
SAVANNAH PREPARING TO
CARE FOR THE CROWDS
I Bureau Has Been Formed With This
End in View.
Savannah is making great preparations
to take care of the crowds that
will come to the races. Naturally tho
regular hotels and boarding houses
could not possibly accommodate the
hundreds of thousands who will be
on hand, and the bureau of informaaVi
n o o Tra n iro/1 n
I10I1 IOT ILtt; ICl^CS UUa M
regular clearing house at which visitors
can get all the information they
want as to other accommodations.
Every person in Savannah having
spare rooms or other accommodations
has been asked to communicate the
information to the bureau, which is
in charge of Mr. W. R. Finnegan, and
he has received word concerning thousands
of rooms that will be available
for strangers. No one need fear that
he will not be taken care of. In addition
to these accommodations the
railroads and steamship companies
have arranged to park their sleeping
cars and dock their vessels, so that
many can occupy comfortable quarters
there during the races. Special
and private cars and steamships will
be provided with all conveniences.
Numerous special train will be run,
and the railroads have made a half
rate for the occasion.
FREE RUNS TO SAVANNAH
RACES WILL BE GIVEN
Jackson Argus and Other Papers Get
in the Game.
Savannah.?As an evidence of the
great amount of interest being
taken throughout the state in the coming
Grand Prize, Vanderbilt and light
car races at Savannah during Thanksgiving
week, nothing is more convinc- ''
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I ing tnan me acuuu ui a. auuiu^i vi |
Georgia papers in promoting "free
runs" to> the races. The Jackson Argus
was probably the first weekly paper
L the state to inaugurate these
contests, under the conditions of
which trips to the races are given
in return for subscriptions, the persons
sending in the largest number
of subscriptions in each militia district
being awarded an automobile
trip to the races, with ail expenses
paid. The arrangement has proven
a splendid thing for the publishers,
and will probably serve to increase
the attendance on the races. It is
certain that the crowds will be larger
than ever before and that the events
will be the greatest ever held in the
history of automobile racing. i
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ton seed meal and hulls I
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I for hogs; and fresh corn
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We Make and Sell Them AU and at the
RIGHT PRICE.
I Our tolls for grinding corn is one-eighth for S
table meal and hog feed and one-sixth for h
grinding and screening grits. We also carry a I
good stock of pipe and pipe fittings, lime, ce- B
ment, selected brick, etc., all at reasonable B .
prices. We also buy cotton seed and good, B
sound corn. Call and see us. ?
LITTLE MOUNTAIN I
THANKSGIVING.
It is splendid to think of a great nation suspending work
for twenty-four hours in order that its people may offer
thanks for the many blessings enjoyed.
The measure of an individual's gratitude is not necessarily
in proportion to his bounty for some people are more appreciative
than others but almost invariably his satisfaction
is effected by the consciousness of self-accomplishment.
The man who can feel that his honest efforts have enabled
him to take care of all of his current obligations and
still have something left over, will give sincere thanks be_
cause his appreciation will be genuine.
If your thankfulness this year is not flavored with the
satisfaction of accomplishment, begin now to add this zest
to the enjoyment of next season. Saving?patiently and
persistently Banking a small percentage of your earnings
each week?will, before the next season of thanksgivng
comes, add another element of gratitude to your feelings
which will make a new man of you. 1
BANK OF CHAPIN I
CHAPIN, S. C. I
J. S. WESSINGER, President. J. F. HONEYOUTT, Cashier. fl
IN NEW QUARTERS | J
I have purchased the Sphaier Building in Gaston
and have moved my stock of General Mer- w*
chandise. I am better prepared to serve my customers
than ever. I have a full line of dry *]
goods, notions, shoes, hats, caps, etc., hardware, , :
staple and fancy groeeries. I have just added a
full line of furniture, and am prepared to sell
the same at Lowest Prices.
I make a specialty of cotton seed meal and ? i
hulls, also buy cotton seed in any quantity. <
Satisfaction guaranteed.
(live me a call.
JOSEPH G. FALL AW,
"THE LEADER."
GASTON, . SOUTH CAROLINA.
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