Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ONE DAY'- .0URNEY FOR ATWOOD. Has But Short Distance to Fly and Woild's Record Will be Broken. Castleton, N. Y., Aug. 23.-On the last ap of his flight from St. Louis to Newf York, Harry N. Atwood, the avia tor,/ tonight has his aeroplane hitched to n apple tree on top of a hill here, o ,erlooking the Hudson and Albany, eIght miles to the north. Atwood ex 'ects to complete his journey to New /York, landing at Sheepshead Bay, with a possible preliminary circle over Gov ernor's Lsland, tomorrow. On landing he will have accomplished the longest flight through the air ever made by man in a heavier-than-air machine. He will hold the world's record for a cross-country flight and he believes he has set a pace in the de\e1ppment of aeroplanes which will result in more distance attempts and a gradual elimination of fatalities at aviation meets. To Make Long "Hop." Atwood hopes to sail over the 134 miles between :here and New York be fore midafternoon. It is not probable he will make it without a stop on the way, because he carries only 12 gal lons of gasoline and uses one gallon to every 10 miles. He hopes to make his first "hop" the longest so that he will be able more accurately to esti mate the exact time of his appearance over New York. His actual flying time from here down, he thinks, will be much less than three hours. When he 14nded here Atwood in 10 days had flown 1,131 miles from St. Louis without any mishap more seri ous than losing his way in a run -from Lyons, N. Y., to Auburn. His biplane has endured the test without damage. It was only on account of a slight wearing of the bearings of his engine that Atwood decided not to continue his flight tonight but to put every thing in shape for smooth sailing to morrow. His mechanicians prepared to work on the biplane all night, at taching pontoons foi possible land ings in the river. Will Go Down River. Leaving here probably early, At wood will take a straight course down the river. His appearance over Rhine Cliff will mark the breaking of the world's record for cross-country fly Ing for at that point he will have ex ?eeded by 13 miles the present record of 1,164 miles. When he reaches New York he will have flown 1,265. miles, or 100 miles above the present records. Atwood's flight today of 65 miles between Fort Plain and Castleton, ended before noon. From Fort Plain, where he as cended at 7.55 a. in., he swept through the Mohawk va-iley, turned the corner for the south at Albany and landed1 here at 9:12 a. mn. He stopped 15 minutes en route for gasoline, making his- flying time one hour and 32 min utes. Avoided Towered Cities. Over villages and cities, disregard ing all offers of money bonuses to land in places where great crowds awaited him, Atwood sailed through the val ley against a wind. Whistles and ring ing of bells had no inducement for him for generally he toured around cities. Approachling Albany he turned to' the south and again evaded the crowds. When he was swinging out over the Hudson river, however, thou sands saw him and then began a din. Atwood, himself, after shunning hospitality all day, landed on the prop-, erty of an irate farmer who protested against the appearance of the "man bird" and its consequent inrush of people. The more the farmer protest ed the greater became the crowd and soon a nearby apple orchard was halfF denuded of its fruit. The aviator who has flown over por tions of six States..and along the edges of two lakes said tonight that he re-, garded the approach of New York merely as the preliminary of still longer flights he is planning to take. He said . he believed straight-away the ae plane possessed the least dan get .>f any form of aviation. Atwood said tonight he expected to leave here at 7 a. m. tomorrow. He definitely decid'ed to stop at West Point, 84 miles from here. He pur poses to start from West Point in time to land in New York about 4 o'clock, taking an hour for the trip from West Point. Summary of Atwood's St. Louis-New York flight: Distance to fly to New York, 134 miles. Distance alre.ady flown from St. Louis, 1,131 miles. Total time in -air, 25 hours and 8 mlinutes. Days flying, 10. Portions of States passed over'. -,1 s souri, Illin~ois, Indiiana. Ohio. P- ,syl vania and New York; cities, St. uMis, and Albany. Will beat the world's .ug distance record at Rhine Cliffe, when he will be 13 miles more than the present record of 1,164 miles. Expects to reach New York Thurs day afternoon, when he will be 1,265 miles from his starting point. BEATTIE JURY PANEL CHOSEN. Thursday Began Testiniony in Rich niond Xurder Case. Chesterfield C. H., Va., Aug. 23. The jury which will decide whether Henry Beattie, Jr., of Richmond, shall go to the electric chair, convicted of wife murder, was completed today. The battle for a human life will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow, to w.hich hour the court adjourned. The common wealth then will call its first witness. The prisoner was locked up for the night in the small jail here and will not be returned to the Richmond jail during the trial. His gray-haired father embraced him and journeyed home in a dusty public conveyance surrounded by the curious populace. Made u.p almost entirely of lean, bronzed faced farmers, the jury as completed follows the lines indicated by Monday's selections. SAID BROWN WILL RUN. He Won't Announce Till There's a Vacancy in Office of Georgia's Governor. Atlanta Constitution. It may be stated with reasonabe ertainty that Former Goveron.r Joseph M. Brown will be a candidate for elec tion as governor to fill the unexpired term. While the former governor has made no positive declaration to anyone, his close friends are -confident that his present inclination is to make the race. However, he will not likely conter plate an announcement until there is a vacancy to announce for. The pressure brought upon him to enter the race has been sufficiently great to virtually break down his pre dilections to a life of retirement. It has been put up to him that in view of the strong demand for him to an nounce he owes it to his friends and to those who have supported him here tofore to allow the use of his name, and those who are close to him are confieent that these appeals will ove .ome his disinclination to re-enter politics. Miss- Sondley Gone to Greenwood. Spartanburg Journal, 23rd. Miss Carrie Sondley left this week to take charge of the Boy's orphanage home at Greenwood. This home is a part of the Baptist institution, which also has a girl's home in the same city, which is in charge of Miss Annie Montgomery, formerly of this place. Miss Sondley is a mem'her of the Soutside Baptist church and is well known in the city. Her many friends wish her every success in the good cause to which she is devoting her self. Reunion Echoes. Wednesday's State. General regret was expressed among the veterans at the absence of CoL. L. P. Miller, the last colonel of the Sixth cavalry. The following charac teristic letter was received by Col. U. R. Brooks: "A seroius accident last week will, I am afraid, prevent my being with the old soldiers of the Sixth to -hear Bob's oration. Bob, who used to be as full of mischief as a 'monkey, now grave and revered judge, the orator of the day. I should much like to see Judge Robert Aldrich. "If I am not able to be with you, you gve my love to my old friends and snldiers." Among the visitors to the reunion are George Hopkins and Dr. East, of Goldille. Dr. East's brother was a boy poet and wrote a lot of good verse which was published in book fornm be fore the war. Later he was editor of the Yorkville Enquirer and contribut ed to the columns of that paper until he was killed in battle. Dr. East claims that the first red shirt com pany was the Simpson Rifles of Gold ville, which company adopted a uni form consisting in part of a red shirt. A Fine Man for the Place. Laurens, Aug. 19.-Judge O. G. Thompson, member of Camp Garling ton, U. C. V., and one of the most prominent vetergns in t.his section of the State, was today elected colonel of the Laurens County Regiment, Unit ed Confederate Veterans, to succeed the late Col. Robert N. Cunningham. Judge Thompson received the un animous vote of the three camps of the county, the election being ordered by Gen. Frank H. Creech, commander CARGED WITH ELOPING WITH GIRL, CUTS THROAT Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 23.-In Wayne county jail at Goldsboro, N. C., today Buford 'Miles, from Chesterfield coun ty, Va., cut his throat with suicidal in tent and tonight the jail physician says there is very little hope of recov ery. Miles was arrested yesterday, charg ed with eloping with Sarah Bowles, aged 19, of Chesterfield, Va. They ar -ived in Goldsboro after passing through Raleigh -and were identified by descriptions sent out by Virginia officers. Miles is ,said to be married, and to have three children in Virginia. The father of the girl, David Bowles, arrived in Goldsboro to have Miles taken back to Virginia for tria. He refused to go and it was while await ing requisition papers that- he was confined in jail. Today he slashed- his throat and nearly bled to death before the jail physician reached him. PREDICTS COTTON WORM WILL CURTAIL CROP IN ALABAMA Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 23.-Dr. W. E. Hinds, State entomologist, tonight predicted that the caterpillar, or cot ton worm, will curtail the cotton crop in this State from 30 to 50 pei cent., and that within the next few weeks other States east of the Mississippi river will feel full force of this pest. The "worms are beginning to work in Mississippi, he said, and he is getting reports from other States of their ap pearance. It is an impossibility, said Dr. Hands, for the South to make a 15-million-bale crop this season. In this and in other States the rains have ruined the middle crop and the worms are about to get the top crop. The bot tom crop is practically made in most States and this will be the main crop Igathered. The second crop of worms is now at work and the third will come on about the middle of September. He does not think the danger will be over before the middle of October. Baseball Saturday. Ne'-rry and Mollohon will cross bats at the Mollohon diamond on Sat .urday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. A good game may be expected .as the New berry team is composed of most of Ilast year's college team and the Mol lohon boys liave a strong aggregation. Hill will pitch for -Mollohon and Ept ing for Newberry. The game will be called promptly at 4.30 o'clock. Admission 25 cents and 15 cents. YOU TAKE NIO FINANCIAL RISK. We Wake This Ofer to Every Person in Newberry Who Suffers From Kidney Disease. We want every person in this city who suffers from kidney disease in any form to have personal knowledge of the merits of Rexall Kidney Pills. To this end we offer them to every one who has n'eed of such a remedy with the definite and distinct under standing that, in the event they shall not prove of any benefit in the treat ment of your case, we will promptly refund you thre purchase price. Put up in boxes containing sIxty pills; price 50 cents per box. Rexall Remedies can .be obtained only at our. store-The Rexall Store. Gilder & Weeks. CHICH ESTER S PILLS Ladies? 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