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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.