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v - * :'3r 3 mM, , ' > tipr ^ ?. ? i?_ Bg$.>' '' ' i i S K EitaMiahed in 1891. FORT BOLL, S. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919 11.25 Per Year. Has' fe?- ' ? RECESS IS BLOCKED I BY RAM BILL Zjsv.* ' .( PROSPECT** OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONGRESS BY DATE OF NOV. 10 ARE SMALL. HOUSE TO PASS BUDGET BILL Important Committee Activities Are Planned in Both House and Senate Reopen 8trike Investigation. Washington.?Pressure from administration sources for enactment of permanent railroad ^legislation may block tentative plans of congressional leaders for adjournment of the extraordinary session about November 10. ^ Leaders were of the opinion that unless consideration of the German peace treatj' Is expedited action by the senate on the railroad bill prior to November 10 would be impossible. The railroad bill as completed by the senate Interstate commerce commission is to be in position for consideration immediately after the ratification of the peace treaty. While the senate treaty fight continues, the house expects to pass the budget bill. Many important committee activities are planned in both senate and house. The steel strike investigation of the senate labor committee will be reopened. VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL TO BE KING ALBERT'S HOST. Washington.?Owing to the illness of President Wilson. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, and their son, the duke of Brabant, will not be entertained at the White House during their stay in Washington from October 27 to 30. They will t be the guests instead of Vice President and Mrs. Marshall. AMERICAN RED CROSS IS V> ASKED TO REPLACE DANES. Vienna.?The Danish Red Cross, having notified the Austrian government that it can no longer supervise the care ot Austrian prisoners of war In Russia and Siberia, the Austrian government is asking the American Red Cross to look after these 200,000 men. STRENGTH OF AMERICAN ARMY GROWING STEAQILY SMALLER Washington.?The army is now well below the 300,000 mark, an official statement giving the strength as 290,< 477. The net reduction since November 11, last, has been 92 per cent. American forces abroad total 35,000, including the 8,000 in- Silesia. FATE OF LENINE-TROT2KY REGIME 18 8URE IF 8LOW Washington?"The flnal crash of ths Trotzky-Lenine regime may be de? layed some weeks but it is inevita ble." Official information received here thus summarizes the situation in Russia. Only the "inertia' 'of the antl-bol shevik groupB has permitted th? present Moscow government to remain alive beyond September 16. one official who has made a special study of the situation said. PHYSICIAN8 ENCOURAGED BY % PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENT Washington.?Having obtained re. lief from the prostratlc condition, which retarded his recovery last week, President Wilson was the victim of slight digestive trouble. Ills condition otherwise Doctor Grayson announced, was unchanged. Dr. Grayson issued the following bulletin from the white house: ine presmeni naa a sogm oigesiWe disturbance today. Oiherwlse his condition is unchanged." ANTI-STRIKE PROVISIONS IN RAILROAD BILL DRASTIC Washington.-?Containing one of the most drastic anti-strike provisions ever approved by a senate committee, hthe Cummins railroad bill virtually ready to be offered to the senate. The interstate commerce committee went event further than the original bill and added an amendment which will make It a crime to "aid. t-bet; counsel, command or induce" railroad employers to strike. DEMANDS MUST BE GRANTED OR MINERS WILL WALK OUT % Washington.?There seemed little hope of averting the strike of a half million bituminous coal miners called for November 1. After a sorles of conferences with labor leaders here, and telephon* talks with others In the central coa territory, John L .Lewis, president o1 5HKgA8Lt.h6 United Mine Workers of America Announced that they would go ounntess All demands, including the live - ^ . ^ weck.wero granted. FOUR MORE STILLS CAPTURED United State*, State and County Of> fleers Join In Extensive Raids In Aiken During Court Week. Aikin.?Four stills, with a combined capacity of 80 gallons, were seized and destroyed by revenue and state officers in Aiken county a few days ago. Two white men were arrested and a mule and wagon seized. The men were taken before the United States commissioner in Aiken for a preliminary examination. * The four stills were in a cluster, and when the first had been located little difficulty was met with in finding the others. One still was of 50 gallons capacity, two of 20 gallons and a fourth of 10 gallons. About 50 gallons of beer were destroyed. The operation of the stills had hardly gotten under way when the officers arrived and they were not all working to capacity. The ofTicers were in Aiken attending court and made the raid early one morning before court had convened. Gaffney.?A large amount of cotton is being marketed daily in Gaffney and although the crop is short, owing ' to the good price whicn is being real ized for the staple renters and crop- 1 pers for tha most part will be able * to meet all of their obligations and 1 have something left. ' t Clemson College. ? Attention of I " South Carolina farmers is called by I the extension service of Cleinson col- ' lege to the sale of Berkshire hogs at Orangeburg, Tuesday, October 21. This is a consignment sale made up t by the Berkshire breeders of the state and is the first co-operative sale of this breed ever held in South Carolina. Bamberg.?H. W. Moody, chief of C police of Bamberg, shot and instantly 1 killed Kirk Antley, a former negro j soldier. Apparently under the influence of liquor. Antley made himself particularly obnoxious to many peo- * pie here and is said to have threat- \ ened any one who undertook to arrest t him. ? j c Columbia.?Reports from tobacco t markets in South Carolina, compiled by the state department of agriculture, show that nearly 12,000,000 E pounds of tobacco were sold by pro- f ducers in the Pee Dee section in Sep- ? tember. The average price received was 18.5 cents, bringing in a total revenue of 8 nearly |2,250,000. i c Gaffney.?Certain dealers in Gaff- r ney, in the commodity known as gas- j. oline have recently cut the price of fi the fluid, and it is likely that a price t war in this very essential material _I11 ?a?1l TV. I. I TT ... .? ?>?. ? ".o ui tuuiao ID Rl ttlliy B ing to the consumer, and he is stand- t ing by hoping that the matter will go t far enough for him to be able to get c It at a price which he considers reas- t onable. t t Greenwood.?A recent census shows f that 70 new residences have been built e in Greenwood since the first of Jan- t uary, this year/ The average cost was 1350,000 for residences in Greenwood thus far this year and there are a number of new ones in prospect now for the remaining three months of the year. Sumter.?The Sumter county cham- . ber of commerce, learning that B. F. McLeod, state manager of the 8outh Carolina Cotton association, had said that headquarters of the association might be moved from Columbia, wired 1 him as follows: 1 "Sumter will heartily welcome head- c quarters of the South Carolina Cot- ' ton association and we will secure 8 suitable offices for you. Forlence.?The Jury in the case of <! the state against Lillian and Rebecca c Meyers, char* with the murder of ( their father, Sylhert Myers, returned * a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, with recommendation to mercy. Judge j Mauldin sentenced the two negro r girls, who are aged about 14 and 16 t years of age, respectively, to two a years at such labor as they could per- c form in the lorence county jail. i Advance of Boll Weevil. 8 Florence.?The boll weevil has ad vunceii 10 a line ten muea south of the city of Florence. A scouting party consisting of J. A. Burley of the r state crop pest commission, E. S. ^ Tucker of Delta laboratory and Ward c McLendon. county agent, made the \ discovery. They took three lines out ? of Florence, veering always to the a south and found the weevil on the farms of many farmers. The pest is i reported plentiful between Florence v and Lake ?ity and in the Olanta and p TimmonsviUe sections. c Trustees Plan Extension. |y Spartanburg. ? If the governing body of Converse college have not misjudged the soul of this community, the service of that institution a will be largely extended and we shall t have in Spartanburg a university for a women. They have outlined a plan n which should commend itself to the \, judgment and liberal gifts of all who ^ are interested in education. To carry a out the plans of the trustees, the sum t, of $500,000 will be needed, and of this P amount the people of Spartanburg ? will be asked to subscribe $J00,00). |, MISS EDITH AINGE "* I I Miss Edith Alnge it the Betty Rott f the National Woman't party. Thia Bhotograph thowt her tewing another Btar on the auffrage flag, a purple, white and gold emblem. Suffrage ; worker* hope to tecure the required ^6 *tate? by 1920, the centenary__of| ne oirtn or Susan B. Anthony. RECORD NOT TO BE CHANGED ?ays Welfare of the Country Waits on Ratification of Peace Treaty and Legislation Urged by Wilson. Atlantic City, N. J.?Postmaster Jeneral Burleson gave the National iardware association and the Amercan Hardware Manufacturers' assoslation, in joint session here, the first luhllc account of his administration vhich he has made since ho entered he cabinet. Often Mr. Burleson was n fighting mood, especially when disHissing efforts to force a reversal in lis policies. "Record has been made of what I itand for" ho declared, smashing liis 1st into his open palm, "and it's not ;oing to be changed." Chief among his critics Mr. Burleion listed the express companies ?*hich. he said, were angered by his levolopment of the parcel post; the ailroads, opposed to changing the >asis of mail pay from weight to ipace; owners of pneumatic tube sysemi, which he declared, had been tothing short of "graft;" newspapers ind magazines, which had been forced o pay higher second-class rates, and he American Federation of Labor. iffendod by his stand against public .mployees affiliated with an organlation using the strike to enforce denands. Ho declared bo had been consented with powerful opposition exirted through Congress by these inercsts. iAMUEL QOMPER8 SUFFERING FROM NERVOUS BREAK-DOWN. Washington. ? Samuel Oompers. 'resident of the American Federaion of Labor, is confined to his home lere in a state of nervous exhaustion, ind his physician has ordered him to emaln in bed. Mr. Oompers' illness results, labor eadors said, from months of unrenittlng work at home and abroad in onnoction with the peace treaty, the nternational labor congress at Amterdam and the steel strike. The vetoran labor loader was strick>n when he reached hfs home after lelivering an attack in the industrial :onference on the United States Steel Corporation for its rofusal to deal vith the steel strike committee. 1 Those who heard Mr. Gompers' im>assioned address la the conference ealLod that he was laboring under a Hinendous nervous strain and the nnouncement of his illness did not ome as a surprise to his associates [ n the labor group. (ECRETARY WILSON ASKS FOR CONFERENCE ON COALxMATTER Indiaapolis, Ind.?John . L. Lewis* icting president of the United Mine Vorkers of America, wired Secretary if Labor Wilson that he would be in Yashlngton October 17 for a conference on the bituminous coal mine ituation. Secretary Wilson telegraphed Mr. <ewis asking for a conference and It iras announced Thomas T. Brewster, iresident of the Coal Aperators" Assoiation would be present. AANY SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH BOMB PLOT Gary, Ind.?More than a dosen men rere taken into custody here during he night by military intelligence .uthorltles to be questioned In conlectlon with the investigation into al-11 eged radical activities, Including omb and anti-govornment plots. It lso la said army Intelligence agentsi ave in their possession a list of sevral hundred alleged radicals, among rhom a number are believed to be Laders in the radical movement ANOTHER MEET TO GONSIOER STRIKE NOT MUCH HOPE ENTERTAINED OF A SETTLEMENT UNLESS STRIKE IS CALLED OFF. LEWIS LABORS UNDER STRAIN Operators Must Change Stone-Wall Attitude and Indicate Willingness to Frame Another Agreement. Washington.?Failing after an allday conference to avert a strike of nearly half a million bituminous coal j miners, called for the very eve of I winter. Secretary of Labor Wilson in- | vited miners and operators to send \ their full scale committee to Washington when another efTort to bring about peace will be made. Both sides accepted the invitation. This did not offer any great hope, however, for representatives of the operators stood Arm in their determina- H Hon not to negotiate any demand for * a six hour day, and not to deal with ' fie unions unless the strike, set for ^ November 1, was called off. f John L. Lewis, acting president of I the United Mine Workers of America, whose word probably would swing the unions one way or the E nthf?r ?hnwo<l ? -- * - * ' , w..wiuot uc was lauunug under a terrible strain when he left the three-cornered meeting. Speaking to a group of reporters, he said he had told Secretary Wilson that the 32 members of his wage scale g committee would be here to meet an oqual number from the other side, but a that it would be useless to reconvene c the joint inter-state wage conference li "unless the operators changed their 2 stone-wall attitude," and indicated a j willingness to frame another agreement. URGE ADVERTISER8 TO ? SUPPORT PUBLISHERS. (] New York. ? Resolutions recom- * mending that the advertisers through- y out thq country pledge their support to the publishers here who have de- t clined to grant the demands of the {] striking workers in the printing n trades were adopted at a meeting of h the board of directors of the audit bu- s reau of circulation. The organization, n is composed of advertisers, advertislng agents and publishers of newspapers and periodicals in the United j, States and Canada. ^ n Two hundred and fifty employing e printers met and reaffirmed their de- t cision to hold out against the strik- h ers. t LES8 THAN 15,000 U. 8. SOLDIERS NOW IN FRANCE. c Paris?The actual number of American troops now in France Is less than 15,000 and is rapidly diminishing. t General W. D. Connor commanding n the American troops in France, said. ^ Within a month, he stated, virtually all of the soldiers will be gone, as the g task of repatriating the German pris- e oners is now completed. e AVIATOR IS KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS AT 8T. PAUL. p St. Paul.?Lieut. Cameron Wright. In charge of the landing field here for the transcontinental air racers, was t Instantly killed when an airplane In p which he was riding as apassenger t( went into a tall spin and dropped 200 h ,eet- ft NEW YORK WILL BE PUT BACK P ON WAR-TIME RATION BASIS. e New York.?Arthur Williams, federal food administrator for New York, was perfecting plans to place d the city on a sugar rationing basis r similar to that during the war. Increased use of sugar for "soft" f drinks resulting from the enforce- p ment of prohibition and the shortage n in m;ci|iis ui raw Hiinar ^SUlling ^ from the strike of longshoremen, I ^ which virtually stopped shipping, were p blamed by Mr. Williams for what he ,s termed the most serious sugar short-j age since 1917. C INNOCENT PARTY TO DIVORCE MAY REMARRY IN THE CHURCH Detroit. Mich.?Through action of 1 the lavmen of the Protestant Episco pal church in the 1916 general convention, sustained by both clerical and lay delegates, the innocent party to a divorce may be rewedded in the , church. Amendment of the canons toprevent remarriage by an Episcopal 11 priest of a person who has a divorced husbnnd or wife living, by many of the clergy and a few of the laymen n was defeated. ri LEWIS AND SECY. WILSON 8 CONFERRING ON COAL STRIKE Washington.?John L. Lewis, preslCl dent of the United Mine Workers of I' America, and Thomas T. Brewster, b representing the coal operators, went ii into conference with Secretary of Lo- P hor Wilson, who had favlted them c' here, in an effort to avert the threat- * enen strike of bituminous coal miners on November 1. p| The first session was expected to b continue sovoral hours ,P E. A. CUDAHY *uu|)*0|^?9au| )u9ujujoaoB jo s^oaf qns uaaq ?a?q qoium aujaauos Qui qoad )aaiu B|q oau eqq ;o auo "03 y tqepno apeaq oqM 'Xqepno -y *H 1UICK ACTION IS NECESSARY stimated Production It Regarded by Representative Byrnea and Others Aa Being Extravagantly High. Washington.?Quick action by Con;ress on a resolution ordering the gricuiture department to issue a new otton report on November 2, showng the crop condition as of October 5 was promised by house leaders, tcpresentative Byrnes, South Carolia, author of the resolution, announcd that he expected to obtain house onslderation, under an unanimous onsent agreement. Such action was leiayeo oy otner legislation holding ho right of way &s unfinished busliess and a provious order of business rill similarly prevent action. Favorable recommendation on adopion of the resolution was given unanrnously by the house agriculture comnittee after southern congressmen ad urged immediate action as necesary so that the "true crop condition" lay be made known this year for the Inancial benefit of the cotton planter. Failure of the government report, ssued almost two weeks ago, to recogize abandonment of fields was blamd by 'Mr. Byrnes, as causing an esimated yield of more than 10,000,000 'ales this year. The department's esimated production, he and others aserled, was "extravagantly" high. COUNTERFEIT WAR 8AVING8 8TAMP8 HAVE BEEN FOUND. Montgomery, Ala.?A letter from he United States treasury departlent received recently tells local ofclals in charge of war savings tamps that counterfeit war savings tamps have been discovered in the ast and warning all buyers and sellrs of such stamps to be on the lookut for them. RE8IDENT HAS BEEN ASKED TO RAI8E EMBARGO ON WHEAT Washington.?Julius Barnes, dlrecor of the United States grain cororation, has asked President Wilson o raise the export and import emargoes on wheat, the house was inarmed by Representative Young, reubllcan, North Dakota. IULLETIN FROM WHITE HOUSE ON PRESIDENT'S CONDITION. The White House.?"The President id not have a restful night. His estlessness was caused by a swelling f the prostate gland, a condition rom which he has suffered in the ast and# which has been Intensified lore or less by his lying in bed. His eneral condition, however, is good. lb noted, his temperature, pulse, resiration, heart action and blcod pres11 rA urn nnrmol "(Signod): Grayson, Ruffin. Stitt." REATION OF FREE STATE IN FIUME AGREED TO. Paris.?Italy has agreed to the eretion of a free state in Fiume, tho ort remaining under control of the >ague of nations, says the Petit PaIsien, which claims to have received ellable information on the subject. ,t the same time it is said Italy is nderstood - to require there shall be 0 gap between the free state and tartan Istria in order that Fiume may ot be surrounded by Jugo-Slav teritory. OUTH MUST POSITIVELY WAREHOUSE COTTON CROP New Orleans.?Country damage to atton aggregating approximately 60.000.000 annually can be prevented y warehouses on the farms, at gins, 1 interior concentration points and at grts handling cotton, speakers delared at the general session of the orld cotton conference. E. A. Calvin, of Houston, Tex., urgI a campaign throughout the cotton elt in the interest of warehousing, articularly on the fartp / SENATE SHANTUNG AMENDMENTS FAIL A VOTE IS FINALLY REACHED AND MEASURE IS DEFEATED BY A DECISIVE VOTE. FOURTEEN REPUBLICANS BOLT Of Senators Absent Two Republicans Favored; 1 Republican and 3 Democrats Opposed IL Washington. ? Tho long debated Shangtung amendment to the peace treaty, presented by Senator Lodge and approved by the foreign relations comirittoe, Anally wub rejected In the sonate with a majority of an even score against it. In the vote of 35 to 55. 14 Republicans swung over to the pro-treaty forces while three Democrats lined up with thoee supporting the proposal. Of the six senators absent, two republicans wero put on record as in favor of the amendment and one Republican and three Democrats as opposing it. The roll call, which came at the end of another six and a half hours of sharp debate, in reality swept away six amendments instead of one, each change in the treaty text having baen numbered separately by the committee in Its decision to strike out the word "Japan" and substitute the "China" throughout the sections relating to the province of Shangtung. By unanimous conse.it, however, the six changes were debated and voted on as one. Only three of the committee's 45 amendments now remain to be acted on by the senate, 36 previously having been rejected. Of those remaining, one relates to American repre sontnWon of the reparations commission, and two to equalization of voting power in the league of nations assembly. FAIRLY FAVORABLE BULLETIN AS TO PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. Washington.?Further Indication of the steady improvemont in the condition of Picsidont Wilson, who entered the fourth week of his illness, was given in a statoment by White House officials that the vote on the Shangtung amendment to the peace treaty was imported to him within a few minutes after the senate roll call. The President, earlier in the day, it was learned, was advised that an Important vote in the senate peace treaty controversy was near. As the news did not Beem to worry him. Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal physician, gave permission for the sending of the vote to the sick room when recorded. In a bulletin issued at the white house, Dr. Grayson said: "The President had a fairly satisfactory day." LEAGUE NOT TO BE HINDERED BY ANY ACTION BY SENATE Washington.?While no official declaration can be made In advance of the action of the senate on the treaty of Versailles, It was learned unofficially that plans were being laid for bringing the league of nations into existence almost immediately upon the publication in Paris of the ratiflatlon of the treaty by Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany, which will put it into force. STEEL MILL OFFICIALS SAY STRIKE IS VIRTUALLY ENDED Chicago.?Steel mill officials at Gary, Ind.f expressed the opinion that the strike was virtually ended, and made preparations for building up a new organization. They declared there was a surplus of labor in Borne departments. Union leaders disputed the accuracy of the claims made by the steel officials. They also began an effort to establish the Independence of the union forces from the radicals. GREAT PROFITS ARE MADE IN CEREAL AND BREAKFAST FOOD YTT V ? * * ? - ttobiiiiiriuii.?i ne Armour uraln 1 Company, a factor In cereal and; breakfast foods renorted surplus undl- j vided profits for the year 1917 of I $5,426,830 after deducting a 78 per |cent dividend on capital stock, the report says: "The year's net earnings amounted to $2,908,912, or 290 per cent on the capital stock and 67 per cent on the net worth of the compnny. including capital, surplus and undivided profits 'HEALTH OF 8AMUEL GOMPERS IS NOW SOMEWHAT IMPROVED I Washington. ? Samuel GBompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who is suffering from nervous exhaustion, was reported somewhat improved, but his physician ordered him to remain In bed. Washington.?By an overwhelming majority the house passed the bill extending for one year war-time passport restrictions so as to keep radicals and undesirable aliens out. BOLL WEEVIL IN ] RICH W COUNTY PEST HAS COVERED ONE-HALF OF COUNTY AND WILL SOON embrace THE WHOLE. NO MORE BIG COTTON CROPS Farm Demonstrator's One Plan Hat Been to Persuade Farmers to Give Up the One Crop System. Columbia.?That the boll weevil h&s covered practically one-half of Richland county in the past two weeks and that before the end of the cotton season the entire county will be covered with the pest is a statement contained tn an open letter to Richland county farmers by J. Khett Clark, farm dem? onstrator. In his letter Mr. Clark calls attention to the fact that the weevil has been steadily advancing upon the county for several years and that no alarm should be taken over his widespread appearance. In reference to many inquiries from farmers as to what course should be pursued the coming year, the demonstrator says he is convined that the generally accepted theory of "we can raise one more hip crop of cotton" is wrong, and wlvile he does not say this can not be done he advises the farmers to turn to stock and hog raising and diversified farming. Mr. t;iarK says that his one plan since he came to Richland has been to hammer into the hends of farmers that they must forsake the one-crop system. St. Matthews.? Congressman-elect Ed. C. Mann has announced that in the near future he will move his family to Orangeburg, which hereafter will be Lis official residence. Charleston.?The Consolidated company presented to city council a petition for right to increase its rates on car fare, gas and electricity. A seven cent fare is asked for and a gas rate of $1.25 per thousand cubic feet, for small consumers. Instead of $1. Rock Hill.?Fire broke out here In the central section of the John T. Roddey cotton warehouse and several hundred hairs of cotton belonging to the Victoria mills were consumed. The loss will mount into thousands of dollars. Full insurance was carried on the cotton, however. Anderson.?Two automobiles arc wrecks on account of accidents. One driven by J. L. Owens of near Spartanburg took a header into a ditch just outside of the city limits. No one w?? injured, nr. j. u. Harris and the ar of E. J Kay clashed when Dr. Harris stopped his car and the other crashed into the back end. Charleston.?F. II. McMasters of Columbia, addressed a large meeting of the Woodmen of the World here on the new Insurance rates, effective in the order after this year. Mr. McMaster explained that the change was a readjustment of rates, the main purpose of which was to make for permanency in the insurance written by this fraternity. York. ? Charged with shooting Claude Thomasson. a white youth of the McConnellsville section, Will Meek and Boysie Wilkes, negroes, both about 21 years old. have been lodged in the York county Jnll. The negroes say the shooting was accidental, claiming that the bullet from a .22 ealihre German automatic pistol that pierced the boy's left lung was intended for a dog. Greenville.?Following a meeting of interested parties came the official announcement that the Liberty Life Insurance company had been fully organized with a capital of $100,000. The company is to begin business hefore November, with the home office here and agencies in many cities of this section. The company will specialize on industrial business. Teaching Illiterates. John E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, has forwarded iu aiiuimstm couniy 91.ZD7 to bo distributed among tho teachprs who recently assisted the county superintendent of education in his drive against illiteracy. This county during August established 34 white schools. One teacher. Miss Eva Smith, taught 58 illiterates to read and write during this time. The enrollment in the schools was 375. Nine ty-five pupils attended fevery session. Airplane for Fair. Florence.?The Pee Dee fair management announces that an army passenger carrying airplane haB heen secured as one of the features for the forthcoming fair. This will he good news to the attendants of the fair and the presence of the plane will bring many here who otherwise would not have Come. While Florence has seen airplanee before in numbers, this will be the first time that any of its people have had the opportunity at home to experience the thrills of a trip through the air. ^ aii- n - J