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THE CHRONICLE i .mJiii fri ... — Strives to be a clean' newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. You Don’t VOLUME XIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE l<>tM919 VEifS WORK AT TMWEll ORPHANAGE CLOSED USE NIGHT WITH BIG • ' * r-Up r A , • « • ^ ' , —7 _ . \y „ _ • . Commencement Program Concluded—Baccalearueate Sermon by Rev. E. W. Way—Address Before Gradu ates by Dr. J. R. Sevier—Large Crowds Attend. v With a large congregation pres ent, the commencement exercises of the Thorn well Orphanage were op ened last Sunday morning in the Thornwell Memorial Church with the annual baccalaureate sermon before the graduatihg class by Rev. - ]&-Wv-War-^a?5t7TT^^^ r Presbyterian Church of Jackson ville^ Fla. After the invocation by the Rev. R. M. Stevenson, of Due West and an anthem by the choir, announcements for the week’s ex ercises were made by Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of the institution. The speaker announced as his text: “Then Shall We Know if We Fol low on to Know the Lord,” taken from Hosea, sixth chapter, third verse. He said thaj in every life there should be an ambition to know; all should be desirious to acquire knowledge.. First he discussed how can we best know. Knowledge is useful because there is pleasure in know- wonderful gifts. The eye shows various emotions, it was given by God in order that we might see his wondrous works. Edu cation is only an ofening of the eyse. Eyes widest open see the most but often^^e-fail-to-se^-tker ee gifts'of God. God will open our eyes if we desire it, then we can be better servants to our fellowmen. When God opened America’s eyes victory came, when He openes our eyes we also can render a better service to the world. In a- few very appropriate words Ex-Govenor Ansel pre sented to each of the graduates a copy of the Bible. The Henry Afftchel endowment fund to the first honor graduate was won by Miss Maymie Craw ford. Dr. Lynn delivered a prize to Eugene Barnwell for making most improvmentain his grade. LIEUT. BROWN TELLS ‘ OF AIR NAVIGATION One ol the Fliers wno Crossed Atlan tic in Id Honrs Tells In Advance About Difficulties of Flying. St. Johns, N. F., June By ap plying methods of marine, navigation to an air flight, Lieut. Arthur Whit ten Brown expects to fly across the Atlantic in the Vimy bomber machine, iloteh by Capt. Jack Alcock, and to “make a landfall*’ within 20 or 30 miles of his objective In Ireland or England. Lieutenant Brown was an Ameri can electrical engineer before he Join ed the British flying service in 1914. He has described in a statement which he has prepared for the Asaarlatcd Lieut. T. D. Lake, Deceased, and Lieut Janies C. Todd Cited by General Pershing. Laurens, B. 0., June 18, (S|HH!mrr=T Mr. T. D. Lake received last week an official citation signed by Gen. Pershing awarded to his son, First Lieut -T. D. Lake, Jr., deceased, for distinguished and exceptional gallan try in action at Bussy Farm, France, in the operations of the American Expeditionary Force. First Lieut James C. Todd, also of this city, re ceived a similar citation on the same day. Lieut. Lake was killed while leading his men into action. Lieut. ing, then there is practical use for a ^ so P pe8en ted the Printer’s knowledge and by knowing we are me( ^ a l to James. Weir, able to cultivate the qualities of! ^. r ' Spencer delivered the mind and heart. We should seek to ° en ^ or Latin medal and it was know God as He is revealed to us won ^ Miss Viola Kimble. in x the Bible and as He is revealed ^ r * McKay of Macon, Ga. to us in Jesus Christ. Then God dellvered the medals for the best has given the Holy Spirit to us in order to teach us how we are to know and serve Him. In the quest for knowledge wc aequine step^ by step aad therefore we should re member that at ObwKteBcameatviewo son our. knowledge is just begin ning. But how are we to use the mind to know about the things God hifs made for us to * learn J? about? First, we must know Gdd in order to know God’s works, for he is the master of all creation. Since God is the source of knowl edge, in our quest for it, we should rely entirely on Him.--By knowing God we can know the things that are most worth whilo. In conclusion, he admonished the graduates to continue their quest, for knowledge throughout seamstress and for the best house-keeper. Best seamstress Miss Caroline Dugan, besthbuse- keepgr Miss Roxie Douglas. Dr. Gregg delivered 'the de elaimef ’s medal and it was won by Jamei' Crawford. A large pig was presented by Mr. Ackerman of Macon, Ga., to Heywood Ruthven, for the best farm work. Church History medal was won by Miss ftessie Rucker, presnted to her by Dr. Lynn. The benediction was pronouhe- ed by Rev. R. G. Newsome of Tallahassee, Fla. Last night the annual school life ever to press upwanj always; to follow on after God. Mr. Way has been a life-long friend of Thornwell Orphanage. This year he was elected a mem ber of the Board of Trustees from the Synod of Florida. His sermon was a great gospel message and it deeply moved those that were gath ered to hear him. On Sunday ev ening he preached again to the Clinton people at the Methodist church. Monday evening the young peo ple of the William Plunder Jacobs Literary Society presented a patri otic pageant entitled, '“America, Lead On!” given in three episodes. The first episode wak the call of the different nations linto (the world war; the second was the question to America as to what she was go ing to do, and in the third episode America responds stating that she also will enter into the struggle, in order to help defend the right. The graduating exercises were held Tuesday evening when diplomas and medals were award ed and the literary address de livered by Dr. J. R. Sevier, of Augusta Ga. Invocation was offered by Dr. F. W. Gregg, after which the Valedictory address was read by Miss Maymie Craw ford. Then the delivery of diplomas by Dr. Lynn. Dr. Sevier selected as his theme, ‘‘Eyes that see not and eyes that see.” He said that eye is one of God’s most exhibition was given before a large audience. As usually the exercises were good and enter- tnming, being; greatly enjoyed by all present. NEW B. & L. ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED. The Liberty Building & Loan Association wa sorganized last Fri day afternoon fit the office of the Commercial Bank and officers and directors named. The officers elected, were: — H. D. Henry, President. B. L. King, Vice-President. F. M. Boland, Sccty.-Treas. Board of Directors: B. L. King, W.. II. Simpson, M. J. McFadden, E. B. Sloan, Frank Kellers,' H. D. Henry and F. M. Boland. Wfs’i arf Interesting description of the difficulties encountered in a trans-At lantic flight and the methods by which he hopes to overcome them. “In flying an airplane over large bodies of water such as the Atlantic Ocean where the pilot may be for hours out of sight of any landing by which he could Judge his position, it is to the methods of navigation which have been developed by the mariners that the pilots turn to learn where the location and the course to his destination is,’’ writes Lieutenant Brown. .“Unfortunately, difficulties arise from the start in applying these methods.with accuracy. This is true ^eoause the airplane Is at the mercy of the wind and appears to move in the direction in which the wind blows with the speed at which it is blown. In the second place the speed of the airplane is from five to ten times that of the commercial vessel. - “The highest speed of the airplane renders il necessary to make frequent observations for position, and this in turn makes it undesirable to use the slow, albeit, accurate, means of cal culation ordinarily employed. In con sequence, special charts have been devised for use with the sun or stars which enable the pilot to fix his posi tion in a very short time, although not witn the accuracy demanded in marine work. With the aid of these charts, together with a sextant for observ ing the sun or stars, a chronometer, and compass, the pilot should be able to make a land fall within 20 to 30 miles of the desired point. “This, however, he will not b ( e able to do unless, he keeps careful watch on the direction and strength of the wind, which may alter between his ob servations and without his knowledge. In order to check this, an instrument known as the ‘drift indicator’ has been devised, by means of which the pilot can ascertain the’direction of new association is capitalized at 400 shares and it was annoytne- ed Friday that practically all of the stock has been subscribed; DECLAMATION CONTEST. The annual Declamation ’Con test of the Thornwell Orphanage high school was held .last Friday evening and presided over by Mr. C. A. Fleming. Nme iwys from the high school competed in the contest for the gold medal offered for the best declamation. The judges were Dr. A. E. Spencer, Dr. D. M. Douglas and W; W. Harris. The young men Taking part in the contest were: Robert Dugan, El- the wind, ami the speecTat which he is traveling over the ocean, so long as he can see the ocean and the flares or smoke bombs which he drops into it for |the purpose of making his ob servations of drift. "SouId the pilot be flying in clouds so that he can see neither the ocean nor the sky, he can only depend upon his compass, which gives direction only. Under these circumstances he may drift many miles out of his course without being aware of it, un less he employs a late development of wireless telegraphy, by means of which he can measure his bearings from two or more land stations and fix his position at the point of inter section. For short distances this method has proved its reliability, but it has yet to be proved that it is suit able for such a journey as the trans- Atlantic flight utnil further improve ments have been made in the appa ratus employed. “Let us take a flight from St. Johns, steering the airplane along the short est route for Galway Bay, and start ing some time in the afternoon. “Before leaving the ground, th.e ‘drift indicator’ is set to the required course* and an approximate compass epurse Is worked out which will al low the drift caused by the prcvail- : ng wind. After rising Into the air and gaining sufficient height, the air plane Is set on the compass course, and this course is then corrected until the desifed course set on-the - indica tor is made good. The time of pass ing -over the «oast is noted and the speed over the ground is measured. The direction and speed of the 'wind at the height of the airplane are cal culated and the drift indicator care fully watched so-^as to detect any al teration and to make the necessary correction. , “During the first hour the height of the sun above the horizon is measur ed by means of the sextant, the exact TWO LAURENS OFFICERS CITED BY GEN. PERSHING TbW^feTufflWlft'Ifh^Sls^regiment and was -given his discharge several months ago. Both were officers in the 371st Infantry. TELEGRAPHBRiS’ STRIKE AF FECTS CLINTON. Clinton is being affected by the strike of telegraph operators and it is impossible to get a message ov er the wires of the local ‘Western Union office. All the wires are tied up atid telegrams are being sent by mail from the relay office at Charlotte. exactly what point has been reached on the desired track to Galway Bay. This is then checked up with the posi tion which should have been reached according to the measured ground speed and in the short distance trav ersed during the first hour, there should be no appreciable discrepancy. “The navigator now has time to busy himself with settling down for the Journey after the hurried preparations at the start, and to pay a little atten tion to the many calls coming over the wireless. By this time he is al most out of range with his sending apparatus^ but signals continue to come in bearing messages of cheer, and perhaps some humorous sugges tions as to conduct enroute, to which, unhappily, the appropriate .i-eptibs can not be sent “Another hour passes, and it is time for another observation. This is taken in the same way as the first, and as the hours slowly pass, so the distance increases; and the data obtained from the observations piles up and gives one an increased faith in the instru ments devised by man. “Night comes on, and the stars be gin to peep out. This is the best time UNIIEH SHIES TROOPS IRE AGAIN AFTER VILLA IN Short Campaign Successful In Purpose-Sol* Protection—Troops Disperse Villiasts A City of Juares Held by Mexican Pel El Paso, Tex., June 16.—American troops sent into Mexico last night to stop the indiscriminate firing across the border fought their first general engagement with the Mexican rebel forces of Francisco Villa at th Juarez race track shortly after 2 o’clock thin w mo?Hihg"‘aifd ‘the Americans were vic torious. Villa’s troops were driven from the race track by rifle fire and machine guns* and many prisoners were reported taken by the United States cavalry which took up positions on the east and |outheast of the track, according to an official report at mili tary headquarters. ( The Mexican rebels and f^Leml troops fought in the streets of Juarez Saturday night and Sunday nlWt, many on both sides being killed. Many bullets from the rebel guns, came across the Rio Grande and two per sons were killed and seven wounded on the American side. When the 14 ex i c & n bullets became too thick for tbe safety of citizens of Eh Paso, Brig. Gen. J. B. Erwin at 11 o’clock last night ordered Ameri can troops to cross tbe border, and in ten minutes after tbe order was is sued 3,600 United States soldiers were in Mexico. The first troops to cross the border were the Fourth Battalion of the 24th Infantry, & battalion of the 82nd Artillery and the Fifth and Seventh Cavalry. After the Mexican federals were al lowed to retire Into the town of Jua rez, Col. Hadsell’s jnegro infantry opened with a terrific rifle fire on the, trenches flanking the race track. They advanced in open order and succeeded expedition against the Villa and near Juares last night were billeted In barracks on the American side tohUfbt hours of cfcippaigning. v Seven ragged Mexican t, j* in dislodging the villa forces who held the strongest positions as the negro troops were forced to advance across a comparatively open plain. The first, volleys from the riflemen were an swered shot for shot by the Villa troops who seemed to realize they were trapped by the cavalry in the rear and the Infantry In front. American machine guns started sputtering from above houses near the • race track and the preponderance of rifle fire was soon with the American forces. The preliminary artillery preparation having been completed, the shrapnel guns became silent as lor-llxe-navigator^for-tbere are many tthe rTfles took up tbe work. The ex plosion of Mauser and American cart ridges could be plainly distinguished from military headquarters in the Mills Building in El Paso where Gen Erwin was - an interested spectator from his tenth story window. wood Lindsay, John Allan Dugan, J. C. Davis. Edward Preston, Mat tlIne of ,fie otwervatlon belnv noted thew Lynn. James Crawford-Char- The specil1 f art 18 ' hei1 t,ro0!!ht ln ' r - xwj., w w * jto use, and if there has been no error lie Wilson and ClarenceSistar. i n , the allowance for wind, it shows stars and observation on two or three of them give him a more accurate po sition than he can obtain from the single observation afforded by the sun. It is too dark to see the surface of the ocean and the drift indicator can ■Bot -fre-used v nless flares a re th rown out, hut frequent observations obviate the use of these. . . ... o “An accurate course is held until dawn, and the bearing of the sun is taken as accurately as possible as it rises above the horizon, giving the ’first fix for the day. Favorable winds have increased the speed'-and land should be sighted within three hours. Will it be the point for which the navi gator Is aiming? Now comes the great test of his accuracy and that of the in struments employed. ‘‘Both pilot and navigator are on the alert, although tired after so many hours of strain and anxiety. Two hours away. We should soon be in wireless touch with the land stations, from which messages have been re- j ccived almost continuously since the departure. “At last an answer is received acknowledging our ‘C. Q.’ and we give the position in which we think we are. There is at once a feeling of safety, even though the ocean is still below, and our spirits rise even higher: 1 The mihutes drag on, until the discovery is made that the cloud on the horizon is really land. It must be Ireland, but —which end? “Slowly ' the ..landscape becomes recognizable, and a* comparison "IS made with the maps. Prominent fea tures are picked out and identified—it is Valentia, at which the navigator is somewhat chagrined, but the pilot- cheers him up with the remark that any old land is good enough, and let us go down and have a sleep. “The flight has'been accomplished. It only remains to choose a field, and make a safe landing, to reassure by ‘elegraph the anxious ones who have been awaiting the safe arrival and to obtain a long rest before continuing the flight to England^ w stockade try & detac cavalry wtffte another ca ment drove 4 her^.ftf 100 captured Mexican horses and ponie^i to the re- ^ mount station. It. was unofficially stated tonight at Fort Bliss that approximately 50 Villa * followers were One Amer; ry. Corporal the lung bg After croas eavi r« was to a short quarters when the Americana to their knees. Four Villa killed in the first assault aad tire force, numbering approx! 200 men, mounted and escaped' ward tbe southwest with tbe cavalry, ^ troops in pursuit. The rebels scat tered into small bands, the fl|th cav alry pursuing one band 35 miles. \ In the meantime the seventh cavafy? deployed to the southeast and puf- sued another band. Troops A and C executed a mounted pistol charge from tbe saddle and killed a number of the rebels. The arliilry placed As the American cavalry maneuver ed over the Juarez plain their posi- JLions were marked by green rocket flares and were answered by similar star shells from the top of the Mills building. At 2:30 o’clock the rifle, firing had died down, indicating the Villa forces were defeated and were * * • * being dr.iveii into the hills or pursued by the United 'States cavalry. The American artillery was stationed in positions from which the,Juarez race track where the Villa rebels were quartered could be shelled with shrap nel. A flanking movement was begun in an effort to prevent the escape of the rebels. In announcing his action in order ing Americans into Mexico, Gen. Er win, in a former statement said he had done so to prevent the indiscrim inate- ftfing-iftto El Paso by relief sol- diers, endangering the lives of Ameri- cans. j- :——-1^— - “But on no account were they to undertake an invasion into Mexico;” continued the statement. “As soon as the Villistas have been dispersed and the safety of the citizens of El Paso has ben assured, dthe troops of my command will be withdrawn to the American side of the border. Major General de Rosey Cabell, commander So'.therp Pepartffifint of the army, is expected t,o arrive here today from San Antohio! An American soldier shot and kill ed a Mexican sniper who fired on him from the top of an adobe house at the intersection of Ninth and Stanton streets this morning. Orders have been given for the American soldiers to shoot all snipers. A woman and another Mexican who were on the roof with the sniper were captured. directly over tbe heads of the fleelar Vila forces and many were killed. Af ter the pursuit the two cavalry force* Yormed a Junction end returned to American side of the river, accom panied by the artillery and eight en gineers. The seven Mexican prisoners pro fessed to be either farmers in the val ley or Carranza soldiers, none admit ting having been with Villa. N American Killed. J. Juarez, Jdexico, June 16.—Private Sam TuscoT headquarters company. tality in the American force which crossed to Mexico, near Juarez late last night. He was killed by a sniper while on th * American side. Private Burchard Casey of the same unit was shot through the chest. One ser geant of the seventh, cavalry-was-seri ously wounded by rebel rifle fire after the' American cavalry crossed last night and two members of the 26th infantry were more or less seriously wounded. After Private Tusco was killed and Private Casey wounded, a detachment of cavalry charged a small adobe pill boxjortress and machine gun nest on the south bank of the Rio Grande op posite the stock yards where rebel snipers had been found. The rebels were killed or driven out. Sniping in the lower part of-El Paso was under control soon after it started last night, it was announced at mili tary headquarters today. * No Misunderstanding. Washington, June 16.—There can be no misunderstanding between the government and Mexico regarding the movement of troops across the border at El Paso, Secretary Baker said to day. The sole- purpose, he said, was protection of the American side of the border and there is a distinct under standing between the governments for such action. \, Troops Withdrawn. 4 V iEl Paso, Tex., June 16.—American troops that participated in tbe pqnHltfe Regrets Move. El Faso, Texas, June 16.—Mayor Charley Davis of El Paso, Issued a statement this afternoon saying he re gretted the expedition to Juarez last night because of the bad effect it would have upon the situation in Mexico where Americans owned large inter ests in districts frequented by Villa. Rev. F. D. Jonea and Mrs. Ar thur Copeland have returned from Atlanta, where they attended the Laymeji’s Convention of the South ern Presbyterian Chureh Capt. Cosby is at home on fur lough. .