The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-26
FLYING MACHINE THAT FLIES.
Wright Brothers Aeroplane, Which
They Are Trying at Kill Devil
Hill,

ne flying machine is, and where the
pay before / started out to look for
t, 1T got smashed up-is, as | have
already stated, far out towards the
stormy dangerous eastern shore of
North Carolina, some 10 or IL miles
le other side Of rnc end Of world
(hlch Is at Mantco. 1t is hill up
n Which some several hundred
ears ago--the histories and story
ooks know whcn-thc Indian chief
antco, or some other cheap big
Ajun,' killed the White Doc, in
which the spirit Of Virginia Dare
Had taken refuge. He killed this
White Doe with silver arrow pre-
5sented to him by Queen Elizabeth.
And when he did it, there was great
fejoicing in lnjun land, because
they thought the White Doe, which
'had been wandering for years up
and down the shore, was the devil.
and now this flying machine has
taken its first flight from this same
'Kill Devil Hill, the first time in the
|tiistory Of the world that man has
sally flown successfully in a hcav-
than air machine, soaring back
forth up and down the bleak
pre- among the sand dunes, sand
bs and pebble filled winds Of the
re. Is it the soul Of Virginia
re, the first white child born in
erica, or is it the devil?
s lartcring a hshcrnan's boat,
lclled by greasy chu-chuing,
- bbing gasoline engine, gath
together a small party AT Man.
md hlcd me away across Abe
e sound for Kill Devil HILL.
sllead was. our first stop. Once
was all old pirate by the name
dward r. Teach, who had his
Oh the narrow strip Of land
Eh encloscs Albenarlc sound.
a few miles below Kill Devil
He had an old nag upon
Se head he used to tic lantern
light and drive her up and down
beach. 1t was particularly dan
ous shoaly shore there and sail
out at sea going past would sec
light moving and think it was
: Foat. Since the sailors were having
pretty hard time of it themselves
seeing the other boat moving
oothly along, they would steer
sir vessel toward the supposed
1T to get into a better channel,
zen low. they would strike the
oals. This was what the old pirate
Is wanting. and he would 60 out,
ClS knives through the sailors and
Ec their gold and jewels. He was
(Fharp cid pirate. and if he lived
the present day he would have
: office in Wall str tct instead Of
that dcsolatc place, which was
elncd alter his horse.
After the usual experiences with
E motor boats engine, somewhat
: |ltomobilious, YOU understand, and
fter climbing over few sand
|lunes, marshcs,f quick-sand and
things, we reached Kill Devil Hill,
and there, sure $enough, was the
Flying machine -EEnailcd up i'll boxes,
= ey say. know only that it was
BIT flying, anG if it existed any
Where, it was in the big barnlile
house they caDed the "camp."
The only .|A,atives" anywhere in
sight of thc/ whole neighborhooG
were some six or eight life savers
&chnically Or professionally so-call-
l--at the UNITED States life saving
ption beside the roaring sea, a
Srt distance from the camp. These
saver Is have been at this station
1873, during all Of which time
- - never been known to
wreck or to save life.
ecialty seems to be. not to
but to kill time. This may
her reason for calling the
Kill Devil Hill. Old Father
being the devil, as many
Fare quite willing to attest.
Pc flying machine was a boon
csc poor fellows away there on
klcsOlatc uninhabitcd shore, who
nothing to do all the live long
but sit and look at one another,
- & at the ocean or make toad
house in sand. They watch
the wonderful performances of
flying men from the top Of the
i dune. Each one Of the life
rrs could tell wondrouS things
It it, and they each had a theory