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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24

NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-Relief pax~
ties are being organized to search ~
the Canadian wilds for Alan r. Havs
ley and Augustus Post. the New Ydxls
aeronauts who acted as pilot and nt6&%
respectively OF the America III, t10gI
only one OF the ten balloons thq1&
started from st. Louis q weak AG3s
in the international race that has nGI3
yet been reported.
William Hawley. brother OF AlaaS
r. Hawley, and L. L. Sfoddard, XIV
Intimate friend. are on their way M
ottawa. following = dispatch fy0N
st. Louis last night. stating that In
Was rumored that the America III h9Xs
landed north Of Kiskisink. Quo. ~
the wilds OF the St. Johns Lake 49,
trict. sx Ia
These men will conduct m expA11xS
ton into the surrounding wildefu
In the hope OF finding the mianenA
aeronauts. The rumor Of the sandlnH
Of the America II has SO far fAile3 ~
substantiation. Other relief Axpo4Ss
tons will make thorough seareh h
traekless wastes of the territory th
1t is believed the America IL rcacha1
May Be in Lake. as3
There liz only one other exptaN IN
ton Of the lack OF word from HaMi
and Post and that IL that their n q
loon may have dropped into Lake n
ron. in which event the aeronauts NI#
probably drowned. All the balIu61
lists were supplied with pink se9nx
ed envelopes which they were l}
structed to drop at frequent irtscYx1ss
The fact that no envelopes have h04#
received from the America II II fAJc6N
as proof that the balloon sailed okN1
an inaccessible territory. ssa ID
Cortland r. Bishop. prestdAut
the Aero Club Of America. stili cIfNG
to the hope that the Americas aa909
nauts are safe. basing this hops
the weil-known carefulness and III
OF both Hawley and Post.
II Haw1ey and Post have landNA@
is feared that they will still ~
set with the greatest dangeYu.
country beyond Kiskisink Il infe4
with wolves and other beasts * ptS
and neither OF the aeronauts care
weapons 5sg ssg3z
Daniel {. Nugeht. one ct the
errors Of the st. Louis Aero CSl{
wired to-day to the Aero Club
Amesrica that he saw no reAsnn
anxiety regarding Hawley and H
THE fact that the Dusseldoxf
landed on Wednesday with alx1
sacks Of ballast he said. .simAlS
that the America III had IT lonGk
sacks Hawley told me jn1t
starting that he would keep RDlt
long as there was any baiiast MA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24
DISTRESS CALL WAS
MERELY A FAKE
Oil Tanker Oklahoma Supposed
TO be Sinking. is Safe
and Sound.

NEWPORT. r. J.. Oct. a4.--The
wireless despatch picked up last night
reporting the oil tanker Oklahoma
sinking off the coast was A fake. The
revenue cutter Acushnet picked up
the Oklahoma by wireless this after
noon and received IL report that she
was all right. southwark bound to
Port Arthur, Texas and had sent no
wireless for help.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24

MONTREAL, OLE, Oct. So
4 Toronto. dispatch Ays taAAt n
balloon was seen Last night paas
ing over Lake Ontario In tlsa ~
rect1on Of New York. Tn mA&11B
was not disttng,iislaablc. RaC1lor1
Coli, = guide, reports having aeek|
n balloon Thursday morning -
the northern extremity u OnAn~.
rio. Cole thinks the balloon strucl.s
ths earth. az he heard = noteaa
resemflind such . crash. H
searched for the balloon, but faIl-s
ed to flnd any trace Of Il. A CO.
halt hunter says no saw . ballC0m
sunday night going north toswARdna
Hudson Ray. This balloon. e ~
believed, may have been tn
America III.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24
BOAT CAPszEs,
3 PERSONS DROWN

CAPE TOWN, October 24-Three
persons were drowned to-day by the
overturninE OF life boats in which
they were escaping from the mail
steamer Lisboa. wrecked on tho west
coast OF Cape Colony. The Lisboa
carried zoo passengers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24
FEAR EXPRESSED THAT MEN n
DROWNED IN LAKE HURON
ST. LOUIS, MO-. Ocs. 3s.

telegram from ThOlnpeOnvill4
Mich, received this mOFn1uGss
by Albert Bond Lambert, pfo
ident OF the Aero Club ~ -
Louis, contains tnfoESEAa1kon
regarding A. X. Hawloy a,nd1
Augustus Post In tlso mlanln0
balloon America III. Il ealsn1-
Mates to some extent tho gTUyv-
ing fear thst the aerOnauts hn&
fallen into Lake Huron Or per-.
isfsetl In eastern Quebec. unnhoD
TO return to civilization.
The telegram says:
America III passed over 1aogo
Tuesday. course due norgh. n
farmer asked ms to report t11eoo
facts. Balloon passed wost ~
st. Ignace. Mich. and W. IT.
over Sutton's Hay - laE1Es
Talked with people eight n1ilees
north Of our town, who saw -
terinE on balloon.
tSignexi)
"E. S. NORTHHUp.N
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24
Av|ATORs SORE
OVER CONDITIONS
At BELMONT PARK
Foreign Bird-Men May With
draw From Meet Because
of Dissatisfaction
FLYING is PREVENTED
BY WIND AND WRANGLE
European Aeroplanists Protest
Against Officials Not Laying
Course Over Level
Territory.
MONDAYS Program,

Mondays Program.
1870 to $40 r. NJ, hourly dis
tancc and altitude, daily duration
and fastest flight contests.
4 r. NJ. Preliminary heats for
the grand speedy prize.
4 =. VI. Grand altitude flight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-24

"E. S. NORTHnUP. ii
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
DINING THE VETERANS.

In pursuance of a county wide inVi'
tation that included all who wore the
grey, and who were willing to partici-
pate i'm the OCCASION the Winnie Davis
Chapter, United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, today entertained a large
number of Confederate veterans at a
sumptuous dinner in the court house
yard.
In undertaking the enterprise, the
ladies had no definite idea of how many
guests they might have reason To eX-
pect. The common estimate is that
there are still some seven or eight
hundred in the county, probably more;
but the possibility of all of them
coming in no wise discouraged the pa
triotic and loving impulses of the
members of the chapter. They braveIy
published their invitation 10 all and
made their arrangements accordingly
Veterans began to drop in at about
1920 o'clock, some from different
points on the railroads, including Rock
Hill, Chester, Lowryville, Hickory
Grove, Clover, etc. and from the sur
rounding country by private convey
ance. AS they arrived in singly ana
by two's and three'S, they assembled
about the Liberty street crossing, ana
i'm the court house yard and WhlIed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Lula Moore Logan Of Yorkville,
is visiting relatives in Guthriesville.
Mr.. w. H. Barnwell of Charlotte, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Barn
well in Yorkville.
Miss Annie Henagan of st. Mat
thews, is the guest of Miss Anelie
Thacker, in Yorkville.
Misses Mamie Lee and Eunice Grlst'
of Yorkville, left this morning to spend
several days with Mrs. d. w. Hicks in
Gaffney.
Mrs. NJ. r. Bratton Of Yorkville, left
Tuesday to spend ten days or two
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. K. b.
Hanahan, in Winnsboro. &
Mrs. w. S. Currell and daughter,
Miss Sarah, OF Lexington, Va, are WIS.,
itng Mrs. c. f. Spencer and other rel
atives in Yorkville.
Mr.. A. F. Ashe, a we'll known and
highly esteemed citizen of the Hebron
neighborhood, five miles south OF
Yorkville, has been critically i'll for
week OI lllOlt, anu NiiNiN SSNi''S ~
but little hope for his recovery.
Mr.. ]. Meek Pursley of the Bethany
neighborhood, who had a severe attack
of pleurisy in the spring; but who re-
covered sufficiently to be able to be
about, has had relapse, and informa-
ton from him this morning was to the
effect that he was barely alive. He
was not expected to live through the
day.
Mr.. James B. Kennedy, formerly Of
Yorkville; but for some time past
professor in Wells college, n. Y, has
resigned his position there to accept
the professorship of political economy
i'm Union college at Schenectady, n.
Y. He will assume his new duties in
September. Mr.. Kennedy expects to
return to Yorkville within a week or
ten days.
Master w. R. Norris, son of Mr.. l.
H. Norris of Yorkville, had the mis-
fortune Wednesday night to sustain the
fracture of small bones of his foot,
while playing with some children op-
posite his home on East Liberty street.
The injuries received proper surgical
attention at once and the sufferer is
getting along as nicely as could be
hoped.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03

THE Anderson Daily Mail has called
attention to two sinners among the
newspapers, which have violated the
law with regard to publishing the
name of the alleged victim of an at
tempted criminal assault. The papers
referred to are the News and Courier
and the Spartanburg Herald, and the
offense lay in giving all the particu-
lars of the recent case in Fort Mill
township. AS to whether these pa
pers have violated the law unwittingly
it is not ours to say. This might have
happened. The news went out through
one of the Press associations under
Charlotte date line, and the telegraph
editors of the papers mentioned might
have thought that the offense was
committed in North Carolina. We do
not think either paper would likely
plead ignorance of either the law or
the offense, and at the same time we
are doubtful as to whether either one
means to test the law. The Mail be-
lieves the law is a good one, but hopes
that some way will be found whereby
these two offenders will escape pun
ishment. We dislike very much to say
such a thing; but our own view IS
that the law is not worth snap. In
the first place there is little or no real
provision for it's enforcement, and in
the second place we doubt very much
as to whether it is constitutional. We
have no desire to make test on our
own account, however, and feel no con-
Germ about not being allowed TO print
such information. In printing the
name as they did, the South Carolina
papers only exercised a privilege that
was exercised by papers in all the ad-
joining states, including the papers
right in the neighborhood OF the al
legged crime, and if there was any harm
in the publicity at all, there was GER
tainly not as much as was caused by
the Charlotte papers, only fifteen miles
or 50 away.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.

Mr.. Albert BettiS, former cltlHcn
of the Mt. Paran section of Cherokee
township; but for some years a resi-
dent Of Greenville, committed suicide
last Tuesday by taking carbolic acid.
Mr.. Belts was about 81 years of age,
and had a wife and children. His sons
are in the railroad service; but he has
been out of work for some time, and
the dependency caused by this is
thought to be the occasion of his rash
deed. The poison was taken shortly
after breakfast, and Mr.. Bettis's body
was found later in the day lying across
bed. On the mantel piece was found
the following letter dated May 16:
Dear loving wife and children: 1t is
with a sad and broken heart that /
write this letter to you this dark and
cloudy morning to let you know that
my heart is broken. l feel that there
is no one that cares or loves me, so
have decided to leave this world and
try the unknown world. / love all OF
you dearer than any thing on this
earth, but all is dark to me this morn
ing. l want you all to love each other
anu De SOOu 10 edCll OlIlcl. w loNS OIL
of you with my whole heart, but 1t
looks like that no one loves me at all.
l want to be buried at Paran church. l
don't want you to buy any clothing to
put me away in. What clothes l have
are good enough for me. l don't want
any costly coffin, either-just plain
coffin will do. Oh, it is so dark this
morning Lizzie, tell Zeb and Jim to
look after you and Mason and Dee.
want you to go back to our old home
where you will be with the girls and
your sisters. Take Mason with you.
Tell him to be a good boy and love
you and be good to you. Tell Grady
and Dee to be good, loving boys and
help you to get along. Get place to
live at and all stay together if you can.
Oh, how l do hate to leave you all in
this sin-cursed world, but l will have
to go. ! hope that you all will forgive
me for what l am going to do, but l
have prayed over this till l can't see
any other way. have asked the Lord
to help me to see some other way; l
have prayed day and night over it, but
l can't get relief, so l will go.
/ want to be forgiven by everybody
If | have wronged anyone, and l free
ly forgive those that have mistreated
me. Oh, it is awful to think about this
way of leaving this world. | have
asked the Lord to take me home other
ways, but He hasn't done it, so | have
decided to go this way. 1t is awful to
think of going, but it is So dark in
this world l feel that my time is not
worth any thing to any one as | have
tried to find something to do. You will
| find my body in the grave yard at Pa
ran. Don't have any inquest held over
my body as this will explain every
thing So | pray Gods richest bless
ings upon you, my dear wife, and dear
loving children. Be good and love each
other and everybody. l want you all
to so live in this world, that when
you come to die that you can sing
Gods eternal praises forever and
praise His holy name. So farewell,
dear, loving wife and loving children.
so goodbye. Albert BettiS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03

the matter up, it will be a go. The
Enquirer will take pleasure i'm giving
all necessary assistance in the shape of,
say q column of space in each issue
for an indefinite length of time. The
data outlined above may be published
in this column, issue after issue, and
after it is all in, the whole may he re-
produced in book that will furnish a
permanent record.
For the space offered and such as
sistance as we shall be able to give in
the collection and preparation of the
matter, there will be no charge. The
publication of the book will bring up
another question, of course, but that
can be arranged satisfactorily, and ir
manner that will divide the cost OF
the entire work lightly and evenly
among those who will appreciate il
sufficiently to buy copies of the book.
Here is the proposition. If there
be any who care to pursue 1t further
The Enquirer will be glad to take the
whole matter up with them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

Yorkville's biennial municipal cleo
ton was held on last Tuesday, and was
without incident or a great deal of in
terest, except as to two or three of the
wards, in which there were slight con-
tests There was some expressed op-
position to Mayor Hart, but it failed
to materialiZe in the nomination of a
candidate. No one could be found
whom the opposition considered avail
able, who was willing to make the race.
Mr.. l. w. Johnson, who had been Civ
ing good service in ward 6, positively
declined to serve any longer, and Mr..
]. p. White, who has been a valuable
member of the council in ward 3, was
absent in New York. The position of
alderman in ward 5, was vacant, Mr..
r. ]. Mackorell, who formerly held the
position, having moved into ward 4.
Messrs. ]. F. Youngblood, of ward l; ].
NJ Starr, of Ward 2; D. r. Woods, of
ward 4, were reelected, Mr.. Young
blood without any opposition. The re-
port of the managers Of election was
as follows:
Total vote for mayor, "a; of which
John r. Hart received SO. w. r. Car
roll 4; James NJ. Starr, l.
Total vote for alderman in ward ],
IS; of which John F. YoungblOod re-
ceived IS.
Total vote for alderman in ward 2.
10; of which ]. NJ. Starr received II,
w. l. Witherspoon 1, and ]. E. john
son, /.
Total vote for alderman in ward 3,
%; of which ]. B. Pegram received Is,
and ]. P. White 8.
Total vote for alderman in ward 4,
IS; of which D. T. Woods received 13,
and R. j. Mackorell received 5.
Total vote for alderman in ward 5,
II; of which w. T. Moore received 10.
and w. L. Wallace received l.
Total vote for alderman in ward 6,
s; of which J. A. Sherer received Z,
and G. w. KunZ received l.
Total vote for commissioner of pub
lie works, So; of which M. c. Willis re-
ceived Sc, ]. NJ. Ferguson l, and w. G.
White l.
The total vote cast for aldermen
was 81.
The new council will consist Of John
r. Hart, mayor; J. +. Youngblood, j.
NJ. Starr ]. B. Pegram, d. T. Woods,
j. A. Sherer, w. T. Moore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
ouR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.

There has been a good deal OF val
liable work done in York county to the
end of perfecting rolls of the Confed-
crate soldiers who served in the war
from this locality; but no one who
knows anything about the matter is at
all satisfied with the situation.
one of the most sensible and practi-
cal steps that has ever been taken in
connection with this matter was by
the general assembly some years ago,
when an act was passed providing that
all the Confederate soldiers of the
state, dead and living, be enrolled by
townships and the respective town.
ships rolls be recorded in the Offices of
the respective county clerks of court.
The act referred to was not general
ly complied with. There was no ap-
preparation to pay for the work in
volved, and in many counties it was
neglected entirely. In York county,
however, patriotic old soldiers took up
the task and with the assistance OF
The Enquirer, the rolls were made
more complete than in any other coun-
ty in the state. These rolls which
were recorded in the Office of the clerk
of the court, and which were reproduc-
ed in The Enquirer, will some day be
OF great value.
But there is still a good deal more
that can be done, and which should
he done before it is too late. This
work could have been done better ten
wears ago than it can be done now;
but il can be done much better now
than five years hence. In fact eacn
succeeding year adds To its difficulty,
and if it is to he done at ALL it should
not he postponed any longer.
one thing we have in mind is to get
UP as far as possible complete roll OF
all the York county soldiers. Give the
name, rank and command Of each, give
his record as far as possible, whether
wounded, killed. living or dead, the
battles in which he participated, tell
who he married and give the names
of his living children.
This will he quite an undertaking,
but 1t can he done, and if the United
Daughters of the ConfederaCy will take
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03

away the time until dinner was ready,
In pleasant reunion and renewal of
old acquaintance.
The members of the chapter were on
hand early, some twenty or more of
them, and they were on the alert, and
prepared for whatever contingency.
AS the gathering of veterans increased,
the supply of good things on the tables
grew higher and higher, leaving no
doubt as to the most plentiful avail
able supply of hams, chickens. beef
steak, roast meat bread, cakes. cook
les, ETC., everything prepared to per-
fectiOn, and the array calculated to
tempt even those who might not be
especially hungry.
At the stroke of IL by the big town
clock, the veterans were seated at ta-
bles, arranged under the shade of the
trees, and they were made well
come in a brief. but appropriate ad-
dress by Mayor John r. Hart. Then
followed prayer by Rev. J. H. Thacker,
and the ladies with everything arrang-
ed In admirable order, began serving
the tables from their bOuntifully sup
piled larder near by. and the veterans
fell in with appreciative enjoyment,
The reporter spent an hour or more
getting the names of the veterans
the assistance possible at the hands
of the soldiers and others he may have
overlooked some. The list of those
present as carefully as 1t could be
prepared under the circumstances, was
as follows:
w. A. Youngblood, S. A. Glenn, E. P,
Moore, w. E. Erwin, Curtis M. Par
rott, J. E. Lowry, J. B. Robinson, Jno
D. Mcconnell, A. T. Howell, w. r. Con-
rad VIM. Brown, Perry Manning, 7
n. Thomasson, n. D. Glenn, l.. L.
Smith, f. P. Castles, r. w. Whitesides
w. H. Mcconnell, T. P. Mcconnell, s.
N. Mcconnell, w. F. Jackson, A. c,
Mcknight, l.. R. Williams, VIM. Sher-
rer, H. F. Horton, ]. c. Chambers
Lawson White, R. j. Withers, John o.
Darby, P. L. Pursley, j: l.. Gardner
VIM. Ferguson, R. w. Westmoreland
John Moss, T. w. Clawson, VIM
Dickson, John Starr, Joseph c. Kirk
patrick, ]. w. Y. Dickson, j. H. Hen
ry, j. S. Chambers, M. S. Carroll, j. R
Lucas, Sherord Childers, M. l.. Thorn
asson, N. j. N. Bowen, Robert Bog
gers, w. G. Parker, n. B. Bratton, j.
C. Mackorell, Robert Horn, j. +. David
son, ]. ]. Smith, D. w. Barron, r. w
Clawson, John c. Jackson, Harvey
Lemond, S. l.. Davidson, John w. Law
renee, J. c. Harper, VIM. Kennedy, F
D. Davidson, G. II. O'Leary, r. B
Youngblood, j. J. Hunter, w. H. Stew
art.
At the conclusion of the repast
which lasted more than an hour, Vet
eran E. p. Castles introduced Senator
| w. H. Stewart. who. in an appropri-
ate little speech thanked the ladies o
| the Winnie Davis chapter in behalf Of
| "a
county, and the veterans signified theil
hearty approval and appreciation will
three cheers for the ladies of the chap
ter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
MERE ENTION.

Investigations of the dry dock, Dew
ey, which recently sunk III SuDlg Day,
Olongapo, p. l., has strengthened the
belief OF naval authorities that the
damage was done by a band of con-
spirators. A heavy snow fell on
the Lake Superior shore OF Michigan,
Sunday night. The Chinese Cham-
Der Of Commerce of San Francisco, IS
said to be fostering boycott of Ameri-
can made goods in China, because OF
alleged unfair treatment 10 citizens or
China who enter the port of San
Francisco. Glenn H. Curtiss, the
aviator in an interview on Monday,
said in part: "All the great battles OF
the future will be fought III the air.
1t would be perfectly practical to drop
enough dynamite down on a city like
New York, 10 destroy it utterly. -".
Three of the state senator's OF llllnols,
charged with bribery in the case OF
Senator Lorimer, have been admitted
to bail, one in the sum of $4,000, and
the other two in the sum of $4,000
each: Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, who
went to Naples, Italy, in March, FOR
the purpose of seeing Mr. Roosevelt,
returned TO New York on Monday.
Nearly 500 delegates to the World S
Missionary convention, which meets IN
Edinburgh, Scotland, June Il, left
New York on Tuesday, on board the
steamship KroOnland. Rev. \. a.
Jones. 81 years old, and one of the
few survivors of the battle between
the Merrimac and Monitor, died in
Norfolk, Va, Monday. Mr.. Jones was
one of the last TO leave the Merrimac
before she was blown up by her own
officers off Craney island. -. Jack
Chappele. a white farmer Of CoWeta
county, Ga, was aSSaSsinated Monday
night by Jack Pollard, white, and three
negroes The assassins were arrested
and confessed the crime. AS the
result of White House conference on
TUESDAY, Attorney General Wicker
sham is to institute an injunction
against the Western Traffic asSocia-
tiOn. to prevent a general increase of
freight rates by the railroads which
were to become effective June 1st.
Senator LaFollette figures that the
proposed rate increases would give
the railroads an additional profits OF be-
tween $4OO.O00.OOC and $S0O,OOO,OOO.
The motorman was killed ana
fifty persons were injured, several Ia
tally, in a head-On collision between
electric cars at Oakland. Cal, Mon
davA Chicago medical college
professor announces that he has dis
covered and thoroughly tried out a
new process for uniting severed art"-
ries and blood vessels. He uses magne-
SUM couplerS or rings, instead OF the
commonly used needle and thread. He
claims complete success. The Unit
ed States and the Mexican govern
ments are negotiating a treaty liking
rules and conditions for airships cross
ling the border of the two countries