The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-09-11


on our part other than the example
which we are now and Will be holding
up to these two countries.
Commercially, Canada seems to
have been making little progress OF
her own, for it is evident that she
has been content to adapt Yankee
ideas and Yankee merchandise to her
needs. One of these fine days tie
people will begin to think and when
they do they will not be satisfied
with less than reciprocity with which
to eliminate the burdensome duty
which has been the means of amass-
ing large fortunes for those manufac-
turers who are doing very little more
than operating assembling plants for
American made goods or at least
factories which are replicas Of Ameri-
can institutions. Either this or annex
alton, mark it.
have referred already to the fact
that this is the greatest Of national
exhibitions and having been assured
of this in advance I might have been
prepared to find an exposition on a
rather large scale, however, l soon
found that the bare statement was
not enough to bring about a realiza-
tion of the truth of it. Covering an
area running we'll into square miles,
it is composed altogether of perma-
nent buildings, quite unlike our
American fairs where the most pre-
tentious buildings are merely tempo
rary affairs which fall into the hands
of the wrecker to be razed and sold
as soon as the gates are closed on the
last crowd, and for the most part
very artistically designed and built.
Every building is we'll filled with in
teresting and instructive exhibits and
the automobile section composed al
most entirely of American made cars
and trucks is quite as large as our
national automobile show which was
held at Chicago last January and
February. So numerous have been
the entries that it has been necessary
to bring here from Newfoundland
the hangers which recently housed
those airplanes which were success
fully flown across the Atlantic in Or
der to take care of the overflow from
the permanent buildings.
For a distance of perhaps two miles
these grounds stretch away along the
lake front and it. is here every day
that one is permitted to witness the
thrilling fights and ''stunts" of some
of aCnada's most famous airmen,
among whom is an s'ace" with more
than fifty German planes to his credit
who leads the two others, all flying
captured German Fokker planes. 1t
is here also that one is thrilled by the
spectacular motor boat races in which
these boats of rather odd shapes make
incredible speed. .....
The mention of airplanes suggests
that the enclosed clipping is an ac-
count of probably the first aerial fun
eral cortege on recordl This is taken
from the Toronto Globe of September
4th:
First Airplane Funeral for Toronto.
Toronto had it's first airplane fun
eraryesterday morning when the BODY
of the five months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Allan, 105 Trinity
street, was taken to Mount Pleasant
cemetery in a Curtiss machine. The
funeral service was held at the
family residence at 10 a. m, Rev.
Cannon H. G.. Dixon officiating. The
mourners were then conveyed to the
cemetery by motor, while the body
was taken to the foot of. Bathurst
street in a motor hearse. Here two
Curtiss machines were waiting. The
tiny coffin was strapped into one OF
them in front of the pilot and the
two planes commenced their flight at
11.15. They landed in perfect order
to the east of the cemetery, where
motors we're again waiting. and the
remains conveyed to the grave and
the ceremony. concluded.
Who shall say that in future this
will not become commonplace?
It was not our good fortune to be
here at the opening of this exhibition
on August 9th, but we were ably
represented by His Royal Highness,
the Prince of Wales, who pressed the
opening button for us. We shall very
likely remain until it has closed, how
ever, after having been attended oy
more than one million people.
Enjoyable and instructive as such
trip as this is there is but one
conclusion to reach after it is all over
and that is that we have the greatest
country on earth, or, to use the words
of one of our doughboys in France: