The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-30
M E N, w o M E N A N D T H IN c s

The King is dead. Long live the King" This is the cry which has come down the centuries to let the people away, another one rules the realm.
 
 There is no use lamenting the fact, for it is just life. Kings die, but gov ernments must go on. The same rule holds good all the way down from crown head to the humblest man in office. for men have to carry on" in spite of the grim reaper.
 
 got to thinking along this line by the announcement that Jersey Ringel the daredevil aerial acrobrat, would fill the contract voided first by the death of Omar Locklear, and later by that of Harry (Tex) Mclaughlin. To show how hazardous are the feats done by the snowman of the air. it's only need full to give the bare facts that recited above.
 l like the flying game, for it's a great one, and offers all kinds of thrills, and yet 1t is almost a sure thing that ones friends who follow it for exhibition purposes will sooner or later meet a tragic end. Most of them cooly admit "Oh, I'll get mine sooner or later," while others hug to their bosom the thought that somehow they will get by and have chance to settle down to a humdrum life with the money saved up.
 President R. A. Brown in a letter just received, says: Dear Doctor: In vice to the Alabama State Fair in the capacity of chairman of the aviation committee, and I have the honor of advising you of your appointment again, and trust that you will acept.'' As he promised to help me. I will be on the job when the gate opens. and before.
 The credit of being the first fair to have a director of aviation belongs to LuC lotdl dSSOCldtlOnp anu dS l was called into service, I am anxious that the flying part of the programme shall be success. I am proud of the fact that so far we have had no accidents lie will cooperate with me in trying to prevent any visitor from being hurt, and this can only be done by keeping l the crowds off of the field
 We are all greatly stirred up at pres- 1 ent over the balloon races, and watch | ing with eager interest for details off the teams which left here on Saturday | afternoon. We have had news from all of them, but little by little we will | get fuller story of the things which | happened to each of the, eleven entries, their pilots and their aides and I am sure there will be some thrillers, for when fellow is sailing around up in lively at almost any old time.
 Birmingham is keyed up for the in balloon races, but in the meantime Ringers flying circus will be the center of attraction at the Alabama State Fair during the first five days. There is no chance of any birdman tol for Birmingham saw Ruth Law in her crude machine do marvellous stunts, and then came Locklear and Elliott, his great pilot, to make the crowds shiver with their deeds of daring.
 It is hard for me to- think of Lock- ear and Elliott as being dead. call them to mind as splendid specimens ,f buoyant physical manhood with just that dash of courage which always makes it's appeal to red-blooded men md throws around them a glamor in he eye of women. Locklear paved the way as an aerial acrobat and was a great drawing card wherever he gave exhibitions, just as Elliott was known IS one of the most skilful pilots in he country his driving of ship being n class by itself
 The death sof Locklear and Elliott flashed across the wires and people picked up the morning paper and read he story and laid it aside with the Tt was bound to come" and went about their business unconcern- sdly, for if we allowed our hearts to pc torn by the many sad happenings which we see in the dailies, we would pc unnerved for work. But every ac- ,ident or death which we glance over md pass along to some other news carries sorrow into some home. And 70 in Alabama a mothers heart bleeds 'or her boy. and the memory of his lights here during the past fair will ,e in her thoughts as The Age-Herald will carry the account of the exhibi- ions next week, for Milton Elliotts mother lives in Gadsden.
 I am often asked if I know anything lbout the whereabouts of Ruth Law. When she left here, she passed out of ny ken and l have no idea where she ives or whether she is still in the lying game or not. but this I do know, md that is for several years she was | pacemaker for the balance. and won or herself much money and fame by laily and nightly risking her life in a machine that today would he con- 1