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MODERN A[RPLANE PRODUCT
OF YEARS0F EXPERIMENTING
Some Early Attempts Prove Interesting When Recounted
Flying Machine Cranks At Last
Succeeded.

named Henson. contribution to the
Elementary Aeronautics" depart
mcnt of The Aerial Age Weekly New
York describes this carly aeroplane
and number of others. some of
which will be remembered by those
now living as having been derided as
tho foolish work of flying machine
ranks" All they needed was suffi-
cient engine power to make them fly.
Some of them did fly a little way:
but even then the public took no in
forest. SO firmly was it convinced that
aviation was an impossibility. We
read of Hcnson's device:
His machine consisted Of a light
framework Of wood 100 feet wide and
80 feet in length. The covering was of
silk. rudder shared like tho tail of
a bird was used to steer it in a verti-
long.
Underneath the main wing (Which
was really a saiD car was placed
which contained the steam engine and
the Passengers. The machine was
driven by two tractor propcllers loca ted
on either side of the pilot. Tho en-
Sines were regulated to be adjusted to
assist in turning to the right and left
The engine gave twenty horsepower.
While Hensons design showed much
promise OF success, the rse-power
and tho type of propeller used were en-
tirely insufficient for flight.
a flying machine OF curious form
vas constructed In 1852 by Horatio
Philips. also an Engiishman. In thi,
machine . number OF narrow surfaces
with long leading edges were carried in
a frame in somewhat OF the manner OF
Venetian blind. Tho height was
feet . inches and the span was 81 feet
inches. The entire machine was
mounted upon wheeled carriage.
shaped like boat, and IS feet in
length.
The machine was operated over a cir
machine was anchored by rope to
tho middle of the track. The weight
was under 800 pounds. Experiment
showed that load Of Z, pounds placed
above the front whels could be lifted
20 inches in the air, These experiments
proved that the construction principles
were correct. but after a few expert
m>nts of this sort the work was
abandoned.
some very interesting experiments
were carried out by Sir Hiram ia rim
in 1855. whose large seropIanc cos,
more than 100000 His machine had a
large sail or plane with a number OF
smaller winEs at either side of II. The
combined area of ali the wings was
S.sdS square feet.
framework bull, OF thin steel .uhe,
connected the wings to platform
framework formed support for the
BOILER and engine. Tho vertical move
mcnt Of tho machine was controlled by
Two horizontal planes, one placed at
the front and ono at the rear. The
horizontal control WAS managed by two
planes inclined to ono another at an
angie of '.b degrees. and arranged so
that they could he raised and lowered
with a resulting shifting Of tho center
OF gravity. causing an alteration of tho
flight
Its weight complct. WAS 800 pounds
For purposes OF testing II was mounted
on two pairs of wheel. set on a rail
road track. An additional rail was
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

'sinmen' and transportation commit
tees ropcr, thov arc working overtime
To assure visiting participants every
accommodates.
Among tho entertainment features
will he polo games In the late after
noon. dinner dances and vaudeville
hll entertainment viii atop At 10 n
u M. 40 tho PLAYERS viii get enough
slccp necessary fcr good golf
Local amateurs have eecn prsctic-
Ing. HEEiduously FOR the tournament
Clarence wolff has been averaging
among tho beat scores. Oswald g.
Carlton, % ycarg old of Houston. Tex.
who has hccu hrrr several weeks nu-
rurtominE him s"tr To the course. ha4
alEu returned 1pmc par scuTst
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
FOUR HAVE PLAYED DOM|h0ES 28
YEARS TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

dent and the Erry-hatrcd group gath
cred in hts office for thier game every
afternoon. hut business began 10 inter
fore with dcminocs. 90 he gavn I'm
banking about ton wears age. Since
then tho game has gone un in the office
of mill aud Mr. Cooper, who also was
once - farmer and then country sher-
tff. takes = little time off NOW and then
to attend the directors meetings at tho
hank
Sometimes when the Younger dcmint
Warriors pauro and argue, hc says
'cm- ON. no sisiling IN 'hi7 game. We
haven't many more years TO play
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

e,verhead. y. Y. sept 'o.-t'cut
mon IN this town have been pi1yius
dominoez -verv daN for Is yosrs and
'hcv ray " Viii take at least ton moro
years to determine which pair Of thcm
rNcrlu in tho game
George w cooper, who Va pi years
cred in his office for th.ir game every
the senior Of tho quartet lie slvaNE
opposes Zophar NJ. Woodruff. 81 Yeats
old and never felt more chrper, -
two comparative Youngsters. Howard
E,nford -. and Ellsworth BENJAMIN.
g.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
SHRIMP DANCE IS
A MEMORY NOW
Modern Machinery Relegates
Ancient Custom In Louis
lana To Scrap Heap

New Orleans. Sept. 1o.-Due to the
inroads OF modern machinery. the
shrimp dance. ono OF the pictures
que bits Of routine that for ycars has
marked the work on the shrimp-dry-
ing platforms along 6he Louisiana
south coast. this year goes into tho
Iumber-room of memories. to Join
other quaint customs of byEonc years.
Machinery hereafter will chuck
tho sun dried shrinp..
To tho tourists who have ventured
down into the wilderness of IowlyinE
marshes. where the shrimp platforms
gather in tho carEoes of tho trawlerS
ns
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
JUDGE POSTS SIGN
TO " Arm SPEEDFT c

Quincy. Mas. Sept. to.-"Cour.
ccnvcnes At 300 This sign. posted
ccnspicucuslv on various streets lead
ing into this city. is chief of Police
goodhuo's manner of warning motor
ists cf the danger Of fast driving. This
plan Us said to have been s,irressful IN
a-rosting the attention pf careless
drivers and disccuraHinE oyerspeed-
ing.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

fcontinus< on Next Passs
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tcon,inued on Mex, Page,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
WOMAN THROWS ACID &
IN HUSBANDS FACE
Kills Him Because He was Too
Attentive To Other Women,
She Says.

Akron, O., Sept. 23.-Minnie L.
Derr, aged A, was in the Peoples
Hospital today suffering from a ner-
vous collapse following her sensa-
tional confession last night to
throwing acid into the face of her
husband, Alvin R. Derr, Akron busi-
ness man, who died from inhaling
the poisonous fumes.
A charge of murder was entered
against her on the police docket and
Prosecutor A. W. Doyle today was
preparing for her araignment as
soon as doctors permitted her to be
taken from the hospital.
Mrs. Der, arrested in her room
at home following funeral services
over her husbands body, yesterday
afternoon, broke down under ques-
tioning last night ad shrieked:
eyes, I threw itp'
"Oh, God 1 didn't mean to kill
him. I didn't want to kill him."
She moaned and then fell in a
faint on the floor.
In an adjoining room her four
children heard the. screams which
marked the confession. Three Of
them had refused to believe their
mother was guilty. The fourth,
Harry, aged 20 years, smiled grimly.
'.Don't blame my mother for cut
ting the telephone wires and locking
the door Of my room," he told off,
GERS following the confession. 81
did that, but I never would have
told, no matter how much I might
have been tortured"
A home made unhappy through
her husbands attentions to other
women was the cause of her act,
Mrs. Derr confessed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
$4,000 SENT TO NINE. cURIE

Washington, Sept. 23.-Secretary
of Commerce Hoover has been ap-
pealed to Nine: Curie for advice as
to disposing of $4,000 which has
been sent by Americans as contribu.
tions to the radium gift fund which
was raised in this country on the
occasion of Nine. Curie's visit to the
United States.
The contributors seemed not to be
aware that he gift already had been
purchased, and the fund closed. Sec.
retary Hoover was at a loss today
what to advise Nine. Curie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
INTEREST IN NECRO'S CASE

Gaffney, Sept. 25.-The attentisa
of Oliver Oleson, managing editor Il
The American Journal of He1edit&
having been attracted to the stIaage
case. Of Tom Dawkins, a negro e
this county, who has no teeth, and
who was unable to perspire, AE-
Oleson has written from WasaIE
ton asking that further informatsua
be secured about Dawkins and men-
bers Of his family, explaining Hn9
it will be Of interest to the med1cG
fraternity all over the ,W0rA t.e
Journals attention to the xtr4Ee
local case was attracted when Hxw-
kns, SIS years Of age, vas fouda
dead on the bank Of a stream . 1sg
weeks ago. The. item was pubhih1a
at that time in various nevspnpeu
and Mr.. Oleson, writing his csnR-
munication to South Carolina neuss
paper, asserts that there Is scientific
proof that a race Of negroes "uHn
lived in India, teotKeie and M
able to perspire, but that ID e beak
of his knowledge, no sSsH pesie
had ever been found in the Ba1st4
States. Following receipt Of TIE H
ter, a local newspaper man went -
work on the case and he discovers
that Dawkins has two sisters, SsA
of whom are toothless as he WE
and neither of them is able to Rczn-
pire. They are described by HE1
employees as being splendid fana
hands," but the two women .ze
forced, by reason Of their inability
to obtain relief from heat throsEA
perspiration to take tubs Of xatH
with them when they go to work Il
the fields, and at frequent fnbEvazs
are forced to immerse themselves IN
water. This, Of course, does mot .4-
ply when the scene Of their activities
is near branch or running strem,
as they are able to enter it on sneA
occasions. .........
It is presumed that Tom Davkizs
when he came to his death, had been
almost overcome in the field By taP
heat and was making his way 10 nae
stream nearby to seek relief, when
he collapsed on the edge Of the ereek
and was unable to get his body 10
the water. It is probable that De
local case will be more fully inves6-
gated and it is considered probahae
that some medical body or magazins
may see fit to send a representative
here to interview the two living
members of the family.
Those who have known the faz.S-
ly of negroes all their lives say Hat
tie parents of the three in questisB
were perfectly normal in every Way
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
Nature of Claim.

Nature of Claim.
Damage to Crop. i, 4
Damage to Crop. S;;: ;
Pay of field force.
Pay of office force. -.
Salary.
Pay for right of way.
Pay for right Of way.
Pay for right of way.
Pay for right of way.
Pay for right of way. '
Pay for right of way.
Pay for right of way. =;
Pay for right Of way .a ~
Pay for right of way. -:
Pay for right Of way.
Damage to crop right Of way-
Work on Lowndesville Raad.
Work on Lowndesville Road
Pay roll field force
Pay roll Office force
Salary. 80
For crop on right of way.
Salary.
Crop on right of way.
Crop on right of way.
Pay roll office and field force
Work on Lowndesville Road
Work on Lowndesville Road
Pay for crop on right Of way.
For kilograms.
Work Highway office.
Pay for crop on right of way
Salary.
Estimate Aug. Lowndesville Road
Estimate Aug. Antreville road
Crop on right of way.
Salary.
Pay roll Office force.
Salary.
Pay roll office force.
Salary and exp. resident enginee
Salary and exp. resident enginee
Pay of Office and field force.
Salary top soil expert.
Inspecting top soil.
Salary.
Serving condemnationa papers.
Probating condemnation papera
For top, soil condemned.
Ford Touring car.
Pay roll office and field force.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
No. of claim Amt.

NAME No. of claim Amt.
T. H. Campbell ---- 24z 1000
Horton & Huckabee 243 1900
Highway com. payroll 244 1900
Highway com. payroll 245 $500
j. R. Hill --------- 246 125.oo
w. B. Martin ----- 247 200
J. H. Kay --- $500 248 100
J. C. Smith ------- 249 100
R. D. Brownlee --- $50 100
w. L. Dawson ----- 251 100
A.. O. Calvert ------ 252 100
J. R. & T E Gordon 25S LOO
W. W. Westfeld - 254 100
w. B. Crawford ---- 255 100
H. w. Gordon ---- 256 100
F. W. Wright ----- EST 1000
S. E. Richey ----- 258 1000
W. H. Ladshaw ---- 259 5000
Highway com. payroll 260 $3.50
Highway com. payroll 26l 1878
H. B. Humbert -- 262 $4,000
A. M. Power ----- 263 $500
C. NJ. Sondley --- '264 5000
C. L. McMahan - 265 5000
W. C. Hall 266 500
Highway com. roll - 267 1880
L. T. Dermid ----- 268 5000
Tom Souther ----- 269 1850
j. O. Cam ----- 27O 5000
Western U. Tel. Co. 271 1.73
J. w. Wilson ----- 272 500
T. T. Campbell --- 273 5000
W. H. Ladshaw $500 274 1000
Blankenship & Philips 275 8890.77
Willard Bogg & Co. 276 2190.e7
J. W. Bradberry --- 277 42.67
j. Moore Mars ---- 278 20.83
Highway com. payroll 279 $500
D. H. Sullivan ---- 280 165.00
Highway com. payroll 281 S7.00
Alec T. Brown ---- 282 1920
Jas. B. Mays ----- 283 21O.88
Highway com. payroll 285 1875
L. T. Dermid $500 286 1000
Tom Souther $500 287 27.50
j. R. Hill - --- 28S 125.OO
F. B. McLane ----- 289 1000
j. L. Perrin $1,000 200 1000
R. T. Martin ----- 291 100
E. C. Horton ----- 292 475.00
Highway com. payroll 293 156.75
TOTAL --- $44345.35
Less notes paid -------- 100000
Total net exp. to date - $39445.35
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-28
Following is list Of claims paid out by
the Abbeville County Highway Com
mission from date of organization,
Nav 10th, 1920 to date


,ount Nature of Claim
Engineering, F. A. Project 108.
Interest on note.
Pay of road crew on survey.
Pay of road crew on survey.
Premium on bonds, commission.
Salary surveying crew.
Expenses to Columbia.
Gas, oib etc.
Salary, Month of July.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Room and board G. c. Tolbert.
Surveying.
Surveying.
Auto repairs
Road survey, salary.
Salary month August.
Salary month September.
Work on road survey. ..
Ford car, gas and oil.
Repairs and parts for car.
Salary.
Work on survey y.
Work on survey
Work on survey
Work on survey
Work onsurvey
Work on survey
Work on survey
Work on survey
Salary month October.
Salary month of June.
Work on survey.
Auto casing.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey. 80
Stamped envelopes.
Work on survey.
Work on survey. :
Work on survey.
Salary x. y"
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work or survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Salary month of November.
Lumber, stakes, etc.
Auto repairs.
Exp. attendings meetings of com
Nails n
Lumber, stakes, etc. ..
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey.
Work on survey. = =
Work on survey. 4,
Gas. oil, supplies. :;
Salary w..
Work on survey
Salary, craftsman. ,.,S.
Salary, craftsman. =,
Salary, craftsman.
Salary, craftsman. I. :. .
Work on survey. .... :.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
Two Minutes of Optimism
BY HERMAN j. STITCH
"Where There's a WILL

Wall in
"A
that
bunk! and stuff" the
MAJ Where there's a will there's a way
Some the State Mississippi asked Wall Street
the public
reasonable profit
sell and that they could make whisper
o a bid heard.
dollars
Mississippi Sc out
officially
General that State but privately established undantah salesman
try price
stipulated.
thing he did reaching the Empire State
'wal Street"
with speechns which disabilities they intimaed might
profit.
and told the of "
had q twofod proposition:
long gilt edge security liberal Of interest
The build This
project viewpoint
lives
thousands companies pohod Mississippi who had contracted
or might tuberculosis after taking life
ove'-very
He sold $5oOoo0 the bonds the New Life Com
$250OO
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Mississippi
checks a
Frank Robertson said bunkl" "wh there's
will there's way He figured there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
CHAPTER NH
4 Depressing Play

TANET and I had a splendid evening
J and ofter the theatre Janet walked
- 90 tha ,yoy home with me. ! was
sorrv oFterward that we had chosen the
,Ior tbot we did. Both OF us lean
tou.orl tha more serious in drama. ana
tbo rlov which we bad selected because
~ +he snlendid press notices was rather
Jcorcssing. 1t touched very closely
nv. avn nroblem, the fact that | had
a secret locked IN in my heart was the
"omo s;tnntion that the wife faced in
tbe nlav, which was called 'Ihc care
less Heart. .,;,I
Aftpr the second act | sat very still
without saying anything.
What do you think of IT; Janet
said finally, turning to me
I started and flushed
IT think it's very strong OHt He-
pressing" ., : ,b.
v,ously written to appeal to the audl =
oncn - Janet went on. Sne SuGh
on ,ttar fool. Why on earth DIDN'T she
tell her husbond the truth In the NFS'
,"rhcn there wouldn't have been O
,lsv" I said, trying to speak ilght'F'
P,i II don't think the character is true
"a life" Janet protested, oh'et
eren't as idiotic as that. =.
could have laughed aloud. u
ooorad somehow so incongruous tina
Tanst the practical, the matter tact
,SouId no sitting beside woman WI!
wos facing exactly the same thing
suddeuIv wished that Janet knew IN
ruth. that I had the courage TO conho
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
Read Your Character
By Di0by Phillips
Little Ears

Never put an incomplete piece of work
before your boss for his approval If he
has little ears. He won't like 1t. For
little ears are the mark Of the mnn
who likes detail, to whom detail ap-
peals for its own sake.
Things which come to the attention
Of such persons, they examine closely.
In their own work they finish things to
a nicely. II they have the other quail
fications which 60 to make good book
keepers you'll find that the small cared
ones are unusually neat, orderly and
thorough In the handling Of their ac-
counts and records of all descriptions.
II you see carpenter with small ears,
you can make up your mind, no matter
what class of work you see him doing
at the moment, that his tastes run in
the direction of cabinetmaking.
The small cared man with a mechan-
ical bent of mind naturally IL n better
matchmaker than machinist other
things being equal, but II he does work
in the machine shop he will gravitate by
desire to the sort OF work that requires
micrometer measurement.
A frequent weakness Of small cared
people is concentration on detail to the
exclusion of the broader, more far
seeing aspects Of their work or any mat
ters upon which they are engaged.
As artists they're not so likely to
paint large canvsses with sweeping. i'm
pressionistic strokes. as smaller ones OF
| fine technique, or miniature portraits.
! TOmorrow-The Goose. Necked cd"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
"Should a Woman TeH9"
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
co,y,loht, 1871. bu Public LEDGER CompoHy

IN her. But 1t would be absurd TO
bring the thing up again now. and
had a foolish superstition that 1t Is
best TO let sleeping dogs lie.
The lights went out and the curtain
rose on the Sensational third act. The
play was very we'll written and the stu
ations were tense. The acting, too, was
splcndidy sustained. J felt the drama
of It, was SO interested that forgot
everything but the play; but afterward
l was conscious OF strong feeling of
depression, and after Janet had left
Inc l could not help wondering il the
very fact that We had happened to
choose that play were prophetic. Was
there meaning in 1t for me, n warning
of some kind?
! shivered and unconsciously quick
ened my steps. l reached the apart
ment house and turned into the lighted
lobby, and the feeling was not so strong.
The everyday commonplaceness of
everything, tho CHEEKY lights, the
knowledge that there were people about
all helped me to regain my spirits. I
reached the apartment and found Dane
! by the window and my heart quickened
/ ibIE'uSIDls US T. "OhNNiNh ~ nc "NAO
. looking for me.
Then he heard ME and swung around.
For moment we stood there looking
into each cther's eyes. Then with q
muttcred ejaculation he was across the
loom and had taken me in his arms.
MY darling"
| lifted my face 10 his.
Dane, dearest, you DO love me,
don't you?" The tone Of my voice was
q cry TO him, cry from my very soul
| wanted to be reassured, TO feel tina,
he was no longer angry at what had
done. I wanted him to love ME enough
to forgive me anything, but even at that
moment ] remembered the husband iG
the play and his attitude when he haG
discovered the truth. He had not for
given, he hal sat in judgment upon thu
woman who was his wife. She, too
had believed that her secret belonged tC
the post, but just as her happiness haC
seemed secure the past had come up t
torture her.
l clung to Dane with both hands
as though to hold him to me fcreve
against anything that might come up
But I am going to be foolish. I'm go
, ing to trust to fate and believe tina
I everything will be all right.
e TOmorrOW-'"The Lie"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07

In preparing your wash. separate
the white and colored clothes. II there
are special spOts-such as fruit, grass
green, blood, etc.-treat them first
according to the directions previously
given. If the clothes are extremely
dirty, soak them over night, wash in
the morning, and If you wish to whiten
them by boiling in place of a bleach,
put them in lukewarm water to which
a soap solution has been added, soap
the clothes we'll, and cover the boiler
tightly so it holds the steam.
Stir occasionally and let boil for fif-
teen minutes. All stains should have
been taken out first, rs stains which
are boiled in can come out only by
using strong solution of eau de ia
velle. The first rinsing water after
beiling should never be cold, as it sets
the loosened-up matters. Also 1t
should be soft water. If you have
nothing but hard water. soften this
first rinsing water with borax or am
monia. Never boil anything but cot
tons or linens, and never boil colored
clothes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-07
Girls Who Take Themselves Seriously
Are Always Humming, BUSY, Busy"
They May Haze No More to Do Than Any Other Girl Their
Set, but They Consider Their Little Great Deal

girls, and Friday was Dorothy's oth,,
lesson.
Saturday nobody wanted TO como, and
80 the meeting was fixed for Wednes.
day and Dorothy was left out.
Everybody was bored with her anv.
how, after that, and when one of liz
girls met her mother on the street N.
next day and had to stand for fifteon
minutes in, the brisk November broo,s
to hear what a dreadfully busy" piri
Dorothy is, she felt that she could on.
dure no more!
TT is so mysterious, this thing th,,
l. keeps girls like Dorothy 80 "busv".
they have so little to show for all the;r
activities.
The reason is very simple-they reall,
don't do thing more than anybody
else in the world.
But they take themselves 10 serious,v
and 30 do their mothers--thnt IN.
lenst little thing they do seems like a
colossal task to them.
They keep fluttering about like
humming bird, making a great fuss oye,
small matter, with their incessant
hum Of Busy, busy, busy, 80 busy"
TT MAY seem very true to them. but
l. there are so many other people who
do more and talk less about It, that n
| doesn't sound very true to anybody else
And It's extremely tiresome.