The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-12
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N'ANoNoJ AHOA Ailh5 pC1OIS ACdNlllS for Bellamy I went by the Southern club and asked Clarence Lloyd to tell Dr. Edmonds and his pilot that I would do my best to see to it that a field was properly marked for their landing. l had been unable to get in touch with either of them.
 He thanked me and said he would deliver the message. I do not know why, but somehow the flight had got ten on my nerves, for I had made a trip down in that country and I knew just how difficult it would be to make forced landing if anything went wrong, and I wanted a proper place picked out for them as close to Bellamy as possible, and was afraid that no one on the ground might fully understand the need.
 Any one who has ever made cross country flights unconsciously begins to watch the clouds and is sensible to the changes in the atmosphere. It was tremendously sultry when I left the Terminal station, and I was afraid it boded i'll for the jump off" The train passed through several showers before reaching York, and when I went to the hotel some threatening clouds were forming over Bellamy.
 
 A telegram had come to York stat ing that Dr. Edmonds would leave the field at 3:3o. Frank Derby had promised to send in for me, but h: d not done so when the train arrived, and so I went over to the New York hotel to ask my friend Tom Cobb if he had received any message, telling him that I was anxious to get on in order to see about the landing place. He got the Derby home on the line and learned that they were on the way for me.
 I kept getting up and going out to watch the clouds, and Tom, seeing that was anxious without any hint on my part, got car and told me to jump in, that he would run me over to Bellamy, but before we got out of York the Derby car came in sight, and I got out and went in it. About two miles this side of the town l saw some automobiles on the side of the road and a crowd in the adjacent field.
 I jumped out and found to my great pleasure that Lieutenant Currey, an experienced flier. had been asked to select the field and mark it, and that properly. He took me out over the pasture which I was glad to see w firm in spite of the rain which had fallen several hours before. He had cut out the grass in the shape of an arrow about 30 feet in length, and had not only lined it. but had taken the precaution to mark a path cbout 50 feet wide with lime.
 
 He was also ready to relime the arrow and the side lines in case the downpour obliterated them, but was fearful that the storm which was about to break would make sad work of 1t. We were both anxious on ac- count of the low visibility and fear full that the pilot would be u'.able to locate the field~ I went on in'I Bellamy to learn if anything further had been heard from the two bird men.
 I sat on the front porch at the AL lison's and fidgetsd while the rain descended and the lightning flashed, hoping that bad weather at Birming- ham had caused the trip to be aban- doned, for I knew that it would be fraught with grave peril if they flew into such atmospheric conditions. As far as I could figure it out the pilot wouldn't have had a chance to To- cate the field on account of having
 
 standing out to catch his eye to let him knew that he was getting near the landing.
 Then came the meager news that the plane had fallen but no one was hurt, and that he was procedeing by automobile. Frank Derby began to phone the Edmonds home, but no an- swer. Then other places were tried, when I got The Age Herald and learned the details. There was great rejoicing that Dr. Edmonds and his pilot were uninjured, but much re- gret that the former would be unable to arrive in time for the ceremony, as little figuring convinced all thc.t it would be impossible for him to get through before midnight, even though he had no car trouble and the roads proved passable.
 The people in Birmingham like Dr. Edmonds, but down in Sumpter they love him. Oh, know many will say here that they love him. but how can they in the same strong way as his own people. He is one prophet who Is honored in his town as we'll as in his county.
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