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V0L. 29 SMITHF1ELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1910 Number 34
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WELLMAN FAILS
TO CROSS ATLANTIC
WINDS WERE SO STRONG THEY
CARRIED HIM WRONG WAY.
j_eft Atlantic City Saturday in His
Airship and was Rescued Tuesday
By the Steamer Trent. ?Story of a
Thrilling Trip and One that Only
The Bravest and Most Daring
Would Attempt. Six Men and a
Cat on Board and All Were Saved.
The catlre world sat up and took
notice last Saturday morning when
the news flashed out from Atlan
tic City, New Jersey, that Walter
Wellman and his crew of five had
Utarted to cross the Atlantic Ocean
in his dirigible balloon, the America.
The start from the Beach was made
about eight o'clock and was witness
ed by perhaps ten thousand people
who wished success to the daring
undertaking. The crew consisted of
Walter Wellman, commnader; Mel
vin Vanlman, chief engineer and next
In command; F. Murray Simonds,
navigator; J. K. Irwin, wireless ope
rator; John Aubert and Louis Loud.
Assistant engineers. A wee gray cat
was also taken along as mascot.
The America got along pretty well
for the first day and up until noon
Sunday, when the last wireless mes
sage was sent out as follows: "Have
shut down motor and am heading
east-northeast, making twenty-five
knots an hour, without engine. Saving
juice for wireless; dynamos not j
working. Thick fog. No observation
obtainable." At this time the huge
airship was supposed to be about
three hundred miles from Atlantic
City, off the coast of Nantucket,
Mass. Then all messages ceased and
nothing more was heard until Tues
daym ornlng when the following story
of the rescue was sent the Associat
ed Press:
On board steamer Trent, Oct. 18.
?? By United wireless to New York,
Oct. 18.?The crew of the airship
America, In abandoning their craft,
lowered themselves into the lifeboat
which swung beneath it. They then
cast the lifeboat off and were afloat
on the sea. The airship, relieved of
the weight of the lifeboat, shot up
high into the air and was rapidly
blown away. The transfer of the
W'eilman party from the lifeboat to
the Trent was effected with much
difficulty.
At 4:30 a. m. to-day the steamer
Trent lighted the airship America,
and wireless communication was im
mediately established. Irwin, the op
erator on the airship informed Gins
burg, the operator on the Trent that
the airship America's crew wished to
abandon the balloon. Wireless com
munication was kept up from this
time on between the airship and the
6teamer.
Daylight was rapidly approaching
and the Trent was requested to fol
low the America, which was then
drifting at the rate of 12 miles an
hour. After a council held on the
Birsh'p it was decided that the on
ly means of rescue was the lifeboat.
But this was such a hazardous under
taking that much time elapsed be
fore the maneuvering was executed,
as the tail of the airship, consist
ing of tanks of gasoline and wooden
blocks, threatened to capsize the
lifeboat as It was dropped from the
balloon into the water.
Thig danger was at last overcome
and the operation was carried out
with success. In the operation Hhe
trailer Btruck wireless operator Jack
Irwin and Louis Loud, the engineer,
and also knocked a small hole in the
side of the lifeboat.
The airship Immediately on being
released of Its weight of the crew
and boat shot skyward as the boat
shot downward.
A moderate sea was running at the
time and after some slight difficult}'
the crew were taken on board, to
gether with the lifeboat at 7:30 a. m.
All the members of the crew are
well after a thrilling experience.
Wireless telegraphy has?ril9tlngulsh
ed Itself by showing the great assist
ance In accomplishing the work of
rescue
The Morse lamp signalling also
took a great part in the communica
tion between Jack Irwin and officers
of the steamer Trent, which gave the
signals leading to the rescue.
The crew were picked up in lati
, tude 33.43 north, longitude 62.18 west,
where the America was abandoned.
Wellman said that the airship had
: been blown far out of her course so
j that it was inadvisable to proceed.
In lelling the story of the trip *
j to the New York Times, Wellman
| says, that after leaving Nantucket
i they went nearly east for an esti
mated distance of 140 miles, being
driven by the westerly breeze. All !
Sunday afternoon the ship sped on i
eastward before the brisk winds un
til Wellman estimated that they were
in latitude 42 north and west longi
tude 42. Wellman says:
"Here came the serious change in
the wind. It shifted into the north- i
west and freshened to about 30 miles
an hour, and before it the America
drifted at the rate of about 25 miles
an hour. It was impossible for us j
in these conditions to continue on 1
our northeasterly course, which would
have kept us in the line of the
European liners.
"Furthermore, the equilibrator was
pulling hard. As the lower end of
it rode the heavy seas, which had j
been kicked up by the stiff breeze, 1
it jerked shockingly on the lines
which held It to the America. Under
this stress the ship set up a rolling
motion, which added to the strain
and threatened the entire destruc
tion of the craft if it was long con
tinued. .
* "It was a, dreadful night for the
men aboard the ship. There was
much to be done to ease the strain,
and all did everything possible. At
times some would become exhaust
ed, and one by one the men would
sleep for a time. They went to
their haiumocks expecting that
they would awaken to find them
selves in the ocean, but all they [
wanted was to sleep, and they lid j
so. At the worst moments they j
were calm and even cheerful.
"As the seas grew in power and ,
pulled harder on the equilibrator |
the America was drawn down al j
most to the level of the line of
whitecaps. Some of the waves |
even struck the lifeboat, in which |
lay our only hope of saving our- |
selves, and threatened at times to |
carry it away.
"At this point a consultation was !
held to decide whehter we should
abandon the ship and take to the j
lifeboat. All hands agreed that
we should stick to the ship and
try to take her to land, and, if
possible, on the other side of the
ocean. We threw over gasoline to
lighten her, and she rose above
the dangerous waves.
I "At 3 o'clock on Monday morn
ing orders were given to start the
course on the hope of reaching the
Azores or Europe, which was pos
sible even yet if the winds should
| hold favorable. Then came an-,
other disastrous shift of the wind, j
j It hauled entirely out of the weit
and came to us from the north- j
east, blowing strong. It would j
have been impossible to make the j
Azores in the face of this wind, in
view of our sacrifice of a large
part of our gasoline supply.
"It was then decided that we
should try to make Bermuda. The
motors were shut off again, and j
we drifted southwest at about 15 j
miles an hour. Our purpose in
drifting was *to save the motor ,
gasoline for the final effort to
reach a landing place.
"All Monday we kept afloat with |
difficulty. There was grave dan- (
ger and a great strain on all, but
none thought of giving up. We
were resolved to hold to the ship j
as long as possible, and to give up j
only when we saw that the task j
was hopeless.''
Then soon came the rescue as re
lated above.
Man Hurt At a Gin.
On Friday of last week Mr. John
Plnkney Adams, of the southern part
of the County, was badly hurt at
the cotton gin of Messrs. Adams &
Tart. One of the belts which had
been off wag being put back on by
Mr. Adams and the engine was
started up to aid in this, when a
piece of Iron which it seems got'
1 on the belt while it was off was
thrown against Mr. Adams with con
I siderable force. It struck him j
against the ribs on the right side of
j his breast and it was thought for
about five minutes that he was kill
ed. At last account he was doing
well. His physician says that if the
stroke had been a little lower it
would have killed him.
DOLLIVER DIES
? UNEXPECTEDLY
SEEMINGLY ON ROAD TO RECOV
ERY, HIS HEART FAILS.
Senate Loses An Able Leader.
Has National Reputation as an Ora
tor and Ranking Chief of Insur
gent Clan, and was Loyal to Roos
evelt.
Fort Dodge, la., Oct. 15.?United
States Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dol
liver died at his home to-night In
the fifty-third year of his age. Dila
tation of the heart* was fatal to him.
He had not been In good health for
some months and had been quite ill,
bat no apprehension was felt for him
until last Thursday. Then his wife
said he had not enjoyed a vacation
in 35 years and it was imperative
that he should rest.
The son of a Methodist preach
er, Senator Dolliver was a sincere
and prominnet member of that de
nomination. He was born in what
is now West Virginia in 1858 and was
graduated in 1875 from West Vir
ginia University. Later on with his
father he removed tol owa. He was
admitted to the liar in 1878, began
his political carer by being elected
to the Fifty-first Congress, was el
ected to the succeeding Congresses
up to and including the Fifty-sixth,
and in 1900 was appointed to the
Senate from Iowa to succeed Sena
tor John H. Gear. He was later
elected and re-elected, and began the
term he Is now serving in March,
1907.
Senator Dolliver grew up familiar
with the oratory of hte circuit rider
and exhorter. He inherited much of
his father's talent, and for many
years he cultivated it assiduously. He
was one of the most polished orators
in Congress. He was an omniverous
reader, a great student of the best
literature. When he spoke on the
floor of the Senate his addresses
were admirable for their diction,
whether impromptu or otherwise,
and they were forceful. He was at
his best, however, in the political
meeting, where he could launch out
and exhort his audience to follow in
the ways of the Republican party
with the power of exhortation that
made his father's name known from
one end of West Virginia to the
other a half century ago, and causes
It still to be remembered. His pres
ent term in Congress would have ex
pired in 1913.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Miss Ethel Camron Winston to
Marry Mr. William Lewis Spight?
Reception Given by Miss Noble.
Selma, Oct., 15.?The engagement
ot Miss Ethel Cameron Winston to
Mr. William Lewis Speight, of Tar
boro, was announced at a reception
given to a few intimate friends by
Miss Anne S. Noble Friday afternoon.
October 14, 1910, from three to five
o'clock. The guests were received
by Mrs. Robert P. Noble, who after
berving fruit punch ushered them in
to the library where a guessing con
test was engaged in and the prize
won by Miss Annie Laurie Thompson
of Faison, N. C., a beautiful hand
painted pin, was presented by Mrs.
M. C. Winston. The guests were
thfn showed into the dining room
which was beautifully decorated. The
color scheme being blue and white.
The guests places at the table was
designated by a small white heart
bearing their name and was tied
vilh blue ribbon, leading to a bowl
ol roses in the center of the table.
After the refreshments of cream and
rake the guests were requested to
draw a card from the rose bowl and
reaa the quotation on their card.
The last to read was Miss Noble, wh<
lead to the surprise of all. Miss
Ethel Cameron Winston to Mr. Wil
liam Lewis Speight, November twen
ty-third, nineteen-ten. Miss, Thom
son then presented the prize to the
guest of honor, Miss Winston. Af
ter many happy wishes from the
tuests they were taken back into the
library, where a hand-painted book
let in for-get-me-nots was presentetd
by Miss Noble to Miss Winston.
Each guests was asked to write a
quotation expressing good wishes af
ter which the guests 'eparted de
claring Miss Noble a most ch^'u
hostess.?News and Obscry.i.* ia an
<ral strength.
FRENCH DIRIGIBLE |
FLIES INTO LONDON
FIRST TIME SUCH A BALLOON
HAS CROSSED CHANNEL.
Outsped Best Express and Made the
Journey in Six Hours Without
Any Discomfort and Circled St.
Paul's.
London, Oct. 16.?Another chapter
was added to the history of aviation
' tc-da.v, when the French dirigible
balloon Clement-Ftayard made the
voyage from Compiegne to London.
In the remarkable time of six hours.
11 Journey requiring seven hours by
the fastest express trains and boats.
Compiegne is 45 miles northeast of !
i Paris, and about 195 miles by air j
j route to London.
This Is also the first occasion on
| which a dirigible balloon has cross
| ed the English Channel. The over
water route occupied 45 minutes,
i The Clement-Bayard with a crew
| if six aboard, left Compiegne at 7:15
o'clock this morning and reached :
London without a stop nt about1 1:15 j
; in the aftrenoon. Tl>. atniospheric !
conditions were perfect, and the. big
airship traveled with r. slight breeze
behind. The behavior of the dirig- '
. ible was splendid and the 440-horse-;
I power engines worked o perfection. I
j The travelers experienced no dls- i
comfort, and were only trouble* by !
i the haze and mist in crossing the j
! channel.
A most uneventful voyage it was, j
"1th nothing to Interrupt the smooth
uvinging motion of the balloon, which
each hour averaged close to 33 miles.
An altitude varying from 300 to 700
feet was maintained, and all along
the flight over the land the aero
aauts were cheered by thousands of
spectators who had gathered at va
rious points.
The railway from Folkestone was
followed, and the Clement-Bayard
flew right through the heart of Lon
don, circling St. Paul's beautifully on
the way. The balloon made a safe
aid easy landing at Wormwood
Scrubs.
The dirigible carried M. Clement,
of the Clement-Bayard firm, in com
mand; Baudry and Le Prince, steers
men; Sebatler, engineer and design
er; two mechanics and Arthur Phil
ip Du Cros, member of the British
parliament, representing the British
Parliamentary Aerial Defense Com
mittee. Only these seven were
aboard, although the airship can ac
commodate 39 passengers in addition
to the crew.
JOHN D. DONATES $3,820,000.
Increases Endowment of Rockefeller
Institute. New Hospital Opens
With a Permanent Income Fund of
$8,240,000.
John D. Rockefeller, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, celebrated the open
ing of the new hospital attached to
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, at Sixty-sixth street and
the East River, Manhattan, with an
additional gift of $3,820,000. This
? benefaction increases the income
bearing endowment of the institu
tion to $8,240,000.
. This addition to the resources of
the Institution has also been made
the occasion for an important devel
opment in the organization of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search, as a public trust. For the
first time today the board of trus
tees, as legally contemplated by the
original charter, has come Into abso
lute possession of the Institution's
property, establishing it. In the fu
ture, as an Independent foundation,
i Its initial board of trustees Is to
5 be as follows: John D. Rockefeller,
jr., Frederick T. Gates. William H.
? | Welsh, Starr J. Murphy and Dr.
! Simon Flexner.
The new board of trustees will have
entire charge of the property, includ
ing the investment of an endowment
' fund, and will hold under its control
the disbursement of the entire Income.
This, however, is subject to a con
' irol by a board of scientific direc
tors, all of them men of medicine of
? national repute.?Brooklyn Eagle, 17.
Bathing the head behind the ears
"?> hot water will often cure an
indi- tate headache.
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THE JOHNSTON COUNTY CLUB.
Boy* from This County at State
University Organize With J. H.
Rand, of Smlthfield as President.
C'hapel 11111. Oct. 18.?The Johnston
County boys met to reorganize the l
Johnston County Club, at the l'nl-|
versliy of North Carolina, on Ooto- i
ber 14th. The following officers were
elected for the first part of the
term:
J. H. Rand, president.
J. P. Cordon, vice-president.
K. F. Parrlsh, secretary.
H. A. Tarker, treasurer.
The purpose of the Johnston Coun
ty Club is primarily to Increase the
number of studnets from Johnston
County. The Club writes a letter j
to every Johnston County boy who j
is thinking of entering college, urg- I
itig him to come to the University,
in addition, every member of the
Club makes it a special business
while at home to talk with prospec
tive students about the University.
By these means the present John
ston County students hope to swell
their already fair-sized number to
the latmber demanded by Johnston
County's large area and high stand
ing in the State.
The Johnston County Club holds
regular monthly meetings on the
first Saturday night in each month.
These meetings are characterized
mainly try a social atmosphere, which
is largely induced by refreshments.
The rlu 1 hopes to have an address
from our Johnston County member of
the faculty, Prof. Noble, formerly of
Selmu.
The Club Is composed of all John
ston County students in the Univer
sity. The following men have reg
istered this year from Johnston
County: Smithfieid, I. M. Bailey, R.
E. Parrish, K. W. Turlington, L. F.
Turlington and E. P. Wellons; Sel
ma, Adlia Oliver; Benson, James
Eldridge, Ezra Parker and H. A. Par
ker; Four Oaks, J. I. Lee; Wilson's
ills. C. L. Lassiter; Clayton,
Swade Barbour, J. P. Cordon and
Kenneth Ellington.
FLIES FAR WITH PASSENGER.
Dutch Aviator Covers 250 Miles of
Paris to Brussels Round Trip.
Parle, Oct. 16.?Henry Wynmalen, a
Dutch tvlator, who holds the world's
altitude record, and M. Legagneux, a
F-(nch aviator, each with a passen
ger, made a remarkable tripl ji bi
planes to-day from Paris to Brussels.
They started an hour and a half
apart in an attempt to win $:!0,000
offered by the Auto Club and $5,000
offered by the municipality of Paris
for a successful flight with passen
ger to Brussels and return.
Wynmalen. after reaching the Bel
gian capital, left almost immediately
on the return trip and arrived safe
ly this evening at Saint Quentin; Leg
agneux decided to stop for the night
in Brussels and will start for Paris
early tomorrow morning. The dis
tance between the two points Is 170
miles as the crow flies, and the dis
tance between Brussels and Saint
Quentin approximates 80 miles, mak
ing 250 miles the daring Hollander
covered with a passenger.
On the trip to Brussels both avia
tors made a landing at Saint Quen
tin to replenish their gasoline, and
Wynmalen made a second landing a
Utile farther along to inquire the
way. The weather was ideal and the
trip was without incident. Wymalen
covered the distance to Brussels in
five hours and 38 minutes. Legag
neux, with only one stop, made It In
five hours.
Storm in the South.
The last few days have witnessed
a great storm In the West Indies
and the Southern part of the United
Spates. Much damage was done in
Cuba. In Southern Florida and Geor
gia the storm was quite severe. At
\Vright8ville Beach near Wilmington
more than 150 feet of the new steel
pier which was recently built in
front of the Seashore Hotel was
washed away. The narrow strip of
land on which is built the hotels and
cottages was almost submerged Wed
nesday. There was but little wind
there at the time the waters ran so
high or considerable damage would
have been done. The latest news
Is that the gale is racing out to
sea and we may hear of much dam
age to ships off the east coast of the
Southern States.
ANOTHER GOOD
MAN PASSES AWAY
O. D. STANLEY, FORMERLY OF
FOUR OAKS, OEAO.
After a Lingering lllnss Passed Away
Last Saturday Night?Leading
Churchman, Prominent Mason and
Popular in Railroad Circles.
Wilson, Oct. 17.?Saturday night
last, after a continued lllnese cov
ering 8 period of over six months,
Mr. O. D. Stanley, the popular freight
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road at Wilson, quietly passed avfay
about nine o'clock, in the thirtieth
year of his age?service being con
ducted by Jlev. C. W. Blanchard.
Deceased had been twice married?
the first time to Miss ~T)ra Willie,
and after her death, to Miss Cora
Bell? both daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Ezekiel Creech, of Johnston county.
A widow and three small children?
two by the first, and one by the
last wife?survive him.
The funeral services were held In
the First Itaptist church In Wilson
Sunday at noon under the auspices of
Mt. Lebanon Lodge, No. 117, A. F.
and A. M? of which order he was a
prominent member?being a Master
Mason, Royal Arch Mason and
Knights Templar.
From the church the remains were
gently borne to the Atlantic Coast
Line depot and taken to Four Oaks,
his former home in Johnston county,
where the interment was made in
the Creech burying ground Sunday
afternoon. Quite a number of Wil
son ladies and gentlemen accompan
iel the remains to Four Oaks?the
following acted as pall-bearers: E.
S. Taylor, T. S. Pace, Geo. L. Mor
gan, J. T. Ellis, Jr., Sam Ward and
John K. Rains.
Arriving at Four Oaks, the follow
ing pall-bearers from the Masonic
lodge of that town, assisted those
from the Wilson lodge: C. C. Lee, J.
W. Blalock, J. A. Blalock, Nathan
Keen, W. A. Keen and S. Barber.
At the grave Hev. Blanchard was
assisted by Rev. T. B. Justice, pas
tor of the Baptist church, at Four
Oaks.
The funeral was one of the lar
gest ever held in Johnston county,
and the floral offerings were beau
tiful.?News and Obsrever.
WELLMAN NOW IN NEW YORK.
None of the Men Who Started
Across Atlantic Regret Loss of
America.
New York, Oct. 19.?Walter Well
man and his five companions were
|anded here this afternoon by the
steamship Trent, which picked them
up at sea after *hey had abandon
ed their dirigible balloon America
and failed in the first attempt ever
made to cross the Atlantic through
the air. A bruised right hand which
Wellman carried in a sling was the
only physical injury that resulted
from their long voyage of approxi
mately 900 miles and a rescue the
like of which is unknown to all
history.
None of the aeroanuts expressed
regret for the loss of the America.
They agreed that It had served its
purpose and taught its lesson. All
stand ready to renew the attempt as
so6n as Wellman and his engineers
find a way to conquer the difficul
ties that brought their first trip to
its thrilling end last Tuesday morn
ing, 400 mile$ southeast of Sandy
Hook.
Standing on the deck of the
Trent Wellman made this state
ment:
"We thought we could not get
along without the equlllbrator. Now
we find we could not gett along with
It. Our plans for the future are In
definite until we find something that
will do what we thought the equili
brator would do.*'
Special Services at Selma.
We are requested to announce that
there will he special services at the
Stlma Baptist church Sunday morn
ing, October 23rd, at eleven o'clock.
Dr. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest
College, will deliver an address at
that hour. He is one of the State's
most eloquent speakers and always
pleases his audience. Everybody cor
dially iovlted to attend.