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SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1919
AVIATOR TELLS
HOW TO STEER
OCEAN COURSE
(Continued from Page One I
lantic flight until further improve
ments have been made in the appara
tus employed.
“Let us take flight from St. Johns
steering the airplane, along the shodt
est route to Galway Bay, and starting
sometime in the afternoon.
“Before leaving the ground, the
Drift Indicator’ is set to the required
course and an approximate compass
course is worked out which will al
low for the drift caused by the pre
vailing wind. After rising into the air
and gaining sufficient height the
airplane is set on the compass course,
and this course is then corrected un
til the desired course set on the in
dicator is made good. The time of
passing over the coast is noted and
the speed over the ground is meas
ured. The direction and speed of the
wind at the height of the airplane
are calculated and the drift indicator
carefully watched so as to detect any
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A. B. C. Silk I CHURCHWELL’S | \oPhone Orders I
rsr MONDAY TUESDAY r=
JEM n Elk n &&& selection.
75c Yard Kik JQk I E&l Values here for you.
We will have on Display for Monday and Tuesday, the greatest values
in Silks, Crepe de Chine, Wash Satins, and Silk and Cotton goods,
you’ve every had the opportunity to buy. Come, and take advantage
of this event-every item listed below is a value.
Draperies Taffeta Silk Great Sale of Voiles
There is nothing that adds to the looks of your Indications of the silk market for fall is that A Great Sale of Voiles and Organdies.
and Tuesday we offer you the following: Sllks Wlll be about 25 P er cent ‘ bl S ber tban tbe sl-50 Quality White Voile at $1.23
Madras Drapery in All Colors P rice is toc^ay » 80 bere is your cbance to Bave $1.25 Quality White Voile at 98
<r oo money on your Silk dress. We have all street SI.OO Quality White Voile at .89
SI.OO Quality at $ .89 1.11.1.1 ~ .. „„ . ~..
$1.39 Quality at 1.19 and evening shades m this lot .75 Quality White Voile at.... 63
fig O Ua rl y c r T ne “I « A » Taffetas «>M regular 52.00, Monday and - 50 Quality White Voile a ‘ 39
.65 Qua lity Cretone at 59 8 v .85 Quality Colored Voile at............. 75
.29 Quality C,«™, U 2S Tu.ul., U .SO Qu.lUy Colored Voile .t .43
°” ££sl79 Yard
at 50c I ± 011 VI Rose, Light Blue, 40-In. wide at 69c
PRINTED GEORGETTE CREPE ( CREPE DE CHINE PLAIDS AND STRIPED SILK FLESH WASH SATIN
40 Inches wide; colors, Navy, Winches wide. In most all shades. 36 Inches wide. All in this season’s One piece Flesh Wash Satin—
White, Black and Rose. Sold regu- We have plenty of Pink, Flesh and shades and patterns. Sold regu- Flesh only, the color is a little off.
larly for $2.75. Monday and a few dark shades. Sold regularly larly up to $2.50 yard. Monday Sold regularly for $ 1.98. Monday
Tuesday— for $1.75. Monday and Tuesday and Tuesday— and Tuesday—
s2.4B Yard. at_ $1.48 Yard $1.79 Yard. $1.48 YARD.
FANCY SILK VOILES WAfiMSATiNQ . , MESSAE,NE SATINS GEORGETTE CREPE
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36 Inches wide. Colors, Maise A good heavy quality. Sold regu- A good heavy quality. Sold regu- Colors, and most all or the
Light Blue, Navy, White and Pink. } arly f or $1.98. Monday and larly for $2 yard. Monday and wanted colors in stock. Monday
Monday and Tuesday for— Tuesday for— Tuesday— and 1 uesday—
-79 Cents Yard. $1.79 Yard. $1.79 Yard. $1.98 Yard
Churchwell’s Department Store
alteration and to make the necessary
corrections.
Sun’s Height Observed.
“During the first hour the height
of the sun above the horizon is meas
! ured by means of the sextant, the
exact time of the observation being
I noted. The special chart is then
brought into use, and if there has
been no error in the allowance for
wind, it shows exactly what point has
been reached on the desired track to
Galway Bay. This is then checked up
with the position which should have
been reached according to the meas
ured ground speed, and in the short
distance traversed during the first
hour, there should be no appreciable
discrepancy.
“The navigator now has time to
busy himself with settling tfown for
the journey after the hurried prepa
rations St the start, and to pay a lit
tle attention to the many calls coming
over the wireless. By this time he is
almost out of range with his sending
apparatus, but signals continue to
come in bearing messages of cheer,
and perhaps some humorous sugges
tions as to conduct enroute, to which
unhappily, the appropriate replys
cannot be sent.
“Another hour passes, and it is
time for another observation. This
is taken in the same way as the first
and as the hours slowly A pass, so the
distance increases and tjy data ob
tained from the observation piles up
and gives one an increased faith in
the instruments devised by man.
“Night comes on and the stars be
gin to peep out. This is the best time
for the navigator, for there are many
stars and observation on two or three
of them gives his a more accurate
position than he can obtgln from the
single observation afforded by the
sun. It is too dark to see the surface
of the ocean and the drift indicator
cannot be used unless flares are
thrown out, but frequent observa
tions obviate the use of these.
Rising Sun Observed.
“An accurate course is held until
dawn, and the bearing of the sun is
taken as accurately as possible as it
rises above the horizon, giving the
first fix for the day. Favorable
winds have increased the speed and I
hnd should be sighted within three ■
hours. Will it be the pojnt for which '
the navigator is aiming? Now comes
the great test of his accuracy and
that of the instruments employed.
“Both pilot and navigator are on
the alert, although tired after so
many hours of strain and anxiety.
Two hours away. We should soon be
in wireless touch with the land sta
tions, from which messages have
been received almost continuously
since the departure.
“At last an answer is received to
our ‘C. Q.,’ and we give the position
in which we think we are. There is
at once a feeling of safety, even
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
though the ocean is still be low, and
our spirits rise even higher. The min
utes drag by, until the discovery is
made that the cloud on the horizon
is really land. It must be Ireland, but
—which end?
“Slowly the landscape becames rec
ognizable and a comparison is made
with the maps. Prominent features
are picked out and identified—it is
Valentia, at which the navigator is
somewhat chagrinned, but the pilot
cheers him up with the remark that
any old land is good enough, and let
us go down and have a sleep.
“The flight has been accomplished
It only remains to choose a field and
make a safe landing, to reassure by
telegraph the anxious ones who have
been awaiting the safe arnval and
to obtain a long rest before continu
ing the flight to England.
H. C. DAVIS, JR., FINISHES
TECH; TO GO TO DENVER
Friends in this city of H. C. Da
vis, Jr., have received invitations to
the Georgia School of Technology
graduation exercises in Atlanta June
12 to 16.
Mr. Davis, who has been attending
Tech, the past four years, will be at
home for a short time from June 17
prior to going to Denver, Colo., where
has accepted a position with the Do
herty company of that state. |
LT. TIEDEMANN
AIDS TIFTON IN
‘SKEETER’ FIGHT
A Macedonian cry from Tifton for I
help in fighting mosquitoes has just i
been answered by Lieut. W. D. Tied- |
eman, U. S. Engineer in charge of the
anti-malarial drainage work here, I
who is an expert in the handling of I
all varieties of mosquitoes, both an- |
opheles (malaria carrying) and oth
ers, whose harm lies chiefly in their
sting. Lieut. Tiedeman is back on the i
job in Americus after showing the |
people of Tifton how to eradicate the j
ravenous insects.
“I found the people fighting mos- ;
quitoes with all their might,” he j
said, “but they didn’t know how, and I
were not getting anywhere. They had '
been oiling some of the creeks and |
standing water by the dipper method, |
which is ineffective, and besides they |
had not been carrying it far enough. |
I found bodies of water near the ;
city of Tifton where the mosquito '
larvae were so dense that they black- j I
ened the surface of the water. The | I
I result was that the mosquitoes were ! ■
simply swarming all about the city.
The officials were shown how to oil
the surface effectively by spraying,
which will remedy the nuisance quick
ly-
“One instance will illustrate how
determined the people were in their
efforts to curb the mosquitoes and
also how ineffectively they were
working. A man was fined ?25 for
leaving water stand in a storage bat
i tery, although he asserted that the
I water contained enough sulphuric ac
i id to kill any form of life that might
get into it. The city officials took the
position that it was a breeding place
) for mosquitoes, and they were deter
. mined to wipe out the insects which
were infesting the community.”
Lieut. Tiedeman also visited Val-
I dosta last week in the interests of
curbing the malarial mosquito, which
I is recognized by medical scienpe as
j the only agency by which malarial
■ can be transmitted.
The completeness with which the
i mosquito has been eradicated in this
i section through drainage and oiling
work done under the directon of
Lieut. Tiedeman has given him a wide
reputation through South Georgia.
L
Speak Up, Then.
Bald the facetious feller, “Yon’Te
£1 heard that old wheeze about hear
g Pike Speak; but did any of you
lever hear Jack jtnrl the Penns Talk?"
ONE CASE OF SMALLPOX
FOUND IN SUMTER COUNTY
A case of smallpox has appeared in
Sumter county, Mary Lee Shorter, a
negro living on H. R. John'son’s farm
on the friendship road having con
tracted the malady a few days ago
on her return from Donaldsonville
where she had been visiting. Dr. B.
F. Bond, commissioner of public
health, was called and as a remit all
the negroes of the neighborhood,
most of them against their wishes,
have undergone to pre
vent the further spread of the dis
ease.
This is the only case of smallpox
reported in Sumter county, but it is
said it is found with considerable fre
quency in other South Georgia coun
ties. Lowndes county, especially, is
sai<l to be badly infested with the
contagion.
BAPTISM BETHESDA CHUDCH.
There will be baptism at the Be
thesda Baptist church on Forest
street this morning at 11 o’clock.
All candidates are urged to be pres
ent on time, prepared for the cere
mony.
There will be preaching also and
special music by the choir. The pub
lic is cordially invited to witness
these services.
M. W. REDDICK, Pastor.
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