Carney Enterprise. (Carney, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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CARNEY ENTERPRISE iCAPT, T. S. BALDWIN
OARNEY,
OKLAHOMA,
OKLAHOMA STATE NOTES
HAS MADE PROBLEM OF AERIAL
NAVIGATION LIFE STUDY.
Judge A. II. Huston In the district
court ut Guthrie, declared unconsti-
tutional the Okluhoma separate school
law providing separate school boards
and separate schools for negroes In
the new state.
Announcement is made of the ap-
pointment of Representative J. R. Mc-
Calla, of Marietta, as special prose-
cutor In the railroad charter cases.
McCalla was the author of the law
under which the revocations are be-
ing made.
Dirigible Balloon Recently Completed
for Government Signal Corps Prod-
uct of 30 Years' Labor—Began
Experiments Early.
The city council of Hobart has let
the contract for paving 'fourteen
blocks with asphaltum. Besides this
the town is claiming other improve-
ments aggregating $150,000.
Guy V. Ferguson, of the Grand Ave-
nue hotel, Oklahoma City, and J. J.
O'Rourke, of the lone, Guthrie, will
represent the Oklahoma Hotel Men's
association In a conference with At-
torney General West regarding hotel
regulations provided In the new law.
The first official act of the state par-
don board was the refusal to consider
the application of D. A. Mason, of
Pontotoc county, In jail on the charge
of disposing. His sentence Is thirty
days. The board also took up the ap-
ulication for pardon of C. O. Graves,
of Washington county, serving a ten
years' sentence at Lansing for man-
slaughter.
Jerry McLIsh, of Wapanucka, one of
the wealthiest and most influential
young Indians of the Chickasaw na-
tion, died at his room at the Whittlng-
ton hotel at Ardmore. Friday night, of
uraemlc poison.
Work on the Haynes oil well at
Terlton is progressing rapidly and is
now down about 900 feet. Casing
was put in during the past week. TSe
strings of tools are en route to Terl-
ton for the Baker and Finney wells
also.
Washington.—Capt. Thomas Scott
Baldwin, dean of aeronautics in this
cdUntry, has devoted his life to the
problem of aerial navigation. Capt.
Baldwin's name is inseparably linked
with aeronautic activities the world
over. In nearly every civilized country
of the world Capt. Baldwin has given
exhibitions with his parachutes, bal-
loons and airships. With constantly
applied persistency to make a success
of ballooning, Capt. Baldwin has not
relinquished his interest for a single
day for 30 years. During this long ex-
perience, he hus made and given more
than 3,000 exhibitions and flights in
the air. Unlike those who have made
failures of their airship experiences,
Capt. Baldwin is essentially a student.
His workshop does not present the ap-
pearance of a collection of ideas, plain-
ly marked theories. He has always
worked along the practical and scien-
tific lines. To these he owes his suc-
cess, although kind fate appears al-
ways to have smiled upon him. He
has taken chances in making his ex-
periments in the air that would still
with fear the heart of a man of less
courage than himself.
"Apprehension of trouble Is far worse
than the trouble Itself when It ar-
rives," said Capt. Baldwin. "I learned
this early, and I never borrow trouble.
I never feel the least bit of fear. I
always have figured out the thing I
meant to do before doing it, and felt
reasonably sure that I could accom-
plish it before making the attempt."
interest in aeronautics has been
intensified since the government began
to take an Interest. The recent tests
of Capt. Baldwin's big dirigible bal-
loon, which he built for the signal
corps of the United States army, were
followed with a keen interest all over
the ballooning world. In addition to
this he has built for the government
two spherical balloons.
Following the old adage that a shoe-
maker should stick to his last, Capt.
Baldwin never wavered for a moment
nounced his intention and thousands
of people gathered at Golden Gate
park and cheered as the plucky young
man made the first successful para-
chute Jump on record. This was the
beginning of his long record of suc-
cesses twice around the world. And In
all these daring chances he took Capt.
Baldwin has never suffered the slight-
est Injury.
This dean of American aeronautics
his given exhibitions before the nobill
ty and many of the crowned heads of
Europe. Also in Australia, China,
Japan and Egypt. Everywhere he
went, with his series of successes fol-
lowing him, he gave encouragement to
those who were working along the
same lines that he had spent so many
years on.
The one sad event in Capt. Baldwin's
experience was the loss of his perfect-
ly equipped workshop during the San
Francisco disaster. Thousands of dol-
lars had been spent on the best tools,
the finest materials aud half-finished
airships, which represented years of
experiments and also the best of his
knowledge gleaned from his work in
his all-around the world trips.
ANCIENT "FOOT FERRY."
Means of Communication Between Vir-
ginia and Maryland Shores.
Richmond, Va.—The "foot-ferry" is
one of the ancient institutions that
The second county seat election in !
Cimarron county lias resulted in a
victory for Boise City, which won by i
a majority of 275 over Robdy. Both
of these towns havie been started
since statehood.
The Oklahoma Graduate Nurses'
Association was organized at Okla-
homa City last week, and officers
elected at a meeting attended by rep-
resentatives from many parts of the
state. The officers are: Miss Rae L.
Dessell, Oklahoma City, president;
Miss Martha Randell, Oklahoma City,
secretary; Miss F. B. Weir, Oklahoma
City, treasurer.
During the democratic convention
at Tulsa last week Leslie G. Xlblack,
editor of the Guthrie Leader, was ar-
rested upon the charge of criminal
libel upon a warrant sworn out by Dr.
M. W. Llgon, of Adu. Nlblack gave
bond ami was released. The alleged
libel had reference to prescriptions
written by Dr, Llgon on the dlspen-
Bary at Ada.
While boating on Orcutt lake, near
Tulsa, Frederick Cornelius, of Musko-
gee, his sweetheart. Miss Babbie Met-
calf, of Tulsa, were drowned, and
James Lafferty and Frances Kemble
had narrow escapes from drowning.
The boat capsized and LafTerty swam
ashore with Miss Kemble. He return-
ed for Cornelius and Miss Metcalf,
but before he reached the spot where
the boat capsized they had disappear-
ed uuder the water.
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Capt. T. S. Baldwin.
In his intention to master the air for
transportation facilities.
When still u mere youngster he be-
gan his experiments at Sun Francisco.
Up to this time there had never been
a successful parachute jump. It had
been nearly 50 years previous to Bald-
win's attempt that the last man to try
the experiment had met his death. But
after considerable experimenting uud
thought given to the Idea, Bald-
win was determined to make a
Jump of 1,000 feet from the balloon.
That was 21 years ago. lialdwin an-
"Foot Ferry" Still in Use.
survive in the old and honorable town
of Alexandria, Va. In all that long
stretch of majestic river from the
capital of the United States to great
Chesapeake bay, there is neither
bridge nor modern ferry between the
Virginia and Maryland shores. Though
the counties that border the Potomac
on either side are populous and pros-
perous, communication between the
two sides of the river seems difficult
to men not to the manor born, yet the
conditions are accepted as natural and
regular by natives.
Between Alexandria and the Mary-
land shore the Potomac is a mile wide.
The Maryland lands are thickly set
tied. Because of circuitous roads the
dwellers there must drive ten miles
to Washington, whereas in a straight
line the distance is but five. That
country has yet to be traversed by a
trolley line. Many of the people on
the east side of the river cross to
Alexandria and take steamboat or trol-
ley to Washington. The means of com-
munication bet ween Alexandria, a city
of 15,000 inhabitants, and the opposite
shore, is a "foot-ferry"—or more ac-
curately a hand ferry—for the ferry is
a small boat rowed by a veteran river
man. The boat is rigged with a sail
and when the wind favors, which is
not often, the ferryman rests on his
oars. A trip is made every hour.
When the accompanying picture was
taken the sail was in use.
The ferryman is W. H. Wheatlev.
Hj has spent his life on the river and
has been conducting the ferry for
mauy years. He plies from a slip be
tween two of the principal wharves
in Alexandria and a decaying quay
called "Fox's Ferry" ou the other side.
Fox's Ferry was a hustling place be
fore the age of steam, a man named
Fox operating an endless chain ferry
across the river at that point.
About CO per cent, of the gold prod-
uct of tie world is handled by Ureal
Britain.
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffering
Thousands.
Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist Clergyman,
of Whitesboro, Tex., says: "Four years
ago I suffered mis-
ery with lumbago.
Every movement
was one of pain.
Doan's Kidney Pills
removed the whole
difficulty after only
a fehort time. Al-
though I do not
^ f j like to have my
V/^ name used publicly,
I make an exception in this case, so
that other sufferers from kidney trou-
ble may profit by my experience."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Miiburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
How Hammer of Death Struck James.
The old parish church of Plumstead,
which has just been reopened, is prob-
ably at least 1,000 years old. The pic-
turesque churchyard, a cherished
haunt of the poet Bloomfleld during
his visits to Shooter's Hill, contains a
delightfully choice "derangement of
epitaphs." One of these, on "Master
James Darling, aged ten," teaches a
lesson of moderation during the pres-
ent cherry season to the youth of other
places besides Plumstead. Speaking
from his tombstone, Master Darling
exclaims:
"The hammer of Death was give to
For eating the cherries off the tree."
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terrible
Suffering—Two Babies Also Cured
—Cuticura Invaluable.
"My brother had eczema three dif-
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith-
ful trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of ec-
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In-
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuti-
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold-
water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907."
Even boarding house landladies
must pay out good money for the privi-
lege of boarding street cars.
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Herbert, H. S. Carney Enterprise. (Carney, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1908, newspaper, September 11, 1908; Carney, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc142367/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.