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WINDER WEEKLY NEWS IDbhsbvJ Kv<tv Thm-Uy Kv< nmg IDs* ttros. KTm.rs ax A Pr pridm- Knlere i ntthe at Win<V r. (in , a$ StfC^lY <l 'Olftss Mail Mri t l Cf. Thursday , October 21, 1909. (\*ol weather is gool, yes very good— far the coal man. Knocking your noigl.lxr or his business helps him —not you. ('aihller street would Ik- a }K;icb if council had neivc enough to widen it. Buy what you need when* you need it, need what you buy when you buy it. Cook has quit the platform for the time. Suppose l Vary will take it up. lie usually follows Cook a little bit late- Gentlemen of the council, why add to the sadness of death the horror of a ride up narrow Big Tail alley to the cemetery? Yes, George Washington was the father of this country. Wonder v\hat he would say to his son, I nch* Bam, if he could meet him now. With cool weather and the presi dent out of his olliee at Washington, the Georgia ’possums will stand a poor show in the coining season. If you are worrying, it is either the past or future. The past is gone, the future yet to mine. So cheer up and live in the present- We suppose you love your coun try, why not love the particular place you live —Winder, and not only love her, hut pull foi her and pull hard. The Massachusetts paper which stated that there was one billion four hundred million birds in the I'nited States,according to a census had evidently I wren fishing and didn’t catch much- Progress demands that Pig Tail alley be widened. Will council rise equal to the occasion? It will injure no one, and on the other hand beautify the street and enhance every foot of ground thereon. The residents want the improvement and they are among the city’s largest taxpayers. Why further ignore their petition. WIDEN CANDLER NTREEF. We wish to call the attention of the council to the action taken by that body in the spring on will ing Gaudier street. It was then sahl that it would !■ better to wait until fall. That the shrubbery could U* moved with less danger to its life -it this season of the year. Fall is lure, gentlemen, and we ask why this matter should not now receive your attention? The residents of this street are largt taxpayers, and more than ninty per cent of them have petitioned your body for this improvement. Parts of this streets are so narrow that it i- impossible for vehicles to pass without danger of collision, and should you wish to turn around you must do so on private property- This thoroughfare leads to the city of i . r lead and more pedes trians traverse-it than any other in the city. Its present condition is a disgrace and should be speedily remedied. Take a little ih rvine, gentlemen, and make good your promise- Pig-tail alley is an eye sore that demands your attention; its residents went a change. W hat will your answer be? S mjEROMVT The Brave and Daring French man Pilatre de Roziar. TRAGIC END OF HIS CAREER. H# Was the First Aeronaut to Lose His Life From a Balloon, and He Was Dashed to Death With a Com panion From a Height of 1,700 Feet. Jean Francois Pilatre <lt* i Cozier, who was born at Metz in 17.V5 and who was kilted, a martyr to his zeal, by a fall from his balloon at Boulogne, Fra tut:, June lfi, 1705. was the tirst aeronaut to lose bis life in the dangerous work of mustering the air. Pilatre do Rosier, who had made nsceuts in the Montgaltier balloon, de termined to solve the question of bal loons as mediums for'eafrying passen gers and could think and dream of nothing but how he could fashion a machine that would carry him on an aerial voyage. When his balloon was finished he made some twenty-three ascents, nearly always alone, but occa sionally accompanied by the Marquis d’Arlandes, a brave soldier and one who bad faith in Pllatre’s ideas. The balloon was always held captive by strong cords. Whenever he went up there was a crowd to watch him. One day there was a thrilling moment. The balloon drifted toward some high trees, and.it seemed inevitable that the tissues would be torn by the branches and Pilatre dashed to the ground. They saw the young man eainily throw a bunch of straw on his tire and quickly pour over it two small bottles of oil. Instantly the fierce beat sent the bal loon np safely, and it swept beyond the danger lino of tlie Irees. A mighty shout went up from the crowd, and when be came down Pilatre had an ovation. He now felt ready to make his grand experimental trial trip, but the king would not allow’ him to go. as he feared to lose so brave and scientific a man. Pilatre was In despair, and at length the king said that he would give him the opportunity to test the safety of his balloon in the following way: He would give full pardon to any two criminals who were willing to go up in it. provided Pilatre did not him self go. The scientist was very angry. He said: “What! Shall vile criminals.*foul murderers, men rejected from the bos om of society, have the glory of being the first to navigate the air? Never while Pilatre de Rozier draws breath!” After repeated prayers for permis sion to make bis experiment he np pealed to the influence of the Duchess de Polignnc. the governess ot the royal children. To her petitions tlie Mar quis d’Arlandes added his and asked to be allowed to accompany rilatre. At length consent was obtained. On Nov. 21, 1753. Pilatre and the marquis made an ascent from the gar dens of the Chateau de la Muette. in the Bois. They sailed safely across the Seine, over tlie Hospital For Old Sol diers, over the Military school and landed about five miles from Paris. Their return was greeted with wild enthusiasm. The marquis rode back, but Pilatre had to go first to his house and got a coat, for someone had stolen his in the mixup of their coming down, when the balloon, of course, collapsed. Pilatre now announced that he would cross the channel from Boulogne to England. A wealthy Frenchman ad vanced the money to construct an im proved machine that he was certain could stay in the air as long as neces sary. This new invention was a bal loon filled with hydrogen gas. Under it was a cylinder by which he expected to rarefy the air contained in it so that he could either ascend or descend eas ily and so reach currents of air that would take him in any desired direc tion. It was five months before there came a day suitable for making the aerial trip. A physician who loved adventure and. believed in the success of the ex periment went with him from Bou logne. They cut the cords that held the bal loon at 7 o’clock in the morning. Tlie ascent was mu jest ie, aid when at n height of 200 feet the balloon swept into a current of air that took it to ward tho channel. Suddenly a cross current swept it bu< k. Pilatre hastened to let some cold air into the cjllndor and in some way made a rent in the balloon. They were 1.700 feet high, and instantly they were dashed to the earth, mangled and crushed frightfully. France still remembers bis enthusi astic faith in his scientific efforts, and in many places are memorials and in scriptions that perpetuate his fame.— Boston Globe. Miss Gusher —“It was very good of vou to name your var lit after me. What is she like?” “Mr. High roller— Well, site’s m t much to look at, but she’s very last. —Kansas City Journal. IVices . T A look, a try on, a purchase sure. Our sales on ladies’ bonnets has been remarkable. Every express brings new shapes, new ideas, new colorings. Twice a week we get anew lot of beavers and furs. It will be worttt your time to visit this second floor de= partment and see the beautiful milli= nery, the handsome suits, the new tail= ored dresses, the long coats and the tailored waists. We give you some prices that will cause you to set up and think. * 120 pairs Wisniar 10-4 Cotts wcol blankets : pink, red and blue bordered ; OSr the best $1.50 value we ever offered, yours for _ 120 pairs Munster cotto-wool blankets, 12-4, CA heavy twilled ; $2.50 value at„, ...._ 1 case 10-4 wool blankets, value $4.50. Our price 1 case 10-4 wool blankets, “Modjeska” <£*2 1 lot $6.00 wool blankets, silk tape, very handsome. AA. 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