State

Mr. Smith Goes Ballooning Tilt: action «II. entirely involuntary on hh part but it roused plenty of exeltement and it wound up in u lawsuit which the Su¬ preme Court of Aorfh Carolina was railed to pass upon. H IDDEN bbov Ibr Supreme Г -f к» ciiaiii.ts g. nost: ^tm f#e. vk)fk M^ltptj friaa ..f „( Rrapbro arrount of .bat b»p,-~.| late Chief Ju.tire W , writlm by the altrr «'lark, Rtr- of Rome of Ibr -It (tbr lutlliKiU) •ern.rd to hr unroi.troUr.1, and 1 t bought it Uat to Rrt auav from llirre. So 1 -tartr.1 r Ik CtiroJinu Htportt, leirinni.iR f^ur atep. when aomr rope. relight pip 31*. around my leg. I threw ibnn off ГЬр rreord di-lo-. i In i J \V *i,b bul *' *■“' 'imp ,.k. . mpretablr and -dl know- •“ «■** ,W r/JHssavsrj! U-rwruTaJ^arinR in **T P". ‘od rrM my Uft foot up in.l out ^iiw .nd i.f« in. ь..пм. ,b' Mt v r-'k'J "i - pur,-.- of -Pin* lb.. I..»» .1- *7 ,b" m(r ,,r'-1 nr,rr ("J.lr Kr'-hth "ТЬсв"1 . . . I. •limb bi. obi» to* I...* hold of Ibr end of bi. pant. Irg. I tot. in trying lo pull bint— If to an upright |-—it s. bp further panb began to dip. and I fell bark thought my time bad romr." Ilr finally .U.4..-W in pulling bin. •'“If to BO upright paailKin nod got "*■'* ВПП over the .wing or trajirro »bieh wna to havr been u— I bv tbr Aft-r it". or up —nr 1^00 down in an oppi. t mile. from tl— fair t—rmwrd a birvrlr and bark to tbr pmi.'iul. ..... ... bon- for h jrrkrd n.r up -» <|..irk- ,.v ... ■truck Ы "И Thor_t < The Ballooe Attraction о, to uir that I »rnt Bill, tbr .peed ol a ride- bill Thrrr I wa>. banging bv my foot, with my brad do* a I took rultural and ■ „ abiding around. I didn't f-1 ИПРГ rua.4 and |--.Uy envying hk, look..* any m-re. Thin*. |...kr.| hr man, .*bt. » tbP -eir .bow. on mighty | up Ibr mid» ay, I'tuitb в .t it to tbr olge мн. and to Rrt bold of tbr id tbr rm track to witm-m the "free aud | elioit-d tbit rope, and bIipii Ul;»n .-РП..Ш. .,th douUr para- I ** up rome duta.rr. I manic- I rhutP drop, “bich lud been widely l0 mr ov*r a bar. and I brld tael wa« tbr rope ur am a. it roe— down. until thp balloon Marled by an a party. Oi— of the hi— 1..*-гв of tl.r re— uc party tariffed that I- a.knl Smith about biv trip up in Ibr air and that Smith dr-ribrd it very vividly. "Fir* lb.n« I did." «el Smith. -*.. to roorh in my porkel for my knife, but h Lad dropped oat d—Mlv after I Irft 1 1- ground." Wbrn aakrd -bat be Mantel with tbr knife, hr replied that naturally br wanted to rut tbr rope nnd act bin.— If free. Thi. witnru further .aid that be a*krd Smith bow I— frit, and hr .aid be hardly knew, but be otf.rrd up a prayrr aa be it a* prepared fop tbr a— miion ... op, hot I Undel about a mile aM ■d to Ukr plare at tv... oVlcek. a half from the fair* round-. Whet atbrr *■> dear Iml there *i. my fret .truck the Rround. I tun— i bn. ro blow in*. . . in looro the balli-.n and .hr weal U| of Ibr contemplated allrar- again. Ilnl for voluntrer. BI.O.IR tl.r “| roubl not trll how l.i*ll ill" -r. to help bold Ibr balloon a. balloon wai. I «a. a Ion* wav. from earth. M.l Bt _ Jl wawiv ■ II II». now- Bf 1 , 1 1 1- t в 1 LaMBl (L-ia k. | J m a« .1 ply tba>URht 1 waa Ronr. and that it ■>t the laat Ilf nr I imirinr 1 f. If •Humi iCM*ir n«4«j BiHl pher. Juat a. Smith way a few fret, be he .— of Ibr ufetv ■ a* »ur — 1 nrr , i «uiaa1— i ,гц like a man on tl- callow, with tbr blark rap o«rr hi. farr, ready to le hanRrd. 1 niiootrd at any moment he balloon, «l.irli lo burlnl into eternity." I-' wm Climbed HU Own L«K •BURht Smith’, left Л. tbr unwillin* virtim of t iutfep. The full roluntirT в—п....в wpn| bub. • а* в bit 4— J him. although br hid roue douUi whrn hi. pant. br*an to •llll Ml kirn Brought Lawauit Tbr un«illir>R npronaul bronchi ■nit in Bladen fViunlv Suterior Court BRairut the Cun.lerland Count. Fair Л— oriation and the ra- vn tr'ir-i br- fore I be late Jud»v C. Lvon in Marrh 1»1S, in Klinletbloan. Л. S. Hall and Sbaa A Mrl— an. of Favettr- v ille. tORPthrr with Str,J..n Urlntyrr, of laiu.brrt-in. were tbr attori— у» for ll- plaintiff, and K.MP and Row, of FnyvtteviUe, and lion. J, Bayard Clark, now ( ViuRri’.-iiiin. нггг ittor* and