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rOWELLSVILLE NEWS
Mr. L. E. Dallay filled hi* regular
appointment here Sunday.
Mr. Rutledge, of the New York
Ltfe Insurance Comply, paid hi*
representative her*, Mr. J. t. Alston,
a call this week.
Mrs. Sawyer, of Ahoakie, paid his
anal weekly visit her* this week. .
Miss King, a trained nurse from
. Sarah Leigh hospital arrived here
Friday to take charge of Mrs. Met.
Harrell, who continue quit ill.
Mr. Pedro Mizzelle and mother
were visitors in town Sunday.
Mr. J. E. Jordan is confined to his
. home with lagrippe. ?
Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Waters, flalin'dw,'. _' ||l twins Only
one remains to make the sorrowing
parents, for after a few hours an
angel came and bore one away to
that land beyond the star*.
Mr. A. J. Earley was in town Sat
urday.
Miss Elkabeth Ruffin is ill at the
dormitory at Mars Hill. ,
?"*' "After'being shut up for several
Sundays, our young people enjoyed
a walk to Stoney Creek to view the
receding water*.
Mrs. Lettie Bratton, of Thomas
ville, passed thru here Thursday en
route to Windsor < to visit relatives
and friends. As usual a floral token
was left for Mr. Britton's grave.
Uncle Dorsey Shaw, * highly res
pected colored man was stricken sud
denly with paralysis Friday and
died Saturday in his eightieth year,
Mr. Felt Sessoms, of Norfolk, wai
here last week. Mr. Sessoms prat
reared here and his friend* were glad
to see him.
Miss Lucie Tayloe is home aftei
quite a protracted stay with relatives
in Windsor.
We understand a new millinery
business will open up here soon.
The Womans Missionary {Society
will meet Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mrs. W. S. Cowan will be
hostess on this occasion.
Mr.' S. B. Carter whs in.Windsoi
Monday on business.
MILLNECK NEWS
We are very glad our echool it
progressing sb niealy with the help ol
such fine teachers.
Mr. J.?H. Evans and Mr. Willie
Hill, of Cofi*eld, spent last Friday
at the home of Mr, and Mrs. N. S
Hoggard.
We are sorry to report that Mrs
.* R. W. Fairies? is on the sick list
Little Marvin, the sour of Mr. Joe
Copeland, who went to the hospital
U few days ago, is getting along fine
We are glad to have Mr. Luthei
Newsome back with ua again aftei
being in the hospital quite a while.
Mrs. J. H. Evans spent Tuesday
afternoon in the home of Mrs. J.
J. Fairless.
Our barbecue was posponed or
account of so much rainy ?weather
but ift are aiming to have it Wed
nesday evening, March 8th. "Every
LajIw walnnma"
OOUy WEivwMIa e
The Ladiee Baptist Missionary So
ciety observed last Sunday as the
v day of prfsyer. A very interestinc
program was enjoyed by alt
Scripture reading, 20th, 1st to 11
verses of Exodus by Mrs. J. L. Bly
the; prayer by Miss Butler; Solo
"Hia Eye is on the Sparrow", by Misi
Margaret Farless j paper by Mrs
Psttie Taylor, "The Buffalo Nickel"
reading by Mrs. Mattie Taylor
"Where Shall We Draw the Line"
Mrs. N. S. Hoggard read a very in
teresting paper. Miss Butler, on<
of Our school teachers read a yerj
. One paper about our society whirl
was enjoyed by aH. Song; "Wa^
Work Till Jesus Comes by all.*'
Prayer by Mrs. Blythe.
Mr. and Mrs" J. T. Coleson Jr
spent Sunday at the home of theii
father, Mr. J. Coleson.
Mr. J. T. Coleson spent Saturday
night at the home of his son, Ervin
near Ahoakie.
Mrs. W. J. Hollomon was host last
Monday evening at a very enjoy
honor of Mrs. W. J. Holloman*s 87tl
birthday. After much amusement
the gueats were Invited to the dininj
room drhere delightful sajidwichei
and coffee were served followed bj
a sweet course. Those ' enjoyinf
M,Mr.
were, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blythe
Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Coleson, Jr., Mr
and Mrs. ft. H. Holloman, Mrs. N
S. Hoggard, Mrs. J. H. Evans, Missei
Ula Butler, Margaret Farless, Thai
ma Forehand.
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TO TAX PAYERS
The Board of County Commis
sioners passed a resolution on-Jdon
day. that all taxes are required to hi
paid into the several Tax Collector
by the Bret Monday in April, ant
that they will require all collectors t<
make settlement by the first ftondaj
in May, as directed by law. M.
J. A. NORTHCOTT,
Clerk, to Board of County Com mis
rionsrs. Wlnton, N. C.
8-7-1922.
INJECTING SWINE IN
FLANK MEANS SAVING
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Use of Ham er Shoulder Often
^fL^r j?*; 'BfttiiHt in infant inn
* mvmt in iiiivviiwiii
Department of Agrteutture Urges Vet
erinarians to Avoig Feasibility ef
Injury toy Salaetien ef Sum*
Other flw.
irmtn< hr Um UaKaS SUtas p?|if ?M
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OompUInU from ptcktrt indicate
that there are ?tUl many veterinarians
and farmer* who persist la immunis
ing hog* against cholera by making
Injection* la the hem or (Moulder, a
practice that often reealt* in Infection
Mart the formation of deep aheceaeea In
the hams And shoulder* where the se
rum and virus were Injected. The
IDatted States Department of Agricul
ture has long advised against using
those parts as points of Injection, and
'the department veterinarians are tn
atrsctSJLt?. avoid the possibility of sueh
Injury by selecting some other place.
The ham has been favorM as a plaff
for making the Injections because they
j can be made more rapidly and easily
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Injactlna Hot In the Plank.
at this point, bat thay cm be
with mqiI succcHH ill rtluiMt J
parts, iiuch m the flank or knxfltW
apace, where there la loeae connective
tusue that readily absorb* the serum. I
In nn auxiliary Injection the
front lega should be spread apart ao
as to stretch the superficial muscles
between the legs, and the needle should
be directed ao as to avoid the muscles I
of the shoulder. .
It la desirable to make the Injec
tions at a point that will make drain-1
are easy should sa abscess form. Se
rum should never be injected into a
mass bf fatty tissue, as It la not sufll
dently absorptive. Aldmnj* theser
oua membrane lining In the abdom
inal cavity take# up serum readily, ab
dominal Injections are not recommend
ed because of the danger of punctnr
? tag the internal # organs with the
i needle or of carrying Infection. Into the
cavity. I
.Small pigs Md shotea up to 80
pounds In weight may be held up by
the hind lege, with the forefeet rem-1
lag on the ground. Md the ^Injection
A^Sg sp held is in n good position for
the *?"?! of temperature, cleansing I
the area of operation, and ranking the
Injection. Farmers' Bulletin 884,
which has been Jecently reprinted, con
talna full Information regarding bog
cholera and the metbode of control.
ILLINOIS LEAPS W BUILDING I
sum CanmruOsd MI M?ee o* Fa*aaa-|
neat Herd Rends la 1W betUag
Naw Raoord.
One of the moot Interesting develop-1
.r^ntn of the mat ten or fifteen yanra
haa baan the complete rehabilitation I
of tbo>road. In 1U age-lAg role as one
of the chief means of communication.
The years that Intervened between the
coming of the railway and the coming
of the motorcar, saw a great silence
and a great quiet setUe down over vast
numbers of the world's highways, says
Christian Science Monitor. The motor
ear, however, has changed d>l that
Md today states and countries aw
vying with one another In the mattei
of road bfilldlng, aa to both quantity
and quality. All honor, therefore to
the itate of Illinois with Ita 341 mllee
of now permanent hard roads, last
year, "a record for such const ruction
In My state In the Onion prtar to
1820."
COW WILL INCREASE INCOME
Animal 14 Meet Efficient Money Makeg
on Farm arta U Kntlttad te Road
R. A. Hansoa, Hairy extenstan spe
cialist at University farm, raoewa the
Inquiry. "Are you keeping cewa or are
they keeping you," la a collection of
feeding suggestions recently Issued by
him.
"Put the cow to work." be says,
"snd *he Is the moat efficient money
maker on the farm today. A cow pro
duclng 25 pounds of 4 per cent milk
daily makes one pound of hutterfat
m dav wflHfti ibofet W cwfttti. Thll
cow need* rations and hay andJllega
which should not coat more than 15,
cent* dally, learfag ? d*,l? |
?hove the coat of her feed. Wkere can,
vou Invest year time and egoris to bet-1
i*r .. iintageT 'Hive your cows a,
chance. They are all capable of doing;
better when property tad. ,|
Chess by Wirt Popular
Pastime In the Yukon
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brattle.?Wkit dm long #la
t?r nights?24 hours tone, la toct
?prshlbit slm?t. u; sort of
Amusement to IBs operators on
U? SOT miles <rf Csnudlan gov
ernment telegraph ltse through
Aha Takes, the "brass pounders"
play chess by wire. Two men tsp
oat their morse to ench other
And other men "watch" the
games bjr listening in on the
line sad making the mores on
beards of their own.
J Hit* Is Touched for by O. a
Fleming, district superintendent
? of tile Csnadlan government
lines at Wbttshoras, wbs Is In
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OLDEST BANK PRESIDENT
But" Spangler of Marietta. Lan
caster County, Pa., recently celebrated
hlb 100th birthday anniversary. He
la probably the oldest bank president
and active merchant la the world.
He la president of the First Na
tional Bank of Marietta and each.
morning finds him In his official
tArlvel chair; while a portion of every
day la devoted to directing the con
duct of one of the largest general
stores In the town, which he owns.
He never uses a bat to go to the
bank or store and he Is a firm believer?
In plenty of fresh air and little medi
cine.?He-eats but two meals a day
and wears glasses.
Mr. Spongier was born in Marietta
in 18J2 and has lived In the town ever
since.
BANDIT BEES STEAL HONEY
That Collected by the Tame Onea In
Washington it Taktn
Away.
Hogualm, Wash"?The bee industry
at Grays Harbor ?uay have to suc
cumb to the ravages of wild bandit
bees, which Invade the tame hives and
steal and carry away the honey to
their hives in the forest.
More .than one-third of the domestic
honey gathered In the logged-off region
here was stolen by robber bees, and
a large number of apiary owners are
new searching the woods for hollow
bee-trees to get back the honey and
-recuperate their losses.
The wild bees make their homes in
hollow cedar trunks of either dead or
living trees. Often a huge cedar tree
contains several swarms of wild bees,
ail working on a "community basis."
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FORTUNE HELD FOR MISSING
Man Has Been Away for Elsvan Years
and It Awaits Him In Den
?ver Bank.
Denver. _ Col.?There are ll.obtl
honest-to-goodness American dollars
loll lag around the vaults el' a local
hnnl; that belong to Louis 0. Ctwper.
but ilie young man cannot be found.
If Cusper fails to put In an appear
ance before Jan. 1, .1923. he will be
declared legaUy dead and the fiionej
i will be distributed among twenty-odd
cousin.' of th^ missing youth.
Young Casper disappeared euiy In
1916. oh a day when his motbeT sent
hint U the bank to deposit SI.OOP
The money never reached the bank
and Louis has not been heard from
since.
In 1918 his mother died. Two yarn
latev bis father died, leaving sn es
tate of $11,000. A Denver law firm
Instituted a country-wide search foi
Casper. *
Hen Broke Windshield'.
lintel IT. Ark.?Fred GJpeon and
Pret* Canada of this city bad a rather
singular accident one Sunday after
noon recently. While driving along the
public road In a small automobile an
old sen was standing in the center of
lite rdhd, and wben the car was with
in n few feet o! her she took to Itei
wlr q* and flew against the windshield
wltli such force that It was broken.
Pieces of glass struck Canada on the
face, inflicting wounds which Med pro
fuxely. The hen fell In the car ap
pakftt'r il'sd. Inil while Glpson wa
?Idl if lend In stopping the (ley
of I l<r>l ?h? totlk to bar wings vm
?aw away. A -
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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY WORK
Tsxas Lead* in Mll?agc With 1.11C4
Milts, With Minnesota Ranking
a Cloaa Second.
<Filmed b) tka umt.d State* Separtmeat
of AsrtcsMun.)
Measuring the network of federal
aid highways spreud Over the country
during the past 0 years, the bureau ,
of public roads. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, places theft- total
length, January 1 last, at 28,741.6 miles
and their coat at approximately $500,
000,000. The 'figure* represent 12,007
miles of completed roads over which
traffic is flowing today and 15,884 miles
ot roads under construction and on
that date estimated to be, as a whole.
78 per cent complete.
.,1a.- mileage of sample ted *1 ede l al1 aid
roads, Texas leads with a total of
1,116.4 miles. In addition there were
under construction bk Texas on Janu
ary 1 a total of 1.801.0 miles of federul
nld highways whose estimated cost was
nearly ?>2.000.000. Minnesota ranked
second, with 1,000.0 miles, In the
amount of completed federal-aid high
ways, the cost Of the system being
slightly over $10,000,000. Of that sum
the federal government paid $3,878,063.
In Minnesota there were Uhder con
struction the first of the year 791.2
miles of federal-aid highways whose
estimated cost was placed at $10,055.
757. Other states with comparatively
large mileages of completed federal-aid
highways on January 1 were: - ?
Illinois, 722.9 miles costing $24,008.
968, of which $11,221,484 was paid by
the federal government; Nebraska,
682,7 miles costing $3,627,767, of which
the federal government paid $1,755,763;
Wisconsin, 500.6 miles costing $6,702,
100; Arkansas, 4362 miles costing
$5,148,080; Georgia. 683.4 miles costing
$11,017,390; Iowa, 422.4 miles costing
$7,900,081; North Carolina. 419.1 miles
costing $5,041,733; Idahp, 401.1 miles
casting $6,672,652; and Washington
354.9 miles costing $8,081,285.
Completed federal-aid highway coi:
structlon in some of the eastern an
middle western states where the chn
i n
completed F?dera.~,u Koad in Mtnn^
? seta.
ucter Of roads was of high type and the
coat correspondingly greater per mile
were as follows:
Pennsylvania, 390.1 miles costing
SI11,002,504: Ohio, .170,2 miles costing
S12.475.tl09; New Jersey. 7S.3 miles
costing $3,442,224; Massachusetts,
120L5 miles costing $4,391,030; nncl
Maryland, 137.8 miles costing $3,752.
238.
Projects nnder construction and the
degree of completion January 1 In
other states were ns follows; 1
California, 382.9 miles, 55 per cent
complete; Georgia, 482.9 miles, -05 per
cent complete; Iowa, 998.7 miles, 86
per cent compete; Kansas 4718 miles,
00 i>er cent complete; Louisiana, {154.5
miles, 82 per cent complete; Minnesota.
791.2 miles, 05 per cent complete; Mis
sissippi, 404.3 miles. 64 per cent com
plete; Missouri. 585.1 miles, 70 per
cent complete; Montana. 412.8 miles,
77 per cent complete; Nebraska. 914.1
miles. 94 per cent complete: Netv Mex
ico, 551.9 miles, 54 per cent complete;
New York. 847.9 miles. 44 i>?r c?nt
complete; North Carolina, 507 miles.
88 per cent complete; North1 Dakota.
810.2 miles, 80 per cent complete;
Ohio. 298.2 miles, 91 per cent com
plete; Oklahoma. 808.2 miles, 04 per
cent complete; Pennsylvania. 248.0
miles, 9$ per cent complete; South
OaroHna. 410.7 miles, 59 per cent com
plete; Mouth Dakota. 688.7 miles, 70
per cent complete; Tennessee. 440.1
miles, 40 per cent complete; Texas,
1,381.9 miles, 99 per cent complete;
and Wisconsin. H98JI miles, 79 per
rent complete.
Reads In Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania has 91,556 miles of.
highway, of which 1.300 miles, or 3.6 ]
per cent, constitute the state highway
system.
Women Taking Part.'
Women aiV becoming prominent In
the supervision of highway construe
tlnti In the United States.
Good Roads Necessary.
Good roads are as necessary to the
fMggfta as schools and telephones,
?ay* a Kama* official.
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Osviag In Mud Guard*.
I V 1 . the vast stuns iluit the conn
iry Is ?pending for bard fcutis tt wit'
save In mud gtiard^.
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I A Sound Investment
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* * in motor transportation where
your dollar will go as far as in the
purchase of a Ford Touring car?
The initial outlay and the after ex
pense are so small that your Ford
Touring car will pay for itself many |
times over whether used as a family
car for pleasure, for business |
purposes or both.
The sooner you place your order, |
the sooner you will be enjoying your
I Ford car. Terms can be arranged.
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