1,200 MILES HARD . SURFACE ROADS PROGRAM NEARING END WILL BEE ALMOST 1,500 MILES CONSTRUCTED. Raleigh. One thousand, two hundred and ininety miles of hard surfaced highways have been constructed in North Caro lina since the present highway commis sion took charge of the administra tion, according to information made public by officials of the commission. In addition to the hard surfaced high ways 1,452 miles of new top-poll, sand clay, gravel and graded roads have been constructed In the same period. Under construction at present are 1183 miles of hard surface roads and 333 miles of the other types of roads. Another letting of contracts on No vember 26 will just about wind up the construction work under the slxty flve million dollar bond issues author ized by the legislatures of 1921 and 1923. This letting will take care of the construction of approximately 13 miles of roads, of which 15 miles will he hard surfaced. Taking into account the roads al ready constructed, the roads under •construction and the roads for which contracts will be let North Carolina will receive for the sixty-five million dollars spent 1,488 miles of hard Bur laced roads and 1,843 miles of other types of roads, or a total of 3,831 miles of all types of roads. Dividing the number of miles of Toads of all kinds constructed into the amount of the bond issue It is seen that the cost of an average North Car olina mile of road constructed under the present highway commission Is 919,213. This figure is not as high as might seem at first glance as the, highway commission has acquired considerable road building machinery, office build ings, garages, offices furnishings, and other things incidental to launching and carrying on a gigantic enterprise, as well as having devoted large sums to highway maintenance. These assets will probably lessen the fost of highway construction in ■North Carolina in the future if the next legislature votes to continue the road building program, or if the legis lature does not so vote they remain assets to be applied against the liqui dation of the bond issue. Let Contract For Automobile Tags. Contract for more than four hun dred thousand license tags for motor vehicles was awarded by the State Department automobile license to the "Western Display Company, of Saint Paul, Minn. This company has fur nished the licenses for North Caro lina cars for the past seVer&l years. The color of the 1925 licenses has not yet been decided. Licenses were ordered in the follow ing quantities: automobiles, 360,000; trucks, 30,000; dealers, 12,000; motor cycles, 2,000. It was pointed out that ■extra truck licenses will probably have to be bought. The number of licenses for pleasure cars indicates an increase of tweaty thousand ov§r the figures of last year. The cost of the licenses to the State Is about seven and a half cents apiece. State College In Third Place. The State Collega fruit judging team won third place in the National Inter collegiate Fruit Judging Contests held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, according to information received at the local institution. The contest, which was held under the auspices of the Ameri can Pomologlcal Society, drew contes- from all sections of the United States and college authorities and stu dents are very much pleased over the excellent showing of the Tech team in Its first large contest. Five Thousand New Autos Titled. Titles for 5,304 new cars were issued during the month of September *o cordlng to information made public, by the Automobile Department of the Secretary of State's office. A classi fication shows that almost four-fifths, or 4,111 of the car titled were Fords. Chevrolets were far In the lead of the other makes with 274. Other cars for which titles were Is sued are classified as follows: Dodges, 190; Bulcks, 132; Overlands, 99; Studebakers, 74; Stars, 71; Hud « - v«i*hß, 67; Essexs. 56; Olds ——_ v Knights, 14; Flints, 13; Cadillacs, 13; Maxwells, 9; Jewetts, 9; Oaklands, 9; Reo's, 8; P&ckards, 6; miscellaneous, 46. Revenue Exceeds Receipts of 1923. Figures announced from the office of Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton show that the Department of Revenue collected slightly more during the first ten months of 1924 than during the whole of 1923. No definite figures are obtainable on the revenues and expenditures of the State bnt It has been generally ac cepted since the speec hof Secretary of Btate W. N. Everett to the Demo cratic Convention last April that the State ia running behind by at least •1.100.000 a year. FEAT OF COTTON OINNIN6 Remarkable Invention Demonstrated Eefsre Fesron County people. Roxboro.—Twent or more farmers and business men of this town and community witnessed a feat of cotton ginning at the ginnery of G. W. Thom as which probably means as much" to the development of the cotton growing industry in thift county as the Inven tion of. the cotton gin meant to the South as a- whole. J. R. Lummus. who lives a few miles from Roxboro, brought in a load of cottcn weighing 1,270 pounds, which had been pulled burr and all instead of being picked clean In the field. With Mr. Thomas's up-to-date plant, including the new boll breaker and cleaner attachments, this load of bolly cotton netted a bale weighing 318, which sold on the local market at 20 cents. The work was done under the direc tion of Joe T. Banks, experimenter and boll ginning expert from Texas. The farmers who witnessed this novnel process were enthusiastic about it, for it was a clear demonstration that every boll of the late local crop that has cotton In it can be saved'; Baxley Hoada District Union. Fayetteville.—Spurgeon Baxley, of Wilmington, was re-elected president of the Southeastern district of the North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union at the district convention here. Miss Zell Martin, of Maxton, was elected vice-president, Mrs. D. S. Cur rie, of Parkton, superintedent of inter mediate work; Ernest Wilton, of Fay etteville, superintendent of Junior work, and Miss Marjorie Campbell, of Raeford, superintendent of missions and the Tenth Legion. Big Plans For Roaring Gap, Winston-Salem. The corporation which, has undertaken to develop Roaring, Gap as a summer resort will spend a half million dollars in carry ing out their plans, it has been an nounced here. Work on the first unit of a five hundred room hotel will begin at once in order to have it ready for occu pancy next summer. Besides a modern hotel, there will be a lake to be stocked with trout, covering 35 acres; eighteen hole golf course, polo field, etc. Get Automobile and Much Whiskey, High Point.—Prohibition enforce ment officers who made High Point their headquarters returned with * story of the capture of 205 gallons of liquor in an automobile near Mayodan, Rockingham county. Jumping from the car when he saw the officers approaching, the driver escaped In the woods and has not been t apprehended. The liquor is said to have been placed in the rear seat of the auto mobile, a seven-passenger Cadillac. The federal officers said it was one of the biggest raids they have c&rrled out since passage of the Volstead Act. Plans For Play Contests. Chapel Hill—Plans and regulations for the State-wide One-Act Play Con tests to be conducted by the Carolina Dramatic Asaoclatlon, one of the or ganizations fostered by the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina, were announced here at the association's office. The contest will culminate in a dra matic Institute to be held here at the university next April, when the win ners of preliminary contests in the eastern part of the State will compete with the winners of the preliminary contests in the western section of North Carolina. Five separate contests will be con ducted as follows: High school Olubs, college clubs, community clubs, orig* lnal one-act plays by colleges, original one-act plays by high schools. The club winning the state cham pionship in each of the four divistons will be awarded a beautiful and dis tinctive trophy. Will Promote Coastal Routs. Rocky Mount.—A meeting of the N. C. Route 40 association of the South Atlantic Coastal Highway will be held In Wallace at noon Tuesday, December 2, according to announcement mads here by Norman Y. Chambllss, chair man of the association, which has as Its purpose the boosting of the Coastal highway link which traverses North Carolina. Frank M. Miller, of Jacksonville, president of the South Atlantic Coastal Highway Association, and Fred G. Ward, of Brunswick, Ga.. sec retary of the organization, will attend the meeting as principal speakers. Man and Wife Bent to Prisons. Asheville.—J. B. Huntley and his wife, Ella Huntley, were separated without a divorce when tbey were found guilty In Federal Court and sen tenced to separate penitentiaries on a charge of violating the Harrison na tional narcotic law. The husband was given 18 months in the Atlanta Federal prison and the wife goes to a Federal prison or special reformatory for women dope users In Missouri. The Huntleys were arrested by Fed eral officers In the recent clean up ot alleged narcotic ewMlera DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE NEWS OP NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SHORT PARA GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE Rutherfordton. —Contract has been let for the erection of the new $200,- 000 consolidated high school building for this community. "Winston-Salem.—This was the big gest week of season with the auction warehouses. They sold 2.834,319 pounds of tobacco for 741,463.35, an average of *16.16 per hundred. Charlotte —Charles Baudry and son, Jean of Paris, France, .and Mr. and Madame Ernest Klrshner, of Mulhau sen, Asace, a province of France, are Charlotte visitors. They are study ing cotton mill operation in this sec tion. Durham. —Apparently dead, Aaron McKel", colored, was taken to the Lin coln Hospital by Officers King and Brown, as a result of a lick with a brick jgn the head, said to have been thrown by Aleck Young. However, Aaron came around in time. Winston-Salem. —The tax rate for 1924-25 on propertoy in the - city of Winston-Salem will be sl.lO on the one hundred dollars valuation, accord- lng to action taken by the boar dot aldermen. Salisbury.—An infant hygiene nurse has been added to the hfealth depart ment of Rowan county. Miss Mc- Cahkey, formerly operating supervior nurse at the Salisbury hospital, has taken the position and will devote her whole time to. the work. Wilmington.—A five-foot rattlesnake, afterwards found to have a two-pound rabbit In Its stomach, was killed at Wilmington Beach avenue, Wilming ton Beach, by E. W. L. Gilbert, son of C. D. Gilbert, produce merchant. Charlotte. —The loving cup, given by the North Carolina State Dairymen's association for the best achievements in dairy work in any portion of the State, camp back to Mecklenburg for the second year, won by Robert E. Mc- Dowell, of Steel Creek township, own er of the famous Jersey cow. Princess Elsie, and president of the North Car olina Cattle Club. Clinton. —One of the boldest robber ies ever staged in this section took place when the office at the stables and harness shop of Charlie Warren on McKoy street was entered and sev eral hundred dollars in cash, checks Mi nutes were taken from the safe. vThere Is no clue aa to. who was thi burglar. Burlington.—Ralph R. Harder, native of Alamance, died in a hospital in Roanoke, Va., as a result of injuries received In a railroad wreck as engi neer on the Norfolk and Western some time before.'' His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harder, and sister, Mrs. Ruby King, have re turned home from Roanke, where they went upon news of the accident. Rocky Mount. —Arthur Matthews, 18-year-old white man, died while en route to a local hospital as a result of injuries sustained when the auto mobile in which he *ras riding-turned over following collision with a ma chine driven by Claude Capps. —A four-hundred-pound black bear, said to be the largest shot hereabouts for a long time, was killed on Stump Sound Beach and brought to the city to be dressed. Andrew Edens, aged 16, and his father, E. E. Edens ,fired fourteen loads of buck shot before the animal fell dead after a chase across the sound with dogs and guns. Concord. —At a luncheon held here it was announced that $252,300 had been raised for Concord's new hotel. Of this amount more than half was subscribed by raenbars of the execu tive committee. The goal is 1375,000, which will be spent for a modern hotel completely furnished. Charlotte —C. Oscar Garmon, local sheet metal and roofing contractor, was killed near Huntersvllle, 20 miles from an automobile he was driving alone left the road and turned over. He was found still alive by W. T. Bannlsterd, of this city, who picked him up and hurried toward Charlotte with him. Gaston la.—Oastonla has an epidemic of hiccoughs. Local physicians and druggets are authority (or the state ment that within the past two weeks there have been a large number of cases of this strange disease. At least one patient hiccoughed for several lays and was In a very v sej|A*- One physician - •im probably a dosen cases have come un der his observation within the past two weeks. Hickory/—A branch office of the Secretary of State will be opened in Hickory for the purpose of issuing automobile licenses. Heretofore it was necessary for auto owners in Hick ory and this section to go to the Le noir or Morganton office for their tag*. W. M. Busby has been named as gent. Hickory.—E. K Menzles, aged about >B, Federal narcotic inspector and a nember of one of Hickory's most prominent families, was found dead in his room at a hotel in Charleston, W. Va, according to news received by his 'amily here. r ww • —r THE ALAMANCE GTE A NET?. GRAHAM. N. C BIRD FANCIER IS FOUND DEAD IN DINGY ROOM Always Prefcrrzd Feathered Tribe to Society of Humans. Philadelphia.—The Turnings that lire n Fernber avenue knew old Michael Grofchlck as the mun who liked birds better tlinn he did people. He used to say to them: "The birds, the.v are better. Always they are liuppy, but people"—and he would shtug his Whoulders. Thut was the reason Michael lived among the birds. a wife, never a friend lived with him. But the three rooms of his little house—it looks like a bird cage itself—were piled with crates In which Michael kept the canaries he raised for the pet storps. Recently the neighbors found Mi chael dead In the second story room of t(7e house. From a hundred cages Tha Body Was Sprawltd on tho Floor. lined against the wall canaries wers chattering—possibly because they hadn't had breakfast yet. Sprawled on Door. Michael's heart had ceased beating ns he was on his way to open the win dow. The body was sprawled on the floor midway between the bed and the smudgy panes of glass. It was little the police found In the house except supplies for the bird* There were 500 canaries at least, and grain enough for them. But on the first floor, aside from the cages, there were only a table, a cabinet, a chair a chronio of the ascenAon and a row of blue ribbons that Michael's birds hnd won him. In the second floor room was a bed with a tottered comforter and lUO more cages. The attic was lined with, crates. That was all. On the downstairs table was a loaf of bread and a package of coffee, the only food In the house. Michael didn't spend much on his table, the neigh bors confided. It all went to the birds. Good Samaritan Aids Jailbird»; Home Looted Milwaukee. —Olenn Henry's abiding faith In the basic goodness of man kind has been sortrely Jolted. Mr. Henry, who In business hours Is credit manager of the Wisconsin Credit Clothing company, spends his leisure hours doing good to his needy brothers, making a specialty of aaslst lng those whose errors have landed them In Jail. Last week be obtained the release on parole of a house of correction prisoner, took the man to his home, and helped him with carfare nnd sug gestions in bunting a Job. Hla pro tege brought in a friend, who also needed help In getting started back on the straight path. The newcom er yas also provided with temporary sleeping and eating quarters In the Henr 1 home. At night when Mr. Henry returned after a few hours' absence, he found his welfare workers absent. So were a violin, a gun. a traveling bag and numerous other articles which had not been nailed down. The missing ar ticles are worth about $75, he told police. Thief Accepte ft Loot San Francis*.—"Give me that purse." demanded the uncouth strang er who apptoached Mm. Kugenla f. Karly at Colby and Bactm streets re cently. "I will not," responded Mrs. Karly In a very decided tone of voice. •X* dollar. IN enough for you." The ,:he dollar and meekly went hla way. Fin da Needle in Hand AdHmn. Mass.—Mlsa Amy Fuller of Sa\l>y had a needle removed from tlie palm of one hand by Dr. A. Desroch em. after having suffered for some time. She does n»t know when she picked up the needle, but believes It was some time ago. An Incision was mude which disclosed the needle. Kill* Heron Franklin. Ky.->-Jumes Roark of the Providence country- recently shot and killed a snow-white heron which was 4 feet and 4 Inches In height, meas ured 4 feet and 9 Inches from tip to tip and weighed only two pounds. The bird Is a astir* of the Florida coasts. "Prmmi^^"peoFple J. L. McConaughy New Head of Wesleyan Dr. James Lukens McConaughy, ' president of Knox college, at Oales has been selected a meet trustees In New York as the eleventh president, of Wesleyan uni verslty at Mlddletown, Conn., the sec- f s| § 'M&M ond layman to be head of the Institu tion. He -la thirty-seven years old— ■ ?«Bj and celebrated his birthday by assuin lng his new responsibilities. - " 1 A native of New York city, Doctor mIW McConaughy Is a Yale graduate of '()() V }JmIW He took advanced work at Bowdoln I S Ifc w r^w nnd at Dartmouth and obtained his |£,V' \ ■ : *V doctorate at Columbia In 1013. He ytfe'SL' \ succeeds, as head of Wesleyan. the late WjJre* J--X Doctot William Arnold Shanklln, who \wm ■ resigned In September of last year * / ' and wns president emeritus until hi? recent death. Immediately after his graduation from Yale, Doctor McConaughy Joined the faculties of English and education at Bowdoln, resigning In 1915 to be- come professor of education at Dartmouth. He became president of Knox col lege In 1015, serving, at the same time, as professor of education. He pub lished a book on the school drama In 1913. Dr. David O. Downey, president of the Wesleyan trustees, In announcing the board's choice, said of the new university's head: "He Is, first of all, a man of outstanding and forthright Christian charac ter.' He believes that Christian character Is the cornerstone of successful life. Sympathetic with the practical'ldealism of New England, he Is pre-eminently qualified to keep Wesleyan In the front rank of the small New England col leges." Walker Takes Charge of Panama Canal Col. M. L. Walker, Corps of En jjineers, U. S. A. (portrait herewith), has been appointed by President Cool- Idge governor of the Panama Canal B Zone to succeed Col. Jay J, Morrow, who has been connected with the Pan ama canal since 1916 and resigns to go Wk-, | Into the enlgneerlng business In New JHIM ''wjlk Vnrk Walker has been en /I glneer of maintenance of the canal SjBSfB ' ' V 1 since June, 1021. lie has liad a long ...Jfw&y and distinguished service in the Corps " '%mkS of Engineers, United States army, - i Jl since his graduation from the Military academy In 1893. Col. Harry Burgess, Corps of Engineers, will take the place of Colonel Walker. In the appointment of Colonel Walker the government continues the practice placing the I of the canal In the hands of army en gineers trained for the poat In long | duty as englneera of maintenance un der the governor. Oeneral Goethals, builder of the 'canal and Ita first governor, was succeeded by the man he had trained, Uen. Cheater Harding, and .he retiring Incumbent was long under Governor Harding. He now passes the office onto the engineer who has been closely Identified with him In the work, Colonel Walker. The Panama canal Is also a tremendous business concern Involving, be sides the canal proper, a railroad, repair shops, dry docks, piers, coal, oil and general supply to shipping, and numeroua other operations, with the addition of the civil government of the Canal Zone. Julius Rosenwald to Take Things Easy Julius Rosenwald (portrait here- with) baa decided to take life a little easier. The noted Chicago phllanthro plst baa resigned as prealdent of the ajk big mall order house of which he baa been the driving force for 25 years. He will, however, remain In close touch It* affair*, as chairman Mj the An Interesting feature the change I* the fact that Mr. Itosenwald la sue- ? ] !wfSSm Wfg&tf ceeded by Charles ft}. Kittle, senior rice president of the Illinois Central V*W V r railroad. Mr. Klttle'a rise to the pre*- f ldency of a great commercial house reads like a romance. It Is snother ' Illustration of courage and ambition /L winning s prominent place In the busl neas world. At fifteen years he was a water boy on a railroad, and at seven- iH teen he wss telegraph operator. Then In the following order he became cash- ■ ler, chief clerk, superintendent of claims, assistant to the vice president and, finally, vice president of the Illinois Central railroad. During the wat he waa general manager of the I. C. lines snd three other roads. In 1921 he married Miss Jane Dabney, 221 East Walton place. Mr. KUUe is forty-four years old. Julius Rosenwsld wss born In 1862 at Springfield, 111., and began his busi ness csreer with s wholesale clothing concern In New Tork. His benefactions totsl several millions. Persistence, Thy Name Is Sir Thomas Persistence, thy name la Sir Thomas Upton! He's after Amer cup again—for the He's going Shamrock V and hopes the race will be sailed In 1926. And the genial old Irish yachtsman Is ' * _* 'way owr seventy—why, he paid his to America In an Immigrant yr? ' ship more than fifty-five years ago! T*' - t ®f Sir Thorn a* this time came over on y \ ly the Leviathan—which Is some differ , ence. The veteran yachtsmap. with a % ' complexion like a schoolgirl and 1 as chipper as a cricket, was given a nolay T-L and demonstrative welcome to New York. ~J am t0 ma |j e a said Sir Thomaa. "A committee of International yacht experts are now meeting In London to determine the sice, requirements, etc., of the boats H that will participate, and when they are through and I receive their flnd- Ings I will decide on the type of boat, md early next year I will make the formal announcement of my Intention of sending a yacht to America to enter the race for the America's cup. I expect the race will be aalled In 1920. I am still In the racing game. I did a lot of racing and sailing last summer In the waters off the coast of England sad frames. I Will be ready sod I have a feeling that I will lift the CUB." WEAK, RUN DOWN AFTER SICKNESS Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound Made Mrs. Dube Well and Strong E. Hartford, Conn.—"After a wtm sickness I was so weak that I could not llllllilllllllllimill l do my housework,so tlllllMlilUlilllllll «ny mother told me UHMU to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- V, , ble Compound. The ■ firstbottlebelpedme m 4P4H 80 much that I took W ? :i ' faH six more bottles and llh "m all] felt fine. I have just P ven birth to a nice 11111 l oaby girl and am ■ Hjjj feeding and 1 i -jßßHfrom the way I felt before. I am taking the Vegetable Compound right along while nursing. The babv seems to be in good health, and my friends say they see a big change for the better in "—Mrs. Euqenb Dube, 69 Wood bridge Street, East Hartford, Connecticut. The Vegetable Compound la a splendid medicine to bring back health and, strength. Many mothers have found this true, as did Mrs. Dube. Ask some of your neighbors and friends, for there are women everywhere who know by experience the value of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Write to Lydia E. Pmkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, for a free copy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text-Book upon " Ailments Peculiar to Women." ■Ua-W TaSRBH™" HAIR BALSAM |raF*j| ««ni?n p*nnru tj' P« I lix "■lull W&TMdfSillMi t. HINDERCORNB >«. o« a* {■MM. f - «•£• all palm, eseurea nafortW IM CuticuraSoap la Pure and Sweet Ideal for Children He Didn't Understand "I want something Il«»uierlc," de clared the music publisher. "Thut's simple, I can easily turn you out something about home und mother." DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Crose- Hat Been Proved Safe by Million* Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 28 years. Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. Imitations may prove dangerous.—Adv. Very Near GooU—"la he a close friend of yours?" Better—"l'd say so. Too blooming close." Hall*s Catarrh Medicine rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. IM dngghtt /far arm 4t yman W. J. CHENEY &. CO- Toledo, Ohio Seeing Darkly - Samuel (lumpers objected, at a ban quet In Washington, to the "vision" that a fellow banqueter attributed to the Soviet leaders. "Vision!" he said. "Well, the vision of those fellows Is just about equal to Blank's. "Blank, you know, visited an ocu list to have his eyes tested. The ocu list tried him on all his biggest charts, but he couldn't make out a single let ter. So, In desperation, the oculist dashed off to the kitchen and came buck with the lid of a wash boiler. " 'Here,' he said, holding the lid be fore Blank. 'Can you see this?' "'I sure cnn,' said Blank. 'lt's either a quarter or a half dollar.'" No matter how good a brain a man has, there are problems that tax It to the utmost. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION rV'xwBHE/ uEjZS-2| Hot water,*. Sure Relief- Bell-ans 254 AND 75t MCKAGES EVERYWHERE SORE EYES Eye Lotitm nllna ud cam ion aad manned eyes la M to S hour*. Help* the mt tM. cam altboal Hla An* yoardrtirjrutor dealer for SAf.TKR'S. Daly from Oaform DUpenaary. P. O. Bo* ISI. Atlanta, fia. rAItN lo Booklet rasa. rimnwif,ma.»»aiiiin ac Half aad Half Cotton Hh4 of hlsbeat qui- Ujr, noted for early maturity, large bulla and extra high llntlnc percentage. Seed from drat picking. Rhodea Bros.. Huron, Tna BE VOIR OWN KOKSK DOCTOR—Sava veterinary bllia. Complete course by malL Farm Science Institute. Orangeburg, S. Ct girls Earn Xmas Money Wrin'w Hieak »r**i CIH tan teak Sd fct Id a at. NoweA laaftm. » hUa. au amWKTWt.lnMa.il. \

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