OIL IN ROAD WORK.
EXPERT BELIEVES IT EXCELLENT FOR
HARDENING SANDY HIGHWAYS.
ONt la Aboat One-third That af
: Macadam, or fl.SOQ Per Mile, Bay
Kaaaaa Professor Several Practical
VMta Hade.
"Boadmaklog wlU oil I believe to
be a commercial success, which will In
tun be generally adopted In Improv
ing the sandy roads of the state."
This is the opinion Professor Albert
Dickens of the Kansas State Agricul
tural college, the man who for the past
year has been assigned ttbe work of
expending the $2,500 appropriated by
the last legislature for the purpose of
experimenting In oil roodmaklng, gave
the Topeka Journal.
"The coat of oiling a sandy road,"
Mid Profttsor Dickens while the guest
of F. D. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, "will be about
(1200 a mile. Some roads will cost
more than others. This is only about
one-third the cost of macadam and
where stone is not plentiful Is much
less than a third.
"We have constructed oil roadways
In four different parts of the state.
Our most extensive experiment was
sear Garden City, where we oiled a
little over a mile of rood. The sandy
soil absorbed vast quantities of oil.
Four carloads were put into the road
way with a sprinkling cart. At Hutch
inson we made nearly a mile of oil
road, and we built short stretches at
Manhnttan and Mnple II11I.
"Whether the oil in the roadways
will hnve to be renewed remains to be
seen. Of courj there are certain por
tions of the oil which are volatile and
will pass off into the air. But we use
for this oiling only the reavy residuum
oil left after the kerosene and gasoline
have been extracted. This oil Is thick
and heavy and works better than 1:n
oil.
"Up at Manhattan the people who
own fast horses were so well pleased
with the oil road that they have oiled
the rnee track and claim that It makes
their track one of llie best In the state.
"Out at (Janien City, where the sand
is probably as heavy as any place In
the state, the oil experiments are'
watched with the greatest interest.
The whole of western Kansas will be
benefited greatly if the oil road comes
into general use. There Is a rich
farming country tributary to Garden
City, which is at times almost cut off
from the t6wn because of the heavy
sand in the roads. The roads are so
bad that a horse cannot haul more
than ten bushels of wheat at n load.
"The farmers living near Garden
City and the merchants In the town
are talking of oiling the main roads
leading to this tributary country, so
that the farmers can come Into town
regardless of the sand.
"We have found that narrow tired
wagons cut up the road badly after it
has been oiled, while the wide tired
wagons tend to make It more solid and
firm. This Is of course true to a great
extent of the effect of the tires on ordi
nary roads."
It Is likely that the next legislature
will be asked to continue the appropri
ation for oil road experiments In order
that tests may be made in other por
tions of the state and establish fully
the practicability of this method of
good roads making.
CALL FOR NATIONAL ROAD.
Appenl to Have Fnmoa Highway
Rebuilt by the Government.
The National Good Bonds associa
tion, with headquarters In St. Louis,
has sent out the following appeal to
motorists, says the New York Ameri
can: "The National Good Bonds associa
tion is a powerful force for good, and
Its work Is accomplishing results in all
parts of the United States. It Is en
gaged in many things that will bene
fit the people. One of the great
schemes It has In mind and which It
hag set about to accomplish Is the re
pair and rebuilding of the great na
tional road across Maryland, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia, Ohio and Indi
ana. "That memorable road was Intended
to be one of the highways between the
east and the west before railroads were
known. It w.is built at great expense, !
costing the federal government over
17,000,000, and during the early days
was a famous highway over which .
thousands traveled every week. When
railroads came Into existence the na-
tional road was neglected, and today
It Is only a skeleton of what it once
was. i
"It Is proposed to rebuild It, and the
National Good Roadq association bag
undertaken to have It done by the gov-,
eminent. The length of the road la
about 700 miles, mid It can be rebuilt
for less than $7,000,000. That i about
the cost of one good battleship, and wt
are building lots of them. The appro
priation of that sum to make this old
road across five states would do as
much good as the average battleship,
for nqt one such ship In ten will ever
get In a fight. Then when the old road
has been put In good shape to the Mis
sissippi river It may be that the price
of about three other battleships will be
set aside to build the road to the Pa
cific coast I
"One first class continuous highway
across the continent would be a great
thing. Many a traveler would spend
two or three months going and com
ing by team, bicycle, automobile oi
otherwise. It would be easy for the
nation to do a thing like this.
"In 1005 150.000 Americans visited
Europe and for the privilege of going
orer the first class European roads paid
over saoo.oou.uoo." ;
AN ORANGE GRCVE.
Hodera Methods In Cultivating; the
Void of the Orchard.
You are certainly entitled to look
through that wire fence und see all that
constitutes an orange orchard. There
are 200 round headed trees, about
twelve feet In diameter. The fruit
looks immensely as If It bad been arti
ficially put in place. Beally those
would pass for 200 Christmas trees.
Does nature do this sort of work any
where else? You forget the cherry trees
In your northern orchard. You have be
come so familiar with the scarlet glob
ules that bang all over those trees,
with orioles and robins shouting ap
proval, and tanagers with Indigo birds
sitting In the apple tree overhead, that
yon cannot fully see and appreciate the
charm. But you certainly have not for
gotten the glory of a Mcintosh red ap
ple tree In October or Indeed a whole
orchard of ripe Northern Spies, Spltzen
burgs and Kings. Yet the orange has a
glory all Its own. It Is the gold of the
orchard. You thought the trees grew In
groves, "but here they are In long, reg
ular rows." That was a word borrow
ed from the wild oranges that In Span
ish doy9 came up where they might
and were seldom transplanted. They
grew as those wild persimmons grow
at the edge of the orchard or as pines
and maples grow. But your modern
orange trees are grown In long rows to
be cultivated with plows and horses.
The renl' orange tree should stand
about twenty-five or thirty feet high,
with n trunk of five or six Inches. Its
foliage Is (nse and a rich green. It is
n gran 1 tree to sit beneath at midday
and r--'n the Juiees of the fruit instead
of v-'"'-tt is distilled perfectly. But
11;-" Iviot nrc round and low headed,
nnl on" must stoop to get beneath
tho-:i. They are made of the grafter
shoots that came up around the old
trees after tho freeze. They are more
conven'rnt to sway, to protect from
the Wizznrd. while tbe fruit Is more
easily gathered. Ton can walk nil
about that orchard and reach half the
fruit witlnut a ladder. Tt is n good 11
luetrntfen of how good sometimes
oornrj out of evil.
"Different shapes!" To be sure.
There are. 'twite as many varieties of
orai:?"s In this onward as there are of
apples or plums in most of your north
ern orchards fifteen ' or twenty, at
leapt. The grower knows them nil by
naive and enn tell tnem all by the
sh ipe and the !iin!ity. Tie does not go
at random and pick an- fine big orange
for his own rating, but he takes his
selection-the King, or the TTomosasa,
or the .TafTa, or the Ruby, or Tarson
Brown, or Sntsmna. or possibly the
tangerine. He fills his pocket with se
lected varieties and then goes to that
pine g-ove over then- and peels them
as he lunches. It is very much as we
do with our pippins, and Swanrs, and
Princess Louise, and Jllllflowers. In
dependent. RiMHlau I'nthrift.
A condition of general uuthrif t among
the peasants hi one of the most striking
leuiiuea ul' Russian country life. Ev
ery Biruufcvr passing tne frontier be
tween ilia i country uuii Germany is
bli'utik i,y lue marked change in this
rc-vcei s.u.cu he uucuufaicrs up to the
very Iwuuuai y line uiiu which the geo-t'dplin-ai
i'j..uou uoes not ut all uc-c-ouiii
lor. i iK.-1-e id Uo gradual change
ui Lppcuruiu-e ol tue face of the
cuuuu'3' or lue people from compara
tive prosperity to exireme poverty, but
a suuucu aiuercuce in tue conditions
uiuiiwc-o by ijmiiy dissimilar methods
of cuiiivuuou, .iv.eiiiuj;s und habits of
tlinit. iAerylh.ug ou the German side
indicates i-urt-iui cuilivuliou and Indus
try, wUne i-iuu the liusaiun side the
fields show bud tillage und neglect,
squalid houses, inferior und uucured
lor stock uud tools und implements ly
ing in the lields exposed to the weath
er. Herbert II. 1). I'eirce In Atluntic.
An Old UuicliHh Cnotont.
The nomination of sheriffs according
to the present mode dates from 1401.
The "shire reeve" wus first appointed
by Alfred the Great tj assist the alder- j
men uud the bishop in the dischurge of '
their judicial functions in the conn-
tics. In Edward lll.'s reign it was en-1
ucieu turn mey suouiu be oruuineu on
the morrow of All Souls by the chan
cellor, treasurer uud chief baron of the
exchequer." The only instance of a fe
male sheriff Is that of Anne, countess
of Pembroke, who on the death of her
father, the Earl of Cumberland, with
out male heirs in 1043, succeeded to the
office In Westmorland and attended the
Judges to Appleby.
Homelr Voltaire.
Voltaire wus the ugliest man of bis
age. Emaciuted to a skeleton, all the
features of his countenance were exag
gerated. His nose and chin nearly met
from the luck of teeth; his cheeks were
sunken and wrinkled, his eyes set so
far back in his bead and so obscured
by shaggy, overhanging brows as to be
almost invisible. He usually wore a
large wig, from the midst of which his
attenuated features peeped out with
comical effect. For years before he
died bis weight did not exceed ninety
pounds.
Nothing; More to Do.
Hubby I dou't see why you shouldn't
exert yourself to make me happy. WIfey
Why, of all things! You know you
told me when I accepted you that I bad
made you the happiest man on. earth.
What Is the use of my trying to I ap
prove ou tint?
Different.
"She told me In confidence that the
way he makes love is absurd."
"Yes, but the way be makes money
Isn't." Puck.
People whose reputation depend upos
their clothes have to keep dresseu up
nil tho tiiu.
Relieve Headache
Almost instantly and leave no bad effect.
They also relieve every other pain, Neural
gia, Rheumatic Pain, , Sciatica, Backache,.,
Stomach ache, Ague Pains, Pains fromIn
jury, Bearing-down pains, Indigestion, Diz
ziness, Nervousness and Sleeplessness.
1
By taking one or two Dr. MflV Anti-Pain
Pills when-you feel an attack coming on.
You not only avoid suffering, but the weak
ening influence of pain upon the system. If
nervous, irritable and cannot sleep take a
tablet on retiring or when you awaken.
This soothing influence upon the nerves
brings refreshing sleep.
25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
I HOT WEATHER
1 Suggests Cool Tilings!
A lare lii.e of Refrigerators, a!! the bet knewn brands,
just lece iveJ.
R.;ng;s, the celebrated Favorite ani Majestic, none bet
terlarge stock oi hail A range makes hot
weather cooking a pleasure instead of a drudgery.
Mattings, Curtains and other 00! weather necessities in
abundance.
Our line of Chairs, Peckers, Chiffoniers, Dining Tables,
Sideboards, Eeds, Dressers, Hall Racks, Parlor.and
Bed Room Suites, Cnina Closets, etc., simply can
not be duplicated for the price anywhere. Re
rr.tmber we have everything in the house-furnishing
lire and that we ppay freight to Asheboro on
p Lichajes of J25.CO and over.
Always glad to see you.-
Peoples House Furnishing- Co.,
8 Eig Stoics South Main St. High Feint, N. C
THE NORTH CAROLINA
Stale Normal and
Industrial College.
Regular course leading to degii.e of ISachelnr i i Pedagogy, Haohehir of
Art", I Vlnr of Sei.'tic.' and a new course leudi' g I the H.,tcli.'Ur (,f Mii-ie.
Roan), laundry, tuition him fet's for u-e of lex: t.ioks, etc, $170 a vear.
For fret.-ii-jijun Indents .$12!).
The Noimil. Dki'iiii mkst give thorough instriu-ti .n in thesulj -ts taught in
the soIioitU a'icl I'olleB' S and snei.il pedag' igicitl training for the profession of
teaching TKAC1IKH.S and (lliADUATES of other tolliges are offered a one
year spt-cial course iu Pedagogy and allied subjHts.
'IllK OJIMKHCIW. Deiwhtmknt olTers practical invniotiou in Stenography.
Typewriting. Itook-keep nif and other buiness subji .:-.
Tub Dri'ahtmkxth ok Mancal Arts and Domestic S. iksce provide instruction
in Manual Training and iu such subjects ah relate directly to the home and family.
The .Mine DEPMiTaKST, n addition to the degree cnurae offers a cert i limit
ciir'e in vocal and instrumental music
To secwe lioard in the dormitories, all free tuiti"ii applications should he ma le
lefore .li.ly loth. The Fall teim opens September IK 11)07.
For catalogue and other informal ion, address
J. L F0UST, President, Greensboro, N. C.
HANDSOME SUITS,
Also Sideboards, Combination Book Cases, etc., etc.
Only exclusive furniture store in Asheboro.
0. R. FOX, Successor to Kearns & Fox
Ask About Our
turn
i
Dr. Miles
Anti-Pain Pill
Relieve
Pain Quickly
$11.00 TO $100.00
Premium Offer.
For Good Sound
DOGWOOD.
WE WILL PAY
$15.00
PER CORD.
LOADED ON THE CARS;
$7.00
PR CORD IFOR MAPLE,
4 ft. longf, 7 inches and up;
HICKORY,
$10.00 per Cord.
H. B. WORTH, Treas.
Greensboro, N. C.
UNIVERSITY
NORTH CAROLINA.
1789-1907.
Head of the State's Educational
System.
DEPARTMENTS:
(u.i ):.;;;, tiianiw ; i:, mkmcixf:,
l.NCilNKI-.IUNc;, LAW, 1'IUIiMACV.
I." -rury -f ntu'n l.l.f (') vommes New wa
ter urrr. -ric :it;l:i, cmtra! lieiitii
VM"!. IV l!n-ih.t"i"i, pvtutlaKiuill,
V '. A l.-.iiuing Jilrary.
' STl I1,NTS. M , v PAC I1.TV.
The Kali term begins
Mept.'J.lilOU. Address
F KAN CIS P. V ENABLE,
PRESIDENT.
HAI'EI, HILL, x KTH CAROLINA
READ THIS!
If y'ii ure a hnsinesn man or occHpytnc a
r father, whn must furnish your, hnine unrt
family with a piano, the miioKitioii K'iven
low attonls Vftu the iiMortuuity to snve mntieT
and )uy peuter value than any other fianci
iironoMtton ever nas or ever win. mi homh
sHOI'LIi BK WITHOUT A 1'IAMi nuisic irivw
inure real haMiie than anything else iu the
world that inoncv "in nuv. ana our "cluti oner"
saves YuiiouoUKh in the vri hne of un instru
ment t e ucatc vour tuimlv in music, hut vou
must uct inckly- -only one Iniiirni in th cluhcl
JOIN THE CI. I H in case ot death your heirs
lire haniled a KKCKJKT IV FULL KuK ANY
AMOUNT YliU MAY OWE I'S. It a fair prop
osttion nial a safeguard to keep the piunn in the
home. $37 T(. CLUH MKMKKKS FOK THK
NEW SCALE MOO LUDbKN & BATES-ptnol
and wjirf free. Pay all cash or $10 cash and $S
per month with interest. Mention this paper iu
writing for full particulars. I Hi it today. The
tn'st museums m the South recommend this
piano.
Ludden & Batss S. n. n
Savannah, Ga.
927 lb.
MAMMOTH
BLACK HOG
I introduced this famous
breed to my patrons.
Sold J. L. Guyer, Wall
burg, Davidson County, N.
C, one and when dressed
it weighed 927 pounds net.
Will fatten at any age.
I also htve very fine Po
land China. Near 100 pigs
on hand to select from.
Address
JOHN A. YOUNG,
Greensboro Nurseries,
Greensboro, N. C.
You Strike
LUCK
In Groceries
If you come to the Ross builning
to furnish your table. I carry a
fresh line of staple and fancy
groceries, tableware, crockery,
tinware and large line of notions-
See me at once.
Yours for business,
A. J. LUCK,
Ross Building. Asheboro
is a soothing, healing balm containing
no drugs having a narcotic effect. It
RELIEVES
quickly and- soothes the congested
membranes and thoroughly heals and
cleanses. , Valuable not only for
CATARRH
but relieves colds, throat troubles
hay fever, "stopped-np" nose, etc
"W Guarantee Satisfaction.
Buy a 50 cent tube of KoSENA, from
ASLJEBOKO DEUG CO.,
and pet your money back if not satisfied.
,iir :n!e ''r.'re and Booklet bv mail loc
BROWN MF'C. CO.,
-,. i.si.1., rkj. Or, .n.villo.Teoo
3AYE VOU
A PAIR OF TONGS ?
'"" M' I l-r( r prt a iinr i tonssl
l-air ul kIuhv-? WIiv ait for
f in nn:lM !ihi, ymi ran m-ii.I to me
fur i'truc-tii.iiv v;t j,, v,,nr oasyi
cumr aim examine vuur ro at home
REMEMBER!
krlealHches. Tain in the Head ni.d lotH
'ol other HilinentK cnirif ftmii tlie eyea.i
1 will lip mo.ie than lad to tell you
jvoiir irovi.its witiidiit Hny rliarge.
riue uiiiay. .iu wojk pnarantoed.
Reference: Eai.k of Montgomery.
Adilrf- dr. d. Mcdonald.
TROY. K. C.
TO PUBLISHERS
AND PRINTERS
We inuiHifa?iure tile very highest rrada cf
Tyjie, I!ras Uule in Strijw, Bra- Col
umn Idilen, UrasK !,nlior Savit.g Rule,
Hravs Ciides, I'.iasK Iaiiers. Itraas
Hound Cnrnei. P. dink .ead and lugs,
Brass (lallevs Metal orders, lead Metal
Furniture, Leads and Slujzs Metal Lead
em, Spore" and (,'iiadH 1 to 4. jioint,
Metal Quoins, Ktc, Eki., Et., Elc.
Old column rules j-efac- (1 und made aa goo
as iH a: a small cost.
Please remeiiilier tli.it we are not in anv
Trut or oin l.inat ion and ar sure that we
can mate it greatly to yot.r advantage to
deal wi'.h us..
. cojiy of our fatal' pie will lie cheerfully
furnished on a jilii:ati( n.
Philadelphia Printers
Supplu Companu,
Manufacturers of TYPE and
Hijrh Grade PRINTING
MATERIAL
Trc )r I'oun Type Foundry.
39 North 9th St. PHILADELPHIA
THE SViOST7.
Acceptahle Oift that pan lie 1kow
ed upon a child at anytime, the one
which carrion with it every blessing
contained in a token of love and
friendship in unqneKt ionoblv a NEW
SCALE $-100 LUDDEN A" ATES
PIANO to dub members at $287.
This gift doott uol only confer upon a
child it own Oemlita. but the pleas
ure and happiness of the whole family
from having music iu the home. Our
eight hundred club niendiers who
joined our clus, unit in praise of the
LUDDEN & ATES PIANO, and
appreciate their saving of nearly a
hundred and twenty-five dollars each.
ihe club price of $287 oau be paid
in cash or on monthly, quarterly or
yearlv terms. Hookltt No. 42 will
explain our club plmi, ai d we will
writevon fullv alniut our "OUARAN
TEE FOR A" LIFETIME," and our
"FliEE LIFE INdi;PAN'CE"-we
do not collect from widows and or
phans, give them a reo ipt in full in
rase of death of parent joining the
club, now forming. Write today for
ooklet No. i2.
Ludden & Bates S. M. H.
.Savannah, a.