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27 fr BOYS AND GOOD ROADS The Act Creating, and Working Rule of Boys Brigade of Road Patrol of North Carolina. As a matter of general interc.-t we print t'c act authorizing the Board of Agriculture to organize the Hoys' Road Patrol and to appropriate funds for maintaining the same and for im proving the public roads of North Car olina, The Act. The General Assembly ef North Car olina do enact: f.l. That the Board of Agricul ture is hereby charged with the duty of organizing a brigade of school boys in this state to be called the Boys" Road Patrol, and to be composed of boys who attend the rural publ bchools of the state. Sec. 2. The duties of such patrol I be to look after the maintenance the stretch of road indigenous to cju member of the patrol, dragging and ditching same by the use of tnachir erv placed in the care of the patrol b the state and county in such manner as the Board of Agriculture shall di rect. See. That the said Board of Ag riculture is especially authorized and empowered and directed to devise, or- l-iinize and adopt all such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effectually carrying out the purposes of this act: may award suitable prizes and pay all such expenses of success ful competitor and others engaged in attendance upon meetings and other purposes. Sec. 4. That all money for the car rying out of this act shall be procured by the counties themselves in co-operation w ith the Department of Agri culture. Sec. 5. That said brigade shall not be organized in any county until the commissioners of said county set apart r.nd appropriate not les:. than $100.00 for the purpose of this act to be spent in said county by the Board of Agriculture. Sec. 6. That the commissioners of the counties of North Carolina are empowered to make donation annually out of the county funds for the pur poses of its act. Working Rules of Hots Bripade of Road Patrol of North Carolina. The following rules embody the working principles of the road work ing principles of the road patrol pro vided by act of Legislature of 1915. Rules 1. Every applicant for a Patrol eection of roads shall make applica tion on blanks furnished by Officer of Brigade of Patrol Department of Ag riculture, Raleiph, X. C. 2. No boy under sixteen ycrrs of ape shall apply, unless otherwise or dered by the local board of judges. 3. No Patrol section shall be over one mile long. 4. Report of work on Patrol sec tions must be made out the dey the work is done. 5. Report of all work done on pa trol section shall be put in hands of teacher of local district school at close of each month during school months. During intervening three months, the report shall be sent to the county superintendent of education. 6. All prizes for best patrol sec tion in each district shall be decided by a local committee of judges who t-hall be appointed by a county board of Road Patrol composed of the coun ty superintendent of education, coun ty demonstrating agent, chairman of county commissioners, chairman of county board of road supervisors, if any, and county engineer, if any. 7. Prizes may be awarded at coun ty commencements, farmers' institutes or at convenient timet during term of district school at staled times each six months, times for awarding prize? being announced six months before hand in each case. 8. The th'-ee members of the Pa trol in each county who have made the most improvement in their stretch of road decided by the County Board of Tatrol shall he given a free trip in the annual roundup of the Brigade Patrol held at Raleigh each year at the same time and place as the Farm ers' Convention and Corn Clubs. 0. Each member of the Patrol shall make his own road drag or ditch er, the iron edge of same, nails and bolts and plan for making drag to be provided by the office of the Brigadr Patrol, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. Each member of Pa trol shall also provide himself with a square white flag mounted on pole to be placed at one end of his Patrol sec tion while dragging:. 10. Each member of the Patrol shall receive 10c. per hour for himself, and in addition 25c per hour lor team of two horses. 35c, per hour for three horses, 12c. per hour for one horse. 11. This money shall be paid on or dor of Cauntv Superintendent of Edu cation on office of Brigade of Patrols, Agricultural Department, Kaieign, in C. 12. Road must be dragged' as early as possible after rain and according . to the rules issued by office of Public Roads, Washington, which shall be furnished to each wmbec of the Pa ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Onion flavor in Milk. In 54 fpw i'.ivs more the dairymen of the State will be seriously incon venienced by the presence of an onion flavor in the milk. Specially is this true says Mr. Eatman, of the foot hill repion, because wild onions prow verv abundantly there and it is prac tically impossible for the cows not to eat them. The flavor from the onions irraduallv disappears after the cows have been taken from the pastures about four or five hours, hen the cows are fed about two pounds of molasses with the regular feed, the flavor is also reduced but not entirely controlled. With a view to eliminating the flavor entirely, Mr. Eaton is conduct ing a series of experiments at the Pender County Test Farm. These ex periments consist of various methods of handlinp the milk and of feeding the cows. Anyone interested in the rpsu Its of these tests shoud write to the Office of Dairy Experimentation, West Raleigh, N. C, tor tne results. For the larger creameries, a bulle tin recently issued by the United States Department of Agriculture will be of value. Cheese Factories Established. For the past seven or eight months. Air. Farnham. of the Experiment Sta tion staff, has been at work in the western section of the State trying tr. develon some method of taking caic of the extra milk produced in that sec tion. The cool caves and the abund ant pasturage for the cows make it an ideal section for the production of cheese and as a result of the time and attettion given this project, the farm ers of that section have estr.oiisneti a cheese factory at Cove Creek in Watauga county. Near by in Ashe county another is in course of con struction. SPLENDID FOR RHEUMATISM I think Chamberlain's Lbiment is t snlondid for rheumatism," writes Mrs. Dunburg. Eldridge. N. Y. "It has been used by myself r.nd othei members of my family time ar.d time rp-ain durins the nr.st six years and has always given the best of satisfac tion. I no quiCK reiiei ir p. mi Chamberlain's Liniment affords is alone worth many times the pnee. For sale by a'l dealers. MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEWS From the Montgomerian. The two Green negroes, brothers to the one that was killed at Candor a few days ago, that were brought to iail for resisting officers at Candor. o !. oi-t on bond this week. Their father secured the bond with a mort gage. Mr. John E. Corkran, of Williams burg, Md., and Miss Ethel Lisk, of Troy, were married at Mt. Gilead by Rev. O. P. Campbell on last Friday. Mr. Corkran is a business man of Maryland. Mrs. Corkran is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lisk, who ive near Troy. They will make then- home in Maryland. Mr. Urias T. Hight and Miss Dora Smith, of near Candor", were married bv Rev. Geo. T. Simmons at Candor on Sunday, April 11. Mr. W. G. Kellv and Mrs. Sisily Greene were married last Sunday by F.sn. L. R. Lisk. Mr. Kelly was di vorced by his former wife on Monday of last week and married the other wife within six days after his former wife procured divorce. Two negroes were lodged in jail last week for breaking into Mr. Ira Freeman's store at Asbury and Uiking a quantity of goods. The officers had to give good chases to catch them.but after beine caught and tried before ustice Lisk one of them admitted he did the robbing. They will await trial at the July term of court. WHOOPING COUGH oTnii nucn'nnt Unnuii the effect of Pine Forests on Coughs. Dr. Bell's Pine Tar-Honey is a remedy which K-in-e milr relief for Whooping Cough, loosens tne mucous, ewura n l : r tl. th-not niul 1, mod ule lining ui mc and makes the coughing spells less severe. A family with growing chil dren should not be without it. Keep it handy for all Coughs ana oicis 25c. at your Druggist. Pour hundred women are to be em- nloved in Glasgow, Scotland, as street car conductors, to take the place of men who have enlisted in the army. The experiment of employing a dozen ; this ronnritv was first tried and proved satisfactory. trol. 13. The stretches of road patrol in each district shall be under the gen eral supervision of the judges of that district. 14. The duties of the County Board of Patrol shall be that of general su-Dei-vision over the patrols of the en tire county, deciding questions which ire referred to them by the local radges. ' 15. All reports of members I Pa trol in -each school district shall be forwarded each month by the officials in the county to the office of Brigade of Patrols, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C HELPS FOR HOME-MAKERS Edited by the Extension Department of tiie State Normal and Industrial College. CARE OF THE HOUSE Floors. The spring cleaning, and the fatigue that comes from taking up the carpets and matting, dusting them r.'.'.d put ting them back! Is there anything that means more confusion and disorder in the home? What to !o to make the old floors sightly prevents many housekeepers from doing away with carpets and us ing rugs instead. Painted Floors With a Hard Finish If an old floor is good, heavy and not too uneven by warping it may be made presentable. First: Take up all tacks, and have the floor cleaned; thci. when it is thor oughly dry, paint it with two coats of oil paint, allowing it to dry brtweon coats. Then apply a coat of r. good brand of "hard floor finish." This is a pecial form adapted to use on floors; it does not show heel marks, can be wiped with a damp cloth, and lasts longer than ordinary floor varnish or wax. Painted Floors With Wax Finish. Instead of the varnish, a little bees wax may be added to paint. This will give the finish of a polished floor, and may be wiped off with a damp cloth. Stain With Wax Finish. After the floor has been thoroughly cleaned and dried a coat of stain may be applied. After this has dried, if the floor is old and of soft wood, one, or two coats of shellac may be put on. Then a coat of good floor wax may be put on next. After this has been on for an hour or two the floor may be polished with a woolen cloth fastened on a broom, or with a weighted brush, rubbing with the grain of the wood rather than across it. Stain With Hard Finish. A .good hard floor finish, Yalspar for instance, may be used instead of the wax. the floor having been cleaned and stained as previously stated. In either of these methods of fin ishing the spots may be wiped up with a cloth slightly damp, although any great amount of water left on the floor w ill damage the finish. The floor should be swept and then rubhed over with a woolen cloth moistened with a little oil. This cloth may be fastened on a broom. Wood Work. Unless wood work has a grain worth showing, it should be painted rather than stained. In the colonial houses and in most houses that have been built for a num bc t of years, the wood work is painted white, or ivory tint. ( One does not tire of this, and if the paint is enam eled rather than left dull it is not hard to keep clean. Stain is a transparent finish intend ed for use on woods that are beauti fully grained by nature. Woods with grain are usually finished in three steps: tilling, staining and surface finishing. Filler and stain may often be mixed and applied in one coat. Firms that manufacture wood finishes of various kinds show that cypress and ordinary yellow pine may be made very beautiful by using on them the same grayish, greenish, and brownish stains that are ordinarily applied to oak and chestnut. After wood is filled and stained, the surface may be fin ished with either varnish or wax. The latter is preferable if it is to be ap plied by members of the family, since it does not require skilled labor. Both wax and varnish require much rubbincr to secure a good result. Wax is rubbed up to a finish, varnish if MkKul li&'n trt a finieh with nflU'Hpr. ed pumice stone and oil. Shiny vam- ished surfaces are cheaD and inartis- tic, as wood when finished should glow not shine. There is no short cut to securing a good finish on wood work; whether painted or str.ined, waxed or varnished, it takes time, la bor, and patience. When well done, however, a good wood finish is ve.-y lasting. The Manuel Arts Department car ries on a Home Service Department r.nd will gladly give information re garding House Architecture, Sanita tion, House Furnishing and Decora tion; and will recommend vwious kinds of paints, etc., that have been tested by the Department. Address: Extension Department. THE FUTURE MAN Ohio State Journal. When one goes way back to the cave man or beyond him to the time when man walked on all fours and slept in a tree, and then reflects upon what man is now, he is wont to im agine what sort of a creature he will be hundreds of centuries hence. Some of us who believe in the ascent of man are inclined to accord to him an anrelic form and grace as far ahead of the present man as he is ahead of his prehensile progenitors, But now comes a scientist who sug gests that the future evolution of the human race may develop lips like the bill of a pelican. A circumstance that ureests this change is the use of these bubbling fountains by the chil- ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF THOMAS JEFFERSON (By Bruce Craven.) Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, was born in Vir ginia, April 1", 1 74-3. Yesterday was the 172nd anniversary of his birth. In literature he is remembered by his "Autobiography," "Notes on Vir ginia," and his "Correspondence." In his public work his fame is secure because he wrote the Declaration of Independence, secured the adoption of the first ten amendments to the Con stitution guaianteeing personal liber ty, the establishment of the University of Virginia, his influence as President for a nation based on security and freedom, and the opening of Ohio and the acquisition of Louisiana, which constituted our first national expan sion. Edward Everett said of him: "On Jefferson rests the imperishable re nown of having penned the Declara tion of Independence, to have been the instrument of expressing in one brief, decisive act, the consecrated will and resolution of a whole family of States. According to Emerson, "the degree of a man's success is proportionate to his determination," but there is something beyond this in the reason for setting apart the life of Jefferson from the multitude of lesser lives. the highest attribute of human char acter is creative ability and Jefferson not only possessed it, but he used it. In his letter to Gary, January 26, 179!), he said he favored freedom of religion and of thought and was op posed to "aweing the human mind by stories of raw-head and bloody bones to the distrust of its own vision." He dared to think for himself, and be cause of it was by some people ac counted a dreamer, a visionary, and unsafe. ' While the Constitution was being reconstructed from the less strong and mors democratic Articles of Confed eration, Jefferson was minister to France, 1785 to 1789. He knew little of the making of the documents be cause of the lack of postal communi cation, of the secrecy which the delib erations were held and of the French evolution in which he was keenly in terested. Returning to America to be the first Secretary of State in 1789. he approved the Constitution with the reservation that it was necessary to hold the colonies together but was adopted with an implied agreement for certain immediate amendments. These he accordingly urged, and though he was the only man of his free ideas in the administration, they were adopted and thus was establish ed the freedom of religion and cf speech and of the pre. In his confession of political faith he wrote: "I wish an inviolable pres ervation of our present federal con stitution according to the true sense in which it was adopted by the States. I am for preserving to the States the powers not yielded by them to the union. I am for a government rigor ously frugal and simple. 1 am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as may protect our coasts, and not for a stend ing army in time of peace, which may overawe the public sentiment, nor for a navy which by its own expenses and the eternal wars in which it will implicate us, will grind us with public burthens, and sink us under them. I am for free commerce with all nations, political connections with none, and little or no diplomatic establishment. And I am not for linking ourselves by new treaties with the quarrels of j Europe, entering that field of slaugh ter to preserve their balance, of join ing in tne conieoeracy oi KinK to! War against the principles of liberty, s " Y . vate life and study. When President Monroe in 1823 asked his advice be - fore announcing what has come to be known as the Monroe doctrine, Jff - ferson replied that only the gravity, of the subject could cause him to again take interest in public affairs, and then Strongly auv.oeu cue which the President accepted. Jefferson and Adams died about the same hour and on the same day; July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of in dependence. Doubtless thinking of this and the fact that these two with Franklin composed the immortal docu ment,' each said just before death, unknowing that the other was also passing, that the other "still lives." It well may be said of Jefferson as the inscription reads on the tomb ef the architect of Westminister Abbey, "If you seek his monument, look around you." "Personal freedom," the "foundations of oiir government," the "begnining: of a greater nation" is not this enough to cause every pa triotic American to pause and pay tribute to his memory on the recur ring anniversaries of his birth? dren, which have a tendency to cause protruding lips. What else goes with these protruding lips the scientist does not say but if they add to his fishing efficiency he must have wings for that, and wings we would like to have. TAR HEEL MOUNTAINEER AT , . -m-i rr. x.'T r v T From Charlotte Observer. A well-kno wn American newspaper man who ha. s been in the war zone of Europe for several months brought back to the United States a good JNorth Carolina story, ine story is an the better because the man who tells it e in thu Old nrth Stat! . ne just stum 01 eu on me lacis, ami knowing The Observer correspondent to be a Tar Heel gave him the yarn. "I was out near the firing line," said the returned scribe, "when some French soldiers told mc to go r.nd talk with a man that stood head and shoul ders above anybody else on that par ticular field of battle. The French man, to whom I spoke French, said I would find , an interesting fellow American in a nearby giant, who was j busy scooping out a trench. "I drifted over to where the big fellow was at work, and told him that I was a New Yorker, and wrote for an American paper. At first, the chap was disconcerted, but when; I told him and assured him tac,slffl I told him that I was not hunting a story from him, and assured him I would not tell on him in the States, he opened up. " 'You must not tell anybody back home that you saw me,' said the trench digger. 'They might want to recall me. I came over here from Canada, where I have been living for some time, but Canada is not my na tive country; I came from the moun tains of North Carolina. That's where I belong. This war is pie to me. The hotter it gets the more like home to me. I was born among husky moun tain moonshiners. My people did not make any of the stuff, but we all fought together some times. It's been pretty dull in the States since every things started going dry." " 'There are a good many fellows from the States in the various armies. Most of them came over from Can ada.' "I never saw a better looking speci men of manhood than that Tar Heel appeared to be. The French sol diers called him 'the Y'ankec with the punch.' He can lift as much as a mule can pull, and he uses a gun with great accuracy.' The American newspaper man was very much pleased with the way the big North Carolinian deported him self. He said the other soldiers were r.fraid to cross him. It was impossible to get the man's name but perhaps some community w ill recognize him. There are many soldiers of fortune in the European buttle lines, and the South is furnishing her share of them. It has even been intimated that the British army was recruiting in the United States, offering enlisted men and officers inducements to desert. The North Carolina mountaineer had an advantage by being in Canada when the war broke out. In the movement from Western States of the Union to Canada during the last ten or fifteen years many Southern men crossed the line from Montana, Wash ington, the Dakotas and other States along the Canadian boundary. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY From a small beginning the sale and use of this remedy has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. When you have need of such a medicine give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial you will understand why it has become so popular for coughs, colds and croup. For sale by all dealers. KEEP CHICKENS AT HOME This is the season when many are planting gardens and looking forward I wiin pleasure vo ine enjoyment 01 sue- ' m,lant vafrotahloll in a four u-ooVa Tt i . , . . . . .. chickens, and there is nothinsr more . ... . ... -hi.ken but we Bhould remember that our neighbors e we can plant and harvest their garden with. out trouWe ftny one . .. , . . ' chicken8 npirhhnra r raisin thpir I gardens at home, and we should raise our chickens at home. No other way is just and fair, for garden and chick' ens cannot profitably be raised in the same lot. It is not the neighbors' place to fee our chickens for us. If all respect each other's rights, there need be no neighborhood quarrel about chickens. "Keep them at home", should be the motto of every chicken raiser at this time of year. A SLUGGISH LIVER NEEDS ATTENTION Let your Liver get torpid and you are in for a spell of misery. Every body gets an attack now and then. Thousands of people keep their Liv ers, active and healthy bv using Dr. King's New Life Pills. Fine for the stomach, too. Stop the Dizziness, Constipation, Billiousness and Indi gestion. Clear the blood. Only 25c at your Druggist. President Wilson saya that so far as he knows there it nothing: in the re cent rumors of peace. . HOW TO LIVE LONG AND Ha,, I r I I John Burroughs, the veteran ,. f I i and op:.'.mist, who has lived clot. !i I the heart of nature all his lif ..,4 brated his seventy-eighth hirtiiff ; yesterday. On Friday he walked' j mile and a half to visit his grat children, alter puuing in what U called "a young man's work cleaniJ !t tho rill-naoo rUxn! .. .1 - a Block cordwood, raking the yard, and doirf all the chores." He declared he fjt as chipper as a young fellow f .f ... v 4, in a magazine article recently y, Burroughs attributes his vignron, age to his prudent youth, to the fJ that he had not wasted his natunf resources in riotous living in his vparu. That is nrohnhlw th r wrei nearly all buoyancy in later life. M better even than his physical conj4 vation is tne spring of youth in V b Afirt hna miltivatAff . - ntwesumj they are paying him bis- AMaJ during the years that are usually tJ mm i.,ti.iiw,vijr miu 111 wnicn Biol persons no longer find pleasure, jf inraoBgo aj ma Kuuurera una to pf pie generally, as given in yesterdatl New York Sun, is worth cutting J and preserving as a good rule of 1ft "Keep cheerful and mind your rf business." A lot of us are worn J before we get to the halfway hoJ of life by doing precisely the reverJ Baltimore Sun. DOES NORTH HATE US? The editor of tho Journal was iail ea yesterday wny so mar.y northerf ers were criticising the every act our secretary of the navy. it we were ame to explain wtf North Carolina, of all the Boutht states is the worst hated by our nom ern brethren, we could, perhaps, at wcr the question. Mr. Daniels' policies for the ref mation and development of the w have made him very unpopular wi the heretofore privileged few, but tl iaci mat nis oraer ior r.avr.i proiutt tion has been adopted in a mecal by three of the most powerful natioi on earth as a means of increasing i: safe-guarding the efficiency of bo! navies and armies, is proof that he right Mr. Daniels is a practical mf.nrof of thoso few individuals who can with eyes closed, more of the navjf future need than can all the would critics. Apex Journal. CLARK OPTIMISTIC AS TO EFFECTS OF WAR The war is bound to increase output of our factories in !r every line. I have stated once fore in print that in my j'udgmi the war will be a great and peri nent advantage to us: (1) it wil) crease our foreign trade a great sideratum; (2) it will compel at, pecially if long continued, to mat facture almost everything we use consume which would be a great i enduring blessing. If Lord Kitchener's prophecy c! 'three years' war" is correct, bys time it closes, if we act with anyf dom, we will have doubled and tit elect our South Amencar. and ten: American trade and largely auguiff ed our world commerce. It most assuredly will be a ri delight to evci-y true American to the Stars and Stripes floating fif commercial ships on every sea am every port under heaven. The American people are all of mind about increasing and defewi our foreign commerce. This is p hv th fact that President Wi!4 notification to Great Britain has Wl , ed the great heart of America 4 has not been thrilled since Presii Cleveland's Venezuela messapt Champ Clark in the Washington fl Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIj BURNING PASTURES It was formerly thought that tures and grazing lands WW burned everv winter or spnnfl tVo mo omw earlier SB0 mane ft e Ul better otherwise. This idea nmwn a mistaken one. Burnmi B tures destroys not only all the wood but also the straw, ies ) tw .,Athl matter, whicn is necessary to the soil of the VH as to the soil of the fields. Tests have proven that pMt which fires never go afford mucn b grass than those burned over year. Besides, pasture lands uP' much faster when the vegetaW t aiinwMt to rot on them. & i ver to burn anything fields or woods which wiM rot and prove the soil. ... cnao 13 Kepeatea planting ofcu v. m,4, Mwrv ten day' 01 weeks, so as to keep up contl supply of faesh tender ground should be warm e0Ug"K t it T w beans, flhese ri v. and hiriier feruM: than snap beans for best res Farm Paper.