TWENTY YZAft ROAM On .—tin Nm. Tlwt UctaMf aaffeeeea da aet kmr about mi* «mM ffll • booh. TWr know enough to boUd 10-year Tito tooat aaafal ptoaa of road to the United fttetoe, maybe In tba ■ttM, la mm ef 1J00 faat naar Sprtorfteld, IM. It baa ntm baan aaad by tba pablir and mo wilt ba. It coat |1M,000 to build, and alnca It van finished, shoot a yaar ar°, 1100,000 baa baan (pant In deatroying K. | Tbta ia caltad tba Bataa experi mental road, or tha Illinois sxperi mant, and waa constructed by tha division of highway* of tb« Illinois dapartmant of public Work* and' buildings. In ro-o pa ration with tba Unitod States huraau of publir road*. It la surfaced with *am fanaral type* of pavements appliad in M way*; aach 200 faat a d if fa rant kind af materials or combination tba seven general typea furthar raducibla to Portland cement concrete, asphaltir concrete and brick. Up to tha pres ant, tha road has baan given an amount of uaa (loadad trucks run over it) rarafully aatimatod to ba tha equivalent of tO-yaara normal uaa af an average haavy-traffic road. All aorta of surpriaaa for road en gineers bava baan ravaalad. Tha brick type, all of them, want to smash first. No atyla of brick j pavement baa stood up. Tha plain brick outlasted the lug - shape. The' concrete shows up hast. Numerous sections have stood the pounding,j which is what they would have got in 20 years of ordinary use. Some of the curiosities are these: rein forced concrete ha* not stood up as well as ^he plain. Without* excep-1 tion every section that ha* failed, ba* failed first at the line of traffic j on the edge of the rrtad. Elaborate I impact theories have been disprove^. Hitherto road surfaces have been made thickeat in the center, narrow ing to the edges. The Illinois experi-! merit point* to a reversal of this process, and a design that will now be included in the experiment is of (tonerata six inches thick in the cen ter. jumping.to nine and a half inche* two feet from the edges, with a rain- j forcement bar along the line of traf- j lie, outside. Tha thick cantor has been one of tha convention* at road building, tha Uaa being to give the necMMty crown for drain age. Then H probably occurred to aome engineer that this waa mathe matically logical, or logically mathe matical, aince on a narrow road two wheels, with their burdens, pau over lbs middle put to every one that Mini along the edge. Ktre WMt«rti district engineers of tfca North Carolina klfhwiy com ■1mion who last week wont to Illinois to see this tost road sod have ths numerous rssults explained by the Illinois engineers found thst road pad from sll over the c ^ptpr hare '-been flocking there in a mors or leas ■toady stream. It thutltaeonaa every body's test road. By means of tast ing instruments of various sorts, meticulous records kept ef ths build ing prone seen, there are to be found results that bear on every ordinary problem of road construction. It ie a post-graduate course for the road engineer, such as is nowhere else to bo found. Perhaps ft may be worth Millions of dollsrs to North Carolina. The most important fact elicited, for North Carolinians, however, Is that road structurs of similar type to thoae being built by the North Carolina highway commission an "proved to have a life of SO yam. This does not mean they can be pmlehed up and kept usable for 90 years. It means that except where sisidints oacur or anforasssn condi tions develop, these roads will sup port M years of traffic of suck unit weights as they are mads to support, and wiU ha food roads at th« end ef that period. How much loacer they sis food for does not pot sppear. The stone base, as is «sH snough known, is toad for a thousand years, unless deliberately destroyed, as so maeh of that of Guilford county has been destroyed, by not heaping a Savsr on H. The sonerstad stone baas would laat a tony time, * tentuiy or so maybe, wiincui 1-nH'i ins, Mr. Waldrop. of tin fifth district, who was e< ths inspscting party, also got a lesson in rial SSI |>sycholdgy, froas the road between OprlngflsM and Chisago, which hs eipects to pat Into application as soon as hs . * .iL,li cm |M around to it It Is J oat a •irtf along tho alMt of the read; oss Hl^clrtop pq^|^ ofi concrete. A Mt of aaphalt and Mad, It la kaft fresh by the maintenance gangs; and tha way It taift ovary fallow Attainting on Ma own rida la nothing abort of woniarftiL It takes tha bigger part of tha strain oat of night driving. All tha driver haa to do la to waltb tha atripe, to know ha la on. hia own aido, whan mooting a car; ha la no longer undar tho nocoa •itjr of chocking by eatimating tha dlataaca from kia adga, thus aaaaaw ing hia gaxa bark and forth batwaan tha car in front and tha ilda of tha road. Lenoir To Enforco It* Curfow Rigidly Lenoir, Ort. 8.—Lenoir la ona of tha towna that haa aat a determina tion to care for the youth of tha community, and especially where the parents are tax in parental authority In allowing their children to have such hoars as they plaaae and ran on the atreeta until lata houra in tha night time. Hence tha curfew law haa been Invoked, and Mayor V. D. Guire haa act hia foot down flat and solid, and givea out to the world that the city ordinance. No. 27, of the town of Lenoir will he strictly enforced according to the letter and apirit of tl law. Therefore, he has rauaed the own to be posted to that effect. Commencing with the flrat night: of the first day of- October the "ur few rang, and the edict went into effect, and it says: "Children under the age of 16 years will not be al- ' lowed or the slrcui after 0 o'clork st nighf. unlers accompanied by , Iheir parents. The courthouse bell will ring at 9 o'clock each nipht. i Children found or< the Ktreeta after | that hour can be found by their parents at the city lock-up, it ranted." Xim "j That's Lenoir's new move to keep the kiddies at home, if their parents will not look after the matter them •elves. NEGRO BURIES HIS MOTH ER RETURNS TO PENITENTIARY Tru»t Imposed in Mom by Got •rnof Of South Ctroliaa U Not MUpltead Colombia, Oct 6.—Arthur Mom, i negro of Whitmire. vu allowed by Governor Harvey to home (torn the state penitentiary, where he la cervine an IS year sentence, that be Might bury hie mother. The rrvsraor let the man have hia free lom on the proeaiae that he «nM return at 11 o'clock am thq moraine of Wednesday, October 4, and promptly at that hoar the negro walked into the governor's office, rod an hour later, after the govern or had allowed the convict to go into the baaement of the enpitol to arrange some boaineaa affairs with one of the state engineers whom he bad known for sometime, the peni tentiary office telephoned the gov ernor's office to state that Moea had turned up and was again safe in the prieon yard. The governor ftxed one condition to the leave of a bee nee granted the Whitmire convict, and that waa that he telegraph the chief executive •very day at 14 o'clock, advising where he waa. Every morning ihortly after 10 the governor receiv ed hia telegram. Moss is in lor IS years, and he has ■erved three. He face* 16 more. The governor was hnpreeeed with the negro's straight story and placed confidence in him. The negro had not seen his relatives staee he enter ed the prison, and the chief executive say* he eottld not turn a deaf ear to the man's plea to he allowed to bury .hia aged mother. Barrett Farfoita Bowl in tnlisl.TJ Salisbury, Oct. 1.—J. B. Barrett, former preeident of the State Federa tion of Labor, forfeited his bond in the sum of $100 in county coart by failing to appear for trial thia morn ing when the two cases against him charging carrying a concealed weap on and drmk and disorderly were •alad. The eaaes had previaosly been continued twice. Judge Purr order ed s capias si fs returnable in Rowan aowity ooart on October 14. The «asee against Barrett developed at the tim# of hia viait here during the lhopmen's strike. INCERSOLLAT HIS BROTHER'S dUVE A half MBtery ago Unt h|n< MO «M MM of Um moat (UHW MM of UJa in—OJ, and m* of ttaa Ml hated. H« *m famooa for hia ora tory and great ability aa • pubUa apaakar. and hated fciwn of hia bold attacka on the bible in hia public aditmaia, delivered, aa many thought, for tho aolo yarpoaa of makiar aidUy by tho rata recelpta ha ehinH hr hia lactam It waa hia ruatom to bold up to ridicule and acorn many of tha wall known charactera of tha biblo, and entertain hia audiancaa by hia humoroua dia ruaaiona of tho rharactara famoua to all torera 6f the biblo. At tha haifhth of Incoranll'a caraar, hia brother diad. It developed that tha infidala, had agraad that at tha death of one tho other ahouid deliver tha funeral addreaa. Thla contract. mad* no doubt in Jeat, waa faithfully carried out, for tha younger brother, Kban C. Inrer aoil, died before be had reached middle are. The addreaa that Robert delivered waa of auh a nature aa to rive tha lie, aa church people *aw it, to all that he had aaid in hia public addrraaea about the bibla. It waa for tbia reaaon that the addreaa waa the aubjert of every preacher for a time after it waa delivered. It ia alao claaaed aa a rem of literature That haa few equate in any lanruara. Thinking that many will again read thia famoun apeech with inter eat we reproduce It below: IngrrMtU'H Oration Dfll««r«4 at Hia Brother'* f»rave "My friends, I urn going to that which the dead oft promised ho would do for nr. Thr loved and loving brother. husband, father, friend itied where manhood's morn ing almost touches moon, and while the shadows »till were fulling to ward the west. He had not Banned on life's high way the^i'tow^that marks^the highest uateg'Ms tumni wijir*. fell Into that dreamless l»rk "pot on tha roonty of Vance aa the place of greateat fire riak In the atata, Mr. Wade aaid. The theft of a atore of automnbilaa and their deatruction, and the burning of at laaat two valu able piece* of buainaaa property were proved againat tha fang, of whom Padrirk la alleged to be tha leader. Padrirk waa nenteiM-ed by Judge J. I.loyd Horton to cenra from five to eight yeara in the atate priaon, while I,ewi» waa aentenced to from IH month* to three yeara. Four other* had previoualy received *en tencea. According to investigstion* of the Insurance department, <-onducted by H. E. Kennedy and J. K. Scott, de partment -in»p*ctor*, Padrick and hi* lieutenant! hail made thouaanda of d>llar* through the theft of car* and the collection of inaurance after 'hey had been destroyed. After a theft the car would he aold to an Hocomplica of Padrick, Padrick huld ing a mortgage. trot the lota pay m«»nt riirkla In llut t i>kiim n/> for Governor Hard wick during his recent campaign for re-election. Former Deputy Sheriff U , iptwcid to State Prison Asheviila, Sept tl.—Wahe* *r>ok», a«e4 41, special deputy eberiff em ployed by the Biltasore estate, was found guilty last night by a Jury in superior court of escond degree mur der for killing Laurence West, and Rnsory Lonee, July 18, IMC. Re waa sentenced by Judge George H. Brown today to serve 40 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Brooks appealed from the sentence and Judge Brawn find bond at $40, 000. Tito defendant drew a torn of SO yeaia for kilting Lance and 10 years for slaying Weat. Brooks ■howed no signs of emotion as sea tence waa peased upon hiss. He ap peered calm. Just aa he has been throughout the eOtire trial, which waa one of the hardest fought la court here in recent years. • "1 •4,000,000 POUNDS OT TOBACCO BOUGHT ■»«.rd,4, H U 9aM LMkwtN, Key.. Oct. tnr ■tilhon >!■* tawtey likw «n mM lau May by tha tabf Tnh^ir11 HtMBaM' Pi< MML • uotkv uiwwiri v«rv|wnm*« tiatloa to the &. J. RernoVfe Mm I eo Mditiiy, The total mmomaH of awnay hiTohfd in tha uk «mU not ba known until tha artaal trana far at the l»af waa inula, officiate of tha aaaoeiatkm laid The (ala waa announced by Itmm C. Stone, preaidant of tha aaaoeia tlon. who Hid that a part of tha loaf waa bain* purrhaaad for export The transaction rapraaaotad tha larraat aala of buricy tobacco to a ulnffla manufacturer in tha history of the Induatry, association officials da clarod. Tha «ale today practically rleaaad oat the utocka in tha hand* of the rmwtn' co-operative organisation, official* said. Father Drown* Hi* Throe Little Tot* And Then Kill* Himself Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 9.—The bodies of a father and hia three children lay side by aid* in an under taking establishment her* today, victims of a tragedy laat night. The children, Ethelyn, ft; Grace, 2. and Russell. six month*, were drowned in a bath tub at their home by the father, William E. Wheeler, who thos 'r»r4 m let into hia brain. Deapnndenry because of inability to obtain employment waa responsible for the crime. mIIm said. Mr*. Whcwltr <11 am warm! tuuy^ mft^r she nad returned home from cborrK A note protruding fmm beneath the bathroom door told of the art of her husband and gave instructions as to the disposition of hia body and the furniture in the houae. It read in part: "Dear Milly: "It had to come at laat I ran see no other way oat. Pay up every bill. That'* what I did it for. I'm taking the kiddie* with me so you and no one else can *ay that I left them a burden on yon. If 1 were to hang on longer it woold be the same old story." Mr*. Wheeler ewooned after the bathroom doer waa b re ken dew* fcy a hoarder. She told police that Mr huaband appeared to be ia eKeelleat spirits when ah* left for efeareh. The children were found claaped in each other** anna *a th* butt— of th* tab, which waa half filled with water. Th* father hone ever th* edge of the tab, still rlstchhf the pistol from which he fired the fatal shot. SIDNA EDWARDS AND FRIEL ALLEN FREED Were Two Of Tho Six Mm Convicted For Famous Htlla villa Shooting Richmond. Va., Oct. 7.—Sidna Ed wards and Priel Allen, two of six men convicted of shooting up th* courthouse at Hillaville in Hit, were given conditional pardons her* SyGovemor E. L. Trtnkle.