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I 1 ••• II M/ Fl» TBAB m AV9AXCW oat I in Ins ■ M« m ' _ _ " _ July M under and by vtftoa| of authorisation fi*n H by imnl eaeembly, will be a mr the *tata, the peato n to b* pat ay hi eonapicioua places and the phleta to W distributed Hants of Um atata. It at the highway roaamlaaion'i offices' It Kafth Carolina'• raada will hava acquaint iImmiNw wMk «wr • i of mw road lawa, which poaad to hava paa into July It bat which an not generally j known to tha public aa yak. The new regulation* art to prevent akoaa of tha ata and ta give better proti* lien la i of tha rooda. Under section M, i tar It*, public lawa, saaatoa of geairnl aaaambly of IMS, tha at highway ramanaaion la ordain cartain regulationa it ill regard to atata raada. ilnant among tha hi walking on tha highway* to kaep an tha laft hand aide of tha mad. Other noticeable regniationa are several making it on lawful to drive certain treaded vehicles aver the highway* buih and asaintained by tha state. Vialations of the regulation* clamed hk mixd^niMnoni. The new regulations follow: "Section 1. No houaes or other I atrorture or a aha ta nee weighing in| exceaa of ten (10) tons shall be mov ad on or ever tha i ad gpaw thi of the ill any material to placed la that wfll with tha drainage of tha highway or the maintenance thereof. "Section S. It ehail be unlawful for any machine, angina or contrivance whataoever, to move upon any atata highway or bridge tlwpof which haa • flange, rib. clamp, or other object attached to its wheel* or made a part thereof and which ie likely bruise, injure or mutilate the aui of audi'road or bridge without tan permiaaion first obtained fiwm the coaamiaaion. This section shall not be construed to prohibit tire cbaine of reaaonable proportions on vehicles when required for safety and arising fram condition* tending to cauee such vehicle to slide or skid. "Section 4. No person* shall thaow or place or cauae to be thrown or placed upon any highway or bridge any tracks, nails, wire scrap, metal, glass, crockery, or other substance Injurious to the feet of persons or aabnala or to tires or wheels of ve hicle. 'Whoeoever accidently or by i of aa accident, dropa from his or a vehicle any suck substance aa any highway or bridge shall forth with make all reaaonable efferta to clear such highway or bridge of the si wriT ~3mion a. no wp, gnranu mwmum or other objects shall to dragysd along or acraaa any portion of the Mto highway wittyxit permisaion at the commission. "Section I No truck or atttr w tUcku ihall he operated on the state highway when the titaa of Which are warn to an extent to cause damage to the highway* becaate of any do facthre or worn condition*. "Section. T. No log cart, or other ■frailer vehicle uataig a tire at laaa width than four inche* *hall be par lafttad at any tkM on the Mate high way without that obtaining permis sion la writing from the coaaaiiaaion. Aad no peraon shall be pemKtad to transport dbca, or other typea of har raws, on the state highway unleaa am ph protection la made to prevent the taath from cutting or atlierwiae Muti lating the road surface.* "Section 8. No vehicle shall be ap arated upon the state highway with way of Mf roadway and Interfere with'traffic ee of the highway 12. R* vehicle or other ob struction whateoever shall be» I aft atanding In the roadway at laaa the uim a hall ba pro par light or llghta an II and no disabled veh'rle ahalt •tuidinf on tile hifhway for k longer period that 10 Boar*. "Section 19. It a Kail ba for tha dflvai of any ar vehicle la krhf tha same to a standstill side by aMa on tha way, nor atoll any two earn ba ia a mannar that will topads arwlaa Interfere with traffic apow tha highway ar Mndar or othenriee Inter fera with tha maintenance tharaaf.a "Section 14. No advertiaiag aigna ■hall ba erected on tha highway or right of way thereof ao aa to obatfnrt tha vision or otharwiaa Increaae tha hasard and ail aigna ihall ba placad ia a manner to ba approved by tha remm lesion. "Section IS. No person atoll re move, injure or tamper with any aign placed by tha authoritiaa of tha com miaslo.i or by i.ny officer or ag»n* acting under it* direction, nor shall any peraon operate aay vehicle near any highway or bridge which la law fully cloned far construction or ia pa ire, and contrary to poated notices, whether the work thereon la being done by the atate or by contractor, unlaaa permit to paaa it eapreaely granted by aome peraon in charge of tha work. "Section It The commianion may deaignau any portion of the State par, flgariag mm the baaia of a given number of poonda par inch width of lira par wheal, or otharwiaa. roada atoll bo Indicated by marka and It atoll to unlawful, ex cept by apacial written perm laaion of the eommiaaion. to carry any greater weight upon tha atate highway ao deaignated than that aa praacritod and ahown on the road eigne. "Section IT. No vdhiclo, engine, contrivance, or other abject of what ever character a hall ba Moved or over any highway ar hridgs wheela, rollers or otharwiaa la exceae of the wcighta praacritod for aaid light traffic roada without firat ob taining written penniaaion from the aa«l_ -a! Ifl k(. jaa a*l> hide having an overall width of mora than M inch** ahall ba operated on the state highway, unlaw by special and written permission of the com miaaion. "Section It. No pilsats drive or roadway ahall be constracted to in tersect any portion of the state high way unless adequate drainage shall be provided and in a manner to be approved by the ooasaiaatea. "Section 30. It shall be aniawful it any psrsaii to Ma any part of the »ad as a tar* wr, Bar shall any par ">n be permitted to plow within the right of way. "8ection 21. No fence or other ob ject shall be aiactod on the right of way of the state highway and in a manner that will interfere with the drainage or the maintenance thereof, nor bi a manner tending to increase the hazard thereon. "Section 22. No material of what soever kind shall be placed in the ditches paralleling the state highway and In a manner that will interfere with the drainage thereof, and no peraoa shall divert or eauae to be di verted water into the road ditchea and In a manner which may interfere with the drainage of the state high way* or in a manner to eauae damage thereto. "Section 23. Ne railroad, tram road or other road using rail of what ever character, dull construct a track across any portion of the state high way system unleaa special permit ia granted in writing by the chairman "Section 24. Whoever operates a motor vehicle at the intersecttan high way* must keep to the right «f the in tersect iea at ttw canter* lines of the traveled part ef such way* when tam ing te the left, swept when traffic highway at a *r.it#r rtfe of than that d*al|rra?»d up>>n awh mm* j "Section J1. Mo vehicle aha" be driven at a -nt* *f •*"•<( than 19 mllea an 'to ir whilu ri*ae'w any warn n% •ign U dlaplayvd, ha* Inc a iiaatai «pan than W fc«t "laitlen 2S. AO rural mail atiall ka aa I|Iai>mI m Mlt tdb " ■ a^w a i J* • *a " a ^B^* ■ * * w with traffic or aunnUaane* of the 19. Pifcitrim walking on hiyhwape a hall k*ep an tha left hand aide af tha road. "Any violation of tha foregoing ■hall conatltote a ha poniahaMe aa providad by "Section SI. That tha fi dinaneea ahall ha in full fan* and affact from and aftar July U, IMS. Duly r*ad. approved and ratlfiad thia SOth day of Jana, I9SS. T.Saala Raleigh, Au*. 11.—A I'al victory waa won by tha tobacco If rower* inoperative aaaociation in Sooth Carolina today, when J ode* Shipp in the courtbooae at Flora nee upheld tha aaaociation in all potnta ha ita firat injunction hearing in that •tata and continued tha injunction xfainat W. M. Vantara and hia adult •on, preventing them from furthar da liv*ri*a of thair 1923 nop autaid* of their own aaaociation. Today'a eaae In Floranc* waa aa important legal adnaca for the eo iperativea of Sooth Carolina, bath aa th* firat injunction caac to com* to trial and becaua* Venter*, wh* ia a member of th* aaaociation claimed to lav* rented hi* land for flva hundred lollara to hia aon who ia a nan mem ber. Both are new enjoined from de livering tobacco outaid* of a ad lord membera that la their land* muat be delivered to tha ro-operative floora la atrongly upheld in the Sooth Caralina court. taaociationa, both hi eaatem North arolina and th* old belt, will hdU a teriea of railiaa nest week, at which kfllciala af tha aaaociation will ad Ire** tobacco farmora in aia coontiea. L*ttmn Carriwl Across U. S. ia 27 Htm Hrmatfxl. N. Y., Aug. 24.—Whan the airplane piloted by Westley L. Smith with mail from San Franciaco, came out of the akjr and alighted on Haxelhurst field toda/, the moat hope ful dreams of officiate of the United Statea airmail service were more thaw realised. Not only had the record for the temporary New York-San Franciaco test mail fUfhts hem broken bat the continent waa spanned in M minutes be* time than that consumed in the hietwie nan-stop tranacoatinental flight laet Mmt by the amy flyers, Kelly and MacCieady. Smith's craft brcmght asail id left Saa Franciaco bat ST u>d 14 ml—tss earlier. Never had mail croasad the country so quickly. Allowiag for the AO min utes used h transferring the mail at the six place* where stops wars msds. the actual flying time la the relay flight waa 26 hoots aad 14 minutes. The bast prsrkms time ia the lest flights waa 27 hours aad 21 utaa. The thae for the Kelly-MacCraady nonstop flight from New York to 8aa Diego was M hours aad BO minutes. The mall fliers covarad 2.880 miles, while the army aviators traveled bat 2,560 mtlee To Pfk* Smith goes the credit f< achieving ana of the moat notable Jumpa of the teat flights thus far. He wingod the OS Bailee from Cleveland to Now York ia three hours aad M mtnutea, averaging 126 Flying 10,000 feet op he suffered con siderably from the cokL , Haetgar arranged a schedule allow ing SO hoars and 16 minutea for thi it flighta from Saa Frasaisro to New York, air mail official* here fwere elated over the showlag already made. The flighta formly M afoot to make the tf fraud which 0. ricMtr ami time b»ought iraine! It in a Mitt for ■rp of hia contract, which haa pached tho Grown villa «tiurthuaa* and MM Ml tho laryoot array of caunaal aaon in any civil caao for many yoara at that point i • bitter leg*] battle far (ho paat nix dnya. Much mn than tho verdict af tho (ury In tho PKtaan caao la at In today'* victory aI tho than a hun •nd tho complete of this rial* laid Ita card. Pitt county Jujry, rain for tho aaaoclattan Jadfi Lloyd Horton, of the *uporior court, pre* id inf. rave tho caao to the tury today on two counta, namely a* to whether the tohacc) aaaociatioa had • ifaed up fifty per cent f the to bacco of the Carolina* and Vlnrmia by January flrat, IttZ, and aocondly aa lo whether the contract of the plain tiff had boon fraudulently obtained The jury Hi vindicating the aaaocia tioa of the c ha are* of fraod, gave Ita » pinion that the aaaociatioa had not obtained fifty per cent of the tobacco production in the three atataa by Jan lary, 1*23. Judfe Horton aet aaide :hia verdict, however, doinc ao on a •oint of law. The complete airing of the aaao -iatlon'* affair* oven to the aalaiiea ft Ha official* and detailed matter* ft management proved a valuable 'indication of Ita peliciea when nom , 7^|B eaf department of the Am«ricait To railed to the Dr. B. W. Kilfore, director of ex cnaion work for North Carolina, Dr. Tarence Poe and Dr. J. Y. Joyner rere among the prominent North Carolinian* who testified in behalf of he tobacco gmwai* co-operative aa mciation. Dr. Kilgore. who wan attacked for isiag (nplojrm of th» stats exten iton division to aid the co-operative movement declared that ho is convin »d hj what has happened that ho icted for the boat interests of tho far mers of tho state in using tho men »m ployed in Ma deportment for the work of organising the tobacco and -otton association! Dr. Kilgore as lerted that while cotton and tobacco irv bringing rood price* wheat is aeil inf below the coat of production and pointed to co-operative marketing aa the cause for the betterment of the wnditione among Carolina farmers. "1 regard the movement aa tho creotoot opportunity for leadership sad service that has over corns to no," declared Dr. Kilgore, and point id dot that Ma position la supported ' /officials of the state of North Car iltna, the United States government snd the state college of agriculture by whom ho is jointly employed. James H. Pou, of Kaleigh, who did ■rack of tho plisdlin for the aaaocia Hon scored heavily when he drew Aw idmtsaion frem witaooan of tho plain tiff who were alao suing tho associa tion for retern of their contracts, that they not only did not rend their een trncta bat that they aba had not read their sworn complaints in their suits tgainet the aaoociatien and bad no knowledge of their contents several »f them not knowing what lawyers ited theas. Interest in the trial baa bean heightened throughout by the fact that the plaintiff suocesdsd in fight ing the inane in Pitt county whaio there is probably more oppooition to4 the tobacco co-operative than at any point in the states of Virginia, North •nd South Carolina where it operates •n the ere of the opening of the auc tion warehouses. The plaintiff gnve notice of an ap peal to the supreme court whore the case will coma ap next February al though the association has alrsaifr won on the point of constitutionality which was submitted to the supreme bora are twMnil thnt Judge Bee ton's jJudgment today will be sue Om That Date. JUWgfc, Ave. at.—What la mmM by Many off trial* and officers of the »taU ami alao by thamaads of aa important tome pansd by tba laat Utb registration aat gaai into effect Detoher 1. In vtew of tbia law, swtoatofeila l hp ft inauranea official* already hare I announced that thay will mtan thair rata* 10 par cant, and. xforill"- to tba secretary of afate. in whose hands mat tha enforcement of tba law, thay have aaaured that further autnmnbila I haft insurance rata raductiona will ha audi latar in aeaerdance with tha effectiveness of tha mw act. Ragiatratwn at all automobiles and othar motor rah tela*, including trurk* and mo tore ye la*. by thair manufact urer*' and angina n urn bam, la raqoir Ld by tha new law. which also -nahaa it anlawtei for a peraon t- oparata n car en or aftvr Ocuthar I unlaaa ra gistratian ha* barn mvir or appliad fl<T. An automohila muat ba registered jaat Ilka a piece of real proparty; tha nwnar moat hava a titla to it. Provisiana are made for tranaferr ing automohila* titla* la a much sim plar manner than tha tr*fi*ferring of titla* to realty holding* Special pro vlsions ara mada f<* automobila deal pw, naw and ncmm hand. It wm *aid at tha tima tha act waa presented In Mil form to the legiala tura that out of the mora than 200,000 motor vehicle* in North Carolina over 7,000 were * to Ian and that tha iu hrity of the operator* of thaae auto mobile* were ignorant of the fact, :hey not knowing at the time of par 'haae that they war* buying stolen iroparty Tha majority of thaae aa omohiles hear no manufacturers' or -ngine number*, it waa mi id. Thi* t a problem, *ay* the secretary of harnd br (f^awy naar fMwm. Thsn I a no way to fine the rifhthl uaiaii if thaae thouaands of automobile* and rat clear title* cannot be given thair ureaent operator*, ha aaid. The see-1 ■etary aaid he thought be probably vould arrange to gtra temporary ear ifieate* of ragiatration in inch in itanry. However he did not commit limaalf to thi* plan. Registration blank* soon will be nailed automobile* owner* accem wnied by jropie* of the new act. The registration blank* moat be fitted oat ind mailed to the secretary of *tata with the nominal licenaa fee retired Hie money derived from the feaa will be depoaited to a special fund, part of which may be used in maintaining a -orpe of deputies authorised with po lice powers to enforce the new act and ither traffic regulations. rhounndi of Vets Heeded for Norfolk Norfolk, Auf. 24.—bprewnlttiTM Fran every state in the union, the District of Colombia, Sooth Africa. Panama, England. France and Italy ■rill bo in Norfolk nest weak for the 24th annnal encampment of the Vet prans of Fntlfn Van, tho fourth an imal won ion of the veterans of tho Mth division, the annnal jollification »f tho veterans of the "Rock of the Mama'' legiment of the Mtk infan try brigade and the first annnal meet ing of the National Military Order of! Cootiea. In addition to tho throe major or raitisations and their subsidiary or ganisation of the Cootiea, an auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign wars will lie in session. Major General Adalbert Cronkhite, who organised the Mth division at Camp Lea, and who led the man j through ovary skirmish and ovary battle on foreign soil *nd then brought them back for demobilisation, will he one of the high ranking officers in' Attendance. Brigadier General Lloyd M. Brett,' president of the Blue Ridge division teterans association and former com mander of the 181st infantry brigade; has wired from his Pittsburgh home that more than 1,000 men woo Id com* from Pennsylvania to attend the gath pring of former fighting man. Late tomorrow, four battleships from the Atlantic sqasdms will drop anchor in Bamptoo Bonds as the nav •I escort to the gathering. TVs' North Dakota, the Delaware, the Florida and the Arkansas, will join the 1# dostesfsci alrsady bars tof ■oka the city take «n mors of a war of 1 North CinIIm mC coiltfv "A few run >p in I ty, widely know for it* farm aisrvay waa wde." ultunat aaid. "and in the that nmj it aprattn of M •f im. In hall jay «wr the flgaeaa fraa* ,A|,L fckl- — _ i. -i-- -> ^ which mm ivprngt wit (MriVMs r wip iwtai that M* of Hum f—urr «rfr murh inn, out over MM and th» otk ar over 11,600. / -A glance at tha record* dliriiiM |he fact that tha firat waa giawtag ki , , ,M|. , .■in- atlfl — - r|- , * j, — |>. , —, 1_ pcniwifTTWi Mw marwniif wm v Neighboring mill nilagae, while tha only nat retur* of $53 for thatr labor would imam that mora of thaaa farm* »hoald hav* been utilized hi rrowinc horticultural ui»i, aad that, aa nearly alway* la tha caaa In dairy section*, tha county aa • whale •heald have turned it* attention to Ka hor ticultural poaaihilitiea aa wall. "Thin instance la not cited with tha idea of advising that all thaaa far mer* ahoald har* chanced thatr farm*, aa to crop* and specialised in growing utrawhania* 'and miner? ■tack. An exchange of one or mfcta rrop* for one or nen different crop* i* not diversification, and the horticul turiat moat practice to tha highest type of diveratfeatian to inatrr* Ma Diversification, ha different manning. It nat the growing of a rariety of fruit* and vegetable* and athar crops. bat alao the keeping „f «n«a liventock of various k'nd*, 'he produc ing of food for tha farmer and hia family, the growing of timber In ar dor to inaur* a *upply of wood, and the MJrroanding of hia home with plant* and flower* to make irU home attractive and hi* home J* happier. "The point k," he said, "that with the horticulturiat hia horticultural « penalty ia merely dominant and oe cupie* the poaition of hia chief bitar eat. The other thing* are added la hia atock of intoreata to make hia specialty secure. He finda it aot only economically necaaaary, hot profitable in many way*." "It still take* an all-round man Mr. PiUsbury said he believed. "t« run a farm, and the smaller the farm, the bigger Um awn auit be in As knowledge of agricultural prin ciples, such as sail and other natural 'elements, the kinds and varieties of cropa that he can grow to advantage and of the sseans and expedients beat adapted to hip needa for dl>srsifiea tion in his particular situation and of how to utilize his products to the best advantage. Farms art hsrnmlat smaller and smaller every day by subdivision and the day of the (aWbs type of fsrmtng, as carried on m. the ol^er countries, is not for away* mten»i«Ur and that I Teat smtw has amended '.is labor*, tho needs it the field si <i the rtoponse of the people
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