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Illinois' Fine Centennial Memorial Building 111;!.' >' n? .v Cente&Bia Mf!: 1 building at ?? t?? > t.im::?*niorate the one hun '.re .*!. annhers;;!*} of the a'iruif t.'in^e "f the state t?? the uni'-n. :?= completed at a <"?*'>! o; ah* destined t ?.? ocvupv a jlaee o: promim-nee ai:u nj the j::"M notable j * S 1 1 c stru/tures < f the nation. French Chemists Experimenting to Find Cheap Substitute for Gasoline. " i Paris. ? French chemists are carry- j ing out a number of interesting ex- j periments with a view of substituting } the use of alcohol made from sugar beets, grapes and other by-products j of French industries for imported gas- ! oline. Various interests in France have long attempted to render their coun- ] try independent of the United States, i Great Britain and Holland in the sup- j plying of fuel for motors. This inde pendence is considered so pressing that suggestions are raJ|de that a stare- j produced gasoline substitute may be i made and its use in automobiles be made compulsory. It is proposed to I call the accepted fuel the "carburant \ national." The propaganda in favor of this national fuel has' compelled the i government and numerous scientific ! bodies to carry out many extensive and I expensive experiments. The results J of the<e tests were recently gumma- ' rized in a valuable technical mon ?- ? graph prepared for the Association de> < 'hemistes de Sucrerie et de L>;stil!erie de France by M. Masfaraud, who ; showed that the^e results were ob- i talned : Efficiency Is Increased. 1 Alcohol motors are about 'j.~ p.>r cent more efficient than petrol motors. The combustion of alcohol gas "is perfect and the escaping gu^es are quit** inodorous. The general use of alcohol for fuel in r:i< t'-r> is perfectlv feasible an-i is t ' to h?' > roi.gly recommended. N" 'i.tiiculties would l>e experienced , tn placing on the market motors built to operate with alcohol. The necessity for the adoption of alcohol as a source of power was clear- ? ly demonstrated in France during the i war. IJut there was such a demand j for alcohol for the manufacture of rau- j nitions that means had to be devised j to conserve the supplies of alcohol in ! France and ration them. An official commission was appoint- j ed in February, 1922, by the ministry of finance to fix the price of alcohol j derived from the current beet crop. I It recommended the enforced use of alcohol as fuel, or as an adulterant of gasoline, as an expedient for pro viding a regular market for the by products of the agricultural industries. { Beziers, in the department of Hie- ! rault, was the sc^ne last summer of extensive tests of automobile fuels made from mixtures of alcohol, gaso line and other substances. The re sults of these tests attracted consid erable attention, not only in France, but throughout the world. Many mix- I tures proved valuable. The most ef fective results were obtained from a | fixture suggested by M. Godchot, 1 dean of the department of science of ' the University of Montpelier, which j consisted of about 90 per cont gaso Hne, 9 per cent alcohol and small quantities of cyclohexanol and phenol. The committee i:i charge of the I5e ziers fuel tests was so impressed with the results obtained that it advocated legislation to compel the substitution of the Godchot mixture in place of gasoline for all purposes in France. Notwithstanding the strong advocacy of a national fuel for France, the gov ernment has not yet taker a pro nounced stand ort this question be cause of the numerous economic prob lems involved. It would like to- make France independent of imported fuels, cheapen the cost of automobile fuel and develop steady markets for the by products of factories producing sugar, fruit, grape pulp, ciders and sherry, starch, wine, beer, brandy and sim ilar articles. Rut difficulties arise from the fact that the price of al hohol is usually higher than that of gasoline and therefore the manufac ture of the Godchot fuel would be ex pensive. National Project Urged. To overcome these economic prob lerr.s it is proposed to establish a Da- ; tional alcohol office to control a mo- : nopoly of alcohol in France and to control the monopoly of manufacture of the "carburant national. ' In order that the alcohol fuel might be sold , below the price of gasoline the excess ; cost would be offset by taxes on wines, ciders and otht~ alcoholic beverages, i The French experiments instigated a series of similar tests in England. | The Empire Motor Fuels committee J bad tests made with pure alcohol over i the complete available ranee of mix- > ture strength, with open throttle at ! piston speeds ranging from 800 to 2.000 t per minute, and at compression ratios between 3.S to 1 and T to 1. The re sults were very favorable to the use of 1 pure alcohol. The Germans have n<?t neglected ex perimenting with alcohol as a motor j fuel. There Is an annual production of aiK'ut 1< ?O.Oc^V.'OO gallons of alcohol j fr'?m potatoes in Germany, and some of this has h'ng been used either in ' a p'.ire state <>r mixed with petrol as an automobile fuel. It is found that j ton of potatoes. carrying about 10 j per cent of starch, which promotes .he i fermentation. will yield 'S> gallons of j ab*??hol. As potato crops can be cheaply grown, they may in the fu- j ture become important factors in the j world s fuel supply. Relief Offered by Corn In countries like the United States, which are favored with larpe corn- { irrowinz area?, maize migh. be u??*d instead of potatoes, it is ea-y to rai><\ i transport and store, and presents no difficulties In Its conversion into al- I Cohol. Wood waste has been made to yield larjre quantities of alcohol. There are possibilities of usinz sawdust and the , timber felled in clearing agricultural j land-, as well as used lumber, for oil ? fuel. Hut practical difficulties will ; present the use of wood as a source j of alcohol in all but a few favored localities. Distilleries using wood as a source of alcohol could rarely compete with those using farm prod- . ucts. Farmers have it in their power 1 to produce a large number of crops J suited to the manufacture ?>f alcohol. The farmers of the United States alone could raise enough maize, pota- , toes, beets, and other crops to en able the world's motorists to sub- j stitute pure alcohol for petrol in all oil motors. The Cubans make motor alcohol from the lowest grades of molasses j and from bajrasse, or spent cane fiber. Industrial alcohol has b^en made from j these substances at a cost as low as five cents per gallon. Throughout Central and South Amer- i ica alcohol has been used as a fuel, either in a pure state or admixed with : petrol or kerosene. The results have 1 Builds Scaffold for Sister and Himself ! t Despondency over iil health ] I caused the double suicide at | Louisville. Ky., a few days ago, I I ? of George Schneider, fifty rears i f old, and his sister, Anna. Schneider built a scaffold in a i [ room of their home, and when j I his sister had hanged herself \ i upon it, he ended his own life In } ! the same way. | ' i been satisfactory. Naturally, when a new fuel is used in a petroi motor without proper adjustments being made ?for it, smooth running cannot be expected. But when intelligence is employed In substituting alcohol for petrol in motors there are few grounds for complaint. Tests in South Africa. M. Masfaraud, In his address to the French Chemical association, drew at t<*ntioD to the experiments carried out in South Africa during the war and subsequently with alcohol-ether admix ture fuels. Great success appears to have been met wit!) in using a mix ture called natalite, which is com posed of about 54 per cent of alcohol, 4."? per cent of ether and a little am monia. * " M. Lindet, a prominent French in dustrial chemist, has suggested th? use of a rii'?tor fuel composed of an admixture of alcohol and acetylene. Many authorities look upon the sug guest ion favorably and in the near fu ture it is proposed to test such mix 1 i: res on an extensive sca'e. Atuong . other' mixtures tried in Frame those composed of alcohol, ether, benzol and pyridine, alcohol toluene and xylene and alcohol, benzo! and petrol have given satisfactory re sults. It seems probable, from a survey of the present state of the motor fuel problem in France, that it is only a question of time when alcohol pro duced from French agricultural prod ucts will be substituted for imported gasoline. This substitution will not be made directly, but by degrees. Mix tures of alcohol, i*trol and other sub stances will be used and later, when the price of alcohol ran be greatly re duced. it will replace the petrol mix tures. The problem which at present con fronts French chemists is how to pro duce a national fuel cheaply, and they realize, as one has cleverly remarked, that they must study the matter not only with present conditions in view, but with an eye to the future, or, as M. Masfaraud says: "Dans un avenir prochain." Judge Bans "Chsek" Dancing. Long Beach, Cal. ? In what he an nounced from the bench as a deter mined effort to abolish cheek-to-cheek daneing in local places of amusement Police Judge M. (7. Hawkins ordered nn offending couple to abstain from fox-trotting in Long Beach for one year. Moved the Houses Across the River Tito houses which stood ou n?e ground recently secured for the site of tlu new West Virginia state capitol in Wheeling liave been removed to a new loca tion across the Kanawha river. The photograph shows one of the houses beinj taken on a barge across the river. Ti."lfr> c^L ulrV* Ti.r iYV T; W i">Ti ??&?<?. ^JisLxr DETOUR MAPS ARE PLACED IN HOTELS TOURISTS ADVISED OF ROAD CON* DITIONS AND GIVES CHOICE OF ROADS. REPORTS ISSUED MONTHLY ? I i /his is New Service of State High i way Commission Which Became Effective With July Detours. ' Raleigh. The state highway commission, for .he convenience cf motorists, hast placed in the hotel lobbies of the state, large maps of the detours in effect during each momh. This is a new service of the commission which be I came effective with the July detours. The purpose of the maps, it is said, is to indicate to a traveler going from ; town to town where he will have to detour. A man at Greensboro travel ' ing to Raleigh, for example, would only have to glance at the map in Greensboro and see if any detours are j marked up on the Greensboro-Raleigh road. He would then be in a position to choose his road so as to avoid de- j touring or. if two roads were not available, he would at least be advis | ed of road conditions before he com- j menced the trip. This service, it is believed, will be of great assistance to motorists pass ing through the State as, because of the great amount of road construction now in progress, many, many roads j are being replace* temporarily by de j tours. } | The detour reports of the commis sion which are issued monthly may . be found in all public libraries of the | state and will supplement the map so far as giving the exact mileage and location of all detours is concerned. Large maps of the entire highway j ; system of the state, it is stated. h3ve> j been furnished to such hotels as would agree to display them promin ently in their lobbies. These maps i give the route number and are plain I !y marked so that a trip through the I state may be made by route numbers j taken from the map. aided by th? route number signs which are along | the roads at frequent intervals. Expecting Great Farm Convention. A pood crowd of representative farmers and their wives will be pres ent at the Farmers' and Farm Wo men's Convention at the State College on July 31 and August 1 and 2 accord ing to reports that are now being re ceived by James M. Gray, secretary j of the convention. Mr. Gray think? j that this is because of the pood pro- ! cram which has been arranged an<* because of the outstanding speakers which he has secured. The fact is. however, that North Carolina farmer? have become accustomed to attending the convention and \hose who want- to , swap experiences with their neigh- ' hprs are almost sure to come again. ! The college, as usual, is going to fur- , nish free lodeinsr but the guests are ; expected to bring their toilet articles and bed linen. New Bern Labor Office Closed. Temporary discontinuance of the } State Employment office at New Bern j was announced by M. L. Shipmau. ! director of the Employment Service, j Withdrawal of the appropriation made ? by the American Red Cross imme- ! diately after the disastrous fire in , Xew Bern last December is given as j the reason for abandoning the office. Assistance from. *he county or city will ensure its reopening. Xew Bern is omitted from~the list j of offices reporting placements dur ing the week, and the aggregate to tals announced are appreciably small er than the placement sfor the preced ing week. A toU.1 of 618 men and women applied for work, 575 employ ers asked for help,, ami 398 nfen ana i 81 women were found employment j firing the week, according to the re- ; port. - More than half the number placea j during the week were classed as un- j skilled labor, the figures being given at 311. The demand for unskilled labor is still great, but tha number , available during the week is taken as an indication that the exodus of j negro laborers to the north has been checked, and that more of them are | seeking work at home. . Skilled labor maintains its second place in the line, and domestic help ; third, and clerical and professional a j bad fourth. Not an office in the state has a skilled or unskilled laborer list- ! ed for more than 24 hours at the time. Prohibition Director Makes Report. Salisbury. ? North Carolina moon shiners lost exactly 111 illicit distiller ies; 1.234 gallons of rum; 67,925 gal lons of malt liquor; 17 automobiles and property valued at $30,000 during the month of June, according to the report of activities of federal prohibi tion agents in the state, issued b> State Director R. t>. Coltrane, who headquarters here. Sixty arrests were made and 133 prosecutions recommended. 1 The mix ture of liquor and property during June was smaller than ApriJ or May. Cotton Crop Is Most Promising. I "The cotton crap of North Caro lina Is unusually promising consider- I in? the planting seasons and is th? largest in its history," according to a statement issued here by Frank Par- j ker, statistician of the co-operative reporting service of the United States and North Carolina departments of I agriculture. The report is based on information recived from 26 counties of the state. "With .the acreage at 103 per cent," says the report. "North Carolina shows the least increase of any state. The average for the cotton belt is 32 per cent increase. It is reported that the increase would have been more had the April report not been given publicity. That report showed the same acreage per cent according to the planting intentions of several thousand cotton farmers. It is fur ther recognized that it was the specu lator who suffered most by that "in tentions' report, which indicated prospective planting. "The present condition of SO per cent of a normal or full crop pros pect for 27)6 pounds per acre, if ap plied to the 1.703.460 acres. m<*ans that the crop might be over 91<"?.00i bales if the state conditions remain favorable. The boli weevil ami ad verse weather conditions must be reckoned with before early frost set? its share. These figures are based on conditions now and do nqt in clude any but favorable influence? to follow. The last crop made 350 pounds per acre and 851.000 bales. "There are estimated to have been planted in the United States the greatest acreage of any year. 3S.2S7. 000 acres with a prospective yield of 1 11.412,000 bales or 17 per cent in crease over the 1922 production. The present condition prospects are 1.3 per cent below last year's report and six per cent below the 10 year aver age. "The weather conditions in North Carolina have been unusually favor able for cotton during June. The re cent rains have helped to relieve the drought that might soon have be come serious, even on cotton. The boll weevil has not become notice ably bad but its presence and activi ties are now claiming the attention of the southren cotton counties of the satte. Weevil Declared Not Poisonous. Inquiries received by the state board of health from widely separat ed sections of the state indicate a fear cf the boll weevil that Is entirely un- j founded. The state board of health is advised that this pest of the cotton plant is without danger other than the damage which it does to one of : the state's leading farm products. The boll weevil is not poisonous. It does not infest fruits or berries, nor any of the garden vegetables, such as corn, beans, cabbage, lettuce, okra. tomatoes, or the like. The only food that satisfies the appetite of this insect is the cotton boll, and it eats this preferably when young and tender, when the squares are just forming. Popular superstition has enlarged the field of activity of this insect which is having a revolution in the agricultural habits of the entire south. In some sections the weevil is reported in the blackberries. From another comes th? report of having found it in the okra. A far eastern county attributed a serious illness to the weevil having been cooked along with some sanp beans. A Piedmont county thought it was infesting the cabbage. In all instances a consum ing fear seems to have taken posses sion of some of the people lest the j boll weevil take their lives. In answering such inquiries the state board of health has endeavor ed to reassure those unduly fearful with the definite statement that there is nothing to fear from the boll weev- j II except the partial destruction of the cotton crop. The insect is not poisonous and infests only the cotton plant. N. C. Leading in Building. For the first time since March. 1922, the number of permits issued for new work in twenty-four of the leading cities of the Fifth district was lower in May than the number issued dur ing the corresponding month of the previous year, but several North ; Carolina cities were among those fig uring in increases of newwork, ac cording to a study of the Monthly Review of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank just made public here. May, 1922, permits totaled 2.272 in comparison with 2.4T5 issued in May, j 1922. In the estimated cost of the work also, May of this year dropped ; below May of last ye*r ,the totals be- j ing $11,443,583 and $12.54S,712 re- j spectivelv, it is stated. The combin- j ed valuation for both new work and alterations or repairs totaled $13,461, 852 in May, 1923. in comparison with $14,451,569 in May. 1922. a decrease during the current month of 6.8 per t cent, according to the Review. Mail Checks to Growers. Checks aggregating more than tiro million dollars went out to the thirty odd thousand members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association, one day from the Raleigh headquarters. General Manager U. B. Blalock announced. y These checks represent the fourth distribution made to members, bring ing the total advances up to 22 cents a pound, basis middling, and making a grand total of fifteen million dollars that has been paid out on the 135,000 bales of cotton. . 'SS HadT# "Wli^n rr?y teeth he I couldn't ?: took all r. y ? I couldn't writes Mrs. a Ros a-vII, <Ta . g-i vinjr him T tin? and hi. - since." Teethina !~ in? syrup>* - - for quietinj tains no <? ' ? fectly har:; : dren thrive mend it. Teething store or orator! '-2. ?' O | / j * r p r r, , Mofff-!T"< Ill vert I seiL'-ir c. p , "Ii- V. . MYi ; hK< !:.e." Jll nl Thousand? r: ---* bladder trouble t: . Women '? err.*'/ r?i: nothing el=e tut ?? result of kidney ir dit:*: If the kidneys ai: dition, they may c: ;;e :'?e c-^. to become dise?.?e: Pain in the back. h? bition, nervousness. are often toms of kidney trt-ttr*. Don't delay s*. ? -erirJ 1 t twtoei. Kilmer'i Swamp-Rtot. a ;:Tr.^n acription, obtained a: asr dr^r.;; be just the remedy needed to o* auch conditions Get a pedium cr large v^J mediately from ar.y dr:g ?t ere. However, if you w ?h ?m tc t?{ great preparation send tea causl Kilmer 4 Co.. Binghamtca. N yd ?ample bottle. When writing be pj mention thu paper.? Advenueaei Hard to Locate. "Borrowing fr'?::. I'-*^r t* 7*7} is bad business." "It > fctr. such a hard t :::*?? IV* Cuticura Soothes Itchirg Sc^| On retiring gently rjh spots ii draff and itchinz with Cutirai ( roent. Next morning sl.aipon Cuticura Soap and hot water, them your everyday toilet preptt and have a dear s :in and sof!,i hands. ? A d vert i sem^-nt. Many p. < liberty. Ti- y <? there to be 1. . MRS. NICKEf SO WEAK HARDLYSH Tells How Lydia EPinkluJ Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health vreaC rzA Worcester, Miss. - "I hi trouble caused by a ferraJe ~~ end got so and weak ? that I col! stand cr wai the doer. Tfc g3\a me ii * pills, but i d e'ped c.e. pened to friend whoiss Lydi a E. Pp' Vege f)ur.d. so I 'jJ would try it. taking it a week I began to ic? and now I feel fine and am dox^l pay housework, inducing wasiiin^* ing and house cleaning. I tw# mended your medicine to my and I am willing for you to as a testimonial, as I would lii<?1 any cne suffering the wavId:dfr^L a weakness. "?Mrs. Delia Hitf* S. Itrdlow St., Worcester. M Lydia E. Pinkham 's Private W opon " Ailments Peculiar to will be sent you free uM Write to The Lydia L'. Finkh*-^ cine Co., Lynn, Mass. Tfcisfr**] tains valuable information. ALLEN'S FOftlf'EI FOR THE FE?T Sprinkle one or twu A.ieL's ders in the Foot-Ba:t n: : ^ fee t. It takes the st:cz <>ut 0 , jM Bunions and Smartl: c ljksting- comfort, stak.' ( your shoes. It takes tee frieitf* ?hoe, rests the feet a::J makes light. Always use it U r ^aDC^w)H to bre.ak in new shot? Over JB Five Hundred Thousaa-i poUciiJ the Feet were used by c>ur ^'Ju during the war. l'r.n'. jL E*se ^Valkit.g' Duii s-i*. r?{1 *** Allen's Foot-Ease, Le M "drop?* * ! Tr /f/ rrsr .,^4 A lonthin* remedy l? . , |t (tDU ,J dru?gtrt* ".kl KMir^^ HAIR ,,Sl i"~ fr*. i HINDERCORNSj-^I jm ??- ???, u? "??*?
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