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GRAHAM, N. C., July i'J 1915.
A THRUST-OR WHAT?
The Twice-a-Week Dispatch in
its Tuesday issue made sundry ob
servations as to the effect some
recent enacted by the
City Council of Burlington. It
seems that the new Sunday law in
that city prohibits the sale of to
bacco, cigars and cold drinks bv
the restaurants andtidrug stores.
A regulation-of this kind should
not call for severe criticism, if the
sanctity of the Sabbath is to be
maintained. Sabbath-breaking in
little things is but the en
tering wedge to more opet,
and flagrant desecration o,
the Lord's Day So far as
morality iB concerned people
who do business in town are en
titled to no more privileges than
other people. There is no sepa
rate code of morals for each indi
ual case. We do not believe any
individual, community or State
ever loses anything by keeping in
violate the Sabbath day. (
VV hile our good neighbors have
seen fit in their wisdom to make 1
an honest effort to promote the
moral welfare of their city, there
is no justification for The Dis- i
patch in making such thrusts at
Graham. It said, among other 1
things, that a man could "go to (
Graham where a warm welpome 1
awaited him and that he could get
anything that could buy, '
and it bought anything you want- (
ed, except h(£lth and religion." II \
this indictmtft is true, then it be
hooves Oraham to take a look at '
herself the tenor of the ]
other references is to the, ef- ;
feet that Graham did little else
Sunday than sell dope, cigars, to
baceo and other things. . ,
Were the references a thrust at ,
Graham or was it an effort to drive I
the city council of Burlington to 1
lay down the bars lor Sab
bath breaking by, striking over the 1
shoulders of Graham? From either 1
view the spirit is not commendable j
and will not meet the approval oi
good people. I
Mr. Joe M. Heece, the esteemed i
editor of the Greensboro Daily Rec- 1
ord, is in extremely ill health anu j
no hopes of his restoration to (
health is held out. His numerous 1
friends throughout the State wih 1
regret to learn of his condition. 1
Hon. W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of J
the Treasury of the United States, ,
will be the guest of honor of i
State Normal tIA Industrial Col- I
lege and the Chamber of Commerce, '
at Greensboro, at the College din
ing room at the Pan-American din
ner on August 4th, H p. m. Fifteen
hundred invitations have been is
aued. Secretary McAdoo will be
the principal speaker. 
Gov. Whitman, of New York, re
fuse* to interfere with the sentence
of Becker who will go to the oloctric 1
chair tomorrow. Four others have
already met the death sentence on 1
account of the slaying of Herman i
Rosenthal.
American Red Cross doctors and
nurses will be withdrawn October J
from the European battlefields be
cause ( I lack of. funds to maintain !
them. The two units in Belgium,
whero the greatest need exists, may
be continued, but the other 14 de- 1
tachments will return to the United '
Statos. The Serbian Sanitary Com
mission and other work supported
by special contribution, will go on ]
as long as thoso contributions are 
available, but the general fund col- !
lectcd in the United States, amount- j
ing to •1,500,000, will be exhausted
October 1.
HICKORY CHIPS.
This ia the open season tor sum
mer brides.
You can't tell a woman's age >y
her itOre teeth.
Fortunately for the world Thos.
A. Kdtson does take any atock in
the uMless old msn theories set
forth by Dr. Osier.
A conspicuous fised of a "safety
first" rule presents itself in con
nection with submarine operations
_ The unfortunate accident cannot
be accepted with composure as a
common incident of ocean travel
The steamer Ordunt escaped, bu(
it is (eared International Law re
ceived a severe Jolt.
Orders for steel (foreshadows an
enormous part to be taken by thr
United States In rebuilding the war
shattered Europe.
The need of funds mir enable
financiers to do more toward dis
couraging war than peace advo
eates have been able to accomplish
Japan is keeping far enough from
Europe's war to prevent risk o,
being Involved in any embarrassing
way in the peace negotiations.
- ' .Writers of letters threatening
bomb attacks are fn mast caset
trouble hunters rather than trou
ble makers.
Too many cooks and housemaidt
have an idea that those "Typhoid
Mary" cases are all moonshine
They are nothing of the sort, and
cleanliness ought to be universal
Corn, Small Grains and Legumes on
On Mountain Soils.
1. That most-mountain soils arc
supplied with enoug potash to i
grow maximum crops of corn, oat».'
wheat and rye for several hundred
years. that for these I
crops potash has but little effect
upon the yield, in fact in some in
stances it has seemed to depress
the yieldss.s
2. That phosphoric acid is the
chief deficiency of mountain soils.
being next and lime third
in importance.
3. That lime has generally, been
found beneficial, especially for. not
torn soils containing much organ'c
matter.
4. That a good rotation for
buildin up mountain soils has
been foiiny as follows
First year—Corn' wi'.h soy beans.
Second year— Whdat, red clover.
Third year—Hed clover.
5. That for smal) grains grown
on average soils in the mouji'.nins
would suggest the followng-appli
cation per acre ar planting : t
Acid phoshate, 16 pper cent. 200
to 300 pounds.
Dried blood, 13 per cent.. 50 lbs.
Or cotton seed meal, 1% per cent..
100 poundii.
Or else put in the acid at planting
and add 60 to 79 lbs. of nitrate
of soda in the spring when grow.h
begins to sairt actively. Ground
limestone should be added at the
rate of 1,000 to 2,000 lbs. per acre
every four to six year®.
6. Th'it for legumes like red clo
ver, use lime and 400 to 600 pounds
per acre of a mixture containi ig
8 to 10 per cent, available phos
phoric acid; 2 to 1 per cent pot
ash. and 1 to 2 per cent, nitrogen.
Cotton, Corn, Small Grains and Cow
peas on Test Farms.
1. That with these soils the con
trolling constituents for the growth
of corn, small grains and cotton are
generally phosphoric acid and nitro
gen, which must generally be added
to Che soil if profitable crops are to
be grown. For legumes on ost of
the soils is phosphoric acid. The
chief known exceptions to this rule
for all crops being the Iredell series
of soil which are locally known as
blackjack soils. Ap plications of
phosphoric acid does not seem to
be generally essential with these
soils.
2. That for growing corn, cotton
and small grains on the average
Piedmont soil in its present con
dition lime is not generally essen
tial, and its use will not usually
prove very, if at all., profitable. For
soils containing large amounts of
organic matter, the yielus of these
crops, would in most cases be ma
terially increased ' the use of
lime. For most leguliies, especia'ly
for clover, the use of material will
generally b eessentlnl to successs
for the soils of this section of the
State.
3 That at the Central Farm Just
West of Raleigh, 600 pounds of fer
tilizer was ilJie most profitable
quantity fos eo^on; but at the Ire
dell Far m near Statesville, 1 000
pounds, the largest amount used
in the experiments, was the best
paying quantity for this crop.
4. That for corn at the Central
Farm, 150 pounds and at the Iredell
Farm 150 pounds of complete ferti
lizer was the most profitable quan
tity per acre.
5. The best formula deduced
from results for cotton on average
Piedmont soil is from 600 to 'I,OOO
or mrft-e lbs. of a 10—2—2 mixt
ure ; for corn IjO td 450 pounds of
a 10—4—5 mixture per acre; and
for cowpeas 300 to 500 pounds of a .
6 ger cent, acid phosphate alonei
or on the poorer soils of this sec
tion of tu State enough nitrogen
to supply 1> to 2 per cent, of ni
trogen in tlie mixture,
6. That as a general thing it will
not be found to pay t odivide ni
trogen or the whole application un
less the applications are heavy, but
instead it will usually pay best to
add all at the planting, particu
larly so with/fhose of the heavier
phases.
Buttermilk Into Cheese
The office of Dairy "Experimenta
tion is now perfecting plans for
taking care of the buttermilk left
over ny the Experiment Station
Creamery in the making of butter
Iqr the market. The milk will be
made into buttermilk cheese, which
has been found to be very digesti
ble upd of much better texrture than
the cottage cheese made from clab
ber.
to Mr. Eaton, who has
ehfrrge of the work, "One gallon of
buttennilk will make one pound of
cheese and the cheese ts equivalent
in food value pound for pound to
good steak. As soon as a sufficient
sufficient quantity of cheese has
been made it will be put on the
market to test its marketable val
ue." t.
"The milk which is being used in
this work has so far been going to
wste as a by-product of no value.
Hereafter we expect to use all of
this waste milk and to add materi
ally to the profits of the Cream
ery."
Utihw Cannot h»
by local application*, as 'hey cannot reach
the dl»»a«sd portion of the ear. 1 her* la only
one way to our* deafnraa, ana that la by con
stitutional reSM-dlea. Dearneaa Is caused by
an li>Simed eonditionor (be mneous llnlns
of the P.uataehlan To be When Ibis tube Is
Intlatard you haee a ramblins sound octm
perfect heirlns. and when It IsenUraly oloe
ed. ltonfnesa la the result, and unless (he In
•animation can be taket. out and this tube
restored in lis normal eondltloo, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine oases • ot of len
are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but
sn InSamedoudlttonoftbsmuooussuifaces.
We will slva One Hundred l>ol|sre for any
esse of Deafness oaused by catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cur*. Sand
for circular* free.
r J. CHUNKY A CO.. Toledo, O
fold by Drussl'ta, Tie.
Tabs Hall's I amity Mils tor ronatlpaUon.
Thia huainess ot leading a base
ball league by th? skin of one's
teeth hss Its drawback when the
dental epidermis ahows aymptoms
of abrasion.
Terrible'fs It not, th tt so many
of ua may presently go down to
the beaches In order to see how
perfectly shocking are ao.n« peo
ple'a bathing costumes.
Commercial Ice cream,l( belieted
to be much better now than it waa
a few years ago, the idea of sub
stituting real cream for bacteria
hsvlng resulted in much improve
ment.
One trouble with some of the re
marks thst Col. Roosevelt makea
between his clinched teeth" is that
the Hps should be clinched over
the teeth and- a Maxim silencer
applied to both.
OLDER BUT STRONGER
To be healthy at seventy. preparPat
forty, Is sound advice, bacsMaa 7a the
strtntfhof middle We we tee eAealorget
thst neglected colds, or careless treat-
SMst of slight sches and twina, simply
undermine strength sad firing chronic
weakness for later jmm.
Tebe stronger when older, keep your
blood pore and rich and acthre with the
ftrength-bollding aad btood-nourtahing
nronotiee oi Bcott's Bmnlsion which Isa
feed, a tonic aad a medicine to keep yoer
blood rich, alleviate ihematism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in Bcott's.
♦ flontt * Bswne. toomfcid. W.J,
North Carolina to Be a Livestock and
Dairy State.
Progressive Parmer.
i The increasing interest in live- |
stock and dairying is one of the
| finest indications of progre3s in
North Carolina today. IjIoX at
at these signs of the new day :
1. The willingness of farmers
Itr pay higher prices to get g'joi
sirf  ui' indicated b; r recent sties
in this State. »nU by the increasing
business done by leading breeders.
2. The growth of livestock and
.dairy associations, as illustrated uy
the increasing support, given thi
State organizations, the formation
of county branches, and especially
the organization oI neighbor-iOtx!
sire-owning associations.
3. Getting boys interested thru
pig. clubs.
4r* The increasing tend?noy to
substitute brood mares for mules
as works stock.
5. Recognition of the fact that
that cheap and abundant feed must
be the basis of success, hsnc! the
increasing use of forage and graz
ing crops, the building of Mlo*» ana
especially the planting of various
new crops for making cheap pork
instead of depending on th 3 nig'iij
pricefd corn.
6. The starting of new cream-1
eries under the direction nat of
fake promoters, but along safe lines
mapped out by the Agricultural
Department experts.
The inauguration of numerous
Cr-am routes to serve these nev
creameries
8. The revival of interest ill
count v fairs th. exhibits of pure-,
b • •! being a feature in
n> nrly every case.
And all of these signs aretomak?
us rejoice. A cheese factory in
Watauga is the* lates 4 - enterprise.
As the Winston-Stlem Journal well
savs »
"Of old it was said that great
est benefactor of his race w.n th"?
man who could make two blades ol
grass grow where one grew before
Not long ago we changed it to a*>-
plv to conditions existing rir;ht
now in North Carolina, and said
that the man worth while in this
State is the man who makes two
pigß squeal where only on? pig
squealed before. Or it might Just
as wells be stated that th» greatest
benefactor of North Carolina rifht
now is the man who will make two
head of cattle grow where only) one
h'*ad, grew before."
Ewes For Breeding Purposes Should
Be Purchased Before August.
Sheep herders throughout the
State are now preparing to get rid
of all the grade ewes in, their tipek;
so that only the very best animaTs
will be on hand for feeding through
the winter. This will afford parties
who are desirous of breeding sheep
to obtain some good animals very
cheaply. As practically all of the
animals will be sold to butchers in
the near future,such farmers as de
sire additional ewes for breeding
purposes should arrange to bay
them at least by August 15. The
office of Beef Cattle and Sheep In -
vestijjations has received informa
tion as to where a number of these
grade animals can be obtained ana
will gladly assist any farmer who
may want to place orders.
Ugh! Claomle Makes
You Deathly Sick
Stop Using Dangerous Drug
Before it Salivates you !
It's Horrible!
You're bilious, sluggish, coasti
pated, and believe you need vile,
dangerous calomel to start your
j4iver and clean your bowels.
my guarantee! Ask your
druggist for a 50-cent bottle of
Doclßon's Liver Tone and take a
spoonful to-night. If it doesn't
start your liver and straighten you
right up belter than calomel and
without griping or making you
sick, I want you to go back to
the drug store and get your
.money.
Take calomel to-day and to-mor
row you will feel weak, sick and
nauseated. Don't lose a days
work. Take a spoonful of harm
less, vegetable Doason s Liver Tone
tonight and wake up feeling great.
It's perfectly harmless. Give it to
your children any time. _ It can t
salivate, so let them eat anything
they want afterwards.
They do say that false teeth were
worn 2,000 years ago. Still in some
respects those were • the good v'd
times.
That the American dollar has en
hanced its value is due to the good
sense and respectable morals be
hind the dollar.
In regard to the schools, people
will eventually begin to suspect
that there Is so much smoke there
may be a crossed wire or some
thing.
Traveling Maa's Kiprrltstt.
"In the summer of 18UI had a
very aerious attack of cholera mor
bus. Two physicians worked over
me from 4 a. m. to 6 p. m. with
out giving me any relief and then
told me they did not expect me to
live; that 1 had best telegraph for
my family. Instead doing so 1
gave the hotel porter fifty cents
and told him to buy me a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Kcmedy, and take
no substitute. 1 took a double
dose according to the directions
and went to sleep alter the second
dose. At five o'clock next morning
.1 was called by order and took thu
train to my next stopping point, a
well man, nut feeling rather, shaky
from the severity of the attack,
writes If. W, Ireland, Louisville
Kjr. i Obtainable everywhere. sdv.
Old King Coal ia anything but a
merry old soul in Wales.
If Monarcha were duggists
they'd give us something Just as
good instead ot war.
If wise you'll not pole a hirnet's
nest to see what there In Inside of
it. . A'
To make battleships thoroughly
sate from torpedo attacka they
ahould be equipped with dry docks.
sloo—Dr. B. Detchon's Anti-Din
rctic may be worth more to you
—more to you than >lO4 It you
have a child who soils the bed
ding from incontinence ot water
during sleep. Cures old and rounp
alike. It arrests the trouoli; at
once. •I.M. Sold by Graham Dreg
Company. adv.
Ths early bird that monkeys wit'*
the early he* is apt to jjjt s'cjnfj.
- Those who suffer in alienee usu
• ally have a lot to aiy about it
later.
I lt'a so much easier to cafl a man
a liar than it ia to prove it.
Over 29,000 Vsteins with Anti-
Typhoid.
State Board of Health Bulletin,
i Over 29,000 is the number of peo
ple vaccinated at the end of four
weeks in the Jive counties conduct
ing; State and county anti-typhoid
campaigns. By the middle of last
week the 25,000 mark was passed,,
which aws tne goal hoped Jor by
those promoting the campaigns. In
the remaining two weeks it is ex
pected that the number- will be
slightly increased, but the greater
part of the work for the remain
, der of the time will be giving the
! second and third treatments. By the
i end of the six weeks' campaign it
is probable that the 30,000 mark will
have been reached.
The figures as they stand are
at present: Wake, 10,137; North
ampton, 9.177; Cumberland. 3.933;
Buncombe, 3,514 ; Henderson, 2,288;
Northampton is stili holding first
place as having vacqjnated the
largest percentage of her popula
tion. , "
X* Li\ IDUALfc AND TYFnoll).
"Wh?n a person dies from ty
phoid fe\er these days it see.ns
to me it's more thin a plain ease
of suicide," said a citizen of Ral
eigh recently. "Bspecially so," h?
continued, "in the face of all the
•nnti-typhoid treatment that is be
ing put before the peo le. I cant
fee why every person in this State
doesn't avail himself of this oppor
tunity to become immune to ty
ihoid fever, even though it hasnt
been offered to every citizen (fee
of charge. The State is doing all
Jt can to get it to all the people
pract cally without cost, but that s
not the trouble. The people won't
tiks it, free or not free. Why, right'
here in Raleigh, where it has been
offered free every day in the week
for four weeks, not one-half of the
people have taken it—not more
tl»an one-fourth have taken it.
"Oi" course, I dont mean that
wh®n a person dies from typhoid
that he prefers death to life but
!i h-> is redsponsible to the ex
tern o. 'i:s neglect or his iod'ffer
ence or ignorince Th°re also may
also be a community re3po-is'V'l
tv, in that insanitary conditions
were allowed to exist as the source
of fever, but when euch a prevent
ive as this vaccine is put up to in
dividuals, I do say they are to a
great extent responsible when they
come down with fever."
While playing bear at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Airs. Mann
llarrett, five miles from Shelby,
Curtis. Barrett, seven years old, shot
and instantly killed liis brother,
Clyde Barrett, 12 years old. They
thought they had an unloaded gun
Cm Ed. Taylor of Wilmington, rid
ing in an automobile in a driving
rainstorm, was rendered unconscious
and his muchine stopped, and was
later found by friends. He thinks
lie was unconscir.gs for half an hour
and that lightning did the work.
Diarrhoea (lulckly Cured.
"About two years ago I had a
severe attack of diarrhoea which
lasted over a week," writes W. C.
Jones, Buford,, N; D. I became so
weak that I could not stand up
right A druggist recommended
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose
relieved me and in two days I was
as well as ever." Obtainable every
where. adv.
C. M Hawkins «as arrested in
Marion a few days ago for alleged
complicity in the illicit liquor frauds
at F.»rt Smith, Ark. He was re
leased on $5,000 bond. The same
day Will Smith was-arrested at Fort
Smith, Ark , on a similar charge.
Ttie arrest of the two makes a total
 f 18 arrested for liquor frauds at
Fort Smith.
troa know Wliat T»u Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is Iron and Qui
nine in a tasteless form. No
cure, no pay.—soc. adv.
, CapteF. C. Robbins of Lexington
is so interested in the moonlight
school movement that he has volun
teered to teach a cless of 20 or more
adult illiterates an hour a night, two
nights a week, the class to begin in
September, when the nights are
longer.
(last on in Gazette: A Oastonia
firm, the Cocker Machine Company
firm, the Cocker Machine &
Foundry Company, has been award
ed a contract for the manufacture
and delivery of 4,000 steel casings
for 5 in. Shrapnel, the order be
ing in the nature of a sub-contract.
En/llsh Spavin Linimnet re
moves Hard, Soft and Calloused
Lamps and Blemishes from borsos;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifles,
Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs,
ei p. Spve 150 by use of one bot
tle. A wonderful Blemish Cure.
Sold by Graham Drug Company.
adv
Beauty More Than akin Deep.
A beautiful woman always has
good digestion. If your digestion
is faulty, Chamberlain's Tablets
will do you good. Obtinaable
everywhere. adv.
8. W. Finch has been appointed
pestmaster at Lexington.
Itch relieved in 30 minute* by
Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fail*. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
None of tho*e wandering "bug*'
la making any attempt to blow up
a iace powder plant.
Corn I* growing a mile * min
ute and old Bumper - Crop bid*
fair to beat all previou* record*.
Still one more revolution in Mex
ico won't do any harm.
The main trouble with Russia ap
pears to be that it has no stand
ing army.
NeUertn Ms Hear*
Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved In six hour* by
the "NEW QRBAT SOUTH AMER
ICAN KIDNBY CURE," It is a
great surprise on account of It*
exceeding promptness in relieving
pain In bladder, kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieve* reten
tion of water almost immediately.
If you want quick relief and cure
this is the remedy. Bold by Gra
ham Drug Co. adv.
9UBSCRIBB FOR THB GLEANS*
ILN A YBAB
ROAD •
BWLDINO
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
More Fuss Over Freight Rate* Than
Coat of Hauling Crop* From
Farm tS Railroad.
A good deal of fuss ia raised over
freight rates, and everybody who baa
anytfilng to do with the t transportation
of crops or merchandise is op in arms
the moment railroads give the least
Intimation that freight rates are to be
advanced. But at the line time, tber«
Is a strong tendency to give no atten
tion to the cost of hauling farm crop*
from their point of origin on the farm
to the railroad station; a matter of
greater concern "than alt the railroad
rates in tho world, says Fruit Grower
and Farmer.
Uncle Sam has found that It cost*
In the neighborhood of 25 cents a mile
to haul a ton over the average coun
try road. But this cost may run up
to ten time* this figure over bad roads,
and be reduced as many times over
good roads with modern vehicles.
This cost is something that 1s rarely
ever figured in by the producer when
summing up his marketing expense,'
even though It will frequently make a
figure that Is not much less than the
coat of getting his produce to the dis
tant market by rail.
Good roads are expensive to build
and are more or less of an expense to
maintain, but If It were possible to
compare the lowered cost of trans
porting the farm produce over the
road before and after Improvement It
would be found that the cost was paid
back with interest within a very few
years after Improvement Lo# grades
are of first consideration, for it coets
more money to haul over a hilly road
than over a level one, where the sur
face Is the same. But on almost any
road, it is easily possible to have at
least a smooth surface on which to
drive.
The King drag Is the implement that
will make the surface smooth and
keep it smooth. And the wonder of
It is that more farms do not have a
drag as an essential part of their ,
equipment. Road dragging time is ,
Just coming with the breaking up of
the snow, and its usual accompanl- |
mont of mud. Heavy traffic over such
roads makes and bad roads of the
worst sort, unless the ruts are filled j
by dragging. Prepare now to keep
your road dragged this year, anU"*
lower the cost of hauling your prod
uce to market.
Remember, also, that wide-tired
wagons pull more easily than narrow
tired ones 90 per cent of the times ■
Example of Mountain Road Building
In Colorado.
when they are used. The wide tire
does not cut *o deep and makes a bet
ter track on road* which are traveled
while the ground la soft The wide
tire packs the surface into a firm road
bed, and thus enables It to drain well
in time of rain.
In cornfields, plowed fields, field
lanes, and on pasture and alfalfa land,
the draft on the wide tire 1* consider
ably less, no matter what the condi
tion of the soil. The wide tire does
not cut up the meadow or field as
does the narrow tire. This is also
Important, as a smooth surface In the
meadow la much easier to mow over.
Use no tire less than four Inches on
your fields or on soft make a
King road drag and use it Thus low
er your own freight rates by lowering
your hauling costs.
Keep Weed* Away.
Weed* mast be kept several feet
from the wheel track else they will
draw the moisture from th* roadbed
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
V.-E. P. Ripley
On Relations of Railroads and Psopls
The Industrial leaders of this nation IN talkiag to
the public face to face through the ethau of this paper.
The time waa whan If a corporation had anything to aay
to the people they sent a hired hand, whispered it through
a lawyer or employed a lobbyist to explain It tothelegls
latnre, but the mea who know and the man who do are
now talking over the fence to the man who plows.
Whan the leading bnalness man of this nation gat
A "hack to the soil" with their problems, strife and diseeo
slon will dlaappear. for whae man look Into each other's
I faces and smile then Is a better day coming.
■■■■■■ Mr. ft P. Ripley, prealdent of the Santa Ps Railroad,
when aaked to give hla views la refer sacs to relatione existing betweea the
railroad and the pa bile said in part:
"Frequently we hear statements to the effect that thaaa relations are
improving, that the era of railroad baiting haa paaaad and that pnblie senti
ment now favors treating the rallroada fairly. Aa yet this change la public
sentiment. If any such there be. Is not effective la reealta.
It la true that In the leftslatnree of the aoathwestern states daring the
past winter there were fewer unraaaoaabla aad unreaaonlng laws paaaad
than usual, bat a consideration of the hostile Mile Introduced shows that
there is still reason for much disquiet even though they war* defeated by
more or lees of a majority.
Moreover, the Idea that the railroads have bessj harshly treated does
not seem to prevail In the offices of the State Railroad Commissions which
seem to cherish a notion that their bnslneaa Is not to act as an arbitrator
between the rallroada aad the people, bat which proceed on the theory that
the railroads are able to take care of themeelvee and that their daty la to
act as attorney for the people even though in ao doing they deay Justice
to the rallroada. It requires no argument to dsaioostrate that the rallroada
are entitled to Justice equally with other cltlseua aad taxpayers. That they
have not received It and are not receiving It la perfectly susceptible of
proof. That they have practically no reooarae la the coarta has also bean
determined
The situation therefore is that the people, through their reprseeatativaa,
must sleet whsthsr the services of the rallroada shall be adequately con pea
sated or not; and it requires no fortune teller or soothsayer to predict that
In the long run the service will take the class that is paid for and no hotter.
The natural competition between the railroads and the natural dealre
to perform flrat-claas service has heretofore reaulted in giving the public
much more than It was willing to pay for. Continuation ot thla will ha
impoaslble and BO laws, however drastic, oaa loag accomplish the Impossible."
fk
afid tbtii loosen «, mis is especially
true ia region* of mfederate raftafalL
You? Road*.
How about that road In front of
your farm? Did you get out with a
split log and smooth It' down at the
right time? Did you fill up the low
places T Take a little self-pride la
the road that ruqs in front of your
farm and see that it I* In good shape,
for yourself and your neighbor.
Road-Building Habit.
The road-building habit is confined
to no one locality. It has a foothold'
in 48 states- All classes take to It.
WIDE TIRES IMPROVE ROADS
Mechanical Expert of Kansa* College
Give* Farmer* Advice Bases on
Practical Experience.
'.'Wide-tired wagons pull more easily
than narrow-tired one* 90 per cent of
the time* when they are used," says
F. A. Wirt, Instructor In farm me
chanics In the Kansas state agricul
tural college. . Professor Wirt has just
completed'experiments with wide and
with myrow-tired wagons.
Narrow tires pull harder than wide
tires, says Professor Wirt, because the
narrow tire cuts deeper into the top
soli. The wide'tire does not cut so
deep and makes a better track on roads
which are traveled while the ground 1*
' soft The wide tire packs the sur
face Into a firm roadbed.
The experiments show that in corn
fields, plowed fields, field lane*, and
on paature and on alfalfa land, the
draft of the wide tire 1* considerably
lesa no matter what the condition of
the soil. i
Ih piaces where the mud Is deep
and rolls up on the Wheels, in rut*
made by narrow wheel*, or in a sur
face of mud with a hard ground be
neath, the narrow tire will pull more
eaally. The narrow wheel fit* the
rut, on the hard bottom of which It
run*, and It collects less mud than
the wide tire.
Width of tire and height of wheel
have a great effect upon the draft
| Tbe usual width of the narrow tire
is one 4nd three-fourths inches, whllfl
I the wide tire Is usually three or totjr
laches wide. The tires used in the
tests were one and three-fourths and
four Inches wide respectively. Slx
' Inch wheels are used only on low
i trucks. One type of wheel rarely
found Is the low wheel with narrow
; tire. The draft with this 1* so great
that a team can hardly pull a load
in soft field surfaces,
i A farmer who can afford only one
wagon will find many factors enter
' Hsg into his, selection. If he has to
go on the roads In all kinds of weath
er, he will find the narrow tires bet
ter because they will collect less mud
when the roads are bad. On the oth
er hand. If he goes only when the
roads are good, or uses the wagon In
the fields a great deal, be will find the
zjy\ I j
Well-Kept Country Road,
wide tire will be preferred because
of the lighter draft and lea* damage
to the field*.
One of the main points in favor of
the wide tire* 1* that their use great
ly improve* the roadbed, as they will
pack the top soli making the roadbed
firm and thus enabling it to drain
well In time of rain. The wide tire
will not cut up the meadow or field
as does the narrow tire. This is
also Important, as a smooth surface
in the meadow is much easier to mow
over.
BAD ROADS CAUSE ACCIDENTS
Claims Made on Insurance Company
for Four Deaths From Mishaps
Due to Faulty Hlghwsys.
Do we need good roads? The report
of a Chicago traveling man's Insur
ance organisation covers the payment
of tan death 'claims for the first M
dsys of the year, and of-thsse tour
were deaths resulting from motor-car
accidents dns to bad roads.
It is singular that these four deaths
occurred one each In the four north
western states of Minnesota, the Da
kotas and Montana.
In each case the traveling men's or
ganisation paid SB,OOO.
This furnishes a striking example
of the financial and economic loss
charged up directly to bad roads.
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ANNUAL SEASHORE EXCURSION
To NORFOLK, VA.
Tuesday, August 3rd, 1915.
via Southern Railway,
Premier Carrier of the South.
Special Train
Greatest Outing of the Season. Only opportunity of the
Season to visit the Famous Seashore and historic
points in and around Norfolk at a very
small cost
Schedule and low round-trip fares as follows:
Lv. Gibsonvillo 7:00 p. m. $3.65
Burlington 7:20 3.65
Graham 7:27 3.65
Mebane 7:50 3.35
Hillsboro 7:10 3.35
Chapel Hill Sta. 4:00 3.35
Durham 8:55 3.00
Raleigh 7 KM) 3.00
Oxford 10:45 2.50
Fares in same proportion from all intermediate stations.
Passengers from East of Durham use regular trains to Dur
ham, connecting with special train leaving Durham 8:55 p. m.
Two days and one Wht at the Seashore Points. Pullman
Sleeping Cars, _your reservations early, separate day
oachesc for colored people.
For detailed information, Pullman reservations, etc. call on
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