SET 20 ROAD JOBS
FOR NEXT MEETING
TENTATIVE LIST OF PROJECT®
WOULD ADD 111 MILES OF
PAVED ROAD.
Raleigh.
Twenty new highway projects which
will add 111.05 miles of hard surface
roads and 87.96 miles of Improved
dirt road to the State highway sys
tem will be let to contractors at high
way letting on October 13, according
to tentative list of projects made pub
lic. The' twenty projects will cost ap
proximately $3,500,000.
The tentative list of projects fol
lows:
Project 164. Nash and Edgecombe
counties. 16.9 miles of paving on
Route 40 from the Tar River north to
the Halifax county line.
Project 1990. Wilson county, 10.18
miles of grading and bridges from
Wilson to the Nash county line on
Route 91. -
Project 111 B and 117-B. Camden
and Currituck counties, 11.83 miles of
paving between Camden and Sligo.
Project 241. Johnston county, 12
miles of grading and bridges from
the Wilson county line toward Smith
field.
Project 242. Johnston county 13.24
miles of paving on Route 10 from
SmlthOeld to. the Wayne county line.
Project 347. Cumberland county.
9.5 miles of paving from Fayetteville
toward Dunn on Route 22.
Project 354. New Hanover county,
7.59 miles o fpavlng from Wilmington
to Wrightsvllle Sound on Route 2.
Project 394. Robeson county, 12.38
miles of grading and bridges from
Lumberton to Boardman on Route 20.
Project 496. Warren county, 1.5
miles of grading and bridges between
Macon and Littleton on Route 48.
Project 487-B. Wake county, 9.9
miles of grading and bridges from the
end of project 487-A to eastern corpor
is limits of Wendell on Route 90.
Project 523. Davidson county. 14.5
miles of grading and bridges from
the eid of project 623 extended to the
iTorsyth county 11ns on Route 64.
Project 642. Iredell county, bridge
ever Rocky Creek on Route 76.
Project 1040. Anson county. 7.53
miles of pavlnf between Lllesvllle and
Pee Dee River on Route 20.
Project 614. Caswell county, 12.08
miles of paving from Yonceyvllle to
the Virginia line on Route 14.
Project 683-B. Rockingham county,
Ave miles of top soil between Liberty
and Stanley on Route 60.
Project 1850. Halifax county, 14.9
miles of paving from Halifax south
to the Edgecombe county line on
Route 40.
Project 753-B. Stokes aMnty, 11
miles of grading and bridges from the
end of project 763-A to Danbury on
Route 89.
Project 809. Burke county, 7.36
miles of paving from the eastern city
limits of Morganton to bridge east of
Valdese.
Project 826. Cleveland county, 10.18
miles of paving from Shelby to the
Rutherford county line on Route 20.
Project 948. Haywood county, 4.5
miles of grading and bridges from the
Haywood county line to Canton on
Route It. -
91M.000 Buildings For Stats Prison.
Tha erection of a naw group of brick
and concrete buildings at a cost of ap
proximately $135,000 at the Caledonia
prison frnt has been authorised by
tha state prlnon board. It waa stated
by Superintendent George Rosa Pou
of tha central prison here.
Plana for the Caledonia ptaat are
aow being drawn, to be aubmltted to
tha prlaon board at Ita next meeting,
which will come on October IS. Blda
for tha contractions ara then expected
ta be called for.
Tha prisoners on tha Caledonia farm
ara now bouaed In three asperate
stockade groups. Two of these, the
superintendent said, ara nearly 39
years old and "all ara Are traps." Tha
ithlrd waa built laat November aa tem
porary structures. Mr. Poa said.
The new plant, which will house new
prisoners only, will do away with the
preaent atochadea, and will house
about OO prisoners, the superintend
ent said. It will contain sanitary
4ormlntorles.
County Agents Mset Ja. uary 8.
The aext abort courae and confer
ence of the county and home,, agenta
•f the Agricultural Extension Service
of Stale Collage will ha held at the
Oollege during the ten days beginning
Jaauary 5 aad lastlag threugh Janu
ary 14 accordlag to a decision reached
at tha regular monthly conference of
axtanalon workera held at Stata
College.
•ummerville Heada Read Construction.
W. D. SumaervUle. Stale Highway
ioommlaaloa eaglaeer, has beea pro
piotad to tha position of Blate oon
•traction englaeer to auccoad a N.
Connor, who has baaa appointed chief
engineer of the Mexican Federal High
way Ca« miss ton.
Several highway engineers have
gone ta Mexloe to foraa the engineer
lag organisation of tha aaw Federal
Highway Commlaaloa which will
build 2,004 mites of highway* through
Ml the country.
Violent Deaths Three Dally.
Over three persons were killed every
day In North Carolina during August
by violence, according to a report
made public by the Bureau of Vital
Statistic* of the State Board of Health
which shows that 96 persons were kill
ed during the month by accidents and
homicides.
Nineteen homicides were commit
ted in the State during the month but
automobiles accidents with a casualty
toll of 29 the causes of violent
death. Other causes of violent death
were: accidental drowning, 22; rail
road accidents, 11; and burns, 10.
July saw birth add materially to the
population of North Carolina while
death trailed far behind in cutting
down the living total, according to the
report. During the month there were
6,265 birth and only 2,488 deaths.
The July birth rate per 1,000 popu
lation was 27.6 while the death rate
was only 10.9. The death rate of in
fants under two years of age per
population was 2.7 with 624 deaths re
ported..
Total figures on births and deaths
during August have not yet been com
piled.
Causes of death during August re
ported to date are as follows: typhoid.
49; scarlet fever, 2; whooping cough,
13; diphtheria, 16; smallpox,
enpox, 1; Infantile paralysis, 3; diar
rhea and enteritiß under two years of
age. 163; tuberculossis all forms, 193;
pellagra. 47; burns, 10; auto accidents,
29; accidental drowning. 22; railroad
accidents, 11; lobar pneumonia. 37;
broncho pneumonia, 43; influenza, 13;
homicides, 19, and lightning, 5.
During August 38,161 typhoid im
munizations and 7,895 diphtheria im
munizations were given.
Irish Potatoes Lead Shipments.
North Carolina last year shipped
17,335 carloads of fruit, and truck, it
was announced by George R. Ross, of
the Division of Markets, State Depart
ment of Agriculture, following a gen
eral survey. Irish potatoes led, with
6,634 carloads-, and strawberries came
next In order, with 2,046 carloads.
Other carload lots were as follows:
Watermelons, 629; cabbage. 263; let
tuce, 714; sweet potatoes, 697; dew
berries. 316; apples, 418; green peas,
116; string beans, 659; cucumbers,
1,639; cantaloupes, 401; green corn,
101; mixed vegetables, 1,093; beets, 32;
carrots, 3; peppers, 11; tomatoes, 4;
turnips. 2. and spinach. 21.
Mr. Ross also announced the ap
proximate number of hours required
for perishable fruit service from North
Carolina trucking sections to New
York. Florida, and the Middle West:
Peaches, Aberdeen to New York third
morning; Aberdeen to Jacksonville,
second morning; Aberdeen to Chicago,
fourth morning. Potatoes, Elisabeth
City to New York, third morning;
Elisabeth City to Chicago, fifth morn
ing; Elisabeth City to Jacksonville,
third morning.
Extreme points to which North Car
olina fruit and truck can be shipped
were announced as follows: Peaches,
Europe, Canada, watermelons, Canada,
Pittsburgh, Florida; cabbage, Boston;
lettuce. Boston; strawberries Canada;
Irish potatoes, Cuba; swtaet potatoes,
Boston; dewberries, Boston; apples,
South America; green peas, Chicago;
string beans, Chicago; beets. Pitts
burgh; peppers, carrots, Pittsburgh;
tomatoes, Florida, turnips, Pittsburgh;
spinach, New York, Boston.
•ulolde Figure* Show SurpHae*.
la it that the winds of March have a
depressing psychological effect which
Is responsible for more suicides la
North Carolina during March than la
any other month?
The qeustion Is, of course, one that
has not been anawered. Bat the fact
remains that March led in 1924 in
suicides in this Bute, according to
figures complied by the Bureau of Vital
Statistics of the State Board of Healtt
Contrary to general opinion, the hot,
sultry months of July and Auguat do
not lead in suicides. On the contrary,
July and August had fewer suicides
last year than any other month. Feb
ruary and November excepted. March
leads with IS. May la a close second
with 12, and June Is third with 11.
Ten people In this state took their
own Uvea during each of the months
of September ant October: there were
nine In Jinuary, and the same number
In April. July and November each had
eight; and August had 7 with Novem
ber, with six. February, with Ave. had
leaa than any other month In the year.
The total for the year warf MR Of
this number. 22 suicides were urban
dwellers, the remainder being people
living In the country. This does not
show more sucldea in the country than
la the city, however. It was pointed out
at the bureau, as tfcere la a much lar
ger percent able of Nirth Carolina peo
ple living In the country than in the
towaa and cities.
Of the 108 total for the year. 94
were whites; one was an Indian; and
IS were negroes. Slxty-flve of the
1M took their Uvea with dreams
North Carolina Fifth in Bead Work.
North Carolina ranked fifth in the
United States la tha total mileage sur
faced daring 1924.
Thla la ahown hy figures complied
by the federal department of Agricul
ture. llltanla led laat year In mileage
aarfaced. with a total of 1.599.2 mllea.
North CaroUaa'a total for the year I.*
074.2 waa exceeded by oaly three other
■tataa besides Illinois- Arkaaaas. Mia
aonri, aad Paaaattvaaia.
At tha ead of 1923. North Carolina
had surfaced a total of 4.374.1.
• SHERIFF AND POLICE •
• ' CHIEF SLAIN BY M.NER •
» •
• Peoria, Sheriff Orville •
• Litchfield, of Marshall county, and •
• John Leonard, chief of police of •
• Toluca, Ills., were shot and killed '
• by Joseph Spenraz, a former cool *
• miner, whom the officers tried to •
• capture at Toluca. After the •
• shooting Spenraz barricaded him- *
• self In bis home and defied cap- *
• ture. * •
[RIO KILLEO XT R.R. GROSSIN6
MRS. TOLBERT, MISS ALTMAN
AND ARTHUR MEDLIN ARE
KILLED.
Augusta, Oa. —"Death Dip," at John
ston crossing, in Bath, S. C.. took toll
of three more lives, when Mrs. Nettie
Tolbert, Mlsb Nellie Tolbert and Arth
ur Medlin. all of Columbia, S. C„ met
instant death when the automobile' in
which they were riding crashed into
the baggage car of the Augusta special
of the Southern railway. The body
of Medlin was hurled a distance of 60
feet down the track, while those of
his companions were found 30 feet
from the crossing, where the party at
tempted to cross.
According to witnesses, the car driv
en by Medlin. wno is said to'conduct
a transfer l>usine)4 in Columbia, crash
sd into the baggage car of the moving
train In an attempt to. cross the track
and the machine and occupants were
dashed against an embankment near
the crossing. All of the bodies were
badly mangled and death was instan
taneous in all three cases. J. C.
Hughes was engineer on the train.
The persons killed in the accident
were identified by letters found on
their bodies, one of which gave Mrs.
Tolbert's address as 1615 Marion
Street, Columbia. In Mrs. Tolbert's
purse was found $27.81 in cash and
also a receipt from an Augusta at
torney for $25 for services in a divorce
suit which he had handled. Other in
formation about the three victims
could not be learned.
Cooper T. Tom Tarver called a cor
oner's jury, which after an inquest,
found that "the parties came to their
death through their own carelessness."
The place of accident was the scene
two years ago of fatal injuries to Dr.
Walter D. Wright of I>angley. Mr.
Waites, of the former firm of Waites
and Baxley of Augusta, had his leg
crushed by a train at this crossing
some time ago, and a dozen or more
near accidents have caused the spot
to be known as "Death Dip."
Wholesale Price* Show Upward Trend.
Washington.—The upward traned of
wholesale prices was shown in a re
port made public by the labor depart
ment to have continued through
August.
Of the basis of reports covering 404
commodities, the weighted index num
ber of the bureau of labor statistics,
100 representing the pre-war level, was
filxed at 160.4 for August, as compared
with 159.9 for July and 149.7 for August
a year ago.
, Rising prices of rye. wheat, cattle,
hay, hides and tobacco, the review
stated, accounted for an advance in
the level of prices for farm products
from 161 R in July to 1631 In August,
while increases for meats, butter, cof
fes and flour largely were responsible
for raising the food price Index from
157.3 to 159.2.
The commodities grouped under the
headings of fuel and lighting materials
and miscellaneous were the only ones
to show declines, although the level
for house furnishing goods remained
stationary. The decrease in the mis
cellaneous Index was due mainly to a
decline in rubber prices. Small In
creases were reported for cloths and
clothing, matals and metal products,
building materials.
Navy Completes Wreck Salvage.
Caldwell Ohio. —Noble county gava
up Its last traces of the navy dirigible,
Shenandoah, wrecked two weeks ago
on two Isloated farms near here, that
suddenly sprang into the nation's lime
light. The debris of the Shenandoah.
Including all salvaged parts and tba
wreckage sold to the Aluminum com
pany of America, Pittsburgh, has been
loaded into eight cars and shipped
away. Three cars went to
N. J., as salvaged remnants; the other
live went to PlttsDurgh.
The Niswonger farm, east of Ava,
where the greater part of the great
ship camr- to earth, has been swept
clean of everything that rime as an
aftermath of tie. ships crash Tha
very ground haa been swept with
heavy broomh and the farm la the
same quiet, peaceful one that it was
two weeks ago. There is no traffic
up the narrow road that was jammed
for an entire week.
Armies* Man Mutt Sign 1,300 Bonds.
Little Rock. Ark Bam Sloan, xtate
treasurer, who is handle** and armless
has started a task that would daunt
most men- signing his name 1,300
times by holding a pen in his teeth.
The signs tares are toeing placed on
M&0.000 worth or state boat}* issued
for the pnrpose of erecting aril dings
at the University of Arke--as. There
are MO of the bonds, eao SI,OOO de
nomination and must he signed twice
Vjr the treasnrer.
The securities were sold Le St.
' •«»( Ktwlrt
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
TRADE PROSPECTS
GETS BRIGHTER
INCREASING OPERATIONS ARE
SEEN IN ALL FIELDS OF
ACTIVITY.
New York. —The avenues of trade
ind industry continued to present a
nright outlook last week. Reports
from the principal centers ot manu
facturing and distribution were dis
tinctly favorable, reveailing increased
operations in many fields or giying
promise of future gains.
Of the actual measures of business
improvement, a further rise in steel
operations to above 75 per cent of
capacity was of outstanding import
ance. Increased orders came from
several different quarters—railroads,
builder*, automobile and Implement
manufacturers —in each case testifying
to better business in these lines. The
enlarged demand for .railroad equip
ment and motor cars found reflection
in the stock market, where the shares
of these companies were eagerly
bought on the prospect of their im
proved earnings.
Predicting that trade in the final
three months of the year would set
a record not equally since 1919, the
National Bank of Commerce asserted
that the chief basis for the prevailing
optimism was the improved agricul
tural situation.
Although cotton and corn v yields
have been material? reduced by
drought, it was pointed out, it still
can be said that there are good crops
of both and priced are satisfactory.
Minor crops also are good and prices
high eno'ugh to compensate farmers for
their outlay of time and money.
Despite the fact that retail business
showed a tendency to slow up imme
diately preceding Labor Day, freight
loadings for the week ended Septem
ber 8, exceeded 1,000,000 cars for tha
eighth consecutive week.
President Urges Fire Prevention,
Washington.—Concern over the in
crease in. the nation's Are loss, which
in recent months has been the heaviest
in history, is.expressed by President
Coolidge in his annual fire prevention
week proclamation.
The proclamation, made public at
the White House, recommended that
the week beginning Sunday, October
4, be observed as national Are preven
tion week. Appealing to state and
municipal officials, civic organizations,
school authorities and all citizens and
organized bodies for fullest co-opera
tion In improving conditions, the
President declared there Is need "for
earnest study of the principals of fire
protection as a practical measure of
national economy."
Fires in the United States during
1924, the proclamation stated, caused
the loss of 15,000 lives and of prop
erty exceeding $548,000,000 in value,
the heaviest toll in history—with the
loss for the first half of the year ex
ceeding the corresponding period of
1924.
Fire loitifes in Great Britain are less i
than $1 per capita each year, while j
the American per capita loss approx-;
imateiS $5, the President pointed out, J
emphasizing the need for renewed pre |
vention efforts.
Proposes to Connect Bogue.
Wilmington. N. C.—Proposal for the I
construction of a bridge and causeway I
connecting the Island of Bogue with
the mainland, in'the'vicinity of En-j
nett's Point and located between
Beaufort and Swansboro, is contained
in a letter received at the United
States District Engineers' office here
from Frank E. Randolph, architect, of
Philadelphia.
Definite plans of the proponed cause- i
way and bridge, the latter to cross the j
channel of the inland waterway and to
be equipped with a draw, have not yet
been prepared, but It Is understood to
be in connection with a resort develop- -
ment on the Island of Bogue. off On
slow county, and not very far from
Wilmington.
Begins Inquiry on Shenandoah.
Lakehurst. N. J.— lndependent of
the general aircraft investigation by
President Codlldge's special board, the
navy will se4k through a court of In
qulry opening here to develop the
facts with respect to the destruction
of the dirigible Shenandoah in a lint!
squall over Ohio September
From a public point of view per
htps,. the principal witnesses to be
examined will be Col. William Mitch
ell, of the army air service. and Capt.
Anton Heinen. German dirigible ex
pert, both of whom have made charges
against navy management In connec
tion with the destruction of the only
lighter tban-air fighting oraft the na
tion possessed. •
Hitchet Warfare Foared.
Now York —An outbreak of hatchet
warefare. among tong warriors was
feared by the police, while Chinese
loader* endeavored to bring about per
manent peace between the rival tongs
and federal authorities continued their
vigilant* In Chinatown. ,
An aftermath of the concerted raid
taat night by 1M detectives and M
federal agent* was the order for the
deportation of 71 more Chinese, bring
ing tho total number of ChfWoo. held
4««Arf|tiAfl tO ftt
'• •«(•••• ••••••• «•••••
• SIX MEMBERS OF *
• FAMILY ARE KILLED. •
• Dayton, O.—Six persons, all *
• members of pne family, were kill- *
• ed six miles west of Dayton when •
• their automobile was struck by an •
• interurban oar. Witnesses said *
• the accident occurred when the •
• driver of the machine attempted *
[• to cross the track in front of the •
• approaching trolley. The dead *
• are Noah Routough, his wife and •
• four children. -4k *
MISSION SAILSJOR 11. S.
CAILLAUX WISHES TO AVOID
FOG AND FIGURES IN
WASHINGTON.
Havre, France. —Joseph Calllaux,
the finance minister, heading the
French debt mission, has left for the
United States. Those accompanying
him aboard the steamship Paris are
| Senators Bernenger, Chapsal, Dauasett
and Deputy, Deputies Auriol, Lam
oureux. Bokanowski and Marquis
Pierre De Chambrun, Maurice Simon,
Controller of the French treasury,
Andre Moreau-Neret, expert of the
finance ministry and M. Haquenni, in
spector of finances.
M. Cailloux is determined to avoid
fog or figures in Washington and will
not allow the experts to confuse sim
| pie fundamentals by sterile controver
sies over statistics. Economic and
'financial studies which encumber the
baggage of the members of the mission
-are regarded even by them as scarce
ly relet ent.
M. Caillaux, however, has such a re
markable grasp of figures that he will
be able to call up anything useful from
his own stores of knowledge.
The entire French press devotes
leading articles to M. Calllaux task at,
| Washington. The Paris Temps says:
I "It is highly desirable that the ques
tion of the settlement of the debt be
approached frankly and openly by our
mission. The settlement will clear up
the political horizon and give France
financial Independence without which
| the political action of a great nation
cannot be affirmed freely."
The Journal Des Debats of Paris
says: /
"Our delegates will formally recog
nize our debt which France never
dreampt of repudiating. It is an in
contestable juridical obligation. M.
alllaux' efforts will be to obtain con
ions for a settlement not beyond
our capacity to pay."
Before his departure from Paris M,
Calllaux declared: . .
"I am going there (to Washinton)
for purpose of telling them:
"France is ready to settle."
Three Persons Killed.
Augusta, Ga. —The three persons
who were killed at a railroad crossing
near Bath, S. C., were Identified as
Mrs. Nettle Talbert, Miss Nellie Alt
man and Arthur Medlin, of Columbia,
S. C. All of the bodies were badly
mangled as a result of the automobile
crashing into the side of the Augusta
special of the Southern railway.
A coroner's Jury returned a verdict
that the parties "came to their death
through their own carelessness."
Identification was made possible
through the finding of divorce papers
and a receipt on the body 'of Mrs.
Nettie Talbert. Mrs. Talbert had been
in Augusta during the morning cov 4
suiting lawyers in 'regard to divorce
proceedings and was on her way back
to Columbia when the accident oc
curred. .
#■' " *
Bids For Fort Caswell Opened.
Washington.—Bids for Fort Caswell,
with Its 2,693 acres of land were
ed here, and a sale will be made in a
few days. S. O. Chase and L. B. Skin
ner, of Tampa, Fla., were the higUest
bidders If the government sails "on
time." They offered 1201,500. Phillip
N. Shaw, of New York, bid $132,000
cash, and $166,000 on time. There
were three other bidders, whose bids
ranged lower. The sale must be ap
proved by the secretary of war. It Is
understood that the purpose of, the
bidders Is to develop this property. Its
location is all right, and it can be
made very attractive.
Showers Help Crops.
Washington.—Crop and weather con
ditions In southern states for the week
were summarized by the department
of agriculture as follows:
Showers and more moderate tem
peratures, were beneficial in the west
ern portion of the cotton belt, but In
the eastern portion much of the week
had extremely warm weather and
showers were insufficient to materially
relieve the droughty conditions. There
was some interruption to plckin gin
the west and some injury to open
cotton was reported, but in the cen
tral and eastern portions of the
picking and ginning continued "To
make rapid progress.
Refuse to Insure Liquor Shipments.
London. —Owing to the increased
risks of seizure by American prohibi
tion agents along Rum Row and else
where. the London underwriters are
refusing to Insure whiskey shipments
against losses due to confiscation.
insurance of liquor ahipmenta to
iCannda and the West Indies, with a
I clause permitting discharge of the car
go at sea, however, continue to be
1 Issued. The preseat rate is frost
twenty to thirty shillings per hundred
pounds, according to the condltttn of
* ••oeot
DRIVES'PLANE 302
MILES AN HOUR
FIVE MILES MINUTE ACHIEVED
BY LIEUTENANT AFORD
WILLIAMS.
Mitchell Field, N. T. Flashing
through the air at the speed of 302.3
milse per hour,' Lieut. Alford Williams,
U.. S. N., looked over the side of his
plane and saw below him on Mitchell
Held the white blur of a huge cross
which told him that he had gratified
a life-long ambition, and set a new
unofficial world's speed record.
The airship, weighing only _ 2,209
pounds, which supported Lieutenant
Williams in his comet-like flight, was
the new Curtiss racer with which the
navy hopes to win the Pulitizer race
in October.
Climbing from thd ground in steep
spirals, the plane poised hawk-like at
3iooo feet for a fraction of a mo
ment, and then dived toward the earth.
Down it plunged, motor roaring, and
at increasing speed until, when barely
300 feet from the ground, with perfect
precision the plane flattened out and
the racer shot-ofT on straight-away
one-kilometer course f?r a world's
record.
"It was my one hope and ambition
to travel live miles a minute," Lieuten
ant Williams said after landing. "Be
fore taking off this cons
- to W. D. Gilmore, and he ar
ranged to show a white cross from the
Held If I attained this speed.' Going
at a speed like that creates a sensa
tion of keen delight.
"Even before I saw the white cross
I knew'l was traveling far faster than
I had ever traveled before. From the
way I felt I could stand a speed of 500
miles an hour as easily as 300."
Lieutenant Williams said the air
ship balances perfectly and that the
faster 4t goes the more sensitive the
controls. The ship was built to aver
age a speed of 255 miles per .hour be
fore being accepted. Lieutenant Wil
liams later put the ship through ac
ceptance tests attaining an average
speed of 268.2 miles per hour.
Powered by a Curtiss V-1400 motor
the plane measured 22 feet from wing
to wing tip, nineteen feet, eight and
one-half inches In length, and stands
eight feet and one-half inch tall.
So sheltered is the cock pit that
it woUld.be impossible for the pilot to
free himself in time In case of acci
dent. For this reason a wire, similar
to the rip-cord of a parachute, is ar
ranged so that a tug on it automati
cally opens the cock pit and leaves
the pilot free to jump. •,
The speed attained by Lieutenant
Williams, although unofficial, breaks
the world's record set by a Frfench
aviator, Adjutant Florentin Bonnet, of
278 miles per hour, last December.
Inspectors Seek Anderson.
Washington. Postoffice inspects
throughout the country, recognized as
forming one of the most effective sec-
ret .service organizations in the world,
have been directed to make every ef
fort to apprehend George "Dtitch" An
derson, pal at Oerald Chapman, notor
ious bandit, arid fugitive from the
Atlanta penitentiary. • '
Lest the recent report V hat a body
found at Dubuque, beWeved
to be that of Anderson, lead to a gen
eral impression that he was dead.
Rush D. Simmons, chief postoffice in
spector, requested all postmasters to
give the widest possible circulation to
information that examination by in
spectors who know the fugitive, dis
closed that the report was erroneous.
Will* Richmond Big Sum.
- Richmond.—Bequests to the city of
Richmond, philanthropic cautfes and
individuals totalling s2,l'>o,ooo were
made public when the wljl of Mrs. Sal
lie May Dooley was probated in the
circuit court of Nelson county, at Lov
ingston.
Under terms of the will the city of
Richmond will receive "Maymount,"'
the Dooley estate here, to be used ab
a public park; $500,000 for the city
public library; and $500,000 tor the
construction and upkeep of a crippled
childrens' home. The Doley estate is
valued at $700,000.
In addition Mrs. Dooley bequeathed
$250,000 to the Virginia diocese of the
Episcopal -church and further directed
that-jewelry valued at $50,000 be sold
and the money turned over to Rev. W
Russell Bowie, former rector of the St.
Paul's Episcopal chu'ch her to be used
tor foreign missions.
Personal effects and about
in money are distributed by the will
to relatives of the deceased.
Mrs. Doloey was the widow of Maj.
James H. Doleoy. She died at her
home in Nelson county September a.
Chines* Area Under Flod Water*.
Peking.—Ad area of 1.000 square
miles, including 900 villages, hat been
flooded, probably with large loss ot
life ,by a break in the banks 0 f th«
Yellow River I.uncbenghsieu, SO mile*
west ot Yenshow-Fu, in Shanghai pro
vine*, it is stated in messages reach
ing the famine relief authorttina here.
No Henna as to the number cf victims
are yet available.
The break la a wide one and cause !
a change In the course o( the rlvtr.
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
DR. FREDERICK R. GREEN
\ Editor of "HEALTH"
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HOUSEHOLD INSECTS AND
DISEASE
PUDDIN' HEAD WILSON may tiave
been right when he said that a cer
tain amount of fleas was gonil for »
dog. But no one will claim that any
amount of fleas or of any of the oili
er common household Insects are g...;,:
for a human being. If tney don't i>
anything worse, flies, mosquitoes, i« k
roaches, fleas, bedbugs, and various
kinds of lice are the cause of u great
deal of personal discomfort and irri
tation and no normal person cares ui
have them around. When in ail'luiim
they are shown t to be a positive il;m- ■*
ger 'to health and in many cases i»
carry disease, there remains no rea
son why every intelligent person
should not use every possible menus
to exterminate them.
The common house fly is found
everywhere. It lays its eggs In ma
nure and other filth and refuse com
monly found around human habita
tions.
Flies carry, either in their bodies
or on their feet, the germs which
cause typhoid fever, tuhew n'nsis.
summer diarrhea, and diphtheria.
They may also carry erysipelas, nm
jußCtivitis, anthrax and gangreni-r i b ■
clearest case against the fly Is Hint
of transmitting typhoid by orawliivj
over and contaminating food, especial
ly pilk. It is not entirely sih!-
for any one disease but its known
filthy habits and the number of
found on it ought to bar il from siny
clean and respectable household.
Those insects which, on rfccount of
their habits, have long been as.si»ciatei|
with men have always been regarded
with more or less dislike and U/snme
cases with positive abhorrence. Nut
uraily, when our present-day knowl
edge of disease began to develop, tlie.v
fell.under grave suspicion as possible
disease carriers. All the facts 0:1
that subject have not yet been ob
tained. In some cases their guilt tins
been positively proven. In others, the
best we can do at present is to render
the Scotch verdict of "Not proven."
Just what we know on the subject?
Our present knowledge is admlnil»'>
summed up in a recent number of tln»
bulletin of the New Jersey state board
of health, in which H. B. Weiss tells
what We know and what we suspect.
Mosquitoes, as is now generally
known, are direct carriers of malaria
and yellow fever, as well as some
tropical diseases which practically are
never found in this country. -
Fleas, especially the rat flea. citrr\
bubonic plague. Bedbugs, the most
disagreeable of all household i
have long been under suspicion but so
far have not been convicted. -Cock
roaches, the commonest of kitHi.n
pesfi, are known to carry several
germs but there is no evidence that
they are actual carriers of any i| s
ease. Lice are the cause of a ntiinlier
of skin diseases and the body louse is
the direct carrier of typhus and
spotted fevers.
So while these insects may not l>«
guilty of everything of which they sir*
suspected, they have been convicted
of enough crimes to make fliein un
desirable citizens.
FORMING GOOD HABITS
TJABIT is one of the strongeSl in
XA fluences in our lives. Whet her
good or bad, they largely determine
our success or failure. Each om- ..r
us forms his own habits. They iitv
not Inherited from our parents. A
new-born baby has no habits bui fvi
a very young Infant quickly acquires
habits. ,In fact, the baby in .its tirs:
year Is largely ruled by instinct which
It inherits and habits which ii »•-
quires. If » early forms habits of
regularity and self control, it will live
a happy and tranquil life. If It l«
allowed to be governed by its whim*
and desires, it will be a cause of an
noyance to others and of unlmppinoi*
to Itself. So It Is too much' to «H>
that a child's whole future life nun
easily be determined by the hiiUUs
which It is allowed to form in the lir-t
year of life.
So important is this matter of >arl
habits regarded by experts in child
training that a special clinic >n hat.it
has been established in Boston, where
parents are given advice about their
children, how to correct bad habit*
and how to aid them in forming ttomi
habits. Dot-tor Thorn, the director •'
the clinic, has written a pamphlet for
mothers and nurses which contain*
much valuable advice on child man
agement and which Is regarded as so
important for those Interested in the
training of children that the Children's
tureau of the United States -.vcrr.
ment has Issued It as an official bulletin.
The health, happiness and efll ieffl.-v
of the adult men and wonien. .•»«
Doctor Thora. depends to a large ex
tent on the habits they form dutin:
early life. Far more than we realize,
we are creaturea of habit, which I*
after all only the tendency which we
ail have. In com Won with all aniinsl*.
to repeat what we bivt done before,
until we do It unconsciously and in
voluntarily. dnr everyday acts, our
manner* and our opinions are lurgeiv
a matter of > habit and the ease and
accuracy with which we do most of
tho acta of llfa depend on wbeUier
life we tow formed good a*
kad habits.