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NEWS AND . OBSERVER. RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 192T. "Axle Grease" Roads Puzzle Engineers In Lost Provinces Heavy Deposits of Valuable Mica, In Pulverized Form.: Worst Hindrance To Building Road n Some Mountain Sections; Chairman Page May Turn It Bottom Upward; the Future Grand Tour of North Carolina. ' .. Br BEX D1XOX MacXEILL. "ft look like we'll l.iv ts turn thia real bottom apwarda," concluded Chair r.k v - - l l . j 'aw. aatoward prospecia ( eeer maaiag aay thlnf ef the road (hat leads out of Epraea Tin -toward Flamtree, Minne apfiia,-J.'wJeU and points rait arrues tha Vtt Proriaeea. The road aaa de fled all tk uuim of eg-irrinr , and way that has brn trifd has proved iu worth. The awwfr la mi-. Within thnv treat kills that riM tier oa tier la that rag ton of the Loet Provinces there are at iepeaite of rotra, of a quality aad a) quantity to wake assay people rich. Bat-HafnrtuBatrljr It in not all in lnmpt Inside the mountain!. Tb tough uo naaaarated mm it has rrwnMinf up, aad ia plaece the aoil would aa? 40 par rent mica. As as oat people used to know, when farm wagon wai a very much snore esteemed reoide and aire create eould t)0 bought almost anywhere, mica wax ueea 0 urn lor the making of jreaae, and nighty good grenne It made. Mr. JtoclffeJIer nisda aomi f his million out of it, and that ought to ha proof that mlra la not entirely without the qualities of a luhriraat. Orerdrawn a littlo, perhaps, but pie tura a road built of axle great. Man! featly it ia not a proper thing to ronko road out of. but there is a mmh mlee in a quart of dirt off that road n" there wns ever in a quart of H. u. nulo tree. Jt in a terrible alirk road in wet weather and in dry weather, it takes on thV eharateritiea of a feather bed mlaae tha tiekint;. Wherein lien the problem thnt will Bake Charles H. I'pham and Frank I'age kalt their eyebrows and eudgel their bra ln. A fenther lied Is .not a ree ogniicd iuh grd for a roml, nor lit axis grraaa a thing to surface them wlta. More than a yenr now the Com iwiwion Iweii etrHggliflf wiH that road, and at ill it takes nearly fuur konrt to negotiate 25 mill's of it. It in graded out to a splendid grade, but Originally it s thought to put a Waterliound macadam road tliere, Vut that Bilea noil swallows eleven inehea of atone like a auh gradn of iilrksntid. It won't do. The light, feathery stuff worki iti way thrnuK'i to thn top and presently tha etone ia too deep to be of any ue. Concrete. i no lietter, and Bow Mr. Tage I" thinking Hint ma,vle It would do as well to put down a layer of asphalt, "a layer of rock and maybi' mora aophuli, .lust turn it bottom up Ward. Grading down a mountain is tom paretlvcly simple from tha standpoint of an engineer, though somewhat cosily, and demanding of time. Mica is Hip thing" that will hinder road building In that particular aoetiou of the lost l'rirv taeea that Ho within eaatera Yancey, meat of Mitchell and part of Avery tonntlei. rrnb.lhly nftwhern also tnifro Parted States ia that hindicnp to bo mat. Mies contaminates every partielo of aoil that it touches, and mica ia very neb at home in that section. Eventually the road will be bnilt. Mr. Page ia too much kin. to the member of tfcavTamily upon whom they tell the eat atory to be dismayed by it. It is said of thia other l'aga that when he was a lad of five yeara old h wna observed oadeavoring to induce a cat to ride in a wrhoelbaf row. The eat was diain elined to vehicular divert lament. I'or a full hour thia l'aga would patiently put tha cat in tha wheelbarrow, and the eat wosld jump out before he could get the eraft going. finally the child, with the utmost de liberation, picked tha eat up by the hind leg and hanged ita head against the Utti, and with fatal results. Kvery of tha ulna lives eipired on the pot, and thia dumpe4 tha eorpea Iftto tha wheelbarrow with, "Now, 1 raokon you'll ride," Eventually people will ride over that road that o far refbsei to In built. Teopl ride over it now, after a fash TIZ" FOR TIRED - AND SORE FEET Why go limping around with aching, putfed up feet -fet ao tired, chafed, aora and iwulien you can hardly get your ihuet on or offt Why don't you get a boi of ''Tin'1 from the drug store bow and gladden your tortured foetl "Til" niakts your feat glow with enm frt( take! ubv.n awellinga and draws 't orenesi and miae-.- rglht out of feet that elisfe, amnrt and burn. "Tin' laatantl. stops pain in corns, callouses aad bunloU. "Tir." glorious fur tired, aching, lore feet. No more shoe tightness no mora foot torture. Adv. Tallies Score Cards Place Cards Prizes Your party will surely be success if you buy them at J'r' The- Ti ft , ;i Gift Shop n US MaMate Tes.pt. RalelfVN. C. ioa. A part of the eatoarage of the Comas isaioa, joarneyicg to 8prue 1'iae took passage with Franria Carktoa, who ia wartime was aa instructor of the Marine Corpa air force. Aa airplane woald have beea better, ,nd no doubt leia litTtTT wpon the nerves of tb paj enger. Airplanes at least lilva wings. but the ("larkson flivver had not a wing to its name, , thougli many were the times when they seemed wipera tively deairabla. This bottom upwards mad ia a link ia tha graat highway that a year from now will enable a tourist to awing west ward from Winston Salem through the Lost Provineea, dowa through tha roun ty of Tancry and of Madison to Ashe ville, and turn east again, following somewhat the border Una of Hnnta Car olina toward Charlotte, and thence over tha new Raleigh Charlotte highway. In time it may come to be tha Orand Tour of Tarbeelia. fiava ia these mica cursed diattieta one-eleven -MEL 2oareneslT (Si).. . baUJiagtii load irjswitiTly sinsp'.e. Tie aaoaataiaa a boo ad . ia stone, and tha free k bottom there ira aniUiona ef teas Of small, sasootk recks that aaa Va frothed aad Mad Into ; road sorfaeea. Ia other plaeeo thera art rast drpoaita f decayed gra'ba that make a aurfara'Vrry stack Sner tbaa the beat saad f Uy trpea kaowa to tha aajt. With tha p reseat sUta of traatporta tiea ia (hat land of tha Lost Proriatta, a eoacreta toad ia aext to impoasnbl. Thrrt ia as littla aaad p there as there ia flay oa tha sard dunea along the bars of Tlatteraa; both sand and contraU wauid have to b hinted for many miiaa, aad there ia nothing to haul them owt. It could be done, of coune, but the coat would bo prohibitive. li toclLia lhera fur tha UkLn, stone rrushrra can ha put ti and ma terial produced right on the spot. Over i. , tils, when it ia rolled" and paekeil, la spread a coat of aepfcalt, and tha re sult ia a road than- whu-a there: i no bettef ia the world. It thi type f road that will b bnilt ia tie moun tains, vxrept where eonditiona will per sait tha a so af decayed granite. BtiiHiag atKh roads takes times, evea dowa ia the lowlands where eonditiona ar Hore adrinUgeous. It will take longer ia the moaataiae, bat eventually tha Loot Proriaeee will be pared. The Coanmiasloa. has adopted the wlae poliey of allowing a grade te settle for a year before any sort af permanent or semi permanent tnrfaee ia laid oa. Moat of the Wiaatoa-SeJea-AahtTille . road be yond Oil mountains through tha Lost TroTineea has beea nader construction for a' year or more, but the permanent surfacea will not be laid until aeit year. AllJtlfliut Ike Myuil miles bftwten Newlands, the capital of Avery county, te fipnica Pine and Burnsville, bridges TOBACCO WORMS Use the proper remedy now and double your yield. We have Dusters from $2.00 up; Sprayers froffi ?5c up. 4ESPfJ3 iriac TIC ! liuajpaoaaols I fcfjafjgsiunfleej BBaaagjga Araenata of Lead Paria Green Slug Shot Araenate of Calcium Bug Death Bordo Araenate Guaranteed to suit your requirements small pack ages or carload lots. JOB P. WYATT & SONS CO. Telephone 11 RAI.KICH, N. C. T. l Dobbin COMPANY Furmerly Dobbin ft Terrall Ralelgh'e YARD GOODS Store Special Values in Hot Weather Fabrics. Come And See Them. We Pell for Cash and Mark Oar Goods at Caeh Prleee IJ u f--l -X . I rj I itf A ia- :V eafVV-V ... iiZy Fords ( .aaaauaBBB "W anaaaa aaaaaa w aaaaaa - ? jSr Equip your sturdy Ford with ' sJt? r-c j ci t. a i 1 an its wonderfully comfort able riding qualities its freedom from dangerous side sway or rebounding action its steering ease and safe road-ability at all speeds will indeed surprise and delight you. The chance i era your dealer It a Defender Dealer. If not, write our Richmond Branch mTk!rtm fv of tkm tftrtl eii.i. . f. 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Delicious pastry of all kinds, nicely done roasts and tender-crusted pies no mystery about them, the accu rate control of your heat assures perfect results, always. A separate burner for each cooking utensil makes possible a great saving of fuel and a cooL comfort' able kitchen, even on warm days. Do away with coal and wood carrying and the litter, ashes and dust that go with them. New Perfection kitchens axe clean and Invariably tidy. The white- tipped flame of this modern cook stove provides intense, controllable heatwitlw out sooting your pans. The New Perfection is strongly built and ' can be kept attractive with dust-cloth no blacking necessary. Most buyers se lect the four-burner size with warming cabinet and a New Perfection Oven. However, five, three, two and one-burner sizes are obtainable by those who prefer them. Aladdin Security Oil Is noted for. Its uniform quality and cleanliness. Always dependable, use It regularly. New Perfection Oil Cook Stove cntoUoimott hsrJwmrt, furniture mnd department ttore. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEW JERSEY) NEWPEFKCTION tare beea built over every at ream, an 1 many of them ait away front tke preeent roads as if they might a ever be in tended for use. Grading goea oa apace, and slowly, the road takes fonau As other year and the Proriaeea will be redeemed. 1 . The tdsS -forkrat Boone' crow roads, la WUkre eonnty, aad ana wing of it swings op ac rose Burry to Alleghany and Ash and southward to joia the Boona Newlands link near tha Una f Mitchell- aad -Avery. The - Ashe-Alia- DANDRUFF AND ITCHING SCALP A well' in formed chemist eaya da a draff tauaea a 'ererUh irritabon o' the scalp, the hair root shrink, loos j and then the hair fill out Oct from any drug store a 'flfty-efirt bottle of Tono flcalpa and apply to the scalp, rubbing ia well with1 the linger tips. After a few application! the Itching will cease, the hair will stop roming out and every particle of dandrue will disappear. To strengthen the hat rojti and prevent the hair from coming cnt there ia nothing better. (AdT.) gkany link was ordered bailt, and aaa beea ander eoattrnetioa for mora than a year.. Deepite thia tart, soma restive eitixeni who wanted the road built elsewhere elaim that the first thing Gov ernor ttodgKfcoa did after becoming a ember af the Commiaeioa was to order kia wa read built. - That ia the only criticism that aaa beea raised against kis administratioh, and that ia with out gronad. Hz. Page directed tha road built 13 moatha ago. " (Thia ia the foarth ef the Loot Pre, ineee erics. The Iftk Will appear to morrow.) ADDS Kf AP TO TBI DWK make frail juicea. tart, dc&eiaBa. Fin ia plate or charged ater.Try it. aJr. "B" and "S" Wrenches f of all types, including 1 5-Degree "Engi neers" Solid End and Adjustable End 1 "S" Wrenches. ' , Dillon Supply Co. Machinery Mill Supplies Machine Shop Is the "Wachovia Trust Plan" YOUR-Plan? As a thoughtful, painstaking business man have you ever considered whether the adoption of the " Wachovia Trust Plan" would not add security "to your investment pro cedure and speed to your progress? This plan is becoming more and more popular as local business men investigate it and discuss with our officers its application to their indi vidual cases In brief, it is a plan for creat ing and enlarging an estate by simple, safe and practical methods, Our booklet ex plains it. May we put a copy in your hands? And may we discuss it with you in person? Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Capital and Surplus $2,000,000.00 Jfewsfcar Maral taaai sa Cfsteai Aahevffle Wlnaton-Salem, N. C Blga Point Sailabary Wfflewli Good Quality Spella What Boone Solla C. R. BOONE DE LUXE CLOTHIER 226 FayctUville Street. RaUigh, N. 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Leather Soles ..$4.98 Overalls, $3.00 kind $1.25 Work Pant .....$1.25 Painters Overalls .$1.25 Chaxibray Shirts ...75c Khaki Shirt $1.50 Bathing Suit t;$4.7S to 98c fl.50 Neckties .75c $1.00Neck6os ..39c Wash Tie 35c SUifr wortK to $40.00,!$U.C3 Boys' SuiU-worth to $30.00 $12.45 Boys' Suit worth to $15.00 . .$6.45 Boys' Pants, $3.00 one's $1.50 tnmmmnmnlmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmimmmBmmmmm Boys' Blouses ....... ... . . ... . ,69c Men's Shoe, Omfords .... . . .$4.83 Edwin Oapp Brogues $10.98 Men's Caps 35c Boys' Hats and Caps ........ ,29c Nainsook Union Suits . . 89c Lisle Shirts .39c Lisle Drawers 39c Boys' Union Suit ..... ., . ... .39c Boys' Serge Cape .......... .vSOc Men's Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.15 25c Me Cottars ........... . . .15c lWoaU . ...Half Price Straw Hats ..... . . $1.48 and 49c PA CHAS. EDWIN REYNOLDS, Sales M&nger America's Successful Conductor of Special Sale. ';: ajs
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