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earth on Christmas eve, carrying;
fagots of evergreens upon his shoul
der. From palaces to hovels, in sun
shine and rain, he goes his rounds,
asking alms at each door, thus test
ing the- benevolence of the people.
Few would dare to refuse him char
ity. The Czecks think that those who
keep the fasts best on Christmas
eve will be rewarded by visions of
the Holy Child in his dreams that
night.
In rural Germany the people be
lieve that between the hours of 11
and 12. on Christmas eve, water may
be turned into wine. Also, that no
live coal should be carried out of the
house on that night.
In Germany, too, it is "Kris Krin
gle," who, coming down thjs chimney,
places the gifts in stockings for
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HEN a great lestlval
has been banded
down to us from time
immemorial, it is only
natural that many
superstitions and ob
servances s h ou 1 d
cluster about its cele:
bration. It would be interesting to
trace them to their original sources.
The following are well-known legends
which abound throughout different
countries.
Many flowers, it Is said, have put
forth their first blossoms on Christ's
natal day. A pretty French legend
tells us that rose-colored sanfoin lay
among the grasses in the manger.
Suddenly it put forth its blossoms
and formed itself into a wreath to
crown the sweet Babe's head.
When the "Star of Bethlehem" was
first seen the people exclaimed upon
its resemblance to the star that
guided the Magi; and so it received
its pretty name. The hellebore, or
Christmas rose, also flowered at the
time of the birth of Christ, and so it
is also known as "Christ's herb."
Many people believe In the miracu
lous properties of the "Glastonbury
thorn." which Is honored
at Christmas time. The
Sicilian children gather
pennyroyal to put in
their beds, believing that
it blossomed at the hour
in which Christ was born.
There is a superstition
in some rural districts
of England and Wales
that if orchards are prop
erly honored they will bear largely
and be profitable through the coming
year. So, in accordance with this, the
village people meet at early dawn,
and headed by their parson and other
representative men. go from farm to
farm, visiting every orchard in turn.
They are met by the owner and to
gether select the finest tree as being
the most representative, and gather
about it. sprinkle it with the contents
of a bottle of cider, humming an old
chant and invoking its aid.
Many of the animals are thought
to possess human qualities on that
sacred night.
Bees are said to sing, oxen to
kneel in their stalls and sheep to
file by in procession, to commemorate
the visit of the angel to the shep
herds. It is also believed in Germany
that horses and cattle are given the
power of speech. But whoever should,
by chance or purpose, stop to listen,
wouid surely die within seven days.
The Indians, too, believe that on
Christmas night all the deer of the
forest kneel "and look up to the
Great Spirit."
A legend is related that the Christ
child wanders In disguise over the
those children "who are good." This
tradition of, the chimney is supposed
to have come from the Norse mythol
ogy, when a festival was given in
honor of one of their favorite god
desses. Huge piles of green fir twigs
were burnt, in stone fire-places erect
ed for this purpose, and from out
the dense smoke the goddess appear
ed, granting the prayers of her wor
shippers. The yule log occupies a conspicu
ous place in the huge, open fire
place, and is lighted with ceremony,
thus sanctifying the hearth and pro
tecting it from the evil spirits, from
which the festival is free. Those
upon whom fortune has smiled invite
their humbler friends to partake of a
huge meat pie, which is circled round
with candles. The host lights these
when all are seated, and should one
go out, it is considered bad luck, es
pecially for the one seated opposite.
This was called the yule-tide feast
and from this custom of lighting can
dles, the modern idea was developed
of the Christmas tree candles.
In the Scottish . Highlands these
quaint superstitions flourish greatly.
In the early morning a servant is
sent out to draw water from a spring.
to gather corn from the storehouse
and herbs from the garden. This
strict observance is supposed to bring
good luck to all those who live in
that particular house for the ensuing
year. Here, they also consider it a
lucky sign to be the first to open the
door on Christmas morning, so some
sit up all night to accomplish this
feat.
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MERRY Christmas; By
no means a small por
tion of it is the good
old-fashioned Yule fro
lic with games and
sports, in which all
join together until the
green parlanded ceil
ings ring with laugh
ter and fun.
Formal luncheons, card parties,
.nusicals and other modern pastimes
are delightful and appropriate on oth
er occasions, but for Christmas Eve
or Christmas night wh soever the
family reunion is celebrated the gath
ering must be as old-timey as the
right sort of grandmother.
For one evening at least the older
children will not scorn to associate
with the blessed babies in their mer
rymakings. The young lady daughter
will be home from boarding school
and the young engineer from his min
ing camp to help the mirth along
For once the most sedate elders will
be young again, while the few guests
far from home and invited in the true
spirit of the season, forget their family-less
condition in the general good
time.
It is a splendid idea to have an im
promptu masquerade, each reveler
costuming himself with such rags and
tsg3 as can be picked up around the
house at a fifteen-minutes notice
Fv.?n-ts rrnhcr's 'orcg skirts, feathers.
f."Trprs pil'ow slips and sheets, etc
Wt'n :he bell sounds all the revelers
assemble in the hall, whence they
marched into the parlor, the piano
meanwhile reeling out some rollicking
tune. Let someone who does not en
ter into competition for the prize de
cide which costume is cleverest and
most laudable, and present the win
ner with a Christmas card or a cornu
copia of candy.
Appoint some lively person as mas
ter of revels, or better still, using the
old bedtime phrase, lord of misrule.
Invest this person with a gilt wand
to which a bunch of holly is tied with
a bow of scarlet ribbon or tissue pa
per. As soon as the Lord of Misrule
has been so invested all his followers
are obliged to exactly copy all that he
says and does. If he speaks, his
phrases must be repeated verbatim;
if he makes a gesture the rest of the
company must make the same one,
using the same hand or foot.
A clever leader will give his follow
ers a merry dance around the room,
climbing over sofas, crawling under
tables, pirouetting. gesticulating,
whatever he does, the others are
obliged to keep up with until every
one is out of breath with exertion
and laughter.
Very little people for whom the
character game would be too difficult
might enjoy a rhymed pastime called
Ivy and Holly- Suggest the plan of It
to them and they will amuse them
selves with the adventures of the
two heroines until the program
changes.
Chairs are arranged in two rows
and the children sit facing each oth
er. One youngster begins with some
adventure as "Holly and Ivy went out
to a party." The child sitting oppo
site must complete the rhyme with
another couplet, for instance, "Holly
and ivy came back hale and hearty."
Indeed, there is no rer.son why the
pastime shou'd be entirely relegated
to the kindergarten. On account ot
the rapidity with which the rhyme?
must be thought up the o'der boy?
and girls will find it amu-irg too.
Then there is the fun-provoKing
contest called Dramatic Adjectives.
Here the company is divided up into
two bands, one of which retires
while the other remains in the par
lor, and decides upon some adjective
to be acted out In gesture language,
for instance. Gay or Doleful or Viva
cious. When the word has been de
cided upon the absent members must
be summoned - and they are called
upon to guess from the pantomime of
the others what the adjective decided
upon may be. If they can guess it
in three minutes a point Is won by
their side, and the others withdraw.
After three minutes the pantomime
can be kept up if the opposition is
determined to discover the right
word, but a success point no longer
represents a point won. As soon as
a word is guessed players turn about
and those who have guessed become
actors
By all means try to keep from the
supply of Christmas novelties one lit
tle figure of Santa Claus (it may be
a candy box or simply a figure, but
the former is better), in order to have
the amusing game of silence form a
part of the revels.
Someone is decided upon who will
hide the Santa and the rest are asked
to adjourn for a moment to the hall.
The player instead of hiding the fig
ure completely simply places it in
some rather out-of-the-way position
where it will be visible but will not
immediately catch the eye of the
player. For instance, it may be placed
upon something approximately the
same color or on one end of a tall
shelf or bookcase. Players coming in
scan the room for the figure and the
first one to perceive It, without men
tioning the fact to the others, quietly
takes a seat. This is a general signal
for the players to be seated, but in
the excitement of the search many
will fail to observe that one person is
no longer standing. The last person
to sit down Is obliged to pay a forfeit.
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Southern.
Standing 25 feet apart , Ulrici
Langford and Henry Driggers poured
squirrel shot into each other at La
bell City, Fla. Driggers expired and
Langford died later. Both men had
been drinking and following a quar
rel decided to shoot it out. Both
secured shot guns, stepped off the
distance and at the word commenced
firing. Driggers was completely dis
emboweled, firing the second shot
which caused Langford's death while
lying on the ground.
The jury sitting at Huntsville, Ala.,
trying John W. Knight, charged with
fraudulent use of the mails in connec
tion with forged cotton bills of lading
reported a verdict of "not guilty."
The jury was out seven hours and
40 minutes. The Federal dburt has ad
journed and four other cases against
Knight, makivg practically the same
charges as the one of which he has
just been acquitted, were continued
to the April term.
The Democrats of Arizona will
will place two members in the United
States senate and one member in the
house of representatives, a governor
in the state capitol at Phoenix and,
unless present indications are mate
rially' changed, will make a clean
sweep of the state ticket as a result
of the first state- election. The legis
lature from present indications will
be more than three-fourths Democrat
ic, insuring the election of Henry A.
Ashurst of Prescott and Mark A.
Smith of Tucson to the United States
senate. Carl Hayden of Phoenix was
elected governor. Democratic Chair
man J. B. Birdno issued a statement:
"The people of Arizona simply refus
ed to endorse Taft's dictation as to
what kind of a constitution Arizona
should have."
All professional men of Montgom
ery, Ala., have been cited by Tax
Commissioner John Hardaway to ap
pear before him at an early date to
show cause why they should not re
spond at once to the mandates of the
recently enacted revenue measure,
which requires a tax of $3 per man
on each professional man in the
state. In Montgomery county, it is
estimated, there are about 160 such
lawyers, doctors and dentists and oth
er professional men. Ministers arf
exempted.
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
were freed in New York City of crim
inal charges on which they had been
held since last June for shooting the
millionaire sportsman and hotel pro
prietor, W. E. D. Stokes. The jury
reached its verdict in fifty-eight min
utes. Stokes was shot when he call
ed at the apartment of the show girls
on the night of June 7. He said he
had gone there at the invitation of
Miss Conrad with the expectation of
getting letters he had written to
Miss Graham.
Rev. Charles M. Brewer,' formerly
a chaplain in the United States army,
now a pastor of a Baptist church in
Olustee, Okla., has been accused in
a confession by Private Michael tjuirk
of implications in a mysterious series
of explosions which have baffled mli
tary authorities at Ft. Riley, Kan., for
six months. Mrs. A una Jordan of Kan
sas City, also implicated in Quirk's
confession, was arrested in Kansas
City following a telegram to the po
lice. A mistrial of the second hearing
of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, on trial at
Kansas City, Mo., charged with kill
ing Col. Thomas H. Swope, appears
probable. Made desperate by the
sight of two of his children, from
whom he had been separated for six
weeks, in the court room, Harry Wal
dron, one of the jurors escaped from
the jury's hotel quarters. If Waldron
is not found, the eleven remaining
jurors will be discharged. Judge Por
terfield said. Or if the missing man
is found and he cannot prove that he
has not discussed the case during
his absence, the same action will be
taken.
- The United States circuit court oi
the New York district overruled the
demurrer interposed by the "sugai
trust" to the government's dissolution
suit and the defendants were directed
to answer the complaints.
A. proposal to adopt a general law
of prohibition throughout New Zeal
and has been defeated.
Col. A. S. Home of Durham, N. C.
has given $10,000 for the erection oi
a monument to the women of the
Confederacy at Raleigh, N. C, aftei
the Kinney design, according to a
telegram received from Gen. Julian
Carr by Gen. C. Irvine Walker.
A Lincoln penny in the left pocket
of Joseph Herman's vest saved him
from a bullet through the heart in a
row in a Bronx borough, New York
City, resort. The coin diverted the
bullet.
Col. James Henry Jones. 73. former
'ieuenent governor of Mississippi,
died at Trville, Miss.
A decree by the pope, issued In
July, eliminated St. Patrick's day
from the list of Irish obligatory holy
days, on. which Catholics are called
upon to hear mass and abstain from
unnecessary work. On the request
of the Irish aCtholic hierarchy, how
ever, the holy see has just issued an
other decree. According to this the
feast of St. Patrick will continue to
be a holy day in Ireland, without,
however, being preceded by a day of
fasting or abstinence.
A royal party was held at the fort.
King George and Queen Mary being
given a great ovation by the 7,000
guests as they walked through the
grounds at Delhi, India. Their maj
esties, wearing their crowns and cor
onation robes, appeared in a screen
balcony on the wall of the fort for
merly used by the mogul. The emper
or and empress remained seated on
golden thrones, while for an hour and
a half a long train of religious and
other native processions passed in re
rview. A riotous outbreak interrupted a
large ms meeting held at Carnegie
hall in New York City in support of
the aribtration treaties which Pres
ident Taft has proposed with England
and France. The outbreak occurred
after Nicholas Butler had read reso
lutions urging the senate to ratify
the treaties, and Alfonso G, Koolble
moved that the majority report "Of
the senate committee on foreign re
lations be adopted as a substitute for
the Butler resolution. '
That one or more officials of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Workers are surren
dering to the government informa
tion needed in the investigation of an
alleged nation-wide conspiracy direct
ed against structural iron contractors
who maintain the "open shop" was
stated " by representatives of the Na
tional Erectors' association. Without
resistance, letters and records have
been conveyed by detectives engaged
by the erectors' association.
A suit asking for the dissolution of
the United Shoe Machinery company,
a corporation of world-wide scope,
was instituted by the government,
which filed a bill in equity in the
United States circuit court at Boston.
The bill is brought against the United
Shoe Machinery corporation. United
Shoe Machinery company of New
Jersey, eighteen subsidiary corpora
tions and twenty-three Individuals, to
restrain the defendants from "main
taining and engaging in unlawful combinations."
Washington.
Portions of the wreck of the battle
ship Maine, now being cleared of mud
and debris in Havana harbor, are to
be donated to cities, patriotic socie
ties and the survvors or heirs of the
Maine under a plan presented to the
house in the urgent deficiency bill.
The entire bill carries $2,270,000. It
authorizes an additional appropria
tion of $250,000 for raising the Maine,
makng a total of $900,000 for that
purpose.
The Sulzer joint resolution for the
termination of the treaty of 1832 be
tween the United States and Russia,
because of the latter's discrimination
against Jewish American citizens,
passed the house, 300 to 1. A prac
tically identical resolution by Sena
tor Culberson of Texas is pending,
in the senate. Both the Sulzer and
Culberson resolution would direct the
president to give Russia immediately
the year's notice necessary for the
complete abrogation of the treaty
that has been in force nearly eighty
years.
With little trace of friction the Re
publican national committee met in
Washington and formulated the pre
liminary plans for the campaign of
1912. The program agreed upon was
carried out expeditiously in short
sessions aggregating barely more than
two hours. Chicago was chosen as
the convention city and the call was
issued for the assembling of delegates
on Tuesday, June 18, to nominate the
candidates for president and vice
president. Acting Chairman John F.
Hill, former governor of Maine, was
unanimously elected chairman of the
committee. The meeting was unique
in two respects. There was a com
plete absence of bitterness and the
proceedings were conducted with wide
open doors. Politically the meeting
was pro-Taft. The president's advis
ors controlled the situation.
The Sherwood service pension bill,
which would add upward of $70,000,
000 to the government's annual ex
penditures by granting increased pen
sions to civil and Mexican war veter
ans on the basis of length of service,
was passed by the house, despite the
determined opposition of many Demo
cratic leaders.- Secretary of the In
terior Fisher has estimated that the
bill would add $75,000,000 to the pen
sion roll if the 400,000 veterans eligi
ble to take advantage of it.
The annual report of Postmaster
General Hitchcock states that the
first time since 1883 the annual finan
cial statement of the potsoffice de
partment shows a surplus instead of
a deficit.
The railroad securities commission
has reported that it would be practi
cally impossible at this time to place
issues of railroad securities under
Federal control. The commission
recommends that enforced publicity
for all railroads financing "is the most
effective weapon against stock water
ing which the government has at its
command. The commission was cre
ated in 1910, when the senate refused
to accept a house amendment to the
pending railroad bill, providing that
all future issues of securities be plac
ed undt r the control of the interstate
jomnieice commission.
STATE FISHERMEN
MEET AT NEW BERN
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED, WITH
A. W. GRAHAM, PRESIDENT OF
CONVENTION.
A DECREASE IN INDUSTRY
Address of Welcome By Mr. R. A.
Nunn, and Response by T. W. Mark
ham, of Elizabeth City Judge Gra
ham's Speech of Acceptance.
Raleigh. A special from New Bern
states that the North Carolina Fish
eries Convention met in this city with
representatives from all over this
states, and especially the eastern part
of the state, present.
Mr. R. A. Nunn, in the absence of
the Mayor, in a few words, made the
address of welcome in behalf of the
olty.oJ.New.Brn.
- Representative T. W. Markham, of
Elizabeth City, responded to the ad
dress of welcome and touched upon
the importance of the convention.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt then sug
gested that the convention organize
and elect officers. - Mr. Geo. N. Ives
nominated Judge A. W. Graham, of
Oxford, for chairman.
Judge Graham was unanimously
elected. In a short speech he thanked
the convention for the honor and
stated that he felt a great interest in
the importance of the industry for
which the cpnvention was called.
Dr. Prat made a talk and he told
of how the fish and oyster industry
had decreased in the last few years.
He said that other states had rem
edied that trouble and that this state
could dp so if the men Interested
would get together and pull together.
Mr. W. C, McDonald Lee, Fish and
Oyster Commissioner of the state of
Virginia, made a most excellent talk
and told of the progress his state
had been making in this indutsry.
Location of Mclver Statue.
It has been decided by the state
board of public buildings and grounds
to locate the statue of Dr. Charles D.
Mclver that is to be erected in Capi
tal Square, Raleigh, on the triangle
In the square between the Fayette
ville street entrance and the well. It
Is to face Morgan and Fayetteville
streets, being one of the most con
spicuous locations that could be
chosen, barring the site occupied by
the statue of Washington in the Fa
yetteville street entrance. The statue
is to be of bronze, heroic size and
will be ready for the unveiling within
the year. There is also to be a statue
provided for the State Normal and In
dustrial school at Greensboro, which
Dr. Mclver made the crowning work
of his life through its establishment.
From Goldsboro to The Atlantic.
Articles of incorporation were filed
In the office of the secretary of state
by the Goldsboro, Seven Springs and
Swansboro Railroad Company, which
is to offer the shortest route from
Goldsboro to the coast, through a sec
tion of the country rich with natural
resources. The authorized capital
stock of the new railroad is $1,500,000
and the incorporators are: William A.
Robertson, John D. Langston, M. H.
Allen and N. P. Young, of Goldsboro;
T. H. Pritchard and the T. H. Pritch
ard Transportation Co. of Swans
boro; Frank Thompson, of Jackson
ville, Fla. This new railroad will have
its v route through the- county of
Wayne, Lenoir, Onslow and Jones, to
Swansboro.
To The Confederate Women.
The site for the monument to North
Carolina women of the Confederacy to
be erected at a cost of $12,000 by Hon.
Ashley Horne, has been selected in
Capital Square by the state board of
buildings and grounds and is to be
facing the main entrance to the state
fireproof building now being erected,
and will be on the plat half way be
tween the Fayetteville street entrance
to Capital Square and the Morgan
and Salisbury street corner.
Better Farming Train at Newsom.
The Norfolk & Western better
farming train arrived here and enter
tained a large crowd of farmers for
two and one-half hours, during which
time many interesting talks were ad
dressed to all that could find seats
;n the car. The exhibit cars were
filled with seeds and grains of all
kinds. The exhibit from the Norfolk
& Western experiment farm and also
T. W. Wood & Sons were exception
ally fine. Everybody went away feel
ing a determination to do better farming.
Interest in Mouth Hygiene.
There is a continued interest In
mouth hygiene In the schools of Wake
county. Dr. Louis Pegram, of Raleigh,
examined the mouths of seventy-six
pupils of the Fuquay Springs School,
and lectured to an appreciative audi
ence. Those present manifested very
much interest in what he had to say
and were - well pleased with his re
marks. Dr. N. G. Carroll went to
Cary High School for a similar pur
pose, and a number of ether engage
ments nave been made with other
Physicians.
I
DOUBLE MURDER COMMITTED
The Most Astrocious Crime In Annalt
of Cleveland County A Farmer
and Wife Victims.
Shelby. A pretty little country
home that was the scene of comfort
and happiness and thrift and prosper
ity a few days ago was the scene of
the most horrible crime in the annals
of Cleveland county. Mr. and Mrs.
John Dixon were brutally and horrib
ly murdered before daylight in their
new home, 10 miles above Shelby,
just off the main road between Falls
ton and Lawndale, and Hack Ross and
John Ross, two negro brothers, are
held as suspects of the crime.
A thousand or more people stood
about the desolate home as the coro
ner's inquest proceeded, hoping that
evidence would place the guilt on
some party, so that they may avenge
the . crime. The sentiment is strong
against Hack Ross and if the coro
ner's jury fixes the blame on him,
lynching may be expected. Sentiment
Is at fever heat, but the good citizens
are determined to be sure of their
move before they take the law in
their hands. They know Hack Ross
made a threat that there would be
"somebody missing In the neighbor
hood" if they took his meat, and Mr.
Dixon had a mortgage on Ross' hog.
Ross could not pay for the hog and
brought it back to Mr. Dixon, but the
sentiment seems to be that this seem
ingly friendly feeling was feigned to
cover up the awful crime he had
planned. And, too, Ross lives about a
quarter of a mile from Mr. Dixon's
and tracks were found by Chief of Po
lice Jetton and Deputy Nelson Latti
more that exactly correspond to the
shoe Ross was wearing because of
the heavy tacks in the heels.
Commissioner Makes Report.
Hon. M. L. Shipman, commissioner
of labor and printing, has completed
the "trades" chapter of his 1911 re
port. The act creating the depart
mentjcontemplated only the collection
of information upon the subject of la
bor, its relation to capital, the hours
of labor, the earnings of laboring men
and women, their educational, moral
and financial conditions, and the best
means of promoting their mental, ma
terial, social and moral prosperity:
But a slight departure from the gen
eral condition affecting wage-earners,
in a broad sense of the term, is
shown In the compilation of informa
tion obtained from the correspondents
who are engaged in the various
"trades" themselves.
Working In Cause Of Education.
Always interested in the cause of
education the leading ministers and
lay members of the Western North
Carolina Methodist Conference have
for the past two years been working
oa plans for the further development
of the schools and colleges of the
conference. Committees have been
at work during this time on the prob
lem and have held several meetings
and the movement culminated at the
last conference held in Statesville
with the appointment of Rev. L. B.
Abernathy, who, as educational secre
tary, has undertaken the enormous
task of raising $200,000 for. the better
equipment and endowment of the edu-.
cational institutions. This fund is to
be divided among the schools accord
ing to the judgment of the committee
having the matter in charge, and the
people of this section will be inter
ested to know that Weaverville Col
lege is to be greatly benefited by Mr.
Abernathy's work.
A Question of Title To Land.
The question of the title to some
thing like fifteen thousand acres of
land in several sections of western
North Carolina is involved in appeals
argued before the Supreme Court in
a combination of Fowler vs. Union
Development Company and county of
Clay and Richards vs. Ritter Lumber
Company and Macon county against
the same defendants. It is the old
Cherokee reservation that is Involved,
or rather a multiplication of land
grants involving portions of these
lands following the opening of these
lands to settlement early in the nine
teenth century.
Statesville. Mr. Aam C. Troutman
died at his home some miles from
Statesville from the effects of injuries
sustained when he was caught be
neath a bale of cotton as it fell from
a wagon.
Resignation Has Brought No News.
The resignation of Judge George
W. Ward, of Elizabeth City, as Judge
of the Frist Judicial District, was
received by Governor KitchJn. In
referring to this Governor Kitchin
says he is glad to know that Judge
Ward's resignation is largely prompt
ed by his desire to engage in the act
ive practice of law in Elizabeth City,
that in the last two months he has
done as much work on the bench as
he ever did, and that for some years
he has been a diligent, able and
faithful judge.
North Carolina Roads As Example.
A party of citizens from Winches
ter, Va., composing a committee from
the Valley Turnpike Company, an or
ganization for building and promoting
good roads, visited Concord and Ca
barrus on their inspection tour of the
good roads in this section. They were
here for the purpose of familiarizing
themselves with the system of good
roads in th.s and adjoining- ooanties
with a view of employing the methods'
used in their construction' in building
good roads they contemplate building
Virginia.