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v Y 1 1 THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, JANUARY 25, 1914. - 19 IB ROADS BILL SURE TO PIS iy GEORGE H. MANNING.) i;iU.;iL)Li, Jan. 24. There is little eensxess w ill pass the good :! ni this ycsion. aud prompt - .toured iu tbe house by the ,.t h rule from the rules com- . nr.king it the unfinished busi v: :s w bring about its passage , ;i, piomptly as if it had been jidcr to the postofficc bill, as inientiou at one time ;, vys a ctueral niisunderstand- c i'arpose of the house leaders iUr it a. rider ot the postomce n,-oucli the publication of a mis- . reports, the impression bc- ;. in! that tbe good roads bill -.:r-" "hi' ii had enough votes al ,-!(.l-ed to secure Its passage, ... ii, prided to tbe postofflce bill to no it enough momentum : ;i the postoffiee bill the pro- re. tiikc assistant postmasters U i-ervk-e. This impression - : t.-i chiefly by the opponents .nit service clause, as they fear i be sood roads bill yens tack -,. t'ne postofflce bill, many votes L' t'd otherwise be cast against l service clause, ih.- .cuiders of the good road r;-;i fcntative Shaekleford, of ; : chairman, and Representa s , ;!ui' ! s. of Virginia, ranking ; baviiig votes euoubh pledged i'ie hill as an independent .ibaiidoued the: proposal to : iu riie postofflce bill and se-i-cial rule whereby it yill ; i l uuii't consideration and pas- 'lie llOUse. , i iU. Hbjch is the first measure ,vi ijut of the new committee i room mends the appropria , iiiii not to exceed $l'5.0t0.000 . xcfuded ou the half-uud-half ,: -iHte highways, to be named , !- upon between the secve : ;mnrii!tiirc and the proper au il" the states. H'i North Carolina avail her the provisions in this bill, as imMibtedly will, it is estimated ' '", can be secured from the ;! government annually to be a !;, ;i ' like amount to be set y die state, to improve the : t'arolnia roads. i i . n ? of the bill provides that facials of the state having in p the supervision of highways, division of good roads of the gravel, or a proper combination of sand and clay or other material of equal utility but less expensive than macadam, constructed and maintained n sucu manner, that it shall have a smooth, firm surface. On each mile of roadway of this type the government m ill give $30 for maintenance. Class C is to embrace roads udou which no incline is steeper than is reasonably necessary, with adequate drainage and ample side ditches, with a roadway constructed so as to quick ly shed water into the side ditches or other adequate means so that it will be reasonably passable for wheeled ve hicles. Fifteeu dollars per mile is to be given as government aid to main tain roads of this type. bo that this bill, if passed, will give the state authorities choice of four methods by which to aid the govern ment for improved state highways. There is a provision in the bill that necessary bridges and culverts shall be considered part of the respective roads constructed, improved or maintained. The proportionate allotment to tbe states is not to be divided equally so as to give Rhode Island, the smallec- state, an equal share with Texas, tbi largest, but will be divided from a standpoint of population, and the num ber of miles of rural post roads in the state. These allotments will be determined upon the following basis: One halt in the proportion w uich t,he total popu lation of all the states, as shown b; the next prcccdiug federal ceusus; and one half in the proportion which the total number of miles of rural post roads in use in such state bears tc the total number of miles of rural GETS TIE II AND FOOLS TIE UNDERTAKER (BY CARLTON TEN EYCK.) New York, Jan. 21 Mike Reilly "is a man that's spoken of highly." He doesn't loll about on any bathing beach. Perhaps he never wore a bathing suit, and his shoulders are no ttanned to a rieh mahogany shade. Neither docs he confine his activi ties to tbe warm summer months. Hut am thankful to you and if we never meet again on earth, we will surely meet in heaven.' That's better th-iu all the medals in the world." ORIGIN OF "OLD GLORY." THE AMERICAN SABBATH. all the same, Mike has saved two years. teu He drowninc persons- m aocs not dive for the people he reach es he pulls 'em out of the water with a hook. AU he has to do is to lie awake at night and listen for the splash. Then Mike gets the hook and tools the undertaker. Reilly, with a Hock of bright daugh ters, inhabits a hoti.re boat moored :ii I'inr i. Kat river. The Reilly hou:e boat is named the Ritz-Carl-ton, and by some twist of fate it is the "Ritz-Carltou" pier that is chosen by a lot of folk who, either by mis fortune or accident take early morn ing plunges into the oily-topped wa ters of Kast river. Reilly fa an elec trician who some three years ago solved the high rent problem, at least in hi own satistaction. by buying a post roads in use in all the states, as ' , bfi,,t ami mooring it to Pier 1, ii dr aud deterjnme the roads in ,-!; si a t o, which may be constructed - i , : j.1 . .,. 1 iMHiiitaiueu uiuiug iu ucai uectvi shown by the report of the postmaster general. With tbe prospect of securing f-ed oral aid to state roads in amounts rang ing from $1,120,250 for Texas, to $1S3; 750 for Florida, there is not likely tc be any pronounced opposition to the bill in either house, although the re publicans, who will get no credit for the passage of the bill even from their own constituents W'il lhail it as anoth er "pork barrel." The senate is also considering :i bill to aid good roads, but it is be lieved that the Shackleford-Saunders bill will be adopted when it goes to the senate from the house. Two years asco the houso passed a good roads bill but it died from inac tion in the senate. One ot the purposes of the house leaders in proposing tc make the good roads bill a rider to the postofflce appropriation bill "was that it would force action by the senate making it impossible for that body to again sidestep. ' The interstate commerce commis sion today granted the application o. the Carolina, Clinch field and Ohio rail way, on behalf . of itself -and its connec tions, to establish rates ou -apples;, vntment of agriculture shall jointly beets, cabbage, onions, pears, pota toes ana turnips, straigni or mixeu car loads from stations' in North Carol i up on its line to points in South Caro lina, the same as are charged from contiguous :. points . on the Southern railway ou like traffic. The" Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio in its application states that its terri tory has just ' recently begun to pre due these articles and it desires the lower rates to enable shippers ou it lines to compete in South Carolim with shippers on the line of the South ern railway in western and southwest ern North Carolina. . Representative Doughton has rec onimended the appointment of the fo lowing Allegheny county postmasters. Edwards Cross Roads, Mrs. Lena J. Gentry; Anna, J. Sanders; Hare, K. Hendrix; Hooker. R. C. Todd; Jliie . W R. Vannoy; Elk Spur, Mrs. Save. J. Roberts; Walls, Mrs. Dott Parish: Edmunds, G. F. Rector. Representative Doughton today iht. duccd a bill to pay to Davenport Ce lege, at Lenoir, $3,000 for property de stroyed by tederal troops during tne Civil war. Representative Small has recom mended the appointment of W. S. Car rawan, who recently made the highest mark in an examination, as postmaster at Columbia. Tyrrell county. The following fourth-class postmas ters "were appointed today: Addie, Jack son county, Robert R. Fisher; Cro martie. Robesop county, John T. Den ny;. Gideon, Stokes county, James jU. H.- Flynt; Ranger, Cherokee county, Samuel W. Davidson; Areola. Warreu county, Robert L. Capps; Griffin, Dare county, John W. Ward. I he way this plan will work out will ' r ,i r tiuv. Locke Craig, or the state ...fTiviai iu charge of road construction j mak known to the department of icrirtihure the section., or sections of "ol ul"- in the state which it is desired .otittruct'or improve, and it will 'lupin tor the department of' agrieul to make sure that the money is .p"!deJ upon a worthy project under til-ofi of construction or repair ap , ovff) by the experts of the depart- stxt.ou 1 sets forth a plan which is' riiipuhat ii-w and novel in its appli H'lou k is known in the houso as tne ?hiikiurd part of the bill. All the bill v jfj, the exception of section i i t- tsnte as that introduced some Uvr agu in Representative Saunders, t Virginia, who has been for years a !o-i' student aud advocate of highway ni prove in -;tu. Tk- Shaekleford section is somewhat x-3 ipipx in its application, but really r.nidos ff.r the expenditure of money ii thi- hiilf-und-half plan to maintain x-ad;. H'rearjy constructed which will iLforri to a certain standard set ortij iu ill--- bill. It is believed that 'at-..; already having good highways, mi not iu innnediato need of construe on of lif w roads will avail them--clvcs of t-ectiou 1, to keep the pres--p' roaJ t.p to a, certain standard. 'riie etaiidavd roads set forth by the Snar-klf -ford clause, are separated into brce clashes, A. B and C, and the mmma to be expended to maintain :!ir" ro art follows: ; -Ihc A shall embrace roads upon "hieti ;jo incline is steeper than is rcasoi-ably necessary, well drained, ' ' i ;s road track composed of macad - H or oilier materials of equal utility ro; i. ronitrticted and maintained " inauner that it shall have a !i " o" ,. tiriu surface. On each mile of 'v- ot ibis type the government 1 1 -i o Sijt.i for maintenance. ( 1". ball embrace roads on : ' iu'-linc is steeper than is i--onablv necessary, well drained, 1 loaii track composed of shells. ! X 1 - P fr.rt f paying w nan age insicau ji k-uu ll.innr llif first lllOntllS Of biS .ouse boating exiiitcnce Reilly made no note of the unfortunates he saved rrom quitting life by the all-water route. But in 1911 Reilly's life-saving business grew so monotonous that be got interested in the thing, and legan keeping a diary of rescxies. oinee that time he has pulled ten y.ersons from the water with hi uoat hook. His observation shows that most people who seek to die by drowning try it around the witching hour of 2 a. m. This is in accord w ith ;n;no scipiiiists who declare that around an hour or two after midnight, life is at its lowent ebb and the. soul nearest to quitting the body. -..ciHy agrees with that theory. The Reilly procedure-in life savins is very simple. It consists mainly in keeping a sharp ear to wiudward during the "wee sina' hours" of the night for then it i that the cries of those who accidentally or purpese y rail into" the water, are oftenest heard. Experience has taught the volunteer life saver that plenty - or ropes looped at handy points about lis house help some. To this equip ment Reillv has added a life ring -nd a boat hook with a long staff, t is .thiiJ last that is most effective n dragging near-victims from the river. Thus far, Reilly has met with little esistance from those he has brought jack to safety. Most of them, Reil- (New York Times.) I quite agree with the conclusions of Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall, in his letter to The Times, that the Ameri can flag owes nothing of suggestion to the Washington coat of arms. Neither does it owe anything of sugseition to any early English flag that may have borne 13 stripes. The number of the stripes was, of course, determined by! tbe number of the colonies, and it' was not necessary for congress to go back to ancient history for the sugges tion of the 13 stripes representing the lo colonies, when the. Philadelphia Light Horse had already adopted the stripes in its banner, which was a familiar sight to the members of the first congress on the streets of Phil adelphia Light Horse, starting on June 21, 1775, escorted General Wash ington from Philadelphia to New York, on his way to take command of the army at tiosion. The exact time in! the year 1775 when the troops first used the 13 stripes is not precisely knowu, and it is possible that Wash ington saw -the J 3 stripes carried at the head of his escort on that occa sion. The "History of the First Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry," privately printed (Philadelphia, 1S75), sr.ys of the adoption of the 13 stripes at Bos ton that it is "probable Chat the sug gestion was made to Washington by Colonel Joseph Reed, his military sec retary, who; as a resident of Philadel phia at this time, had doubtless many opportunities of seeing this flag car ried by the troop." WILLIAM HENRY SHELTON, Curator. Washington Headquarters, Bronx, Jan 7, 1911. Rheumatism and Gout sufferers baye been cured for twenty ears past by Hills Rheumatic Remedy. It gives relief in twenty-four hours. One bottle will cure most cases. It is a uaranteed remeay. At all drug stores or direct on receipt of price. One fio- r per bottle Hill Medicine Co., 11 V East 24th Street, New York. "..1-1 .1 J. . . 4-'nn1 r nnrl v savs, nave ididioto iuu nccij much too much." The strangest man ieilly ever -laved was. one who im acdialely crawled under the pier, and either thveats nor promises could oax hi mout until a policeman sum moned by Reilly threatened to shoot. Excerpts from Reilly's diary are ntcresting by reason of the naive ommtr-nts on the personalities of the veiled. Of one he wrote: ' He was an Englishman. He was nvnk. He had had a fight with .ie engineer ot a iug tied to Pier 4. rifT the light he sat on the string- oce and finally be fell overboard. j .- was ploughin aid having an awful time, but no took pity on him. He used very d language. There were several boatmen ou the dock, and apparently hey thought a little ducking would lo him good. Therefore, they did not itart. any rescue work for some time. (Presbyterian Standard.) There was a time wnen the term European Sabbath had a meaning en- tirely distinct from the American Sabbath. One meant a day, a part of which was given to the Lord, and remainder to the devil; while the American Sabbath meant that the en tire day was epent in the public and private exercises of God's worship. Foreigners were wont to amuse themselves over our strictness, while we, on the other hand, were prone to take pride iu our adherence to God'is lawii. Presbyterians were especially strict, and the Presbyterian Sabbath meant that American Sabbath had been raised to a higher power. The influence of the European Sab bath has spread and now there seems little or no difference between their and our way of keeping the day. The Presbyterian Sabbath no long er has a distinctive meaning, but na "degenerated to such an extent that , our forefathers would not recognize it. Our people have become lax in their observation of the day, which 's no wonder when we remember the number of elders that patronize tbe Sunday train, in order to save a day from business. in fact the sin has become na tional. Our president, for . example, is one of the best that has ever oc cupied that high office, but as a Presbyterian elder he is not a suc cess. From the time that he went to bis birthplace and returned on tbe Sabbath, he has been setting a ; baa example along that line that is not calculated to make hi anxious to lay stress upon having an elder in the white house. Then the conference committee ot the senate and house spent the eutire. Sabbath settling their differences m the currency bill, which reminds us that no nation can prosper when it bpurui-j God's laws. , Then Ave read of Secretary Bryan delivering Chautauqua addresses on the Sabbath, where money is ehargea for admission. . Ex-President Roosevelt, who has ever stood for the most stalwart type of Dutch Reformed Presbyterianism, while in Santiago, Chile, attended the Protestant church service in the " V . " v- -n.nH,, . IT I-. 1 . 1 V ...... r i....i, ,i,i u i.:ji JuvjiuiiiK ui u oauuaiu uaj-, uui iu away in the ions of government publi- inference Jo the views and cas eations that come vearlv from the toms .ot he country, attended tbe press. It hns investigated and classified ras mhc afete?oon' ' . , a small portion of these publications, , .Th on,y comfort we can get out ot issuing thereupon a guide which teach ?1S laPse ot I'resbytenanism is that ers the country over may find of ad- he attended a Protestant Church vantage in selecting those of the publi- rar thari one oC Rme cations bearing pertinently on their When we remember the awful judg worfc i ments that were visited upon Ood'a Not or.lv teachers but equally stud- People in the past, because they euts of every class, not to mention the violated His Sabbaths, we tremble lait y and business men generally OYer the future of our own land, could find much profitable material in Within the memory of men of mid government publications if it were not dlc aSe, the descent has been rapid, so scrupulously hidden. The work of and the most alarming feature of the ail the great federal departments and "ase is that we are less shocked over their special commissions and repre- the changes, as the years go by. sentatives, including consular reports, ! It may be that the Lord will spare and the work of commissions appointed usr but in order to do so, it may be by congress, are embodied iu the seem- necessary to lay His hand heavy ing dry-as-dust volumes that bear the upon bur land 'mprint of the government printing of lice. HIDING UNCLE SAM'S LIGHT. ! (Atlanta Constitution.) Folk who have been negligently viewing government reports as excel lent cures for insomnia may profita bly study the moral of a recent bulletin issued by the federal bureau of educa tion. The bureau announces that mat Each year hundreds of thousands of dollars are appropriated for the task, ef disseminating the information gath ered at such pains and expense, and what becomes of it? Only a relative few of each issue is ever called for, and even then it is doubtful if the man or woman who gets in touch with the printing office secures the greatest benefit from the books sent him. What Uncle Sam needs, in this re spect, is a good press agent and an intelligent editor of his multitudinous publications. Farmers and tradesmen . . ., " 'mill ma niifad nrpr f-nnlH find Klm-rs; nf around in tne wa- y-V " VTr Jl V.: U"' government, but most of it is buried un der obscure or misleading titles, and with introductions and sometimes pres entations that, are arid and uninviting. A greater, degree of intelligence in supervising government publications. with fimplvf anr! wpll-writ ten bulletins Then there were so mauy suggestions describi ' their contents, would go a. made tnat nc went uowu iui uiu wi-- , inward i.nnnlarizinc- nnfi fea- MOONLIGHT WHEN HARMFUL. j " ( oa ture of governmental' endeavor now ond time. By tbi,i time I happened en tho scene. When he was going iJly appl.ciated A few thousand doi down for the proverbial third time, , t thi , ve ,vouid I got the hook of my pike pole m Avi(len the practical benefits from sev his jacket and pulled him up." j cra ihundred thousand, the present Another entry tells oi a ueiraan, expenditure of which seems at times full ot "bier' who leu ott tne gock. dubious bargain and w as pulled out by Reilly aud an- j : other man. The Teuton, was allowed i js your wife going to wear her dia to sleep ou the deck of the "Ritz-' nionds lo the grand opera?" "Of Carlton" until the next 9 a. m;, when course,"' answered Mr. Cumrox. 'We he was "ordered ashore." j can't all appreciate music anj we Another rescued man was a halt "ought to try to make grand opera drowned ship's carpenter who came interesting even for those who go up with a corn-cob pipe in his mouth, merely to look on." Washington Star. "looking for all the world," cays tbe j diary, "like a man who had been ! The luxury of a clear conscience is enjoying a comfortable smoke. jone that even all rich people can't Patrick Kelly, of Jersey City, cap- j afford. tain of a sand scow, was once fished j out of the river by Reilly, who says j Some men are like some automo- in his diary; "All he could i biles. They are easygoing, but hard say . was, "Captain, 1 to stop. (Wilmington Dispateh.) Just as people find comfort, solace, pleasure and health in ii-any of those things which are beautiful in nature, why so they can get from them same thing that is harmful. .': is not ba cause the beautiful is meant to mas querade (and thereby deceive or fool) something detrimental to tho human system, but that the things that it pos sesses that are hurtful are made al luring by appearances that are charm ing. For instance, here comes a scien tist who declares that moonlight is in jurious. However, for the benefit of those whV like things aesthetic, espe cially those young folks who liks to sit in the silvery light and, perhaps, whisper those stories meant for no oth er ears, it is consolation to know t.L.t the deleterious effect comes from sleeping in the moonlight, or so some savants assert, from eating fish that has been exposed to moonbeams. It is claimed that the-moonlight, when cen tered on sleeper, who, -we suppose, cannot throw off ill effects as can a person who is actively is motion, is caused by a chemical effant, the moon beams being polarized light. The moon light is but a reflection from the sun and such reflected light is more or less polarised, according to emiuent scientists. So, in consequence of this, there is "moonbeam insanity" and there comes confirmation of the ma lady known as "moon-blinks' con tracted by sleeping in the moonlight in tropical climates. 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