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ALL ROAD MAINTENANCE PLANS EFFECTIVE SOON Stale Highway tad District laghaaari to Take Om Up keep el lUtdi Aifwt IS. Baiaigfc, Jmlj 1«.—Plaea for tto —iataleanr, <rf ■pproxtauUlr WOO mflsa of Mate >o«b In North Onlta win form elated at a uimfaraasa of district highway .ngteeara with state sefteeer, (Ma K Upham. km 7—tentey, aU wlthto tha next M day* rrery mOe of road accepted hjr the atete road aip wfll to aelir eoa stant supervtsloe if eugteoara who will to responsible for tte ephsap. la furtherance at tto plan ta main tain tto roads tetoe oror to tha state, ersry track and ottor lead bsfidteg ■Machinery lat oat to aaetraetera oa . laaaa will to tailed In aed apporthm ad amonr tto eine d(striate for eaa tel tto upkeep of tto roada. Mere thaa Ntj track* and crow are available for thia wait, and Mr. Upham rxprete to dae Me that numbar with new allotmente from tto war dapartmant. Under the plana worked out yaater day. toad maintainance will to canted en nedar tha dlatiict unit. County lines will to wiped oat In *o far as main talnance goaa, and maintainance dis tricts that will rive tto maximum oaa of men and equipment eatahllahad. One craw will to |Itm charge of a restrictive mileage that will be main tained conatantly by that particular craw. Malntalnance districts aril) he ao erected aa to provide for the mini mam idle travel by crews. urbanization of road maintains nee force# provided for in the Doughton Connor-Bowie road bill ha* been de layed by the necessity of first organ ilinr the engineering staff of which Mr. Up ham la the head, and the forth-j er complication of not having all of the county road mapa of atate roads Anally accepted and approved by coon-. ty commissioners. Several of the coun ties la the atate have aa yet not given! final approval to their mapa and main tatnance la theae will be further de-| layad until thia ia i gtrwer and nine district eMgtnaan,\ have direct charge of construction i malntainaace of all roads in the stat*. Under each diatrict engineer who willj devote hia entire attention to road up keep and the supervision of the road ; malntslnance gangs. A careful system of reports will be maintained that will keep the chief engineer in close' touch with operations. The center of the mechanical equip ment will be In the great "truck patch" operated by Charles G. Farmer, four miles out on the Cary road where ap-; proximately five million dollars worth of road building machinery and trucka; has been assembled. Major repairs will be done in tha machine shops there. In each district thare will be a substation where minor repairs necessary to keep the force in action will be maintained. Diatrict engineers were aaked to preaent their needs for equipment and what Is needed in each district will ha reotaa soon aa It can be gotten in rfMPTThe division of equipment ask ed for by districts is as follows: First District—8 trucks at present; 40 now one needed. Second District—13 trucks st pres ent; MMf ones needed. TftMPPRrict—14 tracks at present; 80 new one* needed. Foorth Diatrict—4 trucks at prea ent; 80 new cfttet needed. Fifth District—15 trucks st prea mew ones needed. 'District—9 trucks at present; ' ones needed. Seventh District—5 trucks st pat ent; 20 new ones needed. Eighth District—S trucks at pres ent: SB new ones needed. n Ninth District—R tracks st preaent; 3d new ones needed. Amputate Right Ann Of Winston-Salem Man Winston-Salem, July 2*.—J. T. Simpson, tobacco warehouseman and leading ritlxen, had his right arm am putated above the elbow at • local hos pital thie morning and his condition tonight is regarded as favorable. Re moval of the arm was regarded neces sary In order to save the life of Mr. Slmpecn, who was suffering from an attack of gangrene | Bad Business Father Duffy is credited by the New York World with this after-dinner story: "An old sexton asked me. 'Father weren't the Apoetiles Jews?' I said they wwe. Pnaled, he demanded: Then how the deuce did the Jews let go of a good thing like the Catholic church a*d let the Italians grab ttt" FARMER'S VIEW ON PRESENT CONDITIONS Wiw|t mm! TMr Cum mmd M—nr.. Rsgnirsd to Malw Thing* Right CsnsHofd to v R«porti on County H—ring* Chicago. Illinois—What the (uwr thinks la wrong wHh tto prsssnt •UHa of agfteaHsra to tto Uaited tione, ana tha measures neceeaary to remedy thsm. is told in aa analgia of reports on hsailf held by eawtjr bureaus of th* Aatifctt Farm Buraan Federation. OeeaatM for tto toitan waa tto beginning of Ineaatlgntfcm by tto em gre—tonal Joint commiaaion of agri cultural Inquiry in Waahlngton, D. C., ta whom it waa propoaed to forward A rat-hand information. h cooperative organisations, both for marketing and purchasing, tto fannar at these hearings Is aaid to hare seen his chief hope for the fntuH, and this waa the moet common reme dial plan recommended, not only for unaatiafactory marfceta, hot alao for all other farm perplex it lee. Low prices for farm products, pro duced at exceaaively high cost, while { freight rates, Interest, taxes and. manufactured goods which farmers must boy, remain as high as ever, waa given aa the chief cauae • of present conditions. Restriction of credita, interest rate* which forced liquidation, rambling and ipeculation in food prodoeta, arti ficial deflation by propaganda, reduced foreign buying power with low foreign marketing methods, are blamed for low prices. Exceaaivt profit* collected by deal era and manufacturer*, high wagea for inefficient labor and exorbitant freight*rate* are given aa the cause* for the disrepancy in the price* paid for agricultural products between the producer and consumer. Milk at 12 to 16 cants a quart at the doorstep for which the prodocer re ceived only *1 to I1.SS per 1M pounda indicated to the farmer esiiaslr* dia afeeuid be aa large a* or larger than Ae value of the wool itself at the farm or why It should take a ton of hide* to bay s set of harness. v Fanners think that other industries are In s much better position than is1 agriculture, that agriculture is at the' bottom of the li»t. "The farmer be- j Hevea," saya the analysis, "that other Industrie* have been able to protect them Reive* by reducing output or clos ing down and dUtributing their prod uct in accordance with demand, while the farmer must plant In season and take chsnces on the market. I^ast year' losses were nearly universal among, the farmers. Only a few in apecia! line* or favored localities managed to l>reak even according to testimony iriven at the hearings. "That it takes much more wheat, corn, oats, or live stock to pay for a wagon, a binder, a manure spreader, a rod of fence, a suit of clothes, a sack of flour, or a ton of coal than in pre war years was generally attested. "Opinion* were divided as to the ex tent to which farmers have been cramped in credit facilities, but the majority vote seemed to be that these facilities were unaatUfactory. Nearly all who testified upon thi* point, in cluding bankers, stated that hank credits at present were too exclusively of the short term sort, wheress fsrm er» need credit to cover an entire crop. "Apparently the farmer '» dlap-iste.l with the present system of marketing. He dislike* to *ee speculation in fsrm product* and consider* the route from producer to consumer too cirtultous He object* when selling to taking what the other fellow offet* and at the same time when buying to paying what the other fellow asks. "Rome farmers are concerned over the social consequence of the agricul tural depression. Without agricultural prosperity local nchool* cannot he maintained on a high plane, other edu cation for farm hoys and gMa becomes cxtretpely difficult and plana foMrural betterment fall into the dinea^P^ Another ytir of hiah price* In our State has *»rvcd to make the ne«da.rf the irph*m<re greater. and the <K m*n<i» upon theae institution* for -ti miaiion of needy children la increas ing. The Oxford Orphanajre receive* children without regard to denomhM tion or fraternal relationship of pare^to, the need of tha child beiaf the first and chief consideration, and in Mtriving to do to part In meeting the increaaing demand*. Your presence at the concert will aid In thia work and will haip to waaw«H the children, and friend* who an working fo their behalf. WILDCAT OIL CONCERNS AFTER TAR HEELS' CASH Wad* H» Had 'Eat Sand Off. Bmt T my Com* Back. fc «%k. Mr rr._iMw.rw. cw nlwnntr Stacy Weds'i campaign f* tha blpe iky mmpaalis In (W bobs ay iplt today wtian the < ■kMrt morning Mil pUnd in hands • lata appeal from tha Dl National OU Company of ~~ Teaaa, selling forth in Mai) haw a million or two might ba mad* over-| Tha MwrnlaatwuT thought that tha Texas "wildcatters" had Carolina following MR rathar gi campaign of thraa moatha ago tha ail companies Than waa In fact a suspenalon af actlrjttaa. man war* rstaBsd from tha atato, ad- j vertlssmmta cancelled and North! Carolina strichea from tha Hat af | aihla "socker" atataa. Today's direct to Commlaaionar Wada raiaail tha qaaatioa aa to whether there la t* ba another effort to larade Tarheelia. Unleaa there ia a better foundation laid for the new appeal to North Carolinlana than was evidenced here tofore Commissioner Wade'a aaalat ance In blocking the oilers will not ba ■aided. Polka with money that might be Irtereated in get-rich-quick schemes are wiae eijpugh to aae thru the "wild catters'" ptopoganda. Here hi the way Commies ioner i WxW'i letter from th« Houston com pany wfki stock taken: "Within the next hour I am expect-1 in* to receive word from Breckenridge that tfta wall of the Union National Oil Company, at at, in Martina Ad dition ia going ovev the top. "Wt Ik down to pay laral about 1,100 feet, that ia, we were 7 eater day and all that remaina now ia ta drill In. You know what that meana. We have already drilled one rusher on this 17 acre tract; It ia still making more than 100 barrels a day and ia over three months aid. The forsaation la this taaaad wad are Wefllwtf Witt thoae fai tha m of the biggest ever drilled ta Bracks*-] ridge. I would not tell y4li this unless! it were my hop sat and candid opinion] nnd if I did not believe that there la' hnrdly a chance under the null to fail' to get a gusher that will maVe the company more money than any well, we have yet drilled.. "Furthermore, I am telling you thii bcrause I want you to put every dollar in the world you can pet your hands on in the stock of this company as we! are just beginning. I am about to cloaa up another deal. I have been working' on It for weeks and I think I will have it »ewed up before night. If ao. get' ready for big action, quick drilling,1 more oil and early dividends. "If ever in your life jrou acted quick,: now Is'the time. I will give you one' more chance at twenty rents per share on condition that you wire me your reservation as soon as you get this letter. The price has advanced to 26 cents but I am going to treat you fair and honest and if jrou act quick you will yet have time to get in at the old price." The MoMrck Of The Plain* la Rapidly Increasing Yellow*ton* Parte. Wyo., Joljr M.— The problem of the buffalo haa revere nd itself. A few year* ago the monarch of the plains was chief figure in the drama of a dying specie*. The problem today is how to feed and take care of the rapidly multiplying herda. Yellowstone provides a hujre hay ranch for the sole purpose of feeding the buffalo when winter snows hart covered the graxing pastures. But M> rapidly is the park herd (rowing that this ranch will soon provide insufficient food, This queation ft now being take* There la atlll another problem. About 100 yaang buffalo lave made their appearance thla year and most of then are bulla. Now bulla are not as popular aa caw* and yet, under the 1'reseat law*, they may not ha killed. Furthermore, park officials already have almost rua out of placea to give thaaa to. „* 80 the aecretary haa somewhat of a "pig* Is pig*" problem on Ma ban*. COAL OPEKATOR IS BUILD ING A MANSION A. J. Daltoa CawtnKtkf $800,000 Hon at AlUviiU, Virfbu*. A $500,000 horn*, poaalbly the Moat ywtalluw nwlw la all Virginia, Mid mm of the wm lapwiiiw Arrit bif» In the country, to nam frt watha tinder contraction at Attartota, Va., aid wltl ba completed within tha ne*t faw montha, aqn tha loa»aka Ttoaaa. IV place to uwaad by A. J. Dehorn, coal operator, at Bntinftw, W. Va. teriato tor tha Mlding. Tha placa on which tha home to be big aractad rnitapitoea between U and to aeraa. h to toeated aa tha haulm of a aaaaH river that raaa thru tha In*, a auanufacturiag (ova compoaed of ihoat MM people. Tha aha aakmaa a kaai aloptng from tha rtoar'a a%t, and tha hcaaa to M located that It will maamaad a rtow far aallaa around. Tha gwwnda hare been goae orer by laodacapo gardeners of national repute, aad aarfjr ha tha aprtec plana for tha gtoonda were completed The contract for tha hooaa, which la a two atory itructure, and of doable 1" •hapa, waa lot shortly aftaiwarda. and work of building imnaediately started. Aa Idaa of tha enormity of tha honaa to tot by tha amount of work and ex penditure necessary to equipping the building and grounda electrically. Richardaon and Wayland Company, a local 8rm * to whom tha electrical equipment alone will ran'about $50, 000. Harding JHrI' HTir-cr A roughly estimated statement of the various electrical equipment placaa the cost of wiring, $8,000; the InataDa tlona of lighting standards for tfee grounds, 12.000 and the installations of inter-room telephones, IZjSOO. Thar* are to be two complete electrical rs fripratinf plants installed in the Wtehcn. Electoral equipment for the inside of the house is the largest sin gle Hem, the cost of which has not The entire tract en which the hooas is located will be tatwrworen with par "W*> an artificial laim^t^l^feet long and .t00 feet In the mi<lilo^4lle Mkr is to be a dnncirir psrflUh and a*'bath house. Back of this b the servant*" quarters, houses that neeemble those in prosper ous middle otass residential sections. A garage, wUch looks like a veritable' mansion In ^|lf, will also be lovatrd hara. I From MissJhtMHPt the P.epiMi can Governor is MR: -! Hyde t! era comes a new slogan for the Republican party which it will hardly adopt of Ita own choice. Out Missouri way it is "Harding. Hyde, Hell and Hard Times." This is the way things are looking to the folks in the "show me" state. Just back from a visit to Washing ton a man declares that conditions in that state, especially in North Mis souri, are going from bad to worse. "Last year in the wheat fields," said he, "harvest hands weTe receiving six and seven dollars s day, with hoard, but the present rate is two dollars a day and board. In St. Louis there is a rush to employment agencies each day Rnd early in 0he morning there Is a jam to get thru the crowds which con crregate. And the Missouri people sre denouncing the fake prosperity that the Harding Administration has brought. Hence the wide-spread cry of Handing, Hyde, Hell and Hard Times." Full Pardon Given A Woman In Georgia it». Oa.. July 27.—Governor granted ■ full pardon Godhee. of Jenkin* Jint to the itate pen Iff I Mnten re for kill tr Godbe<\ She w*« Doraey one year it and killed her ■ Judge Walter God ■be was divorced, and wife, Mr». Florence Godbee, the pottoAee at Millen, Ga. I | for murder hi both tried Cor the killing of She wma found cmilty life imprieonmeat. The 14 jfcrU and bojrp I* the Oxford Sin fin* Cbrf art repi^lV *>»«t STB child ran In that tion. Hear thean aing like thaw. ! whom CONFEDERATE VETERAN BACK AFTER 00 TEARS * Pitt ia Army Dariag Civil War, (0r«m*in« Mttar.) Croon Manning, funaor Pitt i awn suppoaad to hin 4U of I shortly after collating ia da i •rate amy hi IM1 baa nw to Hfa, by A&*4 ml tha UttMtoM Mjri ha to Uvtaf la Tiiatlaail Ga., mi enjoying M of little fam to trfct. Tha toformatten of Ma aboato ran aa a gtaat mmrprH* to retothraa, aa a etotoineat t.saod by (toMmte haailtoiatt— at UA mond during Uto Ctril War (toted Dm* he had dtod of pneumonia about eight montha after Ma anttotwant. In tha totter to Ma brother, Mr. Manatee said he had auufc rotated efforto to tot la teach with Ma roto Uvaa since the war, yith any aocceaa. Ho gave a account of Ma Hfa after < Captain White who waa to of State troopa aa they Ballard's ma roada, thto bound for acene of hattlo. Ha ed to service eight aiontha whan ha waa captured by tha Yaakaea and placed to a Federal prison at Point [lookout, Va. .After tba war ended be was releas ed from kmc confinement la prtoeti and found Ma way to Georgia. He worked there for many years, daring which time ha was married. In later years a small farm waa acquired out of hia hard eembics, where he has re mained until the preaent time. Twehre children bless the onion, ten ut Whom are still living. Mr. Manning waa about IT yean of age when he enlisted for aenrtce in the Confederate army and ia 77 today. Bo has numbers of reiativee lleinc la the Littlefleld district and Ballard's cross roads. All are qubetantial farmers, ea peciaUy the brotber.^nd it to difficult to understand why the laat relative did not return. ** mm nine's whereabout* waa received In till* county several weeks aro. He wrote a letter to cooaty officials, re questing Information regarding rela tives, and later Kent an application for pennion due veteran* of the Civil War.J Linney And Johnson Not Y«t Confirmed Wa*hineton, July 2*1.—There wa* a dual appearance of the nomination* of Frank A. Linney. white Republican, and Henry Lincoln Johnaon, negro Re publican, before the senate executive I veaaion thi* afternoon, both with a favorable report from the committee to which they had beerf referred. But there was nothlnc doing in either caae today, and the matter of the North Carolina white Republican state chair man and the matter of the Georgia netro Republican national committee man, the first for district attorney of the western district of North Carolina, the second for recorder of deeda of the District of Columbia goee over to an other day. Coming up tn regular order exec utive session there *u no action, for Senator Brandefree. of Connecticut, stating that Senator Simmon* desired 1 to be heard on the matter, requested that the nomination go over a* Sen ator Simmon* wa* unable to be present at the executive session. The senate | agreed and ao the nominations are still held up. TV understanding: is that when action is talcsn there will I e op noaition voiced alao by Senator Hiram fnhnson and William N. Borah, to both nominations. Indeed, ft is said that Senator Johnson will ask some thing about the record of "Link" fohnsoh and the $90,000 which K is , claimed went into Georgia against the lohnson presidential nomination can didacy. And Senator Borah it is under stood, will have something to say in the I.inaey case. It ia expected that both cases will not be reached quickly. A Strang* Court Decision French soldier going to the war took out with an insurance company a policy of 100,000 franca to cow "normal war risk." He was not killed by the enemy, but after deserting he was raptured, court martiaied and shot Hia family brought suit to calku the Insurance, but the company contended thaat his actions ware initial stops toward suicide. The court, how«?«r, ruled that sack a death was a normal war risk and that {he bsneftciatss were entitled to the moooy. The pom paaies will be hard hit by the ilsi tsto> sines assy other cases of tits ssms kind wars waiting sa ths mi. t,- >' DR. PEACOCK IS TIKED Of PEN SkjrarW CUa# Taylor Wuti to Ba Tnmftmd to Om a# StotoHwritok. RaJaiffh, July »-Dr J. W. Pm coefc, TViwaorllU physician, M ■wtor of CM of IVHeo Taylor, tntaoda malrtng an t#ort thru Ma (t> tonwjri and hM to win a traa# far hw tto itata paaltantiary tora to ana at tto >n)Hili far tto kfcana, Frtanda of Dr. IWek hopa ta And •mm way to lata tto traaafar poa aMa, altVo nono of ttoai at thia tiaM It abla to any (Mt tow it taa to tea ft ta palnt«J oat, toawrar, ttot Dr. Suparialaadaat Aatoraoa, of tto hoapttal for tto laaaaa at Dte'« HlB. Raloifh, la qaotad at aaytog ttot Dr. fianik aaaM to fftafly mairW at Ma biatltatlan If tto law will ponait. PASSION PLAY TOWN IS BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY N«it PrntaUtm la IMS Bat Already Ofc»riMir|n b Preparing Far E*wt o#*< mion was nuuie w fiTt im ocuiyN Passion play in 1M2 Oktrmmeffto life. pa inter* ana mdw, many of as participant* in ; dramatization* of the passion of < Christ art restoring tha openair I tar and villas which had ao attention durinf Dm war parted. th« reception of visitors who will All tha little village naxt art rebuilding tkr repruaentations of parts of the Holy land where J tana lived and died and roa« a rata frna tka fashioning robae of taflhbkjii play. Akfcuagb tha east will not be elected by tka director* of tha play antfl October, young women who have Histinruiahed theigaelvea in other re ligioua play* riven by the Oberam-^_ merraa folic are fashioninr simpUffi robes suitable for the role of Mary ir^ the hope that they will be oho*en to enact the part of Jaaus' mother, tl^ hirhest honor which can come to aa Obersmmergau woman. The rreat auditorium which er* spectators of the Passion wooden structure supported by trusses. It haa seats for 4.000 arranged much after the plan of a" modem opera house. When the play is offered one end of the auditories is removed and the stage stands at some distance from the end of the building, in such a position that the aiouatain* furnish | the setting. The aud sheltered in ease of i part of U>« stage has a glass roof." Even among the children of Oberam mergau the reverence for the Passion ! play is very marked and in imitation | of their elder* they are constantly act I ing in the hope of being chosen for lai I portant roles in the production riven every ten years. As good characters is insisted upon aa the basic requirement for partici pation !« the play, the danger ot being debarred from a part in the historic ' spectacle is held constantly over the I villare children and is fsr better oor j recthre''influence than the bogies in vented for most children. • position that the .-ass Tc Build Repository For Bodio* Of Mexican War Heroes Mexico City, inly 10 - Oonrtruetion of an ornate repository for tbe bodio* of Mexican war heroes ha* been order ed by President Obrefon who has di rected that $1,000,060 he devoted to making the monument and its n virons one of the most beautiful j In Mexico City. A jury of architect* will deefck on the plans and specification* during the centenary celrbntiM and york will ■tart immedfats4|^ All Mexican architect* art invited to *uhalt plans, the winner 120.000 sad the pilvOsfs of I the erection of the aaonunient at t lil«ral <
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