HIGHWAY BOARD BUYING DIRECT Will S«n Tuy^tn o# SUU •100,000 • Ymt by New iiWik, r«k. t« pn> • toot l»!■■■ sartog ef <100,000 to tha tax payer* ef tha (tata would ha ifftfM Ikmfk 4net deal In if with tha am€ into roads aad bridges bail*, for tha commis*km haa ban boaght diraet fro* lh< manufacturer, aad alraady savings la aaate hava baaa aofflciant to build several milaa of hard-iurfaced roads Tha jobber* disapprove of it. and mat bars yaatorday to My so. Tbeir grievances wars laid before Mr. Faga yaatorday afternoon when he met their committee at the Yar boroagh hotel. They pointed oat to thy commlssionar that the contractors war* not getting can set any cheaper from him than the Jobber* .-ould sup ply it, and inaiated that they ought to ha allowed to supply the trade and as taxpayer*, share the profit*. Will CmUim to Bar "Every word that yon *ay about the price to the contractor la ao," Mr. Pace told then, "but you dont know what I am paying for cement. I am a profit for the highway com miaaion, and the profit* go into the road fund. The arrange ha* other advantage* to reeom commiaaion, the cement manufactur er* are aahed to submit bid* on the caaaent that ia required in the con struction of every project advertiaed for letting. Bid* are aubmlted by the manufacturers, and the contract made with the lowest bidder. At the time projects are advertiaed for bids, each proepactive bidder is told that the atoto highway commia aion will supply cement at a fixed price per barrel. Each contractor ia able to make hia calculation* en the certainty of delivery, and at a fixed pries, which removes the element of uncertainty in the delivery of materi als, and enables him to make a lower bid. The difference between the price named in the * pacification* for a job, aad the coat at which the cement ia purchased from the manufacturer at wholeaale prices is credited to the ac count of the commission. Dealing* are on a caah baa la, which enable* th« commiaaion to take advantage of de ductions. Baya at Wholeaale "It amounts to juat this," said Mr. Page. "Buying cement in 100,000 bar rel lots, and on a competitive bail* among the manufacturers, I can get it cheaper than the jobbers can ssll it to the contractor. The uncertainty of delivery is eliminated. The manu facturer* are after large bualneea. and take care of a customer that is aa big as North Carolina." Approximately 200,000 barrel* of cement will be purchased by the com mission for the 2S projects that have hasa advsrtissd for letting Thursday of next week. At the same time the commission will aak for bids on tJtOOjOOO pounds of structural steel that will go Into the bridges reinforc ed concrete rosds included among the - projects Cost prlees on cement are not di vulged by the commissioner. The prtee to the contractor is kept st shout the lavs) for which it could ha supplied by jobbers. for obvious rsssims hs Is unwilling to indicate the torsi to which compotitve bidding ha* base reduced by the manufacturer*. Rslelgb, Fet>. tl. Control through outright pwikw or by leaae of suffi cient tobacco warebouaee aad retry ing plant* la IIm tobacco dWrWtl of Virginia, North CmiIIm and South ^Carolina mi authorise by the board of directors of tkt Tobacco Gwtm' Co-operative Marketing AhocMIm yeeterday, and a committee directed ot alitor Into negotiations with owners of sach warehouses and retrying plaata. An in mod lata aurvay of tba tobacco marketing equipment In tho thraa •taUa will bo mada by tha rommltee, which la co«ipoood of Dr. J. Y. Joyner, North Carolina chairman, N. H. WU liama, South Carolina, and T. B. Young, of Virginia. Tho committee ia veated with authority to buy or laaaa any property that la regarded aa aaaantiaJ to tba furtherance of tbo plana of tho aaaociation. la Virginia tba aaaociation baa al ready boon offarad tbo uao of practi cally tho entire equipment of tba warehousemen who hava boan mar luting that SUte'a crop of tobacco. Number* of ownora of such property in North Carolina and 8outh Caro lina hava offarad to place their equip ment at tha diapoaal of tba aaaociation and no difficulty la anticipated in making ample arrangements for crap movement. During tbo nest few weeks mem ber* of the committee will inspect every tobacco marketing plant la the State, appraiae its value, and deter mine which of such plants are easao tial to tha marketing of tobacco by the association, beginning with the next season. When a plant la deem ed -wceaaary, or suitable, to tba plana of tba association, negotiations for its purchase or lease will be opened. It ia believed that little difficulty will be experienced la securing con trol of all needed property. Active business has begun by the association. Secretary M. C. WUaon ia In BaMgh, and within tba next of the organisation will be directed from Here. Driectora ia Raleigh for the meeting are enthusiastic over tha development of the organisation, and see for It tremendous ultimste sue REYNOLDS COMPANY BUYS MUCH TOBACCO It is Reported Winston-Salem Company Has Bought 10,* 000,000 Pounds Bur lay. Lexington, Kjr., Fob. 22.—While no definite statement has been glfcen out st the office of the Barley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative association it is generally known in tobacco circles here that the aasoclstion haa sold 10,000,000 pounda of Its best tobacco to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, of Winston-Salem, N. C. What la regardsd as squtvslent to confirmation of the deal has been the presence in Lexington of W. N. Rey nolds, president of the company and E. T. Kirk, of Majrsrille, prominent in the company's organisation. It la known that Mr. Kirk was call ed to Lexington Monday to confer with Mr. Reynolds and it ia asid that the deal for the purchase of 10,000,000 pounds of tobacco was closed then ■ with James C. Stone, president of the i aasoclstion, and that the price paid ! was above any of the independent . loose leaf markets open since De I camber IS. When aaked to make a statement ! ia regard to the reported sale today, Mr. Stone declined to affirm or deny the report jil Lawyers May Closo Bar to All But Collage-Brad Men Wssh. Feb. 22.—Delegates repre senting more thsn 150 bar sssocia tfama of the country had arrived to night for the annual meeting of the conference of bar sssodations to morrow when varloua plana for the improvement of standards in the legal profession will be considered. The principal subjsct to be discuss ed sad passed upon will be the rssoiu tlon recently adopted by the Ameri can Bar aaaoclation providing that hsrsafter two ysys of collage work sad three years in a recognised law school shall be reqalrod as a oondltion of adaaiaaisn to ths bar. A lively discussisn of ths issslutlaa was tsseeast today by msny at ths dshgates who said thsy qMstionsd ths advisability of sappuiMag such • mava, while others Insisted ths fa tin* of ths Isgal profession Mads < SURVIVORS TILL Of WRECK Of DIRIGIBLE Eight W Unw Saniwi o# Diiutar hi Hwfitol •! Nor folk Norfolk, V*., fab. 21—Out of the thirty-eight mm who laft the |ja| lay Field air station thia Jkmon, ten found their way. allv^P tfca United Btetaa Public Health Service honpit»l. THimc niRfi, Mine mom dead than alive, lay on their cote, with burned and brokan limha iwath ad tai bandages. Some bad their facaa smsared with rrt-nai to relieve them of I heir totan»e suffering while other lay aaloep or anconecivMn with only thalr aloaad ayaa visible. All who wara able to talk were Buffering from shock. Albert Rloraa, who waa ir» the ob server's pit on top of the bag. laid: *1 felt the ahip UH ay from tha back aad start to elide down. I triad to fo back down inaide, b»it than I decided to come out forward again. By that time we hit tha ground and 1 waa thrown oat oa the ground." Sloraa waa burned about the handa and is suffering from shock. Major J. D. Reardon, who waa in the control cabin at the time of tha accident, said that the work of the officers in charge was excellent. "Lieut. Burt and Captain Mabry ware at their wheels," the Major said. "Tha ship gave a duck and I aaw Lieutenant Burt pull with all his might on the elevation lever. He yelled out, 'She wont respond,' arid than "Cut the aw tor*!' One by one I heard the motors shut off and then we struck. If the motors had not been shut off we would have hit the ground much harder." When asked If ha had seen any name, he Mid that ha had not. Kay Hurley, a civilian and engine expert, wan aboard and suffered a ■light iprain of one ana and bona about the hand. The trip was Hur ley's firat flight. "It waa the first time I had ever been up and when the Roma started to iwtag I didnt know anything wai wrong. 1 thought . »he | waa acting all right; I didnt know differently. It waa not until the rime hit the ground that I reaitsad wai wrecked. She was tailing along smoothly and she was coming straight from Laagiey Field. We were up only a short time when wa fell." Hurley, in conchiaion, said: "1 did not know what was going on. I waa insane. Sergeant Peek, an engineer aboard the Roma, said that he was tending , his motor in the port read engine | boat. "The Liberty was running fine when wa suddenly veered up and nos ed down. I was too insane to think much of anything." Joseph N. Briderhack, engineer, was burned about the face and hands. He aaid.: "I didn't see any fin. The ship just tilted up and started to noae diva. It took about twenty seconds for us to hit the ground and an ex plosion followed. ! was pinned down so that I could not get out. The fabric wsj above me and the girders were all around. I waited for the fabric to bunt through so I could get i out. All the time 1 was afraid that the big gas envelop behind us would explode. As it happened, the fire | reached the fabric before the big ex I plosion. If it had not, I could nevet | have gotten out alive. I saw one man I try a jump. I don't know who be waa or if he made a safe landing. We hit I right after that. We were too low | for anybody to make a safe jump." Both Biedenbeck and Major Rear don spoke of the gallant way the of ficers remained at their poata. Until the inatant of the crash, the officers | at the wheels stuck One of the survivors said that the | Roma often sailed with a little tilt ' and he paid little attention to the ini tial lift of the tail of the ship* until j he heard a man yell that the craft refused to respond to the helm. i NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as executor of the last win and testament of John Gallagher, deceased, 1 hereby notify all persons holding claiasa against the aetata to present the aaase to my at Superior Cowt at Dobeon. N. C., within twelve months from the date reqiisatfid te make Immediate settle ment and are notified that arrange MBtojmay be madethroagfcmy at tarns above named lor sack pay ""■ft A, THRILLING MAN-HUNT STONY Carter* of 3mm L. AnafW Uti Lmn S«M*hf Uniqiw is Um Way mi BWntin Wirk—Sihrwr Off and Mni cu Crmmmn T mnm4 tkm ' Trick Ralaifh New* and Obaenrar, JUL Thtm thousand pieces of illvir, paid lata tha hands of half a doaan Mexican inaim worked Um twdotec of Jaaaa L AtmfWld, fi|UI«i Thorn aarille hanker, and wttk scant regard thrvat him acroaa tka Bio Urande, whore Tasaa and Tar Haol uffJeers, equipped with extradition papers, awaited him. Three thousand dollsni, collected from among the depositors of tlM hank which Armfield la alleged to bar* wracked, were sufflcleat to en compass his return when tha ordinary rhanncli of in tarnation law wara • top pad by tha fact that Maxiee's govern maat haa navrr baan recognised in Washington Money, like muaic, sometimes ■ peaks in uaiversal tongue. Variations of tha story of Armfieid's return to America* territory have drifted in to tha corporation conuaia •ion, hot all of tbaai agree on tha one point that the former banker waa in a manner of apeaking kidnapped and thrust out of Mexico at • point where a North Carolina extradition paper was swatting hia in the hands of a North Carolina officer. Officers who had a hand in tha ven ture hare been reticent in diacuasing modus operandi of ArmfiaWa return to the United States. Tha met* fact that he Is back has been sufficient to satisfy the majority of people con cerned in the matter, and Thomas vllle's chtaf of police has been content to let thing* speak for themselves. He is a moat daring man, is Chief Wim berly, and if ha wanted Matthew Bul lock back, maybe Matthew would com hack. Armfieid's presence in Maako Cttjr became known to the Thomasville chief throe months ago. High Point furniture salesmen go e»ei jf 6.—Returning direct ty from Kentucky to tha Dlmton' meeting of the Tobacco Oidwwi' Association held to Raleigh Iaat week, I nombm of the txaevtiv* eonaittM of the Board from North Carolina and Virginia Inveet'gating tie Bur lay Grower*' Association, reported that Co-operative Marketing of to- j hacco in Kentucky haa been a com- ' plete success to data. The success of the Kentucky grow ers is doe in large measure to their i freedom from the one crop system, ac ' cording to the rap oft, which statea ! that in tha land ai bine grnaa, sleek ratios and fat hogs, tha tohncce crop j Is tha big money maker because Ken I tucky growers raise thair fdbd and ! feed at home Instead of paying for it with the precede from tobacco. The Directors from Virginia and i North Carolina, of tha Co-operative ! Marketing Association, who studied the Bu^ey Association within the i paat fortnight, are strongly adviaing < > 'hs growers of tha Carolines and Virginia to plant more hay and corn, and to raiae enough lire stock this year to insure the enjoyment af such splendid profits from tobaccAa tha Burley Growers of Kentucky are cele brating with the first saiaa in the hundred warahoaass of their Co operative Marketing Aaaociation. The socceee af ths Ksntocky Bar ley Growers Marketing Aaaociation is deacribed in the current iaooa of the Trl-State Tobacco Grower, which was mailed last weekrto over 60,000 mem bers of the Tobacco Growers' Aaao ciation in Virginia and the Carelinaa, and contains an article of Dr. J. Y. Joyner, formerly superintendsnt of public instruction for North Carolina, and now Director from the 8th dis trict. In reply to recent extravagant criticisms of this Association. 6,000,000-Acre Deal in Mexico El PiM, Tex., Feb. 17.—Virtual completion of one of the largest pri vate lend deals in the history of Mexico wai consummated here yester day when A. J. lfcQuatters. president of the Alvarado Mining company, an nounced the purchase of ths 6,040,000 acre estate in Chichuahua if General Luis Terranxas, former governor of Chihuahua. The land in two pieces consists of more than 9,000 square miles. The northern boundary is ap proximately 60 miles south of the American border and the southern boundary about 100 miles south of Chihuahua City. During the revolu tion the property was confiscated, hot recently was restored to the owner by President Obregon. General Tenransas, who is «S years old, was reported to be the wealthiest j ! man in Mexico. Four-Year-Old Girt Saved Lhrss of Two Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 17.—Try thener Robertson, aged four yean, saved the lives of two smaller child ren when the home of her parsats Mr. and Mrs. Green Robertson was destroyed by fire at Bococlt, six miles from hers, according to information i received from there. The little girl was" in the house with her smaller sister and a brother aged two years and three months, respect ively, when the hews caught firs. Trythener Isd her Uttle sister to safsty and then returned far ths baby. Her little brother was too heavy for her to carry, hut she final' ly succeeds^ in removing htn from his crib, plassd him apea a ptt »w and la CHASING RUM RUNNERS IS A DANGEROUS TAK TWt m« OnnliH Mm* OaUiMTricMr Wwk. Fab. 22.—Twianl iiiuhftlHiB HMti ill Gaorgia arc nagtog aa lag alMg tha coaat, according to a Im port to riMlrimt Hajraaa from QiaraJ \gant lfaek Ovarpack aad Manl Prohibition Agant W. T. Flynehu*. Tha aganta daaeriba tha illicit U«wr traffic along tha Qaarglt ooaat aad tha dnngart tiMonlmd bjr proMMk tkm mgcaia hi com bating, tha naa aaaogg(ata who ara daclarad to ha haavity armad and quick on Um trig "I# i m fkaiask aAaA ii •■ rtponto ntri niuii§n vik we consider reliable information," tka report Mid, "that at least one* or twice a weak boa la earning tram Bim'.ni ialand or elsewhere, lanjhg from 200 to 2,500 caaaa of liqaor, an unloaded on an Island In aaaa one e( the numerous river* leading trout tka Atlantic la toward Sara jsah. •Tin ipprvhtuion of tkoao cargoes of liquor ia made extrvmaly difflealt from tka fact that any one of tka many islands may bo used aa a hasa. from which to onload and illstilhala tka cargoes. "It ia an acknowledged iinilmlaad ing that the crew» will maka a stak bcrrn resistance againat apprehension. Proof of tkla waa shown in one kb> itanca not king ago, wkaa Captain Charles N. Neala on board tka "Champ" waa shot three timea at tka wheel. His craw at thia time waa composed of Prohibition Agenta Pied crick King and C. W. Austin Tka 'Champ' still shows the holea made 'by bullets from high-power riflaa la the hands of the whiskey runners. "Another favorite method of tka runners in diatributing their liquor direct from the large boata la to aa ioad at* tka mouth of tka harbor or l+vera into smaller boata plying ay tka rivers to soma of the mraaeroaa landinga and on loading the liquor oa automobilea which carry the goods to ita destination to 8avannah under cover of night. "It may be remarked at thia tiasa that Saranaak ia mots of a distribat ing point than a consumer, and ky stopping tka distribution from there it will have a marked effect upon pro hibition at other places "There are three or four mala roads leading from Savannah to tka landinga mentioned above. Thaaa landinga and roada will have to he watcked when information is ioca!red that a boat loaded with liquor haa cleared a port, and whoee deetinatioa ia thougkt to be 8avannah. It is thought that when boata clear Bimlai they are given port entry as ef Canada. "We think that it cannot be ex pressed too strongly that the agents should be protected to chasing ths whiskey runners' boats, as they al ways have full crews of men and will not stop at any means whereby they may make their escape. They have very fast running boats making K hard for the agents to come along* side. And observing an order not to shoot unless in case of self-defense, or if they are not attacked first, al they can do is to let the faster boats and crews escape. "The agents' boat* equipped with a machine gun or riot guns in the hands of a crew of four or five men will have the desired effect on the runner. Then in most cases the runners will stop outside the harbor or riven. "When this condition prevails, it goes without saying that if they can not make their deliveries of liqaor, they will have to go out of business The whiskey runners have made re marks on various occasions that If the government should arm fast boats they would have to stop the traffic immediately." E. C. Shop pond, wounded ex-soMisr, began hia honeymoon in New York City. He awoke while wandering the streets ot Rochester, M. T., unable to recwll hia name or where he had Wt Mi * " ~ | is be