ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
FIGHT BEGINS Oil
THE ABSENTEE LAV:T-
JUDGE REFUSES TO GRANT
INJUNCTION BUT GRANTS
HEARING TO PETITIONER
AN
A
IS k CANDIDATE
The Suit for an Injunction was Based
on The Allegation that The Law
it Unconstitutional
liuleifih.
piity oil. in . I :i:
The Republican
on tin1 unset. tee veil
lurwv.i represent :iii;
t'hat Ib-iii. .,...
law Hile'l
J J Jen
a
StuP
Ju.lt;
llcasll
J.ihu
e,i l.el.et ,
l.ou..-.:'iir
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I' aa,i lae ,
iistrilnuiou
Mtit t!ie in
tnpl.ntit of i
r .iiieeUai. i
of ie.-t ious. !
K
liuil asked tot an ltijiiin '
the 8:..te lhin.il of Kb
against the State Au.lito
Slain Treasurer to stop i
if ballutts lor i !!,.. voters
Judge K. rr deckm il to g
juucti.m Ini: upon tie
liu; phi.ntitt made aa oru.
tit.' members of the Hoard
Sidte Auditor. W. 1'.
WojJ anil State
Trea.-.uier K. H. La.y to
fore hi tniu KV.'Uli on
S tpteniher ltl, and show
the iiijunetion sliunld not
Jenkins, t'ne tila intiff. is
appear !;
Thttrsila. ,
e.inse w!iv
lie issued,
i i-aiuliiiat"
tor State Treasurer 0n tthe Repaid; i
ni! tieki't and it. is in his captnuty 'is j
the not'.iiaee of his party that he soi-ks i
t eitjoin the iloard of leeti ins fro:a ;
distrHiu'iae aitsentee eertiheates and
votes in the State. Tile i-.iuiiil.iint '
against li
tr.nde in
payer an-i
joining th
? atldito."
is pi i vat.
! re a
tun
t'
of t.r
is lor
ne
ri
amlitor f
in issumi; w
er from p.iyi
prin : :;:u of ;
and I. ail. its.
rantts and the treasu
tlie warrants- for the
certili'-a'i .-. envelopes
School Levies Unrestricted
County '.ax levies ti provide funds
for the operation of tile public srh-.m'.;
of the State f r the eon-fitutional
term iii six months cannot he restriitt
l by legislative enactinent under ti.e
10 per cent promise, and the commis
sioners of any counly are empowered
to levy whatever additional rates th it
Ufa deemed necessary declares an
opini.iii rendered by Altoncy General
J-ians S. M.uinlni;. ill response to a
flunry
lion.
IMi'i'i
il'' !
from the. State Tax Cnmmis
counties in the State h id ap
' io State Superiniendent ftrooks
I.'icv had tou::il that the vear's
i-itooi Imditet eollid not he covered
bv th-' a-nor.nt of last year's income
pin th" iem.-lative i-.Howanoe of In
i"r . cut ini-roa.-e. Dr. llrooks has
heij 'iifoiiuiioul that tiie (P'tii-rn! s
si mldy could nor ii.uit the nccessarv
itie. m-i of :ci; ii)ls wlC't; the ons'.iiii
tion re'.pr'cs that t!i"y snail be op-.raie-1
f ir s;.; ia.jn:;i-.
Further Census
V.'.i ,e ;:t '.it -
Repots.
The c:
i bureau
f the fol-
iiini :
tiie iiopui.it ion
es in Ninth C
lowing
I 1IIS.-UV
Frank
l."l 1:
insviil-',
l.j.t',11'):
1 !"i;
'ilpi.
I I, It!,'
PCCO,
l.iii-i't
i".'..'ai-i!
Il"i
low I.
ll'-h', H.l-T;
2.4a 1 .
township, including
::2i'. ---17; 1S.J.T.
prin
11:11
1 1 . ;: :
?..l"o; IIH'", 1.:
Stei'.artsvilh
fast l.aiiiiul
towns; ly jo.
; v
town
1 "R a 1
lip. inclitdir.K
and I.a 11 rinmiri-'
ltllU, 6,315; PJuh.
405
Movement of Guard Units
Movement of North Carolina Na
tional Gua'd unit to Camp Gienn for
the ill's-'. encari!i',eiit .since the in )
liiliation of troops there in I'.llt! fur
servile. " tiie Mexican border befian
and three companies wont into camp
there.
The. units which will compose th"
ramp. September 7 21. iclusive. am
fu. A. 1st X. C. infantry. Winston
Salem; Co. li, 1st N. C. infantry, Winston-Salem
; Troop A. X. C. eavairv.
Lincolnton ; Troop C. X. C. cavalry.
Hickory; Machine Gun Company, 1st
N. C. infantry, Durham.
State League Pennant
The Piedmont baseball leatcne ori
son ended with Raieiph and Winston
Salem tied for first place. Hiuli Point
third. flrecnsboiT fourth, Durham
fifth and Danville last. At a nieeiini;
it was nsreod by the presidents of
thB Raleigh and Winston Salem clubs
It) play a three iranie series to de. id"
TFhlCtl 01 tile two leilllH will tile sec
ond half of the season, the winner to
meet Greensboro, winner of the Hirst
half, in a post season series fur the
pennant.
Three Death Warrants Signed
Death warrants for three Ireddl
county men. all under sentence for
iTiiirdor, were sinned by the Governor
after he had declined to consider fur
ther their pleas for commutation.
Alexander was tried last January
for the murder of Jim Rayle in a
Statesville pool-room on the night of
December 23, and found guilty of mur
rfer In the first degree. The Sinclair
negroes were tried last October for
themurder of Deputy Sheriff Lloyd
ClouninRer at 'a campieeting in Au
. pust of last year.
Preparing for Fall Elections.
Within tb.8 next few days printers
ill begin work on the 5.000,000 Na
tional, State and Congressional bal
lots that will deride the November
election in North Carolina. The num
ber is the largest that has ever been
ordered in the State, and will require
ihe steady work of the printers for
several weeks. They will be mailed
cut before the 15th of October.
There will be a million tickets bear
ing the names of Cox and Roosevelt,
700,000 dedicated to ' Harding and
T-ooIidge.
Law
c-r se.
11 : .s
an
,t
I in the
N.I!
:.l by
s. a
int.
total
The
previous 10 I
W.lS
in the
-lane
An
i:i t't.-
r difference is t.e--.,!
:t ot
t.nes ;:iiH -e.l. I.a-t
G Connor. iU) ;iv,..
lift, levied tines ag
whiie for all of he
I.g 'a st year lit; ex-
in tines tiniu the
i ..art.
Mi
it'V
.le 1 over ! he c.
: Rrvcatitii. S.'IM"-;.
; live i nrs pro, . i!
; ac'ed oti iSTvti'17
C'l'-'ldlltl'S ill bis
1 The intliix of
j'li r .is.d the perc -nt.
hens
eases has u is i
je of conv c-
The sl.l'lil.n.l
el by
Il!e,
the
'ley
ile-
U I'll
p.i-t year the il.
i !..
t!u a loft
I t ,'-e:V
I'tl.l'tlfi
1
llle
11 the
Last
mi t
ear "
; t'
ill !.!":'
po-e.l ,
ills! it .1'
a 1 irest
dar in
:'."('..
and
t'.t
ni"..ii".l. tlie
ti the riiier.
Ilavitis heen
miler K.itti-i, ,
previous ear
; Suffrage Amendmert Certified.
j Secretary of Slate lia't'lnidi;.
, has certified to Colonel J.
j Grimes. Secretary of State of
Colby
Uryiiti
.North
nin-"
lU'.icl
( areliita. tlie r.ifica'.ion of th
tenth atitendtnent bv Ihe r.
' three fourth "f th" States of
i'nii.n ;r.;d has declared that
the
111
' amendment "has beco
to ail
intents ant! iuriosi-s. as a jcri of
('oil.stituiiou of liie t"i:"" ni ta:e
; The j.n cianu't ion l):iows in par
To all whom these p;vs mts
come, t ;. e -lint; :
"Know ;
I'tiit'd S:
Sixty-sixth
ington on
tlie ye
dred and
i. -'ll IT I
nisi
of the
it. s at ihe
Ceniiress h
the 'i;:iete;'i;
ir one thm;
nineteen, p:
Wis
h day i f May. ' ,
and nine hum
a re
iii-
lion as follows, to-wit: Joint Res, -hi-:
tion, proposinp an ;ime!idine;i; to lie
, Constitution extending the right of
I suffrage to women,
j 'And. further, that the Stall's
whose legislatures have so raiilie.1 the
' said proposed amendment, constitute
j three-fourths of the whole number ot
' ?iates in the t'ni'ed States.
"Now, therefore, he it known that
; I. liiiinbridtre Colby, Secretaiy ot
I State of the United States, by virtue
j anif in pursuance of Section IPC. of
Ihe devised Statutes of the Cnited
i Sillies, do hereby certify
amendment afor-subl is
that
:h"
"line
tins b.
-iirposes
v.ii
d lo
11 intents and
e Cu;;.-ti:u':on
as
i'.llt of t
States.
of 111
I'llileii
More P;
Washi
: ) ;i ::t y.
pulation Figure.
n.i'toii.- Censas of Anion
.::::! ; 'ncrease. 2.M!h or 1 ! !
I per
"lit. Inc.'-nuiraled places: l.iiej-i-iu;
.Mil'a.'ian. :ih: Morven.
P'-io hliind. li..;; Polktoti. e7:.;
jvdle
I t'.i'l :
!h '.Vadeslioro.
Wad.'.-b.il'u.
L'.'MS.
I'.laden crutiiv. 111.7
1 .7."-"). or H 7 per cei'.l.
ill-'
e:c;e,
rnt'd
.bur.).
Dull-
places: Ab's.i't-tmrK. 7S; ti u
."l!i; Clnrkton. fills; Council,
lin. 9f; Kliz.ibet htown. ;!:'".
Governor will Open Fair.
Gov, Thus. V Pl. k 'ti has a.-eepte:!
an invitation to open the Craven
county fair on H- 'it'c.ih r 14'h. Con
:;i fssiiian S. M liriiciin will int n ubice
Governor Birketi 10 the tiiousand-i
who will lie there for the big fall ev
position. Former Secretary of the Treasury
Win. G. McAdoo. who will make an
address on September 15th, is expect
"il 10 draw thousands to the fair on
tiie day following
Notaries Public Appointed.
The following notaries public were
crimniissioned by th governor:
Ahnie James Love, Durham; Kdna
,T. Almond". Gastenia; Nellie Andrews.
Chapel Mill; Gertrude V. Harris, Hen
deison: J. I'. Po.vell, Tiioniasville;
Kva Thorpe. Greensboro; Alise Ross
Hales, Windsor; K. Vivian Gates,
t-'armville; May Oettinger. Kinston;
Susan G. Wooten, Tarboro; James M.
Stevens. Wilmington.
S.me Mew Enterprises
The following charters we
is? lied
by t'ne Secretary of State:
Tighman Motor Co.. Wilson, with
nn authorized capital of JIOo.ooO and
fi..V paid ;n bv T. ('.. T. W., and
I M. M. Tighmi'.n. Wilson.
Ilirik of Ktlnml. Kliund. with an au
thorized capital of JJa.ourt and $10.
''"" paid in by .1. I. Clayton. (". M.
' Pi;'" ittt'l !'T! nr-'bam KMd
The Rank of Mt. Gilead tiles an
amendment to its charter increaiiin?
the authorized capital stock from $H5,
hOO to $100,000.
Winner in Prize Contest.
Prize winners in "My Home News
paper Contest." conducted by the Tar
Heel Clubs News, have been awarded
and" the first prize for the best letter
written on the home newspaper wa.i
given to Dolletta Host, Route 6, Al
bemarle. The contest was open to this
boys and girls who are members of
the North Carolina Agricultural and
Home Clubs. , The judges were Dr.
Clarence Poe, editor of the Progres
sive Farmer; Mr. R. W. Haywood,
editor of the News and Observer; Mrs.
W. T. host and Mr. Santford Martin
Back from Wheat Fields.
Many North Carolina boys are re
turning to the State now from th
West, where they have been working
this summer. A number of young
men went from the different colleges
in the State to the Middle West to
help harvest the crops there and in
cidentally to gather in some of thf
high wagys that are paid In the wheat
fields at harvest time. '
There was much work to be done
and the wages paid were large but
its a long way there and si long waj
back
Vioiat ons of
Xa: :i'i:a! p
Todays:!!
AC
t
a Ltiiw lot. i t;-"vs to' l
' Figuring in. JJ-'orL!
'V irt
Licv.ti -
WARSAW: THE PARIS
FOLAND
No oilier ie,.j.le, in all the v. .
OF
o'ld's
fill
lils..r. t;as lion.e optressi, li s..
!.v si in I glorioic-ly as the I'ol. s.
'.lie .lews; ; 1 1 1 I Warsaw. whor.
"Russians had
.i.i.hi t root IS
'.hmijumi peojiie.
Keep II
o o! aw .
is to l'l
rurrison of
a eity of
hni'l what
:ayety atel
poop!,- are
is : as well
Ihiris
linl
is to I-'
e.
leit V.
ei! the i;
li. k V- it of
Ic'lt rendu
''"''p.-
from War
tli
Warsaw's I
lor of Viiri
r liken.--.
a e..t!
lis !
sprit;,
t!..- !
whiell
hinev it)
e soeial
asee
tin
;iri
iin.l t
J Ail H is. In
j most LTiiosome IrnV'i
"it v
'S li;
here the
'.v.. stalked.
As rectify as the
Civil war the lluss
'ho' n thousands ,,f
u s they knelt ill the
I
Vears ot our own i
i. in army mowed
ni'ti and women
now, sinu'iin.' their
national mullein. I portations tire an
old story in Warsaw, every effort at
nut ioiiiilii'.at ion was followed by
sluudiior, and hundreds marched the
loe trail to Siberian exile.
Tail I'l'lnnd's spirit meanw bile, be
came a synonym for the ituioiiiitable.
The sin-cess of the Kussilication of Po
land has been described as the process
of k.'.'t.itiir l.'.iinii.UM" poles pinned to
1 j Kuss'ia .y bayonet-.. Politically non
! existent, for even Poland's name was
i exputc'eil from all epioial Russian r,--e-i"ih.
ihe prewar Warsaw vied with
j world capitals in science, particularly
medicine, in inaniifiietiirii'i:, in trade
and in lilernliiro.
Th.iidi Warsaw
betray
tel'ist i,
ed none of
of Russian
.tone dories
found even
vriiiiia ss chcra
eit ies, retnitiih rs of
ntiil trnod ies wer.
to be
before the World war restore,! her au
tocracy. In llie l.nzieiiki gnrdetis Is a monu
ment to John Sohieski, who stemmed
the advance of the Turks in Kurope. a
figure as piclnreseiie as Padeiewski
who now sees bis hind 11 barrier to bol
sbevism's west ward spread. It was in
It!"-.'! that a Turkish force bud thrown
1. ils.-lf in crescent formation around Vi
I eima. The oiicaiupinent was no less
I threatening because it resenililed a cir
; ens rather than a siege, with its herds
; u camels, and luxurious tents with
; baths and parrots within and foiiu-
I tains without. !
.Mighty events, ofien binge on sleti- I
i der circumstances. Sohieski hesitated
I because Leopold, Austria's emperor, i
j first ilecliiied to address him as j
j "Your Majesty." Pop Sobieski's lmsi- i
j 'atioti is said to have vanished when
i lie learned lhat the French ainbassa-
I dor had w rilten to Louis XIV., who
1 rather hoped for the worst for Aus
tria. "1'on't trouble yourself. Sohieski
is too la! to sil on a horse and tight."
The "i'al hum" rode his charger into
the thick of the light, helping hew his
win to where the Turkish gland viz
ier si I, and al'ler the bai'le handed
one of lhat dignitary's stirrups to nn
neb". Willi Ihe command, "Take if to
tip' iiieen 1 tell her that be lo whom
it belonged is defeated and slain."
HOW ANTS CAN HINDER
AIRPLANES
Ant
Africa issitmed
if elieliii.
surveyor
' from Rh
new role In
of aviation,
of the pro
esia to Cnpo
have inter
plaeiiig of
nit
Reports from
posed air rout
town say that ant hills
fered seriously with tin
aeroib omes.
To tindersiand this phenomenon one
must understand bow ubiquitous is the
nut in South Africa, writes William
Morton Wheeler to the National Geo
graphic society. He continues:
"Ants are to be found everywhere,
from the arctic regions to tlie tropics,
froms timber line on the loftiest moun
tains to tiie shifting sands of the
dunes and seashores, and from the
dampest forests to the driest deserts.
Not only ilo they .iiiluumber in indi
viduals all oilier terrestrial animals,
but their colonies even in very circum
scribed localities often defy enumera
tion. "tine subfamily of the tints, tlie
I 'orylinue, embracing tlie wonderful
driver ants of Africa and the legionary
ants of the American tropics, are high
ly carnivorous, but nevertheless suc
ceed In forming immense colonies, oft
en of hundreds of Ihonsuiuls of Indi-
vidifils. This they a. nplish by re-
liti'e:: king :!i" fcdctitary la.l.ltn so
cbiiracterislic nf the great majority of
lints. They keep moving In long files
through the jungles, capturing or kill
ing all the insects they encounter, and
even overrunning dwellings, and, in
their search for cockroaches and oili
er vermin, driving out the human in
habitants. "From time to time these strnnge
tints bivouac for the night or for n
few days in some hole In the ground,
or under a tree, but soon continue
their predatory march. Evidently
they are able to remain carnivorous,
and at the same time to develop large
colonies, only because they are iiotnnd
Ic and can thus draw their food sup
ply from a large nrvii.
"Certain individuals, the 'repletes'of
the colony refrain from leaving the
Y i
rntt-f In.fnor. Bw.u o! t .k-.iaon
SYDNEY'S FUTURE ASSURED
Sydney, about the size of Cleveland
or Detroit, Is the largest city In the
enstern hemisphere south of the
equator and Is destined son to
reach a population of " 1,000,000. It
has a magnificent harbor, ranking
with the harbors of New York city,
Rio Janeiro and Hongkong, among the
finest in the world. More than 200
miles of water front are available,
ti-st an.1 'foraging for food ni.d be
. . me .-.mi erte. into tlag i.s. b irs
t.'iiding tiie eroi. 10 such enormous di
mensions ti nt ),o abdomen looks like
a tri lls; ar.-iit ln-ol. ltl this condition
they bang b their . laws from the roe-"
of the nest eh:. 1, il', 'I' a'ld ihi'Ucef.ir h
spend til! iht ir l es rooeiv ing itonid
to. d from the tongues of llie !. .raging
i.'iis. soil ing it in their crops a'el re
giii'gl'ating ii 10 hungry iiiiltx oltiaN
when the Ihpiid food supply outsid
the nest becomes iii:i.le, ii,e.
"This K of 1 -nurse, apt to be the
case periodically ill dry regions, so
lhat we tin. I tiie true honey ants oti'y
in deserts lihe those nf the southwest
ern slates, northern Mexico. Souih Af
rica ami oeniral Australia."
TACNA AND APvICA: SIA
MESE TWINS OF
GEOGRAPHY
I Tactia and Arical Tlie words are
; fast becoming as ins-.-pantlde 11s the
i Gold Dust Twins, the Dolly Sisters, or
j Mutt and JeiV.
j The legions form a territorial bone
: "f omit. mi. hi among ('bile. Peru and
lhilivii). 'ihe province of 'l'acna. com
I posed ,pf the ileiurtmetil of Taena ninl
1 Arlea, is shown 1111 maps made ill Chile
I as the northernmost province of that
, country and on maps made In Peru
I as the southernmost province of Peru,
bordered on the north by the Rio
Sama and on the east by ltolivia.
Its broad uplands are rich in nitrate,
and on the P.ay of Arlea, at the ter
minus of one railroad leadiiit; to La
Pa:', mid the interior of liolivia. mid
ot another running 10 ports to the
south, the delightful city of Arica fs
situated, giving the possessor of the
territory a great advantage in South
American ah'airs from both political
and ooniniereinl standpoints. Here is
ample reason why those two South
American republics want It, and why
l'.olivia hopes that, in the adjustment,
she will have an outlet to the sea ac
corded her.
The trouble over this region arose
originally from the fact that, in th"
days of the early Spanish settlers, tlie
country wns so vast that 11 few hun
dred siiiare miles more or less made
no difference in tlie affairs o'f the col
ony, and when the colonies organized
themselves into republics they still
were too busy with their internal prob
lems to bother about where their
boundaries began und where they end
ed. This condition was true not only
of Peru, Chile mid liolivia, but of most
of the other South American republics,
as indicated by tlie numerous boitnd-
j nry iiuest ions which have been in nis
i pule during the last, decade.
I So matters drifted 11111 il the middle
I of the nineteenth century, when guano
j and nitrate were discovered in this
j formerly ignored region. The guano
, alone .tis then hastily estimated as
! worth .v'Ji,oiti,i:iKl, not to mention the
I 'ale
What friends could be ex
pected lo remain friendly with such
a mountain of dollars between them?
Since that time the Pei'u-Chile-P.ollvia
story lias been one of controversies,
treaties, coiinler-cliarges und plebi
scites never taken.
THE MAIL MAN: COURIER
OF CIVILIZATION
Did it ever occur (o you lhat
your
city letter carrier, your villi
post-
toaster or your rural route carrier litis
a past?
Ile is tlie agent by which the long
arm of I'tu le Sam taps your shoulder
one. two, maybe three limes a day, yet
b" is so uiiolii risi e that you probably
do not Know him half so well as most
other agents of your government, the
school teacher or the policeman, for
example.
Put be not only is an essential, but
a historic figure. The history of the
poslal service and lis employees ex
tends to the days of the Romans when
the earliest known menus of transmit
ting a message was by iVirier. These
admirable organizers, tlie Unmans,
marked by a "post" the place in the
road where the relay of one runner by
another was effected; thus they mimed
our system long beforb It was born.
The lirst letter post seems to have
existed in tlie Hanse towns in tlie
thirteenth century in order to facili
tate relations between the liieii'lmnts
of the various members of the Han
son tic League.
The Hritish post otlice had its be
ginning in the sixteenth century, and
our own colonial met hods of handling
mail were Inherited from our lirltish
forefathers. Long before the people
had tiny mentis uf exchanging either
personal or oflieinl letters, the king had
established a system of conveying ids
personal messages and otlieinl docu
ments by royal messengers. In the
reign of King John that petulant mon
arch paid out a large sum for a postal
service and charged It to the house
hold and wardrobe accounts. Messen
gers who were thus entrusted with
matters of state had to be above sus
picion. They went lite whole dhs
tiince and were paid according to the
length and danger of their Journeys.
In Kills Xew Knglnnd proposed to
the Hritish sovereign that n postofflee
system lie established in the colonies,
as It was "so useful nfid absolutely
necfissary." His majesty paid no at
tention to the plea
but Iliehnrd Fair
banks, In the same year, not 1111 an
ollice In Huston to receive letters from
ships, lie undertook to deliver the
letters received and charged a penny
for each letter. lie also received mail
for out-going ships, I ait no one was
forced to send mail through, his office.
A thrilling story of the devotion of
mail men to their duties is that of the
pony express, the first rapid transit
mail line across the 1.900 miles of
prairie, desert, snow-capped mountain
much of wnlch Is occupied by public
parks and private residences, though
ultimately available for commerce if
required. The founders of the city
wisely provided for an abundance of
open space, now utilized In parks and
public grounds, with a multitude of ex
cellent roadways and beautiful trees.
Flower beds are everywhere. De
tached houses are the rule. Aa In
and a'i.nll waste, bo'w.vn tl.
ii river and tiie pacibc caM.
w as
!er ti
t.iigitrated early p, ly;,i j,,
: lite Wi s. night lie kt Id
'y in tog.'li with toe North
f the tro':-,;,. hr 'Winj from
hi
the shi'-'iy euestieji, and though it
ha I tin exicence of only sixteen
tiths. il m.-'de the laist and West
"lily lea ii..s apart at a time of eris's.
The date of smarting was to be
Mai-eli ;, and Forts Kearney.
Laramie. Pn.hjef. Gr, at Salt Lake
City. Camp Fioy !, Carson City, the
Wn-l oe S,!-,er I, lines. Plaoorvd!.. and
Saerain. nio were to I e the points of
delivery of mail. In St. .1 isepb. M..
eager ninl excited crowds gathered
in the streets to see the lirst courier,
tlie wiry, tweiil,-year-o'., .lohnni" Frey.
as he liashed away on his jet black
steed for the lirst lap of the race of
fle-h. blood and ileteri.iiualiou against
the des
count rv.
ol.'t
spaces nt mi unpeopled
Thes,. rid. rs were clad in buckskin
shins, ordinary I ivusors, high boots
and s-.t't shnn-li hats, and were armed
with .sheath knives, Colt's revolvers
and Spencer carbines. Th,. best time
they I'lade across the trackless waste
wns In carrying President Lincoln's
inaugural speech to San Francisco
seven days iiml sev. nteen hours.
ADRIANOPLE: A WEATHER
VANE OF EMPIRES
Kntry of Greek troops into Adriano
ple is an event in secular history fairly
comparable to the investiture of
Jerusalem by Allenby's army, for this
Turkish city has for nearly 'J,tKK years
been a wealhcrvano of world poli
tics.
The rebuilding of the ancient Tlira
ciun town of Hadrian, who gave it
Ids name, signalized a high point in
the power of the itoimin 'empire. The
decline of Rome was foreshadowed
some two centuries later w lieu the
Goihs defeated Villous there and made
their lirst break through the Roman
frontier.
Next Adrinnoplo was the setting for
the Turk's advent Into Kurope. There
Mtirad I. established himself, planned
the capture of Constantinople, mid
sent out expeditions to subdue various
Christian peoples. For a lime the
Kiiropean capital uf the sultans, Ailri
iinople was relegated to be the chief
bulwark of Constantinople. There
Turk lirst met Slav, and there the
Russians linally forced their way to
Ihe I'.hioU sea by 11 treaty which also
loosened the Turkish hold on the
Caucasus and compelled recognition of
tlie independence of (Jreece.
Adriaiiopli" Is on the Marilza
llelirus of Grecian legend, where Or
pheus was dismembered by tlie Thra
cinn women; also eelclirtiteil, under its
Inter inline, in liulgariati song and
story. It i.s 1117 miles by rail north
west of Constantinople.
Today the city wears its past glory
Willi a sort of shabby gentility, Willi
no pretension of prosperity but
sijnalor than llie usual Turkish
It possesses the grave of the
.Mtirad., or Amurath, who was as
Hated In Ids tent after he I1111I
less
city,
first
ill 1 -
qtiishcd an army of Christian allii1
on
the Held of Kossovo.
A mosque bearing the name of Sul
tan I'.aie.hl recalls that monarch,
whose tirst olticial act was to order the
execution of his brother, who was tirst
Ottoman ruler to call himself sultan
ninl whose conquests linally were
cheeked when lie was taken prisoner
by Tamerlane.
Put the architectural mast I'rpicoe of
Ailrinnople is the Selimieh. product
of a Greek tribute-boy's genius, and
relic of the reign of S.-lim II, the Louis
XV of Turkey.
1 curly the lurks would seize a cer
tain number of sons of their Christian
subjects, and in Sinan they found
they had acquired a skilled bridge
builder. They allowed him to follow
his bent, and tlie Sliahzadeh at Con
stantinople, the Suleiman at Stamboul
and tlie third famed mosque at Adri-
anople were given to posterity. The
Selimieh stands upon the highest- hill
in Adrlanople and four lofty minarets
tower far above a massive dome,
STEEL AFFECTED BY FIRE
Figures Gathered by the United States
Bureau of Standards Reveal Sta
bility of Structure.
Some interesting figure's relating to
the behavior of structural steel nt the
high temperature of ordinary fired
have been given by the Cnited States
bureau of standards. Naturally, the
stl-eie'lll of s-teel :i - lii.'ti fomnorn t n.-o
has a very Important bearing upon
the stability of a structure which may
be subjected to fire. Without any pro
tective covering, steel columns fall
after only 10 or To minutes of expos
ure to temperatures such as are
reached in ordinary rlres. Resistance
can be grintly increased by the use of
coverings of brick, concrete, plister,
tile, etc., to such an extent that cnl-
ttMttP o proleo.'.! (i n. .inn tVeeliHl iifler
several hours' exposure to Intense
heat, says the Xew Y'ork Evening
Post.
Tests have been luaile to determine
the compression strength of specimens
of structural steel when heated In an
electric furnace to teniiHTiitures cor
responding to dull red heat (1,K1 de
grees l'alirenheit) und loaded up to
2t),tl00 pounds per square inch. It was
found that structural steel loaded to
10.000 pounds per square inch fails at
about 1.075 degrees Fahrenheit, and
tinder n load of 20,000 pounds per
square Inch failure occurs at O-o de
grees Fahrenheit. For practical con
siderations, however, Ihe limit of util
ity may he regarded ns reached nt
temperatures of about l.'to degrees
Fahrenheit below those given above.
other cities of Australasia, a verj
lnrge share of the population Is locat
ed In suburbs, with abundant room.
Rule -to Attain Old Aae.
Sir George Reid said ; "I have aimed
at health and Jinppiness, and when con
fronted by n formidable obstacle I hnve
first tried to knock it over; falling in
this, to get around It; If not to get
under It; and If these maneuvers
failed I have been content to lie down
In Its grateful shnde, lrludlng It aa a
beautiful blessing In digalsV
IMPROVED
ROADS
NOVEL ROAD-MAKING DEVICE
Southerner Has Patented an Unusual
Prag, Which Is Said to Be
Quite Effectiv.
for removing inequalities from dirt
highways, n southern inventor lias de
vised mid patented an unusual road
drag, which is declared to be wry ef
fective. The forward pint of the in
trivance includes three transverse
beams, fastened together with two lat
eral timbers. In the first two cross
pieces are set spikes, the points of
which protrude from the wood, while
the front side of the third beam js
faced wilh metal. The rear portion
The Sp.Ked Forward Part of the Drag
Loosens the Road Soil, and the Fol
lowing Rear Portion Packs It to a
Smooth Surface, Thus Finishing the
Surface in One Ope-ation.
of the device, which
the front section with
of two side timbers,
heavy planks, with
is attached to
caains, consists
n; died to four
their forward
edges turned upward and lapped.
When the appliance is pulled over ti
road, the earth is loosened by the
spikes, then smoothed and packed bj
the remainder of the machine, thn.
finishing the surf are in one operation.
Popular Mechanics Mnsjuzine.
NUMBER ALL ENGLISH ROADS
Properly Organized anfl Uniform Sys.
tern of Sign Posting to Be Used
In Great Britain.
The national road scheme will be
rendy by the autumn.
The .scheme consists of the classifi
cation of all main ami secondary
toads in Great Hritain, together with
a properly organized and uniform sys
tem of sign posting. Ronds will bear
distinctive numbers, ro that the trav
eler need only ascertain the official
number of the road, say, from Nor
wich to I'li'inlnghaui, to be able to
travel from one town to the other
without n map.
Tlie experiments conducted under In
structions of the ministry of transport
to determine tlie most suitublc mate
rial for a uniform road dressing, have
been successful, and a standard sur
face has been practically selected. For
the present litis sinface will be ap
plied only to the arterial, und not to
tlie secondary, roads.
H.v January 1 the new national road
scheme will lie 111 readiness to be put
into immediate operation. Ihiily Mail
London.
LARGER CAPACITY OF ROADS
Must Be Doubled to Meet Augmenting
Requirements of Transportation
Next Year.
We are confronted with the problem
of Increasing the capacity of our
highways. This must be doubled to
meet the augmenting requirements of
tlie next year or two. Kngineers are
wondering along what line this In
crease shall be provided. One sugges
tion is to double the width of the
roads and increase first cost and main
tenance KKl per cent. The most reason
able one is to provide n road of suffi
cient strength to carry vehicles of
100 per cent greater capacity for a
given width of road, as the first cost
of these strengthened roads would be
only 10 to 20 per cent greater per
mile than that of present Inadequate
highways, says a writer In an ex
change. In view of the fact that 50
per cent Increase In hauling capacity
gives a reduction of 15 per cent In
transportation costs, the latter seems
the wisest thing to do.
ATTENTION TO EARTH ROADS
Clean Out Ditches and True Up Crown
by Use of Light Grader Four
Horses Needed.
The majority of earth roads have
been previously graded and It is nee.
essary to clean out the dltelies and
true up tlie crown of the road by the
use of the light grader two or three
times a neason. This work requires
four horses.
Haul With Less Cost.
Not only can a greater quantity of
products be hauled to market with less
horse power 011 better highways, but
there also will be a greater saving of
wear and tear ou the vehicles which
curry the goods.
Encourage Producers.
The national system of transporta
tion mid distribution is so essential
that every possible facility must be
provided to encourage producers of
farm coiiiniuiillies and merchandise to
Increase production.
Best Eggs for Market.
If possible only nonfertlle eggs
should be produced, for ffiarket; fer
tile eggs deteriorate rapidly and are
the cause of much loss.
Care for Eggs.
Kgga should be cared for careful
ly. Provide plenty of nests and keep
them tilled with, clean nesting mate
rial. Destroy All Weeds.
Kill off the weeds. Late ralne havt
made them grow rapidly, , ' ,
t A H -r s .x" v"
HOME
TOWN
HELP5t
LIFE IN SMALL TOWN BEST
Has Many Advantages Compared to
the Hurry and Bustle Infl.ctcd
on City Dweller.
I do not think that where a uino
lives has anything to do with his pro
gression, as progression is hereditary
and it Is not ruu-vd by environment,
writes a correspondent of the Pitts
burgh Dispatch. The idea that a boy
must go to the city to acquire fume
is becoming a thing of the past, for
people of this world are oeglnning to
realize that progression may mean
many things among them progression
In tilling the soli us well lis prog re
sioti in politics.
The most progressive men hi the
world are tlie men who go to make
up the little lowns, for they tire gen
erally the steady, reliable, sensible fel
lows, win. do not pine for Ihe excite
ment and the glare of a life in a big
city. Small town men are the rock
upon which this great country Is most
securely built. They are the whole
some, true-blue scouts, who are big
enough to live tlie simple, little town
life, and their quiet nerves hold our
country balanced. The city man is) a
bunch of nerves compared with the
man from the village. His days are
spent in dodging automobiles In the
streets, hurrying from phue to place,
trying to bent the other fellow at mak
ing money, and after a day of being
"on the jump" he goes to the theater
and docs not get home tmiil morning.
Then he sleeps five hours and is ready
to go through the same performance
again. Little Town Alan guest to bed
nt 10 after an evening at the movie
end at 0 is ready to get up and begin
his day. The "country Jake" is no
longer a person to be laughed at, but
a person to be envied, and many of
our greatest so-called progressive are
going back to the "simple-life."
REASONS FOR OWNING HOME
Advantages Are Many, Quite Apart
From the Economic One Declares
an Eastern Writer.
There are many upsetting circum
stances In the world, against which
house ownership Is u sort of insurance.
If I had not owned my home last fall,
and had by any chance been thrown
out by the old landlord, It would have
heen a very serious job to find what I
wanted in the present market. I have
known men ami women to put In weeks
In the search. Houses tire often sold
over one's head. Kstates have to be
settled. All kinds of tilings happen.
Perhaps your small boy disturbs the
landlord, who In turn makes It dis
agreeable for you. Such possibilities
are put to rest by actual ownership.
If one has a serious illness in Ihe
family, what, tin assurance it is to
know that you cannot be disturbed;
that this is your castle.
For such reasons as these, quite
apart from the economic ones, I believe
every man of set 1 led habits should
own his own house, and that this la
as a good a time as any to proceed to
that happy realisation.--Robert Lin
coln O'Hrlen in Huston Herald.
Many City Managers.
Fnlted States now has about ISO
city managers. The number is grow
ing steadily, and city managership has
now established itself as u profession.
One of these nianagers has ad
vanced step by step from the job of
directing a small city in Michigan to
taking .barge of city matters in
Dubuque, la., at n salary of $3,000 a
year. This Is the only Instance of
three promotions thus far recorded,
but three city managers huye been ad
vanced at least once.
The highest salary the profession as
yet commands Is $12,000, paid by Nor
folk, Va. Dayton and Akron, 0.,x
Grand Rjiplds, Mich.,' and Wheeling,
W. Va are among the larger cities
now operating under city manager
charters.
Earthworms in Lawns.
Earthworms In lawns and garden
can be posoned with bichloride of
mercury poison. Make a stock solu
tion by dissolving one ounce in two
gallons of water. To use, dilute two
quarts of the stock solution in r.0 gal
lons of water and in the evening
sprinkle this over about a thousand
square feet of lawn. The ground
should be moist w hen this Is done. The
worms will come out during Ihe night
and will never go back. P.iclihuide of
mercury (corrosive suIiIIiihiIo) Is a
deadly poison and therefore iiiust be
used carefully.
Have Reserve of Grass Seed.
It Is a good plan always to hnve a
reserve supply of grass seed on hand
to sow when needed, for bare spots
may appear throughout the year. If
the soil Is light and subject to Injury
from drought, white clover should be
sown. It mats together in a short
time, providing a closer woven blanket
to prevent the. eviiHratlon of water
from the soil and Is considered a bet
ter resistor of drought than many of
the grasses. It Is easily started.
City Manager for Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs nt a special elec
tion adopted the city manager form
of government, t become effective
next April, It Is announced.
Casus Belli.
In an Irish' case of a domestic riot
Involving much Injury to person and
property, a witness In tlie course of a
vivid narrative swore as follows: "He
snys to me, 'Is that your father?' And
I vys to him, 'It. Is me father.' And
he says, 'It Is well you told me, for I
thought he was an ou!d gorllly,' and
then the fight began, me lord." From
the Argonaut. ,
Texas Rich In Peanuts.
Texas produces $20,000,000 wortb.
of peanuts a year.