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 I'll .U,l ll-l .i-.'l 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.