CONTRACTS LET
FOR ROAD WORK
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iONE. HUNDRED AND FIVE MILES
ARE INCLUDED IN TEN
* ' PROJECT3
Rale'gh
A .mil Ion and a half dollnrs' worth
of road construction wa? let t.i con
tract by the state highway commission
The mileage totals 105. distributed
among 10 construction projects.
Included In the projects ? la a 10,
tn'io stretch In Buncombe county from
Leicester to the Madison county line
a n'ne-mlln sketch from North Wlllies
boro to Mulberry Gip, a grading Job
from Cane River to the Tennessee line
and. 10 1-2 miles of hard surfacing from
Mt. Airy toward Pilot Mountain.
The list of projects, the cost und the
low bidders follow:
No. 682 ? Randolph county. 1G 1-2
m'les of topsoil between .Asheboro
and Chatham county line, C. A. nag
land, Loulsburg, $91 208: structures
to Piker and Vount, Reidaville. $35.
635.25.
No. 780 B ? Wilkes county, gravel
road from North Wllkesboro to Mul
j .berry Qap, J. V. Mulligan Construction
company, $94,462; structures. $11,691..
60 .
No. 900 ? Buncombe County," 10 miles
gradng, Leicester to Madison line,- W.
, A. Oraham, Jflt. Ulla, $148,055; struck
tures to J. M. Gregory, Plttsboro, $47 -
847.40 .
No. 747? Vance county. 11 1 -2 ftlies,
top soil. W. A? Graham. $58,289 20.
?i - No. 438? Granville. W. W. Tuck and
, Sons, Virginia. $71.632 50; structures
to.E. A. Wood and company, Andrews.
$42,116.60.
No. 147 B ? Hertford county, nine
? ' Vttlles, hard surfaced, Robferts Paving
? ! > compaay, $262,163.20,
No. 763 B ? Surry county, 10 1-2
miles, hard surface, from Mti Airy
toward Pilot Mountain. Zeigler and
Dalton Construction company, Junc
tion City, Kansas, $323,309.50.
? No. 26&? Pamlico county, soven
miles, top soil, J. p. tyuiligan, $39,.
963; structures to Bradley Gooch, $13,.
300 25.
No. 891? Yancey fcounty 7 1-2 miles
of grading from Cane River 'to Ten
nessee line, W. H. Anderson, Brevard,
v - <120.881.50; structures to Hughes
and Ray Newland, $38,709.28.
? A. ? Pamlico' county, 11 miles,
rj, top soil, Robert W. Curtis, Lynchburg.
t; ;,,Va.. $58,863.57.
Many Bills Introduced at 8,e?alen .
BSii, With the convening of the house and
senate the flow of local and slate tills
Ifl expected to continue., Around a hun
dre<! measured have been Introduced
In the three days of the session, and
V before the week Is out the number is
expected to reach 500.
The most disturbing factor develop
ing over the week-end Is the threat
from Representative W. R. Matthews,
, . of Mecklenburgoounty, chairman of
/the house prison oommittee, to make
. : an Investigation ofthe. sUte prison.
I Radical r^castln* of the Judicial
machinery of the State by th? estab
lishment of county courts having the
m power and Jurisdiction of_ superiar
courts Jn counties of more than 50.
000 population Is provided in three
amendments to the Constitution .of
the SUte submitted In 4(b House by
Representative Henry Groves Connor,
Jr., of Wilson.
Under the* authority of the proposed
amendmen^, which would be submit
ted to the voters of the State at the
coming gdrierjU. election, the, General
Assembly would re district the SUte,
providing that each county would have
not less than two terms of court an
( nually of such (juration as directed by
law. and that the more .populous coun
ties be set up Into districts.. Judges
In coun(y districts would be elected
by the people of that county only.
legislation correcting the ambigui
ties of the enactment of the general
session In 1923 governing the lnvlola*
blllty of sinking fund set up to
retire ouUUndlng bonds was sub
mitted by Represenutlve N. A. Town
send of Harnet. The defective legls."
latlon Is repealed in a concurrent mea*
sure submitted by Mr. Townsend. The
new enactment merely provides that
a no legislature shall have the right to
repeal any legislation enacted to en
* sure payment of debts of the State.
The Connor amendments to the
Constitution are aimed at relief of the
congestion of the superior courts In
? every section of the State, and the pro
vision of adequate courts in counties
where congestion Is greatest. The
Judge In such counties will not be In
cluded In the general scheme of ro
Utlon from district to district .as is
now provided, but would hold cburt
in the district of bis residence unless
otherwise directed by exchange or
Executive order.
Wavne Has Faith in Road Policy
Watne county gave ev'dence to Its
belief that the State Is not through
with IU road bulid'ng program when
representatives of the comm'ssloners
of the county offered $500 000 of coun
ty money to the State Highway Com
mission to be spent on State roads in
the country and repaid whenever funds
were available through legislative ap
propriation. The loan was accepted.
Funds made available through tb?
loan will be applied to the paving d
the Central Highway between Golds
tiro and the Johnston county line
HOW TO KEEP
WELL
Dr. Frederick R. Green,
Editor of "Health."
(<?. 1U24, Western N?WI|iUp?r Union.)
WHAT IS APPENDICITIS?
QNE of tlie favorite subjects for
Juki's on the pint of our present
dny Immortal* In licit 1?.
According to these gentlemen, a|?- :
pendlcitls Is a recently discovered dis
ease which was Invented lor the pur
pose of giving surgeons a remunerative
occupation.
"Mow does It happen," asks the
newspaper humorist, "tli.it our grand
parents never had appendicitis?"
Illess your hearts ! They did, Just
us people do nowadays, hut they died
of II. In. the majority of cases they
never gut well to tell the story.
Appendicitis Is as old as tins human J
race. Buffer found evidences of It lu
the Egyptian mummies of a thousand
years before Christ.
Ever since man gave up an exclu
sively vegetarian diet arid began to i
walk upright on his hind feet he has '
bad appendicitis. But he didn't call It j
that. The doctors of fifty years ago
called It "bilious colic," or "Inflamma
tion of the bowels." They knew there (
was something wrong going on In the i
patient's abdomen, but they didn't dare |
open him np to And out what the trou- [
ble was. because they knew that If
they did the patient would die from
the operation, while If they let hlra
alone he might get well.
So they gnve him opium to deaden
the pain and he either got well or
died, although In the great majority
of cases he died.
About forty years ago Pasteur
proved that Inflammation and Infection
are due to minute germs. Sir Joseph
Lister, an English surgeon, found out
how to keep these germs out of wounds
so as to avoid Infection. This was the
beginning of modern surgery. As soon
as the surgeon could open the human
body and close It up again without kill
ing the- patient, IV was found that what
had been called "Inflammation of the |
bowels" was often due to nn inflamma
tion of the appendix, a little glove-like |
portion of the Intestines, which we In- [
herlted from our herbivorous ances
tors. It Is of no use to civilized man
aud Is rather a danger because It eas
ily becomes Inflamed.
When this happens, the patient has
pain ant tenderness In tbe right groin, |
generally with increased temperature.
If the Inflammation goes dh until the |
wall of the appendix Is softened. It
may rupture and produce an -abscess
or a general peritonitis.
7 The present-day surgeon doesn't wait
for perorations. He makes a little
Incision through the skin and muscles,
slips In his finger. draws out the In
flamed appendix,1 ties It off and re
moves it, then drops tbe bowel back
Into tbe abdomen, closing the Incision
wjth a few catgut stitches.
Appendicitis Isn't anything new. The
recognition and treatment of the con
dition are hew and proper treatment
saves thousands of lives every year.
SPRING TONICS
W1
ITH the firm signs of spring our
grandmothers went out into tlie
woods and gathered herbs, roots and
barley. Sassafras or camomile tea,
spruce beer or ginger beer? Whnteve?
It was, It was to "cool the blood,"
which was supposed to become hot and
thick during the long winter.
This belief In n "spring tonic." like
many popular delusions, had Its origin
hi the teachings of the wlu men of the
past.
Tbe old physiologists believed that
"there wer? four "humors" or fluids In
the body ? blood, lymph, Mnck bUe and
yellow bile ? and that disease was
caused by Improper combinations of
these four fluids. In the winter thft
blood was supposed to become thick
and hot
Doctors know bettPr now, but the
popular belief still oerslsts.
The sassafras tea our grandmothers
used to make wasn't bad stuff. It was
brown and sparkling and pungent with
the spicy odors of the spring woods.
It didn't "thin the blood." but It didn't
do us any harm and was the best our
good old grandmothers knew.
Yet, like many popular beliefs, there
was a germ of truth In It.
During the winter most of tis stay
In the house too much. We sit at a
desk or a worktable too constantly.
We wear too heavy clothes. We eat
too much heavy food. We don't get
enough fresh air and sunshine.
When spring comes we feel the uni
versal Impulse toward growth and re- |
generation. We want new life. We i
want stimulation. We nctsd a "spring i
tonic," but we don't need one out of |
a bottle.
The best spring tonic Is God's great I
outdoors.
So get outdoors nnd play. It doesn't j
matter how. It may be with a golf ,
?tick or a shotgun or a baseball or a !
canoe pnddle. Hunt up your old fish- |
Inj; tackle nnd overhaul It
Now Is the time for boys to get out I
their marbles and to start hulldlng j
kites.
It's the time for little girls to get
their skipping ropes and Jack stone*
It's the time for baseball on tbe
vacant lots and for pitching horseshoes
In the backyard.
We all need s spring tonic. You can
fet your share.
There's air and sunshine enough foi
everybody and they don't cost a cent
Has Housed Ten Generations of the Weeks Family
This two-story house In Ureenlund. N. H., was erected In 1038 and has been the hoiue of the Weeksi fumlly (or ten
lenerutlons, being still occupied. Secretary Weeks Is a relative of the family. The bouse Is the oldest brick
lulldlng In New Hampshire and probubly the oldest In the country.
Relic of Old Times at Sea Visits New York
_ ? 111
Wltli every sail spread, the four-masted bark Arctic Stream, still golug strong after 45 years of sailing the seven
icas. She 'IB now on her way to New York, having come around the Horn from Antefognsta under command of
-upt. Bob Angles. This Is one of the very few square riggers still engaged In commerce.
War Memorial at St. Johns
War memorial recently unveiled at St. Johns, Newfoundland, by Kurl Ualg.
New Yorkers Sleep on Beach Sands
2 i
During the livated apt-ll thnUHnnd* of men. women nml rhllilreu ?.i-ep
L'very night <>n the Mnd at Cooey Lai and and other nearfcj- beo.-hea. Tt.n l?
>i chararterUtlc group.
TAKES BRIDE AT 76
? llev. William Wilkinson, known Id
the financial district of New York as
the "Bishop of Wall Street," who Is
seventy-sis years oW; was married the
other day to Mrs. Pauline Truvllla
McNab. a widow seventy-four years
of age. Mr. Wilkinson, who 1s at
tached to Trinity church, was born Id
England and has been married twice
before.
TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF
Mu J. Gen. John l- U.tu-s. who has been
ser\inp ns deputy chief of staff since
the retirement of (.Jen J. U. Hiirbord,
will he elevated to the position of
rh!#*f of staff to succeed Gen. John J.
Per>h!n<r. who retires on September
12 nt the u?e of sixty-four years Gen
eral Hlnes I ns actually be?-n perform
ing f*??? -Jut;. * f the nfflee lurlr.g thi
ahseare hc tl:;?e? of CeneraJ
Perilling froia Washington.
Recovery From Influenza
Hastened by ,
PE-RU-NA
Mr. C. A. Allen, R. R. No. 2.
Bondurant, Iowa, gives testimony
to the healing power of Pe-ru-na.
Influenza left him much run down
in health with catarrh of the nose,
throat and bronichal tubes punct
uated with attacks of asthma. Ho
writes :
"While recovering from the In
fluenza I was so weak I could not
gain any strength for two months.
The latter part of the winter, I
bought six bottles of Pe-ru-na and
began taking it. My weight in
creased to 175 pounds, the most I
ever weighed.
My usual winter weight is 155.
If you can use this letter for any
good, you are perfectly welcome."
Such evidence cannot fail to con
vince the rankest unbeliever of the
merits of Pe-ru-na.
Insist upon having the old and
original remedy for catarrhal con
ditions.
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