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f Bui Street Paving Would Circle the Globe T wict It the modern paved streets <*f 29( leading American cities were merged into a single great highway i 18 feei wide that highway would more thai twice encircle the globe, according t< the first national survey, the results oj which have just been announced. The survey shows that wlthlj an av erage of 18 feet of width there are 56, 974.8 miles of paved streets fc* Ameri can cities of 10,000 or more population This mileage by far exceeds that ?J ?very other country in the world. These 290 cities, which include all but three of the cities of 10,000 oj more population and which comprise 65.8 per cent of the 53,898,385 urbar population of the United States, report a total of 601,653,547 square yards oi pavement. .Ol this 469463, 141 square yards, or 78 per cent, are of the type* higher than waterbound macadam These higher types in turn comprise percentages of the total types higher than waterbound macadam as fqilows: Asphaltic type*, 53.9 per cent;! brick, 21.9 per cent; stone block, 1L6 per cent; wood block, 8.3 per cent; port land cement concrete, 5.5 per cent ; tar macadam, 2.5 per cent; miscel laneous, L3 per cent Tragedy in Lumber Town There is no more pathetic story in the history of northern Michigan than that of the deserted village of Jen nings, 12 miles northeast of Cadillac, in Missaukee county, says a Cadillac correspondent. Jennings was founded some 35 or 40 years ago by Mitchell Bros.' com pany, a sawmill, flooring and chemical plant established there, also a large general store. Hundretls ot persons came direct from Sweden to the vil lage, where they were employed in the mills of the company. But when the last giant maple was cut and the hills and valleys in the vicinity were bare of raw material for the saws and planers the company tore down the big mills and moved the machinery to Cadillac, where larger and more modern factories were erected. The 100 or more residences owned by the company were moved intact to Cad illac, also most of the privately owned houses. Today there are only a hand fuf of former inhabitants left in the once prosperous and happy village. The chief occupation is yarning of the early days. These old men and women will tell the inquiring stranger that "Jennings was the best town in the world," ex cepting possibly in some cases the old home town in Sweden. Sons and daughters would gladly bring them to Cadillac or to other cities to which they moved In the march of progress, but Jennings is their world, they pre fer to live and die there.? Beloit News. "My Home Town)' In the concert hall of the Seamep'a Church Institute of New York city a motley crowd of Scandinavians, Eng lishmen, Slavs, Italians and Americans, | white and negro, were singing at the top of their lungs. They had sung with some fervor be fore, when the words of familiar songs were flashed on the screen, but this was the song that really stirred theim to enthusiasm : Not here, not there. It's fifty miles from nowhere, but it's my home town. ' Not here, not there, but I'm all set to gro there, So I'll make a break and take a look in the mirror. Where's my hat? Where's my coat? Where's my leather bag? Send my trunk to the place written / on the tag. Not here, not there. It's fifty miles from nowhere, but It's my home town. "As you see," says the lookout of the Institute, "this is pretty bad poetry and the music was hardly better; but as these men from the far corners of the earth sang about their home town with that curious ring in their voices It almost brought tears to the eyes. A universal note had been struck." ? The Outlook. Wills Paintings to City A wealthy favorite son has willed a collection of nearly 1,500 oil paintings ' to the city of Philadelphia. Included': in tbe catalogue Is a group of eighteen canvases from the brush of the de lightful French lanscapeur, Jean Camllle Corot. This is said to be the largest and finest assemblage of Co rots in this or any other country. Such a gift cannot but elevate the artistic perceptions of a community. When people become bewildered in the chase for dollars It Is fine to be di verted for even a moment to that which Is beautiful In art. Municipal libraries and munlcipaf art galleries are the hope of a higher civilization. Stfip Protects Grass To accommodate persons waiting for cars and to preserve the small lawn between the sidewalk and the street, a Buffalo (N. Y.) contractor put a strip of concrete fifteen inches wide Inside the curb. The "platform** became popular and served to attract attention to the house, a two-family affair so constructed that the front entrance to the lower flat was from the main street and that to the uppc apartment from a ride thoroughfare ?-Popular Mechanics Magazine. n i Days bor COPYRJ&HT t'f fftVING &ACHELLER. Richard 7 IRVING / BACHELLERj "MY BELOVED HERO" SYNOPSIS. ? Solomon Blnkus, veteran scout and interpreter, and his young companion. Jack Irons, passing through Horse Valley, New York, in September, 1768, to warn settlers of an In dian uprising, reseoe from a band of redskins the wife and daughter of Colonel Hare of England. Jack distinguishes himself in the fight and later rescues Margaret Hare ? from ithe river. Jack and Mar garet fall In love. On reaching Fort Stanwix, Colonel Hare says , both are too young to marry. The ! Hare family eall for England, and the Irons family move to Albany. Untest grows in the c?lonies be cause of the oppressive measures of the English government. Solo mon and Jack visK Boston. CHAPTER II? Continued. Jack and Solomon attended the town meeting that day in the Old South meeting-house. It was a quiet and or derly crowd that listened to tjie speeches of Joslah Quiney, John Han cock and Samuel Adams, demanding calmly but firmly that the soldiers be forthwith removed from the city. The famous John Hancock cut a gretf figure in Boston in those days. It 18 not surprising that Jack was im pressed by hif grandeur,, for he had entered the meeting-house in a scarlet velvet cap and a hire damask gown lined with velvet and strode to the platform with a dignity even above Jiis garments. As he faced about the boy did not fail to notice and admire the white satin waistcoat and white silk stockings and red morocco slippers. Mr. Quincy made a statement which stuck like a bur in Jack Irons memory of that day, and perhaps all the faster because he did not quite understand It. The speaker said : "The dragon s teeth have been sown." The chairman asked if there was any citizen present who had been on the scene at or about the*ime of the shoot ing. Solomon Binkus arose and held up his and was asked to go to the minister's room and confer with the committee. Mr. John Adams called at the Inn that evening and announced that he was to defend Captain Preston and would require the help of Jack and Solomon as witnesses. For that rea son they, were detairted some days in Boston and released finally on the promise to return when their services were required. They -had a hearty welcome at the little house near the ^King's Arms, where ' J'ey sat until midnight telling of their adventures. In the midst of it Jack snid to his father: "I heard a speaker say in Boston that the dragon's teeth had been sown. What does that mean?" "It means that war is coming," said John IrQns. "We mighf as well get ready for it." These words, coming from his fa ther, gave him a shock of surprise. He began to think of tlfe effect of war on his own fortunes. Solom(#i sent his furs to market and went to work on the farm of John Irons and lived with the family. The boy returned to school. After the hay had been cut and stacked in midsum mer, they were summoned to Boston to testify in the trial of Preston. They left in September, taking with them a drove of horses. ... ? "It will be good for Jack," John Irons had said to his wife. "He'll be the better prepared for his work In Philadelphia next fall." Two important letters had arrived that sutnmer. One from Benjamin Franklin to John Irons, offering Jack a chance to learn the printer's trade In his Philadelphia shop and board and lodging In Ills home. The other letter was from Margaret Hare to the boy, in which she had said that they were glad to learn that he and Mr. Binkus were friends of Cap-, tain Preston and inclined to help him in his trouble. "Since I read your let ter I am more in love with you than ever," she had written. "My father was pleased with it. He thinks that all cause of complaint will be removed, j Until it is, I do not ask you to be a Tory, but only to be patient." Jack and Solomon were the whole day getting their horses across Van Deusen's ferry and headed eastward in the rough road. Mr. Binkus wore his hanger ? an old Damascus blade in herited from his father? and carried his long musket and an abundant store of ammunition; Jack wore his two pis tols, in the use of which he had-be j come most expert. ? They ame to wagon roads improv ing as they approached towns and vil lages, in the first of wlil^h they began selling the drove. When they reached Boston, nearly a week later, they had only the two horses which they rode. The trial had just begun. Being ar dent Whigs, their testimony made an Impression. Jack's letter to his father says that Mr. Adams complimented them when they left the stand. There is an old letter of Solomon Blnkus which briefly describes the journey. He speaks of the "pompy" men who examined' them. "They grinned at me all the time an' the ol* big wig Jedge in the womern's dress got mad if I tried to crack a joke," he wrote in his letter. "He looked like [ he hnd paid too much fer his whistle an' thought I had sold it to him. Thought he were goin' to box my ears. John Addums Is erbout as sharp as a razor. Took a llkin' to Jack an' me. I tor him he were smart 'nough to be a trapper." The two came back In the saddle and reached Albany late in October. CHAPTER III The Journey to Philadelphia. The New York Mercury of Novem ber 4, 1770, contains this item: "John Irons, Jr., and Solomon Bin kns, the famous scout, arrived Wednes day morning on the schooner Ariel from Albany. Mr. Binkus 18 on his way to Alexandria, Va., where he is to meet Major Washington and accom pany him to the Great Kanawha river in the Far West." Solomon was soon to meet an officer with whom he was to find the amplest scope for his talents. Jack was on his way to Philadelphia. They had found the ship crowded and Jack and two other . hoys "pigged together" ? in the expressive phrase of that time ? on the cabin floor, through the two nights of their journey. Jack minded not the hardness of the floor, but there was much drinking and arguing and ex pounding of the common law in the for ward end of the cabin, wh kh often in terrupted his slumbers. He took the boat to Amboy as Ben jamin Franklin had done, but without mishap, and thence traveled by stage to Burlington. There he met Mr. John Adams of Boston, who was on his way to Philadelphia. He was a full-faced, ruddy, strong-built man of about thirty five years, with thick, wavy dark hair that fell in well-trimmed tufts on either cheek and almost concealed his ears. It was beginning to show gray. He had a prominent forehead, large blue and expressive eyes and a voice clear and resonant. He was hand somely dressed. Mr. Adams greeted the boy warmly and told him that the testimony which he and Solomon BInkus gave had saved the life of Captain Preston. The great lawyer took much Interest in the boy and accompanied him to the top of the stage, the wedther being clear and warm. When Jack was taking leave of Mr. Adams at the Black Horse tav ern in Philadelphia the latter invited the boy to visit him in Boston if his way should lead him there. Jack went to the house of the print er, where he did not receive the warm welcome he had expected. Deborah Franklin was a fat, hard-working, illit erate, economical housewife. She had a great pride In her husband, but bad fallen hopelessly behind him. She re garded with awe and slight under standing the accomplishments of his virile, relentless, onpushing intellect. She did not know how to enjoy the prosperity that had come to them. It was a neat and cleanly home, but, as of old, Deborah was doing most of the work herself. She would not have had it otherwise. "Ben thinks we ortn't to be doin' nothin' but settin' eroun' in silk dresses an' readin' books an' gabbin' with comp'ny," she said. "Men don't know how hard 'tis to git help that cleans good an* cooks decent. Everybody feels so kind o' big an* Inderpendent they won't stan' it to be found fault with." Her daughter, Mrs. Bache, and ti? latter's children were there. Suddenly confronted by the problem of a strange lad coming into the house to live with them, they were a bit dismayed. But presently their motherly hearts were touched Iiy the look of the big, gentle faced, homesick boy. They made a room ready for him on tbe top floor and shov ed him the wonders of the big hous<s ? the library, the electrical apparatus, the rocking chair with its fan swayed by the movement of the chair, the new stove and grate which the doctor had Invented. Th^t Seve nlng, aftfr an excellent supper, Jack suggested that he would like to have a part of the work to do. "I can (sweep and clean as well as anyone," he said. "My mother taught me how to do that You must call on me for an, f help .vou need." "Now I! wouldn't wonder but what we'll git erlong real happy," said Mrs. Franklin. . "If you'll git up 'arly an' dust the main floor ai>' do the broom work an' till the wood boxes an' fetch water, I'll set? ye don't go hungry." Jack went to. the shop and was pul to work next morning. He had to carry beerland suffer a lot of humili ating Imposition from older boys in the big ship, but he bore it patiently and made friends and good progress. That wintor he took dancing lessons from the famous John Trotter of New York and practiced fencing with the well-known Master Brissac. He also took a course in geometry and trigo nometry at the academy and wrote an article describing his trip to Boston for the Gazettq praised by New York Joined the The latter was warmly ^he editor and reprinted in iand Boston Journals. He lompany for home defense I In the games* on training day, especially at the running, wres tling, boxing and target shooting. There were many shooting galleries In Philadelphia wherein Jack had shown a knack of i hooting with the rifle aiifi pistol, whlc i hud won for him ? we Franklin melal for marksmanship. In the back country the favorite amuse ment of hire self and father had been shooting at t mark. Jack forged ahead, not only in the printer's art, but on toward the full ness of his strength. Under the stimu lation of city life and continuous study, , his talents grew like wheat in black soil. In the summer of 'seventy three he befan to contribute to the columns of the Gazette. Certain of his articles brought him compliments from the be it people for their wit, penetration a id good humor. He had entered upon * career of great promise when the current of his life quickened like that of a river come to a steeper grade. It be?an with a letter from Margaret Hare, dated July 14, 1773. In It she wrlt(s: "When you get this please sit down and count up the years that have passed since ve parted. Then think how our plansj have gone awry. You must also think of rae waiting here for you In th world. All my mates and pas midst of a marrying jfrlends have taken their sad on. I went to Doc tor Ffanklln today and told hhn that I was an old lady well past nineteen and accused him of having a heart of stone. He said that he had not sent for you becausr you were making such handsome progress In your work. I said: 'You do not think of the rapid progress I am making toward old age. You forget, too, that I need a husband as badly as the bazette needs a philos opher. I rebel. You have made me an and Jack. I will not longer consent tb taxation without rep resentation. Yejar by year I am giving youth and I am not tabout It.' ^vould demand justice suppose he thinks up some of my| being consulted "Said he: 'I of the king. that his country cannot yet afford a queen. I shall Itell him that he Is imitating Georgi the Third and that he had better listen to the voice of the people.' "Now, my beloved hero, the English girl who Is not married at nineteen Is thought to be hopeless. There are fine lads who have asked my father for th^, right to court me and still I am wait ing for my brave deliverer and 'he comes not. I cannot forget the thrush's song and the enchanted woods. They hold me. If they have not held you ? If for any reason your heart has changed ? you will not 1 all to tell me, will you? Is It necessary that you Should be great and wise and rich and learned before you cornel little, after many erable Franklin, I can notion that to me? Little by talks with the ven have got the Amerl [ would like to go away with you and help you to accom plish these things and enjoy the hap piness which was ours, for a little time, and of which you speak in your letters. Surely there was something vesy great in those moments It does not fade and has it not kept us trtte to our promise? But, Jack, how long am I to wait?. You must tpll me." v ?. 'The letter was in his pock |to Dr. Franklin et." (TO BE CONTINUED. Comforts of Science "I hear you havq analysis." "Yes," replied Mife so soothing to be at)l a complex instead position." taken up psycho . 'J s Cayenne. "It is e to say you have k>f a dreadful dis that offended your speak to me for a Mr. Longsuffer For His Own Use Mrs. Chatterton? I said something! wife, so she didn't! tveek. SVould you mind telling me what It Was you said* A woman's favorite doctor luui a sympathetic eye and 1 a tender vole*. \ I f CONDENSED NEWS FROM IKE OLD NORTH STATE mmmmmm V' SHORT NOTES OF INTfcKEST TO CAROLINIAN* New Bern. ? A meat curing plant in connection with one of the local ice factories is the new enterprise which is planned here by Allie Cook and Charles A. Seifert, it was learned. Asheville. ? Bryan Russell, 25, sur rendered to the sheriff at Henderson ville, admitting that he had shot and killed Willie Owenby, 22, in the woods near Fletcher, after Russell and a friend had come upon Owenby and Mrs. Russell. Dunn. ? Paul Stewart, 13 year-old white boy, is in the Dunn hospital with but slight chance of recovery from Injuries received when run down on the highway by a Ford car. He suffered a broken arm, concus sion of the barin, and numerous oth er bruises and lacerations as a re sult of the accident. Wilson. ? Wilson offered a 114 acre tract of land situated near the city limits to R. T. Fountain, of Rocky Mount, chairman of the commission named by the Governor to look after the proposed sites for the Eastern Carolina Training School for Boys. Wilmington. ? Fifty pounds of dyna mite exploded in the hull of the water-logged schooner Josephine, which, lies sunk in the harbor anchor age basin, caused many people in the city and on Eagles Island to believe that these parts had been shaken by an earthquake. Hamlet. ? Sam Odell, 33, mill oper ative of McColl, is dead and Hobson Hlnes, 25, of Gates, is in the Hamlet hospital in a serious condition as re sult of an accident when an auto truck in which they were riding jumped the overhead bridge on the Gibson road three miles from Hamlet. Trinity College, Durham. ? Two Trinity students were honored with elective offices in the recent meeting of the North Carolina Student Volun teer Union at Queen's College, Char lotte, N. C. J. H. Westbrook, Jr., 26, of Rocky Mount, was elected vice president of the union, and Miss Mar garet Frank, '24, of Mount Airy, was for the second successive time elected chairman of the health committee. Charlotte. ? B. F. Roark, of Char lotte, was re-elected president of tlie North Carolina Retail Jewelers' Asso ciation at the closing session of the annual convention here. Vice presi dents elected were: A. H. Hawkins, of Hendersonville; C. P. Sellers, of Henderson, and F. E. Starnes, of Albe marle. William G. Frazier was re elected secretary and treasurer. Henderson. ? The pace set by new construction work in this city during the month of January was almost maintained in full by new enterprises launched during the month of Febru ary, according to reports made pub lic by Fire Chief M. H. Matthews, showing permits issued during the month. During February total new constructions for which permits were issued amounted to $53,242, compared to $56,000 in January. Dunn. ? A farmer who lives in Johnston county a few miles north of Dunn recently plowed up a pot which contained $2,800 in gold, accord ing to reports. The gold was buried in a field which had been cultivated for several years. Up to this year the farmer had used a plug mule and had only broken his land very shallow. This spring he bought a new mule and plow and started deep breaking. His plow struck the pot of gold and unearther it, according to the repor?; ?Greensboro. ? Plans of J. T. More ?head of this city for the erection of a million dollar hotel here have pro 1 grassed to the point that the architect plans have been approved by Mr. Morehead, who ir now in New York, completing his financial arrangements. He will be joined there soon by Em mett Robinson who wl.l be associated with him in the hotel venture. Balfour. ? Balfour mills have award ed contract to the General Electric company for motors, transformers and switch-boards; to Link Belt com pany for chain drives, and ^o Bahnson company for humilifying equipment. Greensboro. ? City council awarded a contract for laying 51 miles of sewer and water pipes to Paul Howard, a contractor now engage^ in work here, for $262,000. The contract is said to be the biggest water and sewer job aver made in North Carolina. Winston-Salem. ? Judge J. L. Webli presiding over Wilkes superior court, fixed the bonds of fars. A. R. Lakey and two sons, Emory and Austin, and grandson, A. R. 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