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The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
(By III. E. G. BRYANT)
Washington Staff Correspondent
Especial to The News and Observer)

Especial The News and Observer
law, which provides for the purchase
Of Appalachian mountain lands for
national park reservations has been
tried out in.NOrth Carolina, and many
people whO|did not like it at first have
become friendly to it. Congress will
be asked to make another apprOpria-
ton to carry on the work so wen
started.
More than a quarter Of a million
dollars was expended by the United
States in four mountain counties of
North Carolina during the last fiscal
wear under the Weeks law for the
purpose Of protecting the watersheds
drained by six important water
These streams flow through rich
farming sections Of Tennessee, North
and South Carolina and Georgia,
emptying on the one side into the At
| lantic and on the other into the Mis-
sissippi They are the Catawba, Ten
nessee, Little Tennessee, Yadkin and
Hiwassee, whose supply of water, SO
| important to the people, the govern
ment is endeavOring to protect.
| The expenditure for the fiscal year
| ending June 80, 1915, in North Caro-
lima was $252,302.78. This sum is
over two-thirds Of all that has been
| expended in the State since the mon
eys were available in 1911 and meant
a purchase outright by the govern
ment Of 3O,9S2.07 acres at more thar
So per acre.
The four counties and the figures
for each are as follows:
| McDowell-Area about Mt Mitchell
on the Catawba watershed, 49, 1ol]
acres for $102, ,647.55, or $5.49 pei
acre. Recommended in this area fo1
purchase were 4s,071 acres for s311,
l029.25.
Macon-Area about the Nanta haia!
on little Tennessee watershed. 81,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR
TO OPEN THURSDAY
Especial to The News and Observer. }

IIouisburg, Oct. 9.-All Louisburg
and Franklin county are very much
interested in the opening Of the first
annual county fair here next Tuesday.
From every indication, it is going to
be a good success from every view
point. The exhibits are coming in
rapidly. There are many out-of-the-
county attractions that are coming.
The fair association is busily getting
the grounds in order, working night
and day Everything is promised to
be in apple-pie order by Tuesday.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
SANDY RUN BAPTISTS
MEET AT FOREST CITY
Special to The News and Observer }

Forest City, oct. 9.-The twenty
sixth session Of the Sandy Run Bap-
tiSt Association >nVened yesterday
with the Concord church four miles
northeast Of here. The general or
ganization was perfected yesterday
and are now ready to enter into the
regular business. On motion by Dr.
j.. @. Ada ms, pastor Of the Forest City
Baptist church, representative from
each church was allowed two minutes
talk. Rev. Z. d. Harriil, Of Ellen
boro, was reelected moderator. Rev.
Mr.. Graham. of CaroIeen, preached
the Introductory sermon MI Beach
was present representing the Biblical
Recorder, and Mr.. Hanrick the Or
phanage. Rev. Livingston Johnson
Will probably be in attendance today.
The session will last through Sunday.
J. =. Grose. Of Route No. 2. caught
a hawk in d trap at his home Sun
day afternoon. on one Of the legs OF
which was a band with the following
inscription: Notify A NJ. Museum.
y. Y 35.966." Mr.. Grose said the
hawk WIS Of the regular order Of
chicken birds and had been giving
him trouble for some time Mr.
Grose notified the New York address
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12

booked again, this time a. ASsi~,an,
steward
They left Newport News about gax
ana nothing happened untu they
htAred me other side Bur hapDerI,.-s
pto"aoIy fraught with catastrophe
were looked for. for the orthl. sas
snip without a port That Is h,Ar
des'lnation Was nxed entirely hy m.
wireless messages she Was 10 r,c.lya
!" Fen she nearcd the Irish coast and
thoSe messages We're controlled entire
- py the lnforma ton from land wire
leSs stations regarding the location Of
Suoiha FiireS on the coast As II hap
pened. the Orthia got word Ia l:,,d
again al Glasgow: Il message that un
known 10 her informa0ts. brought hsr
dlrectiy into the path OF the hostile
I-boats
Submarine Sighted
"enty miles of the coast th>
SINISTER wake OF a periscope Was
sighted off the Orthia's starhna-a
DOW Her captain. who Best de
scrlbed as wonderful mariner. i'm
lneoiateiy began a zigzls course that
temporarily threw the U-boat of her
route Every man of the crew was
at ms post and around every waist
was life -preserver. The lifeboats
were swung from the davits Every
moment the shock was expected that
thelr lives. Down in the hold was a
cargo Of ammunition, food and cloth
| ing supplies and cattle. Tie shin was
a falr mark for a German torpedo
| AND IN the engine room stokers and
engineers were crowdinC on all nos
| Slble steam.
Fifteen miles off Glasgow the peri
scope disappeared. but in a few mo-
ments another was sighted this sine
on the port bow. The sea was alive
with them. The captain began an
other zlgZas course and again the
hearts of the crew rose in their
throats and they clung close TO the
rails. The tension had not lessened
the C-boat had not been lost 10 view
before two British destroyers hove
into sight. The submarine sighted
them, too, young Best said. and she
took desperate chance. discharged
a torpedo in the direction of the
Orthia and disappeared. The missile
Zlpped across the Orthia : stern and
sank harmlessly. Later, he told his
uncle, the British boats sank the sub,
marine.
Conveyed BY Destroyers
: Coming back the Orthia was again
convOyed by British destroyers, bu
not until she came within the three
+ mile limit off the Anne rican coast Wa
{ her destination fixed. She landed il
ana BEST, Win
venture and sufficiently improved il
health, decided to get back hOm
among his kinfolk, DR.. Hill his uncle
was honored with his first visit
A few days ago young Best return
, ed to his home in Fremont y. G
where his father. James H Best I
Mayor. Bests mother, a sister Of DR.
Hill. died some time ago. He proba
bly, Will return to his position in tn
, | United States postal service which h,
was forced to abandon because OF i'll
, health.
Mr.. Best is we'll known in Raleigh
where he has visited. He is a nephew
of the late Mrs. Garland Jones O
Raleigh, who was a sister Of Dr. Hill
of Baltimore.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
Especial to The News and Observer

Ayden, Oct. 9.-The Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons Of this city held
a meeting in the Masonic hall yester-
day. The nature Of this meeting was
to Initiate some new members Some
other official business was attended
to during the session.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12

In an address delivered before the
University Club, Washington. D. C. c.
Francis Jenkins said: The motion
picture ribbon is the only unit that In
standard in every country. Railway
gauges, for example. vary in different
countries, units OF value. volnH1G-
weight and Of length differ. but the
motion picture film is the same the
world over.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12

mere were scraggly WhiskerS mat
ted with dirt on the chin of George
Best, 20 years old, when he walked
| into the office of his uncle, DR.. Charles
q. Hill, on Wylie avenue, in Airing
ton, a few days ago. And hung loose
~ ON his frame were a coat, rugged at
the edges, and trousers that bagged in
some places and stood stiff with
grease in others His general ap-
| pearance led the venerable Dr. Hill
TO swing around in his chair with sur
prise, look his visitors over with a dis
tant air and inquire:
Well, sir; what can l do for you -
why, er--er-not much, sir. Don,
you know me? I'm your nephew
George Best
DR.. Hill nearly toppled over. Sure
enough, beneath the beard and the
baggy clothes DR.. Hill found the ear
marks of the Hill family; saw through
the CRIME Of months aboard a trans
Atlantic cattle ship the familiar fea-
lures Of the adventurous youth whose
love for novelty and dangers had car
ried him twice across the ocean into
the heart of the European ocean wal
zone, and through the volcanic depth:
of the Irish Sea that harborS German
submarines laden with death dealing
torpedOes. His story, told to hi
uncle when the latter could recove
his breath, was as full of thrills a
a tale Of the Spanish Main
First Trip Uneventful.
Young Best first went to sea las
, January for his health. He shippe
4 from Newport News aboard a boa
t loaded with horses for the Allies, an
that trip was comparatively unavent
, full. 1t antedated the period of Sc
: terrorism that has plunged the Unite
l States into a maelstorm of Information
al unrest. Glasgow, Scotland was hi
:. destination and his ship, the Orthis
3 | reached there and returned to New
t port News without mishap. Anothe
} "trip was planned and Best, with hi
experience and love of adventure, wa
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12

Mr.. Best is we'll known in Raleigh.
where he has visited. He is a nephew
Of the late Mrs. Garland Jones OF
Raleigh who was a sister OF Dr. Hill.
Of Baltimore.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
FREMONT MAN ON SHIP TWICE
CHASED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
George Best Son of Mayor James H. Best of The Wavne
eounty Town, Tells of u-Boat Chase-Made Two Trips
10 Europe-Had Close Call On Second

George Best, OF Fremont, is back
at home again after two VOYAGES
across the Atlantic and after thrilling
experiences in the Irish sea where his
boat was several times chased by Ger
man submarines. Mr. Best is d son
OF Mayor James II Best. Of Fremont
He made the trips TO Europe 10 sat
isfy his craving for adventure The
baltimore Sun gives this intensely in
tereSung account of his adventure a.,
told by him when he reached Balti-
more on a brief visit to his uncle. DR.
Charles G. Hill. after completing his
second voyage
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s449.99 RUNS REQ A YEAR
DR.. N. w. Hershner, of Mechanicsburg
Says Average Cost Is 2 1-1O
Cents Per Mile

DR.. n. W. Hershner, of Mechanics
burg, has been REQ enthusiast for q
great many years. He owned number
of other makes of cars before he got
his first REQ in 1911. Since that time
he has had nothing but REQ ears. DR.
Hersher drives an average of one thou
sand miles month, winter and summer
and as his practice is very much in the
country, he encounters some very bad
roads.
The doctor has kept very accurate
ace cunt of all the expenses of his Rec
automobile from January 1st, 1914. to
January LIST, 1915, and the cost of op'
Grafton including tires, oil. gasoline, re-
pairs. upkeep and every conceivable
expense except the garage, which he
owns. is $4,000 or an average of
. 40 cents mile. This, like DR..
Farnsler's report on the upkeep of a
REQ ear, is not exceptional mileage
Ady.H
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overland wins RACING
event ON Lake SUPERIOR
Many See Roadster Make Eight-Mile
Run in & Minutes and II Seconds
Firm Will Give One Month Next
Winter

Automobile ice racing on Lake Su-
perior, novelty in winter sport, ar
ranged by Duluth motor ear dealers, as
the closing event of their first automo-
bile show, proved a great drawing card.
At least 10000 spectators saw an
Overland roadster win the feature
event, an eight-mile race. The four
mile oval was lined with spectators
with people.
The ears were equipped with tire
chains to enable them to hold the track
on the turns, where the slippery ice
made speed difficult, The Overland COW
cred the two laps in minutes. 2S see
onds, remarkably fast time considering
the difficulties of the novel course The
second ear finished one minute and II
second laters, leading the third by full
minute.
The race, which was virtually the
first ever attempted ON Lake Superior,
proved such popular form of sport
that it has been decided to give an ice
| racing program once month next
winter.
With the support of the Duluth bust
ness men, the dealers of the city hope
to offer prizes large enough to induce
many of the world wide drivers to en-
ter In this way they expect to estab-
lish the city as center for winter
sports.
Andrew Redmond, the local dealer,
sold his entire exhibit at the Sixth An
nual Auto Show last week. DR.. E. X
Lefever, of Boiling Springs, got the
new six-cylinder fve-passenger Chand-
Ter. DR.. II. G. Walters, the surgeon
who has been driving Columbus Flee
tric car since 1906, purchased the hand
some four-passenger Overland coupe
Frank Oenslager, of Riverside, got the
first seven passenger six-cylinder Over
land.-Adv.*
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OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS Il.
CHALMER OWNERS Spend
VACATIONS IN THEIR Cars
Instead Of Taking Their Annual Trip
to Europe This Year They Are Go
N ing to Have q Look at America

Mars has motorized the gentle art
OF taking vacations. Hugh Chalmers,
president of the Chalmers Motor Com
pany, of Detroit, declares that his mail
bags are jammed with letters from car
owners who assert that instead of ia
king their annual trips to Europe this
year they are going to have look at
America from the tonneaus of their
touring cars.
"The ignorance of America on the
part of some of these prospective tour
ists,' observed the Detroit motor mag.
nate with a chuckle, "is something pa.
thetic. Many of them look forward
to prowling about among American mo.
tor trails back of the steering wheel
with all the naivete and artlessness of
children about to cross the threshold
of some fairy land.
''They will find their homespun va.
cationing on the Great American Play
ground all and more than they are look
ing forward to. Judging from the
Hoods of mail ] am receiving, not only
most of those who usually go abroad
for summer touring, but many of those
who usually spend their vacations at
inland summer resorts or on the sea-
shore, are planning to go eross-country
motoring instead this year.
"The democratizing influence of the
motorized vacation continued the
Chalmers head, "will prove great. 1t
is one thing to whirl across the cont.
nent in the seclusion of Pullman. 1t
is another thing to cross by easy stages
in your ear, pausing TO dicker for grub,
gasoline or lodging for the night at n
farm house, ranch house or some cross
roads inn. Every Totorist who crosses
the continent in his car for a visit to
the expositions on the Pacific coast will
return home an iLcomparably better
American for having undertaken the
jaunt. Democracy is a matter of get
ting acquainted -
Come, and we will tell you more
about it, says Ross Morton, of the
Keystone Motor Car Company, the To-
cal distributors. Adv.*
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MANY CALLS FOR DODGE CAR
The Steamer Arabic From Liverpool
Brought One Hundred Inquiries
to Detroit Firm Recently

The steamer Arabic which recently
arrived in New York from Liverpool.
carrying the largest mail consignment
ever brought from England TO the
United States, brought nearly one hun
dred inquiries to Dodge Brothers, De-
troit, on the new car Foreign Interests
in Dodge Brothers car is shown by the
great volume of mail and the numerous
cablegrams received daily at the Detroit
plant from all quarters of the globe.
L. G. Willems, foreign representative
of Dodge Brothers, who is at present
EN- route to Panama, was forced to sell
his demonstrating ear before leaving
Cuba, owing to strict quarantine
maintained by the Cuban authorities.
Mr.. Willems wanted to ship his ear to
Jamaica, but an epidemic of the
bubonic plague caused the health Off
cia,s to forbid shipments of motor cars
between islands. While in Santiago,
Willems signed up Messrs. Juan Guso
Is. en- CO as dealers for that city, and
he has also appointed a Dodge Brothers
deaelr for Jamaica. Another demon
stratiug car has been shipped to Kings.
ion, Jamaica, for his use-Adv.%
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MOTORCYCLE notes

Reports show that there are practi-
cally 1000 motorcycles being used by
rural mail carriers in the United states.
Motorcycles are to take the pace of
twenty horses which We're recently auc.
toned off by the Pittsburgh, Pa, police
department.
Every motorcyclist in Marviand is
invited to participate in what is 40 be
one of the biggest endurance runs ever
staged in the east. Howard A. French,
a dealer of Baltimore, is promoting the
event, the details of which have not
yet been completely worked oul.
G. A. Kuntz, a motorcychst of Bre-
men, Ind, recently won prize from
the Technical Word magazine for send
ing in the most interesting original
news story. Kuntz is a milkman and
in his article tells how, for 1870, the
price of a good team, he was able to
make a motorcycle milk cart. He SAYS
he carries three milk cans in the at
tachment on his motorcycle, and That
he is able to make his route in half
the time required by horses. Each even
ing ne has to travel nine. miles to get
home. This distance ne covers in Just
thirty minutes, while it took him two
and half hours to make the trip with
a horse. KuntZ also uses his motor
cycle for hauling supplies from town,
and sometimes even carries Young .-igs
and calves on the two wheeler.
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Hypnotic Power in Animals.

An interesting instance of the hyp-
motto power possessed by good many
animals Is given by correspondent Of
the Glasgow Herald. One morning out
side Elgin n blackbird was observed to
be standing by the roadside, paying no
heed to the footsteps of the passerby,
IT. was gazing fixedly at four young
weasels under the hedge, which were
approaching in semicircle, apparently
to surround it. Just then warning
cry was heard from behind. uttered
presumably by the parent weasel, and
the young ones disappeared in the
hedge. The bird still remained power
less and immovable, and only after re-
peated urging did it fly to tree near
by, when it gave forth weak. fright
ened sound, as though still under the
influence of the terror which had ar
rested its faculties.
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THE GREATEST RAILROAD.
Africa's Famous Cape to Cairo Line
Will Be Unique.

When all the great railroad trunks of
the world have been built. decade or
two hence. four of them will appear
upon the map in heavy black. indicat-
ing that they surpass all others in i'm
portance. These will be: The PAN
American. from the arctic wastes Of
Canada to the strait OF Magellan; the
Transsiberian. from the Atlantic to
the Pacific across northern Europe and
Asia: the Transpersian or some other
line, from the southeast of Europe to
India. and the Cape to Cairo.
The Pan-American and the Indo-Eu.
rOpean railways may surpass the Cape
to Cairo as commercial arteries, and
the Transsiberian will doubtless fig
ure more potently as a strategic line.
but for the sheer interest of the coun-
try traversed-for the picturesque vari-
ETY. and romantic appeal of the pano-
ramas running like double cinemato-
graph films past the car windows-the
rival.
Six thousand miles across 81 degrees
Of latitude: Il score Of climates. and
the lands Of Il hundred different peg
pies or tribes; the second longest of the
worlds rivers and two of it's largest
lakes; the greatest dam ever built. con
serving water for the worlds richest
lands; the most imposing and ancient
OF all temples; the greatest waterfall.
and the most important gold and dia-
mond mines and finally one of the last
great expanses of real wilderness. tlie
Only place in the world where the wim
beasts of the jungle may be seen IN
their primitive state from train-aH
these seen, traversed or experienced III
twelve days. Surely there can never
he another such railway as thls.-Lew-
Is r. Freeman in Worlds Work
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The great thing In the world is not
so much 10 seek happiness as to earh
peace and self respect
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THE CUNNING or CROWS.
In India These Birds Have Been La
belcd "Shreds of Satan"


Travellers in the orient have much
to say about the Indian crow. a bird
that for uncanny knowingness and
prankish audacity has perhaps no
equal. Corvus splendens-thus have
ornithologists tiatteringly labeled him
But naturalist who knows the Indian
crows at first hand has called them
'shreds of Satan. cinders from Tar
tarus." TO give these impish crea.
lures their due. however, 1t should be
said that life In Irdia is not a little
enlivened by their Sr-csa-nce. A cor
respondent witnessed the following in
,ident:
\ small hawk had seized q little bird
and perched on a eafiess branch to de-
your his prey. The spectacle drew
two crows to the spot. They hoped
and tapped from branch to branch,
noisily discussing the strategy of their
intended raid.
Then Ohe of them quietly slipped
away through the surrounding foliage
At the same time his mate flew in
front of the perching hawk and. how
ering within foot of his beak. main
tained IL bustling menace of snatching
the titbit. That effectively compelled the
attention of the hawk. His prey firm.
ly grasped beneath his feet, he an.
srily Kissed and lunged at the hover
ing nuisance. So lively was the skir
mish that the human onlooker forgot
the existence Of the second crow. But
now that willy bird reappeared some
distance in the rear of his = 'stined
victim. With stealthy sidlings and
short. noiseless fights, he drew near.
Then he made swift dash. seized tho
hawks long. barred tail by the tip
hung on 1t with his full weight and
toppled the luckless hawk In com
plete back somersarI from the branch!
The released titbit was instantly seized
by the first crow. and the clever pair
bore of their booty with much trium
Dhant cawing. youths ComDaniOn.
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of
Gail Kane In the Miss
daughter of family living which
In
Under the with Mr.
0 is heat IN New York
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Artistic Printing at star-Independen
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SOLD HIS entire EXHIBIT
George r. Bentley Disposes of All
Paige Cars He Displayed At
Sixth Annual Auto Show

George r. Bentley, proprietor of
the Riverside garage and dealer in
! Paige ears, which he exhibited at the
sixth annual automobile show, March
Is to 20, reports the sale of his en-
tire exhibit. The following named
persons are some of the purchasers:
Henry NJ. Slime, Harrisburg, pur-
chased the first Gas seven passenger
touring ear; w. l.. Stoey, Harrisburg,
purchased the 436 five passenger
touring ear.
A ear load of Paige 6-46 S is com
ing in TO this agency next week and
c. A. Goodhart, of Shippensburg, gets
one of these-Adv.s
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Overheard In a Family.

"Please shut that door!
"You wait. I'll get even with your
81 never knew her to be ON time"
You're the biggest fool / known
Mother. can't 1 have just little
more?'
Now, who's been at the sideboard?"
"He1l catch his death Of cold"
"What makes daddy so late?"
THow could you! My pew table
clothr'
81 don't see anything the matter with
her cooking"
Don't ever speak to me again!"
-sMuth- h-her!"-Life.
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IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
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Cheering Comment.

THAT infant of yours kept me
awake half the night" said the irri-
table neighbor.
We'll. congratulate you" replied
the weary father. "That comes nearer
being kind word thnn anything |
have heard today. Nobody else owns
up to getting half a nights Sleep
Washington Star.
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irate Landudy-D Don't you ever dare
come TO this house again. Weary Will.
lie-Vcry well. madam. To Compan-
ion-Mr. Wraggles. please don't let me
forget to have my secretary cross this
lady's name from my visiting list
London Telegraph.