Pa<c 5ix
BRITAIN BEGINS 1
CLE HOLD
Frs.no- arect into the Ruhr wi
the avowed idea ?>f taking a Strang
hold on Oerrnary ana chokies th
rov ' \ uitc Fubmiss to Vi
French policy of *ribui.e and e
memberMtenl.
Sritaii. held to the 'bridgehead
dogue because ui: *.h > great ra
id. canal and r\w center in h
? ?. she k?-yc a strangle ho
?be French in the Ruhr,
frr .'nce has undoubtedly strangle
Germany. \ 11 *r --s t.? stabilize *1
?&ar<K have failed. G< :i >l the reic
bank has been spent .r; 'air.. Tl
flood ?f najsr money rise.1; evi
higher. On* Berlinc authority est
mates that as a re so it ?-f the even
m the Ruhr (jt rn.an railroads a I or
??-. I 1. ..... .1. v. ,? . . t l t r! I' .
marks the iH&Xt \
B it at the >ann time Britain
Cologne has stra- ,k'?i Franc;-. Ti:
railroad yards ??f fittis city arc rt
main outlets from the Ruhr to ti:
u? >r and south, the anal and rr.
terminal is the distributing cenU
for traffic or the upper Rhitn . Mo;
of the -k of the French in reo
Sgai " i r. manning Ruhr rat
roads an i nvn- - ha- g< ; * fc
able to Use ike facilities of ihe Bri'
Isfc .-d :istr.ct arid have h.\
control of oriy a i. *.v iineh of rai
road running around it.
Yl,'- < o'ogr bri oa<i stretch*;
some i 0 m; ? - east ?f *he Rhine an
hack f ?i to the R-\rrlnn frontier. .
'auce at a tiiap wiV. shove its. in
rte.iice -:i conuejHon with ti:
ahr T\v olii > near the Selgia
on tier hav? been turins-i occ-r t
Fr efc. th* >* innk- a ver
iiou .neck for a l._ bottle TL
British icfose to make the German
it th?-ir Strict help raffic toward
Tjfe. i na; .rapg tJ no;u.
h?se facts ar> the key * soiii
than; move n<-\\ in ;?regress :
drp'-oiraGo chess-hoard of El
France .vvi;' into tie Run
h the -upport . f Italy anil Be
giurn. who.-c ri-preventatives outvoi
ed the Kritiw delegate in the rt ;
a rations commissi" " and helped t
out vote the British or, th. Rhin
commission subsequently vvhe
France wanti to tighten the -.noli
nig: grip on Germany.
Today Ira . has been wer.rie
away. While she has not yet take
a posit;or. in direct opposition t
France, she is constantly advisin
paris take steps to come into a<
cord with Germany and is gettin
into closer ana closer touch wit
the London foreign office. Simultr
neously King George has visited th
Pope at the vactican and has !ai
the four.da*ion for friendly to-open
tion in trying to bring about a
amicable -ettlv-nitnt in the Ruhr 1
Italy breaks altogether with h :u
policy, I'oincare will no itjOger ha\
a majority ?f the reparations v?ti
minion.
Similarly strong: pressure is ben:
roughi t?? Heuv on Belgium to d?
acli uer from the extremism
bin care and turn her into an n<
-?cuU- ?,t aiuuuratiun ami negrti.
on. The visit of the Spanish rulei
> lafiisi^a^Sing Atphonso has
0fcpr.it with I- ance over Moron
and Qi.t-vi Wr?rin is a memi-t :
the Briii-h voyui faiv.il..?i.- part
raflthis proc v. i mre.
file re targe tact-, is figure in tii
charge of Italy's attitude:
i \). Dir- i i of coal. Italy its
'itt!,. oi thi* Tuc and her Jiody.
trie.- ami v... are demanding i;
Franco \v?| to send a bounteous: suj
piy fr< m the Ruhr, but vi:e Genua
policy of ivsi.-*ance and the Brii
ish strangulation at Cologne l:av
combined to pre o nt the fulfi'hnei
of promises. > Italy has had t
turn to Brit air. for coal and hi
received pointed hints that Britis
fuel goes first to Britian's frx? d
Mussolini. MFho is bent on the rc
covery of Italy"s industry, coul
plainly see that poiifr.
\>. Italy has long roseate
h control of the best portion
. toast of north Africa an.
r.urd French possession of part
he Rivb-ra populated by Italians
Mussolit has asked that, in viei
of Italian support in the Ruhr art
French failure to deliver coal, ther
shall be a territorial readjustment
i itris nas reiuscd and gone turthei
arming the Jugoslavia who throat?
Italian control of the Adriatic. Sj
imperial politics have widened th
breach.
(3). Britain has made mark?
progress in breaaking the unoflicia
entente between the French foi
eign office and that of the vaticar
which has strengthened French pol
y greatly in the last two years
he visit of King George to th
>pe had for its purpose the culti
lien of good feeling banished b
e blunders of Lloyd George.
In order to understand this lat
ter situation it 13 necessary to g
back into the history of diplomati
moves made after the Paris poac
conference. Lloyd George, animate'
b> his own vast ambition am
spurred o nby ambitious capitalist
and religionists who wanted to cak
a . " S**' ' -
fO TIGHTEN STRA.V
ON FRANCE
th .. lv*r of tnr fall t Gern.ai
:! - ;ndust rial p<> wer and Austrian Catho
at iic p;?v. or. undertook to ? -tablish ;
he block of non-Catho! stater
is- through the center of Ku - ne. Germany
was to he restored a- i was t?
>t have Austria and was u hitch up
J- v. -h. Italy then dominate-1 y not;
ti Catholic elements,
id It was largely because o ft his pol
icy that the Vatican deemed to per
:-i nv.t Catholic voters to tak? part ir
ie Italian elections. Subsequently, al
h- the San Kemo conferer >f 1920
. Lloyd George and Premier Nitti (oi
Italy undertook to put this policy
i- into effect. The;, forced Premier
ts Millerand t now presiden* >f France >
u* ar.d Marshal Foch to acr? to take
ii Germany .- to council of reparations
and to consider her adnussi r. to the
it league of nations.
i - - uric i" yea's r- nuo
ie been esiianjrled frem the papacy,
le A:*..: Sri*i :;-rr" :i .-e-> - f events
r _ ?? k ace which placed Paris and
*r :he aetican in close : . By the
t the Catholics, up.A r.g with
r- the sociaiistis. Nit A v:as ov brown.
Per: >*urz<>. i hief of the Ca'hotjSj po>r
iitical party, became the real power
ir the Italian pariinv. ; 1 rcd
n (i so ' the : Masso
, v.iicra the Catholics have no
to oppose. Toward- France
- the varicnr oxh'bitet! marked, friendship,
which was crystals2.ed in the
at tali : of T -an f A . and the
Fr : ch reciprocated 1; renewed
.tip] ana tic relations.
Thus thrown together i y Lioyd
G- -cge's actio!!> hi ra:si::u a re?
y -giou- Paris ar.b : Vatican
- tor a long * ime w<eK,.- a har
... is h:? h had a tr?-rv,- :> effect
; the dipl matic .-it a*:oe They
prevented Austria and Hungary from
fa or u-.xder British dominat ion. re'
svsciated Poland, help* 1 Ireland tocards
freed or. and stood in the way
i" t>f British designs ir: ( ustantir.ople
and Pal .-tine, in the ?ague of
nations the Catholic nation- work-j
?- ed together and formed a bloc
o which dominated the assembly and
elected a majority of anti-British
n members on the council.
It was Cc the cure of this antagoism
that Lord Curzon addressd
i himself soon after he took office
n under Llovd George's ministry and
o to it the conservative ministry as a
g whole, aided by the king, have addressed
themselves since Monar Law
g came into power since Bonar Law
h convince the Catholic world that
i- Britain is not inimical; and the
e meeting of King George and the
d Pope has been a big- step in that
i- direction.
n Feeling in the Vatican that France
if was using its friendship to promote
h v.-^t political aims has helped the
e British. France's refusal to recogv
n.ize Italy's claims in Africa ar.d her
intrigue against the Spanish in M>?
g, rooeo haw heer. other influences
-, that have tended to break down the
?f -oiidaiity built on in opposition to
i- Licvd George. Plans t ? wean away
fci Belgium are neiped by the fee Lug
s of the Belgian- that France is not
g.ir.g them their fuli share in the
- exploit at ion oi the Ruhr.
>i Phe ! :? ; i replv to these mow f
of the B it.sh is the sudden .v*tiviiy
in preparing Poland and Czecho
ie >i vakia for act . . to aid her in case
necessity. Marshd Foch hats
. aid a triumphant visit to Warstv;
ami has been^ mad* a Polish
i. marshal. which guvs him definite
< mmand ox r.v- s of , that
r. untry i:. a. cf joint action. He
: - has a!>o conducted negotiations with
e the Czecho-^avakian authorities,
it who recently entered into an ero
ate* with Pv?land.
We are not privileged to know
h - ha: . - behind the activities of
s. Foch. We are toicl Poland Fears
- : he radical regime of Moscow will
d launch an attack westward.' Such
talk seer.: to be sheer nonsense,
d Russia knows what such a campaign
is would mean and knows she has riot
d the military supplies or transport to
s undertake it. If Russia launches
any campaigns they probably will
v be in the near east, where She will
d be close to her base and will have
e some superiority over less, weli-armj
vd rivals. - i&iflHH
Much more credible i? the talk
n front France that Poincare is pre
oj par;ng tor fuYther action against
e : Germany, some desperate coup to
split up that country. Checked by
fi the British at the Ruhr she is liketl
ly to attempt a stroke in the south.
- Despite her intrigues, Bavaria has
i,! not broken loose from Prussia. Uni-1
der the excuse of taking the timber
;. of the Black forest for reparations
e i an advance might be made in this
-1 direction which would cause Bavaria
y to do something. If this is con!
templated, it is a very good reason
- j why Poland and Czecho-Slovakia
o . should be prepared for simultaneous
c; action in neighboring parts of Gere
many or in Austria.
d All this maneuvering has not been
d lost on Germany. She has known
s Britain was getting ready to put
e pressure on France; and the Cuno
I HI I l? I III
THE WAT AI
WHY I AM TAKING AGRICULTURE
(Thomas BuIIar i I
My r.rsr. year ir high school was
-t). .. sm ?' st I with three
1 tcacnc -. I was the mily pupil in the
' high cboo". department. I wanted to
1 go a standard high school but my
rare!" - wanted me * stay at home,
" thinking 1 could get as good an ed'
ncat:??r; r oar small school as I could
) :n a standard school. Of coarse 1 had
to take Latin that year, but it was
not . t resting to me. as I want*
e?i .< study something with life to
" it. However I always made it a rule
' to Piaster what I studied and I always
made good grades.
; This same year 1 joined the boys
Corn Club, which madt me more
interested in agriculture and I wanted
to learn more about farming.
Thinking I could learn more about
farming at: home than I could at
' school, to my regret now. [ stopped
school, and missed one year's school ing.
The next fal I heard of the agricultural
school at Salt mburg and decide.;
at one- that I wanted to go
there because it offered the thing I
wa- nv -* interested :r ?agriculture.
My parents consented for me to go.
so ! ??;led my bicycle and started the
>t dr.;. f s'-hooi. I v.vr.T only two
months as the "rtu" epidemic came!
u and i "-k oar farm hand and
I had -la;, a! h< , and help get
in the crop.- and plant small grain.
T1 next year I made un my mind
to stay in school th< v h year. I
ha . 1: y hardships in this because the
smal -rhoni at h- mo wa.- consolidated
\v : :he (tosehoi?. ilign School.
They did ... their pov < ! get me
to . O : the o-mmitteemy
fal hes ab< nit me.
He left itup i<? me to .-ay where I
should go. I at or.( e d? trided to go
: ? Sniofghiog a- 1 ccu;Id?-*l get agri- 1
tile P.osebon .-cheol. I had
a vu.-In. who iiK" myself. was very
much interi sted in agriculture, so we
. r. . ..I wheel- and started to school
at Sakmbur- while our old school
mates went to Kosebcro in the school
truck. 1 knew what ! wanted and
uer rminod to get ;v oven though I
.'.ad t.- ride .-:x mile- on a bicycle
every day through all kinds of weather.
As the ronseononce of my decision
I have made good in school
and am expecting to finish high
school this year, while most of my
m hoo: mate.- back honu- have dropped
out of high school because theor work
was not into resting. I am wrapped up
in my work, in agriculture. I consider j
a course in vocational agriculture one
of the best investments a country
hoy v an make. It opens up a new vision
to hint and show* him the unlimited
possibilities of farm life.
WOODROW WILSON COLLEGE
The great WooJworth building, the
tallest building in the world, was
built with nickles and dimes. The
.treat Mississippi river i* made up by
small rivers flowing into it. These
in tuit are fed by small creeks;
lowing into them. The creeks are'
fed by branches. The branches are
ngs and the springs i
;?!V kept alive by drops of water
\\ hen the Southern Presbyterian
Church wanted a steamboat to pl\ up
and down, the Congo river to curry
sr.t.y.lv> to the great nvS-ion station
in 1 . heart \.l Africa it appealed to
the Sunday schools to take -hnve? at
ten dollars a share. In this way
fort. thnu*arid dollars were raised.
I: the las; analysis everything
gr-.-ai i> made up by the aceunnUjltion
of a great many small things.
It ^ the application of this principle !
that we lire depending or for the
foundation of Wood row Wilson College
in the heart of the Appalachian
mountain.- We would rather have a '
thousand >uhsoriptiens of ten d?>; :ar.- ;
each tha r.to have one subscription !
of ten thousand dollars. (This does '
not mean that we will object to a. I
iargt subscription. > j
One stone building is now practi-i|
caliy finished. It is built of native j j
-tor.e and with native labor, except j
he si ate voof. Many tons were paid i j
for by the ton by individuals and so-11
eiv tres. W-. are now ready to i j
vin work or. the second braiding, j j
hi b<- a large dormitory.) The j
mountain sides are covered withjj
note undoubtedly was designed to !
tarnish the means for British and j
Italian intervention. But. alas, the j
strange German mind; Who can1;
fathom its workings? \
Confronted with an opportunity to [
make a really fair offer which could (
be backed by London and Rome, the f
ruling powers at Berlin restored to j
the same sort of blundering quib- j
bring which so angered the Ameri ;
car. people in the notes from Berlin J
during the war. They evidently E
thought they could get off cheap. So [
they offered practically nothing p
except words. They would pay $7,- *
500,000.000 if other people would e
lend this sum. They must be treat- J
ed as equals in any negotiation. The: 0
French must give up the Ruhr and [j
i Rhinelar.d and no other guarantees jj
j were offered. London and Rome s
1' could do nothing on such a basis.? c
By. Eugene J. Young. | J
i . " "i
... . - . ?
JGA DEMOCRAT
\L TCMCP1LCS IN NORTH CAR.
OLINA
i f>m the University NV.v. Letter)
Do you own a u>oi*>r ?*arV Pern<*5?
but > oti will o ! ? marj
*irvs. Everybody i.?^ a -.ur or is
: to girt one. At the rate we
are buying them t*xiay the?v v-il' In
. ;r.- tor ur for every !'?inu . in the
S ite i'l three more ywir.- E?oe> ;t
- :r.c impossible? Fercat^ so, out
: !S>I -i No-th Caroiira hac a incur
for e* ery 140 inhabitants,
tbat year there were ten conn
that had a grand total of IS
- or cars, anu three counties had
i: . Jn 1919 the state had one car
every 23 inhabitants. In 1922
had one motor car for every 17
ibitants. On January 20. 1923,
e was a motor car for every four"
inhabitants in the state, and on
\ pril 13 we had a motor car for
y thirteen inhabitants. The num1
of inhabitants per motor car is
g reduced by three each year,
that in 1924 there will he one
r every ten inhabitants, in 1925
*e will be one car for every sev:
habitants, and in 1926. at our
:?t rate cf purcnase. there will
a motor car for every family,
te and black, town and county,
v :*h Carolina. You may not own
ar in 1926 but your neighbor will
wo. and maybe three or four.
: n.triy families today each member
- lii.- .>r her private car.
are buying automobiles in this
a every other staij fa.-ter ihan
efore. In 1915 North Carolina
a grand totai of 16.410 motor
? -: or one for every 1 <> inhabitants
:i\ wise ones agreed that wv we:-.
ir way to bankruptcy with eight
r ions ?.f dollars invested in motor
1? i!?1 we had 199.000 m. tor
or oi.e for ce?\ 23 inhabitants
' -eating a: in. -stm. ? * -?f almost
millions of dutiar-. I* March
1 L we had 150.318 automobib s or
for every 17.2 inhabitants rep
i-nrg au iiucrctneiTX m tay ni.i-1
ars. On April 1-.. 1923 wc
}. ?. 204,500 motor cars or or*, for
v r> 13 inhabitants in the state. r?
> :g an imestni-. nt at $800 per
c. : . ?*f $U>3,600.00<? and we are not
hi yet. In fact we are gaining morr
- turn.
?'p. Januar> 20 we had 187,880
cars On April 13 we had 204,500, a
thousands of tons of stone. They are
de.rg nobody any good where they
ai ?in fact, they are in the way. A
tan built into a Christian College
where mountain girls will he educated
under Christian influences will be
a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
We have estimated the cost of building
a ton into the walls to be five dollars,
and that it will take eight thousand
tons
We believe that there are thousands
of individuals, Sunday schools
and societies all through our land,
who, on account of their love ami
admiration for the great man whose
name it bears, and on account of the
great blessing thar this college will be
to the mountain girls, will consider
it a privilege to pay foi one or more
rr.nc. nf rni?r ?a go in this bui'.di"".
In fact nearly one thousand tons
have already been provided for.
Anv Su'fidav school, soclerv or in
dividual, wishing to be responsible
for one or more tons of rock will
please do so by sending a check to
Wood row Wilson C oUego, Banner
Elk. X. 0.?By Correspondent f :
Christian Observer.
| Big S
Alum
I AM PUTT
UMINUM WA
COUNTY. SA1
1 LAST THROL
h IF YOU MIS
i THE B1GGES"
m REACH OF YC
ON JUNE 2NE
^ LIC AUCTIOr*
M CLOTHING, F
i PLE SHOES
WILL HAVE S
IING THIS SAL
YOU JUST W
YOU WANT, (
TERMS OF Si
months time wi
SHERWOOOD
\
ga;of !v.620 in iess than three vi
ter hm th>- We have nought mo
| C.1T5 > ' eleven weeks than the .-ta
oos.esse-o in TPl'v During the ia
year we purchased bi.l^S motor ca
or at the rat*. of 1.500 ai'.omc biles
j month. At the present rat-; of mi
chase there will he around 260,0'
j motor, cars in North Carolina by
Christmas holidays. They are be*i
bought at the rate of 200 a day.
Where do the people live who ov
a"! of these cars.? Mainly in the ce
tral part of the state, from Edg
combo to Catawba Ccunty. and n
in tho mountain or tidewater area
There is not a singie county in t
ther of these vast areas in wfcii
mere are as few as twelve peopie p
motor ear. and only seven of the .
coutitte- in these two areas are abo'
the state average of one motor c
i for every fourteen inhabitants. Tl
leading counties are located main
in the great industrial area lyii
from Edgecombe, through Wake. Ir
dell, Guilford, Catawba and Gast<
a!on glhe Southern Railway.
Guilford leads North Carolina
the total number of motor cars wi
lu.777 and in people per motor c;
with ore car for every 7.11 mhal
tants. Guilford will soon have a> ni
ny automobiles as the entire sta
possessed eight years ago. There a
enough motor cars in Guilford to tal
the entire population of the coun
on a joy ride, by crowding ir. just
"ir By the end of the year there w
be room for all to ride cpmiVrtab!
i?*r Gi::.f?-vd will buy more than S
OUR B
We
those t
peals.
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LE BEGINS MAY 29T1
IGH JUNE 2ND.
>s this sale you f
r and best sale e\
)u. come and see f<
> I WILL OFFER FOR
i A LOT OF DRY G
IATS, CAPS, ETC. BIG
AND OXFORDS GO
Dm a i ddipc am a i
i L?\^ir\L* a i\i\? i?vn rtL.E.
IF YOU WANT TO
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:ome.
\LE: All amounts over
ith approved security.
Yours for a big sale,
W. F. SHER
>, NORTH CAROLINA
'
- 50( ca v i its year. She bought
re 263 last year. *~
is Ocr rapid j^ovth it: motor cars is
>t | due ver\ largely to out great road
rs { construction program. The counties
;? which lead in motor cars are the
ir counties with a large mileage of surX'
faced and improved roads. The lack
u.e of autos i r.the mountain and eastern
ijLf counties :> due largely to poor highways.
Now that highways are being
i"i: built i?i these sparser settled counn
ties the people an following the oxer
ample of central counties and are
ot buying cars at an unprecentended ^ I
is. rate. Many of these counties bought
:i- more cars last year than they posses:h
ed ir March 11?22. They have a long
er way to go to catch up with the coun
?7 tics v v. t h lead today but give themj
i*e pood roads. and :f good roads cornel
arj can autos be far behind ? j
GOSH! THAV8 IT!
She: What do they mean by WAU'?
ii Fair In Love and War?"
He: They mean "All's fa'r both
v. before and after marriage/'
ANK
>ank reflects the high
aracter of its managemd
in all its relations and
ctions with its customks
to embody in the high
free that intangible qualcall
Honor.
invite the accounts of
o whom such a Bank ap
js Bank &
st Company
NE, N. C.
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iOODS, SHOES, m
LINE OF SAM- p
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