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re war bat tt W i FreeHant to bring it to mi I make a trwty of tali with which ww are M After tha It mu.t be before It I wlwn Germany quit an tha 11th af Koran bar, 191*. it became tha t tt tha Fraaident to frame a Thia ha did. The treety waa by tha united effort of all tha in tha war against Qemiany, Austria,Turkey ar.d Bulgar ia. Tha treaty waa not the work of mmj one man or nation, but rapraaant efforte of all the na a Juat and Lusting Thia country through ita ■a new refuaed to ratify tWa ti thia laavao ua at war wtth Ger ar until a treaty la Made a ■Ma of wa The bone of <-aueed tha trity to be to article ton. TWa article in object laaaMe to a few Damocrata and to a majority of tha Republican Senator*. Article ton |indto for the protection of,aII toiiltoaj aa to national boun daries. It haa long been known that «Mt of the wara of Europe came •Sout from a liaalia to gobble up the amall countriaa. the larger nation* be ing willing to make • military cam paign and defaat tha little country and take ita territory aa a reward. It haa long been known that to aatabliah tha boundariea between countriaa of Bani|ia and the other nationa of the tew Id and than And a way to aettle dteputea oyer thaaa boundariea, weald toad largely to and ware, lite war toia country had with Mexico in the 4H'( waa all over the boundary line be Inaau ua and that country. Germany from time to ttma haa tn craaaed her territory by taking the land* of the small nationa about her. In 1870 she took Alaara and Loralne from France. And France never for gaya for doing it. Now France haa har territory back, but million* of Frenchmen died to regain the loat province* Now to end Juet audi land gfabbing the man who framed the treaty of peace provided a way in article ten for ending all thia contro versy over national boundariea. The leader* of the Republican party are not willing to become a party to ar ticle ten, and thus they defeat the whole treaty. The Democrat* aay that to defeat thin one article makea the whole treaty almo*t worthies* and leave* the world in poaition to again engage in a world war. It now looks aa if the people will have to pasa on tha question by mak ing it a political iaaue and elect men te office who will make a treaty an ceptable to the whole people. BUILDING BOOM AHEAD. Poesibly you have not noticed it. bat there ha* been a lot of building ■nd repairing going on in this town and aection during the post few Month* a* ia shown by the amount of brick used. Mr. John L. Banner tells aa be haa Hold during the winter amatha aa many aa 200,000 brick at Ma yard, moat of them going In email amounta to people who naed them for chhnneya and foundation* for new hoaaaa. Ha aays there la a great de auand for brick aad «fll be all thia year. Judging from the many inqniriea be ia receiving. To meet thia demand be baa had nearly one thouaand cord* of wood pot ap to be uaed thia aaaeaa hi baraing brick at bia yard near thia etbf. Ha aaya that be expect* to make aa many aa • million and half brick aad will devote bia entire time to thia badaaaa. He baa bad or dare far large qaantitiee of brick from distant tewaa to the state, all far the reason that (fee demand ia other aactiana for brick to greater than the supply. to addition to (be number that Mr. Banner win manufacture the tarn ether yards located bare, one by Mr. Mmmbm aad bia aaaartetea, the Smith Mian, and the other by Mr. Mtd kff, will turn eat large qoaatittee. It ia bat natural that the people betid better boaaee now that the farm •ra ar* so proa pern us For many ywra the people many t«f them, have lived In hoaiee tytware not ccaafort •btr and ntA ai all satisfactory, all ha-auac thee bad «ot the weans with which to build batter anee. The good pi haa that the hiwt ia abto to ge* one* It la town will bo a«kod to rontribato liber ally to a fund to aaaiat In romploMitff tt down tho mountain. Thorn who or* familiar with tho country that will bo npmod up by thla now road ara af tho opinion that it la a worthy affort and ono that ahoold han tho haaity rap port of tho buataaao paaplo of thla For aereral wib there hu batn talk here on the atieota about a new bank that mom of oar dttaew «r» intereatod In. Subecription I lata for •tor.k In tha naw euterpriaa bare baan in tba handa of eitiiena for waaka and they tail now bow they hare aubacrip tion» to tha amount of 185,000 with mora In Bight. A Mating of thoaa in taraatad baa baan called to meat on Friday night of thia waak to consider further atepa to bo taken in bringing about tha organisation of the now tn tcrpriee. Tkay tall how thay ara plan ring to have • bank with aa much aa 175,000 -apttal stock and how thay fxpeet to gat into buaineaa in tha rooraa of a vary faw month*. We bare aeon the aubacription llata when atoek raa been solicited and many well known citizen* hare put thoir name* to the Hat and nainad the amount of atoek they will take, some of them '<uha<rribing in liberal amounta. Street talk haa it that aoaM influential local | '"tizen will be secured to art aa Preai <lent of the naw enterprise and an ex perienced banker from aomowbere will be necured to take charge of tha bank :>n<L operate it. v Will This food- town will this year da much work on ita street*. At a rec ent mooting of the Commissioners it wma decided to ampler"- Mr. Matt Short a* "treat foreman and fat huay at once putting tha streets of the town in hatter condition. He will begin work for the town the drat of next month. It ia tha purpose now to do a large job of paving on North Main street and according to an order of court by which the damage to the Hunker building waa adjusted, part of Needmore street win be payed. The work now planned will take a large part of tha Rummer to complete it and will mean much to tha town. Mayo Mill. Skip Good. To The first shipment of manufactured / ods from thia city to any foreign country, that we know of, waa made last weak when the Mayo Miila ship ped a ear load of their underwear to Manchester, England. Tha same weak they ahipped a car load of the same gnoda to California. It ia an indication of the need af tha raw material in Europe that they are buying gooda in thia country. Ia tha yefcra before the war it waa unknown for England to be buying manufactured gooda, bat she waa always Belling to others. Tha war changed all this and new they must bay frosn aa until they can again atari their mills. Child Dim Suddenly Hobart H. Prance, the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. France, died sud denly Saturday morning at their heeae en Reato #. The child, who waa about one and one-half years eld, was playing about the house In hia usual bright, happy manner when he waa suddenly taken with spaaass and died In a vary short time. The physician who was summon ed in haste arrived only a few minutaa before the child died. The funeral was conducted at Ha lam Methodist church Sunday afternoon by the paator Err. Williams and the remains laid to reat in tery. <rf th« city snd bagta 09 «r»tla— la tba Thay have ilnadi i*hiwry ind Hop# to by ths ftr»t of nut month. Wo art Informod that W. H. Woods baa nM hi* Intoroat to »h« Corataad Orrbarda to partias In Oraaaabora and will mora hia family to Whito Plains Mr. Woods baa bought tho C. C. Hutehana rsaidsnw of land at Whtto of M.000. Mr. Htttehana will boild a adjoining tho proparty ha said to Mr. Woada. If yoa fall to Imr Mia. Lauler tat] har Ikriltai aspariancaa ta Franca and G«i i—nj daring tlM rwwt war. Too wtD miw • tiwt Hm (utruitm hara bant Inatroetad that tfcay can not «ay too arndi about har and tha program that will ba In tha Hick School auditorium Toaaday night, March M. TMa la n«tt ta tha laat numbar at tha winter L praam. J come cj our Mew rumiture. Com* m ond / iXm * Mr. and Mr*. Horn el over" If you are oomo to furnish a new home or,rre furnish your old home, W E are the people you want to see. Our furniture and rugs are the very latest in design, strongly built, and of the best quality. We put a fair price on our furniture and •-ugs and give everyone who does business with us a SQUARE DEAL. 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