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* Sketch of President WarrenO. Harding's Life j Wurtu Gamaliel Hording, twecty nlnth president of the United States, was born November 2, I860, on hU grandfather's form Just outside the village of Blooming drove, la Morrow county, Ohio. He was descended from two pioneer American families, hardy i Holland Dutch on the one side and Ub arty-lovlng Scotch on the other. His ,tether. Dr. George T. Harding, Is still t? practicing physician In Marlon, iO, despite his advanced age of seven ty-nine years. His mother was Phoebe 'Macbeth Dick arson Harding. Mr. Harding was a self-made man In the best sense of the phrase. He worked en his grandfather's farm and attended the village school unty ho was fourteen years old, and then he entered the Ohio Central collage at Iberia. He worked bis way through that institution by cutting corn, paint ing his neighbors' barnsand helping an the grading of the roadbed of the T. A O. O. raHVoad. He also played In the village band and was editor-of the soilage paper. Whan he graduated from the col lege, Warren went to work In the vil lage printing office. At the time he was nineteen years old, his father moved to Marlon with the family and there aided Warren financially in gain ing control of the Marlon Star, of which he was publisher until after he sssumtd the office of president of the United States. Already he knew how to set type and to do all the other duties of a printer, and when the lino type was Introduced he learned to op erate that machine. Always he car iilad as a pocket piece the printer's rule he used In those days. | The Star was his Idol and he was very proud of It and of the more than friendly relations that existed be itween him and his employees There was never a strike on Hie paper, and - ? about iouiiccu jeu.o ugo be instituted. ? profit-sharing plan whereby the em ployees received dividends that were paid them In the form of stock in the paper. Mr. Harding was Identified also with the Industrlea that sprang ap In Marlon as It grew from a town of 4,000 to a city of more than 80,000. Be was a director M a bank and In several manufacturing companies, and was a trustee of Trinity Baptist church. Hla It las In Politic* As editor and publisher of a lively Republican paper It was Inevitable that Mr.'Harding ahoald take an ac tive in tar eat in politics, and hla attain ment! brought him to the front In the atata. Ha waa a member of the Ohio nanate from 1000 to 1004, end then ?erred ea lieutenant governor of the state. In 1010 ha waa the Republican nominee for governor, but was defeat ed. In 1015 he waa sent to the United States senate, aarv&g until 1020, when he resigned te make the campaign for tha presidency. Id the preconventlon campaign that year he had been looked on aa one of the possible nomi nees for the high efllce, but hla defeat hn the primaries for election of dele gates from Ohio seemed te spoil hit chances. Howoror, the conservative' leaders of the Republican party pre vailed In the gathering In the Ohlcago Coliseum, and Mr. Harding waa nomi nated. His campaign was based large ly ?i opposition to American partici pation In thfe League of Nations, and waa ao successful that In the election of November 4 ho received 404 elec toral votes te 1RT for James M. Ool, the Democratic nominee. He waa In augurated March 4, 1021. with a de gree -of simplicity In the ceremonies that plaaaed tha American people. CSaued. when In the senate, u a conservative. President Harding did not depart markedly from conserva tive lines when In the White House, though his supporters always said he was u progressive as the good of the country warranted and as conditions permitted. He, like President Roose velt, bad a great coal miners' strike on his hands, and labored hard and with a measure of success to bring It to a peaceful and just end. Arms Llmitstlon Conference. The outstanding accomplishment of his administration was the great inter national conference for the limitation of armament held In Washington, open ing on Armistice day, November 11, 1021. At his lmtl gallon the confer ence was authorised by congress and after feeling out the big powers and finding them agreeable he Issued Invi tations to (Treat Britain, France, Btl glum, Italy, Japan. China, the Neth erlands and Portugal. Each country sent some of Its most eminent states men as delegates, those of the United States being ' Secretary of State' Hughes, chairman of the conference; Senators Lodge' of Massachusetts and Underwood of Alabama, and ex-Secre tary of State Ellhu Root The conference adjourned February 6, 1922, after negotiating these treaties: A covenant of limitation to naval armament between the United States, j Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy. A treaty between the same powers u to the use of submarines and nox ious gases In warfare. A treaty between the United States. Great Britain, France and Japan re lating to their Insular possessions and their Insular dominions in the Pacific, with a declaration reserving American rights In mandated territory. ^^^^^^>etween the nine powers In the cornerenee relating to principles and policies to be followed In matt em concerning Chine. A treaty between the nine powera 'relating to Chinese customs tariff. Be cause France refoeed to consider the limitation of land armament at the present time, that part of the confer ence fall through. But what It did achieve waa considered a groat step toward tha attainment Of world pence. The treaties were soon ratified by the United States senate and tha British parliament, and tha other nations fol lowed suit, though for a long tlma it was feared Francs would not accept the pacta. However, President Hard ing lived' to see them ratified by tha French chamber and' senate. Favored Entering World Court. Mr. Harding had not bean long in tha White Heusa before It appeared that he did not favor entire isolation of .the United States from European affairs, but baltaved this country would hava to do Its part in tha res toration of Europe to peace and sta bility. This feeling became more evi dent early In 1923 when he proposed that America- Should accept member ship in the International Court of Jas tlce which had been founded under the auspices of the League of Natlens. The President waa as Insistent as ever that thlfe country should keep out of tba league, but believed the court waa or would be Independent of the greater organisation. Against tbe advice of some leaders of kla party, he reiterated this advice en several occasions, and bis plan formed the subject of some of Ma addregsas on bit last and fata) trip through tha Weal He did not think It would split his party, and boldly continued ta advocate It Not withstanding this. It waa assumed ta b? almost a certainty that President Harding would be renominated In the Republican national convention of 1024. Mr. Harding'* home life waa Ideal ?are that he had no children. He and ? Mrs. Harding, who was Miss Florence Kllng of Marlon, were devoted to each ; other and she waa always his true! helpmate, both In Ohio and In Wash-; Ington. In the national capital Mrs. Harding quickly made herself loved I bjr all with whom she came In contact! and during Hie Western trip she waa j more eager even than the President! to meet and mix with all kinds of! people. His Western Trip. President Harding's Alaska trip was I originally planned for the summer of 1022. He Inherited the so-called Mrs. Warrsn a Hardin*. "Alaska problem." Alaska seemed to be on the down grade, with decrease In population and mining output, threat ened extinction of the Ashing industry and numerous other unfavorable symptoms. The situation apparently called tor the establishment of a defi nite Alaskan policy. Various plans were discussed. Including a transfer of control to the Interior department from the score or more of governing bureaus. President Harding's plans for 1922 came to naught but this year he determined to got first-hand Infor mation. HO was accompanied by Sec retary Work of the Interior depart ment, Secretary Wallace of the Agri cultural department and 8?tsetary Hoover of the Department of Com merce, aU of whom are Immediately concerned In the Alaskan situation. The President left Washington at the end of June and Journeyed leisure ly to the Pacific Northwest by special train, making speeches at St. Louis, Denver, Helena, Spokane and other cities. Incidentally he visited two of the national parks. First he went to Zion In Utah, the newest of our na tional tmrka, which Is a many-colored gorge cut by the Rio Virgin. Next he visited Yellowstone In Wyoming, cre ated In 1872, the first national park In history and largest and most famous of the nineteen parks of our system. Here be motored, boated, fished, fed the bears and had a good time. His plans also Included a visit to Yosemite upon his return trip, but that was abandoned. 8aw Much of Alaska. The President celebrated the Fourth of July In the United States and then started for Alaska on the U. S. trans port Henderson. His Alaskan trip was extensive. He went the length of the new government railroad and visited the capital, Juneau, and the principal dtlee. ,' On bis return trip Mr. Harding stopped off at Vancouver, creating precedent In that he was the first American President to step on Cana dian soil. " The President arrived at 8eattle July 27 and reviewed from the bridge of the Henderson a fleet of a dozen or so battleships under command of Ad miral H. P. Jones, each of which gnve him the national salute of twenty-one (guns. Even then he was suffering from the ailment that resulted In his death, and soon after that the rest of his trip, which was to Include a return to the East via the Panama canal, was cancelled. President Harding made a public ad dress at Seattle, setting forth his views .on the Alaskan situation. Some of his points were these: "Alsska for Alaskans." "There Is no need of government managed. federally-pald-for hothouse development . . . there must be no reckless sacrificing of resources." "Alaska Is destined fi>r statehood in a tow years." "Where there Is possibility of better ment In federal machinery of admin istration. Improvement should and will be effected." Other conclusions presented by Pres ident Harding were: That generous appropriation should j be made for road building. That the federal government should be more liberal In encouraging the ; technical, scientific and demonstration ! Work In agriculture. That restrictions should be laid on the fisheries and on the forests. That the development of the coal mines must await time and economic conditions. That the government should retain ownership and operation of the Alas ka* railroad. F temw GLUecrdtm^ j k CXHyi.cr I * BUILDING A LOAN ? ! * BUILDS A HOUSE ? * That the Hertford Connty ? * Building A Loan Association is ? * functioning with a regularity * * that spplla progress and intense ? * activity in building is evidenced * * by the presence of bricks on the ? * vacant lot on Main street in ? * front _ of the Bank of Ahoskie. * * Dr. l! K. Walker, owner of the * * lot, has already let contract for *, * the erection of a one-story brick * * office building to be constructed * * at once. * The building and loan asaocia- ? * tion ia directly responsible for * * the letting of the contract, hav- * * ing made Doctor Walker a loan * * on the brick office building. It * * will contain six small rooms, in- ? * eluding private office consults- * * tion room, operating room, a bed- * * room for sick patients, a medi- * * cine room, and waiting room. * * Another series will probably * * be opened in the building and * * loan association next week, with * * first payments due on September * * 1. A meeting of the directors * * will be held Thursday night, * * when the books are expected to ? * be ordered opened for the second * * series. Applications for stock * * will be taken from any person or * * persons within Hertford county, * * and the association is authorized * * to make loans on buildings any- * * where in the county. * MR. ELEY BUILDING . NEW FILLING STATION Construction work is already un der way on a new gasoline filling sta tion and Chevrolet show room for W. M. Eley, of Winton, agenf for the Chevrolet automobile. The new structure is being erected on the cor ner lot just across the street from the Bank of Winton. The entrance will be arranged in rustic style, with large un-barked cypress posts marking off the two entrances to the filling sta tion. An entrance and exit will be pro vided, coming in from two directions, and the new station will be of the most modern structure. Adjoining this he will construct a frame show room for his cars, the building to be of two stories, with upper story used as a rooming house. A good poultry house can be built on the home farm for about $36. A. G. Oliver had such a one at the Con vention |ast week. GREEK FAMILY IS AGAIN RE-UNITED The Haieges family is a (rain united, after years of separation. John and George Haieges, who have been in Ahoskie for about four years as proprietors of a local cafe, sat at the table with their mother, and three sistere in their own place of business? home?Tuesday night. Their mother and sisters were accom panied to Ahoskie on that day by George Haieges, who .spent the week end in Portsmouth as the guest of another sister, where hie people were visiting tempor arily before coming to Ahoskie. John Haieges left here last week to make arrangements for the entry of his people into America. They arrived in'New York on the steamship Madonna, and were admitted under this ' country's immigration laws. Be sides the mother and sisters a young neice of the party was al so in the party. They left New York last Friday night., arriving at their sister's home in Ports mouth Saturday night. John and his little neice came to Ahos kie Sunday morning, the latter returning to Portsmouth Tues day. The names of his people are: Mrs. Annie Haieges, mother; Misses Martha, Mary and Lox andra Haieges, sisters, and An- { nie Malikis, neice. All but the latter are now with John and George at the Manhattan Cafe. Three thousand pounds of lime stone with soy beans turned under made 4640 pounds of red clover hay per acre; soy beans cut off reduced the yield to 4288 pounds; no lime but soy beans turned under produced 1680 pounds, and no lime and with the soy heans cut off reduced the yield to 872 pounds. Read this until you find the moral. EYE SIGHT-EYE HEALTH Blindness, Cataracts, diseased eyes, crossed eyes and poor vision due to near sight, far sight, astigmatism or old sight, yield to late methods when other systems have failed. Under our methods glasses are rarely needed, helpful and proper vision is afforded without them. DR. J. M. CALHOUN, NORFOLK,' VA. Dean of Virginia Optical Institute 211-214 Board of Trade Building (Across from Postoffice) 8-10-28-tf. LEGAL NOTICE North Carolina?Hertford County. In The Superior Court J. P. Trant and Lyman Dickerson, partners trading as Trant A Dicker son, Versus W. A. Tsehumy, Trading as W. A. Tshumy & Company. Notice of Summons and Warrant of Attachment The defendant, W. A. Tshumy above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Hertford County to recover judgment for the sum of $1,888.65; $383.64 of which is for balance due on account for barrel staves and headings sold delivered to defendant or his order, and $1,000.00 of which is for breach of contract of purchase of ten car loads of headings made in 1921; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Super ior Court' of Hertford County, in' Winton, N. C., on the 27th day of August, 1923, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action or the plaintiffs wil apply to the Court for the relief therein demanded. And the defendant will further take notice that a warrant of attachment was is sued ip said action against the prop erty of said defendant, which warrant is returnable at the time and place above named. This the 80 th day of July, 1923. D. R. McGLOHON, 8-3-23-4t. Clerk Superior Court SUMMONS North Carolina?Hertford County: Superior Court?Before the Clerk. Effle Williams vs. Sam Williams? NOTICE The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Hertford County for divorce absolute against the said defendant; and that the defendant will further take notice that he is re quired to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county on Monday, August 27, 1923, at the Courthouse of said County in Winton, N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint in said action or the plain tiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. D. R. McGLOHON, Clerk Superior Court. By W. R. Johnson, Atty. for Plaintiff. This July 11, 1923. 7-20-23-4t. 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