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The Alamance gleaner 1 1 ?_ 'V"'J sy \ -At -r ? 4 =? ? ' -. I. ? I..., *..?. J i i...I .1 I ? I J i- 1 & M 4 3b ? ... . 1 ?- ' ' <? , -t ? ?!' I J VOL UV. GRAHAM,HN, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 1929. NO. 49. ? - ? . | ? ' . ill ^ -i t .? ??-- ?^ ? ? ? ' . .w i. '? ? ? ? ? r '? ~ HAPPENNINGS OF WEEK :f>. - - . 7 NEWS REVIEW Of CURRENT EVENTS Hoover'# Advice on German Reparations Wanted by Pfeeaident Cooiidge. i By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? rvNB of the chief reasons for Mr. ^ Tloorer's quick return to .Wash ington, which he reached Sunday, ac cording. to dispatches from the nn tional capita^ war President Ooolldge's deslrs to confer with his successor concerning American participation la the International meeting of experts to lx definitely the German reparn ttons. This will be one of the more serious problems for the tnbomlpg ad ministration, tor the conference of ex perts to expected to prepare the way for commercialisation of the repara tions debts and the liquidation of the war obligations of the allied nations to the United States. President Cooiidge already has told the allies that this government baa no objection to the participation by American experts If they are selected by Germany and the silted powers, and it Is nnderstood Mr. Hoover.approves of this arrangement. ?ejmoBt barker Gilbert, agent' general of reparations, how In the United States and' wan scheduled ,to go to Washington to Take part In the discus sion of the entire project Mr. Gilbert made public on New Tear*# day hla report for the fonrtb year of operation of the. Dawes plan. Concerning Germany'e Increasing'pros perity' ?nd Its ability to pay, the re port was so optimistic that tbe Ger mans were aroused to wrath and de clared Mr. Parker was looking through rose-colored glasses and was. skipping over all danger signs which they as sert are numerous la German eco nomics. The agent general called the German government to account, hdw \ ever, for permitting some of the states to overspend and overborrow. Some of the German newspapers acknowl edge the justice of these strictures. , The French read the roporf "with satisfaction ' and the newspaper f-e Temps' Says Impartial minds now Will be convinced that the Dawes plan took adequately Into accoont Germany's capacity, to pay and "there Is no rea son for bringing that, subject up again." . It was- asserted In Parts that France needs the maximum payments by Germany provided by the Dawea plan-Is order to pay her war debta; .and that since Gilbert Ands the relch IS gble to pay that maximum, the finan cial situation'1s cleared up. The' re maining questions, say the French, are how long Germany must pay, the form of guaranty to be substituted for oc cupation of the Rhlneland, and the terms for commercialising the repara tions debt. / ' . - ? Presidentvon Hlndenbut* and Chan cellor Mueller, at the official "New Year's reception tn Berlin, tdld the diplomats of forty nations that the German people were very bitter "be cause a great part of their country still lacks the liberty which we claim through dlvtpe and human right." PRESIDENT AND MU8. COOUDGE ' r returned to Washington on Jan uary 2 from tkeir delightful lltfle-raca Hon og the Sea Idands of Georgia. While down- there they visited man*! points. of historic interest, and the Chief Executive hunted with success for plieaaaints, wild turkeys and quail. Thejr were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard *? Codln. Mr.-and Mrs! Hoover sprat a plena ant Kew.Yeafa dqy.at s?a, and after as entertainment the President-Elect worked an Ml Inaugural address and oo a report of hla Iaitin-American tour. - D KPHESENTATIVS8 of Bolivia . ** ana Paraguay in Washington signed a pi-otoeol fixing the conditions for submitting the disputes of those . republics tojConcJHatlon. The, mat ters wDl he cooatdered by a commis sion of 'nine Judaea, and all hostilities .were immediately suspended. XITBBN' congress reconvened on ** Janaarjr 8 Hie fifteen cruiser bill ?aa the unfinished business before the senate. Ml those urging ratifiestloif of <: the KeAow war renunciation ueaty No Sunday Train* on $ong&, Carolina. Lap: The town of Doc Wft, oi abost <W pofmfattoii ettoated la the Pted ?ont aeetiapaf death Corollas. has t?e boasts, it I* the seat of cnt of the oldest cOUoftsIa th? Sooth and headquarter* of a four-mile rallwat. ?ae of the shortest In the s-odd. Oulj itxe la Its 31 fear* sf eaKl ??ce has s, (rata heed ran oner the fhfla^yD y. thft oaoe^sM ? ? JiC ? lu&uten that action on til* (MK't 'he I given the right of way. Senator 8p rah, chairman ef the foreign relations committee, consented that 8enator Halt, chairman at the .natal affairs committee, should make bis opening speech In favor of the tforty, ant) tlien moved that the senate go Into execu tive eesalnn for consideration of.the treaty. Ho thougiit this could be dis posed of In about one week, hot others were not so sanguine. Senator-Idjrie was forced'to yj^ld by the prospect of a flllhuster against the cruiser MIL ltepreseutatlre Tinkham of Haul chnsetls charged that Intentatlbaal bankers and business orgffnliatlons are spending Inrga stuns of money to (? mote rntlfiyatfon of the Kellogg treaty, and lie- Introduced In the house a SSao Intlon for the creation of a comatls Hlun. to Investigate the charges. He te bitterly opposed to th? treaty, j. Senator, Hale made public a mass of Information tyid before the senate naval ufTsIrs committee by Secretary of thi Navy Wilbur. It shows that the Untted States not only la weajter than Great Britain and Prance in first - line crulaer strength, but bids fair' to be outclassed shortly by both powers in first line destroyers and submarines.. FKANKI.IN D. ROOSEVELT WW In augurated governor of New York on January 1 before a throng that WB* as enthusiastic over his predecessor, A) Smith, aa it was over the aew. ex ecutive. ..Next day Mr. Smith appeared in New York city wearing a silk hnt instead of (he brown derby, and- with Mrs. Smith occupied a suite 10vthe Biltmore hotel. He said he bad not decided whether td devote the re mainder of his life to pleasure or busi ness. But he Is -going to spend sev eral weeks 'hi Florida and then Will go to Europe far, a few months Wall street says Al need not worry about his. future (or Wfthin the last year, or so he lias made o comfortable fortune In the stock market. CO SERIOUS hoi been the wave of ^Jnfluensa all orer the country that Secretary Mellon and Surgeon General Camming arnrnj^d for a public health aenrtce national conference on the sub ject In Washington, opening January lft Reports frofn 32 states shaved the flu declined*h> prevalence. daring the holidays and It was believed the peak had' beat' passed. But the. con ference wilt make a tan study of the disease- In the hope of curbing Its spread In the future. Among the vic tims of the flo was Myron T. Merrick, ambassador to France, who naa, con fined to bla-bed at big home In Oeve >?* J' V_ ; B uu-e/jrym rrom uie Dwnqt or King George of England Indicated that he had passed the danger.line, and the physicians believe) the \Sorat of his Illness was over, though hit re* cover will be alow. The optimism of those close to' the king wag shown by fee fqct that his sons went fox hnhl lng, and. Sir William Joynton-Hlcka. .the home 'secretary,. 'eft for a vacation In Uentone, France. PRESIDENTIAL electors net to the capitals 4ft their seraral Mates. .Wednesday and fast their rotes tori President end Vice fresident sod tpe remit was. as might bare bekh ena pected. that Mooter and Curt Is? were' elected by 444 rdM* to 87 rotm-Mr. Smith and Robinson. For the drat time to the history of the fOTenfmrat, the result of "the bnNottog eras trans mitted to Waebtogtpd by uiai^aatead Of by medal messengers from each state capital. ? J. M. Nqtt treasurer of the Sep ah'. Ilcaa eatiooaLcemtotttee, reported last week to-tbe-pen* Campaign fuhd la vestlgatiog aemodttae tbet the options? comtnltige's expend Itngdi for art pur poaee la the floorer campaign totaled lamitp.. The committee cogected ? a gtsnd- total of $8441,748 from J.44,- . 134 Itobocribers aad on Docrmger II had < balance of *288.837. The largest single contribution re ceited by the'cornnrittoo was $67JXiO from the Pennsylvania aCete Repub Mean' committee "The wayd aad mesne eemmRtea of saMPeMdyh renin" eontribntod $31*000. according to 'Mm report, which alao Usta gift* of S3AJB0O each froin a M. Scbwgb. the steel magnate; BrnM A Ernegi poh llc accountonls of CJerAIand, Ohio, and John N. Willys, Toledo, Ohio, automo bile manufacturer. Three puasas. H. Johnson, Edges# Meyer, and (Merge hi 1815 a young woman'? life hang Is the balance from an acute ItlMM.. It wae beroeaaty to rnsfa bar to a baa-' t><tnl to Charlotte. SL C* a- . The only way title coaM Ije done #aa ta take bee over the Dae fleet railway to Donaide. the railway "a tor nrinba. and there make connection with another railway line. R. B. Oal lowey. ktreaMaat of the railway, waa attending ebafch when the .argent aainiaeaa came and after toigg a? i 1. r-t . -tiv rpn?3r,,*H of New Vorb, each gave " 120,000, nccordlng ?o tbe ll*t which shows that the *lx.Fl*tacr brothers? Fred, Charles T, W. A, Laurence P, Edward P., aftd Alfred J., Detroit anto mobile body manufacturers, contrib uted a total of <100,000 to tb* com mltteo'i treasury. /~?ANAr*X and the United State* j a)sued In Ottawa a treaty provld ! lag for Joint projects to Increast and maintain the scenic beauty of Niagara falls. Under Its terms the two nations ? will share the cost of Coustracllng ? remedial works In.the Niagara river Ui increase the votdme of mater flowing over the A inert cap falls ami to provide better distribution of the flow over tlia Canadian section. A temporary diver sion of an additional amount of water for power purpose* on each fide of the boundary also Is provided nORTES GIL, the new President of I? Mexico, has tgade a good begin nteg by patting an end to; the reign of ? gang ofprofesslonal grafting politi cians who have long preyed on the towns and Tillages In the federal dls trlcL He Has pat the district nnder the control of a business director and an admlhlstratlre council. The new plan already has keen partially tried oat, with success. In Mexico City. FINAL tuilflcatlpa of China under (he Nationalist government was achieved when the three eastern ? province* Fengtlen, Klrin and HeiV unglilhng, known collective); aa, Man rhurla, unfurled the Kuomlntang flag and provincial ofllclala were sworn In, agreeing to submit to the authority ot the Nanking government. The 'Manchurian government Is headed hy Gefi. Chang Hsueh-liang, son of the late Marsha! Chang Tso-lln. Japan for many years haa claimed a protec torate over Manchuria which has a territory of about 40Q.O00 square miles. Its population is approximate ly 80,000,000. Most of tliem are Chi nese but there ore about 600,000 Jap anese and Russians there. - ( BUSINESS and financial Interest* should be pleused with the New Tear statement of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. "During the last year," Mellon said, "the country has made steady progress. Early In the year the volume of business began to show mdrked Improvement over the dosing months of 1927, .and this Im provement has continued. It has been evident In manufacturing. In steel pro duction, carloadlng, automobile pro duction. bnlldlng contracts and sales of goods to consumers. All of this Is evidence also -that buying power has been sustained and that, an the whole, satisfactory employment conditions have prevailed. "Prices In basic Industries have not been unduly high add have remained fairly stable, nor doea there aeem to be any Immediate danger of excessive demand sending prices to such high levels as to make a stamp In activity apd,. consequently, lower pricee. In eel table. In the.Industrial world cod ditlons aeem to ba pn an even keel, and U la much better to bare tbem so, with'a slight Upward tendency, as '??-"In the financial world, there la raf fldrnt money available, far-alt legiti mate undertakings. A considerable amount of gold baa bean exported' during the last yaec. But It has not seriously impaired our credit re sources. wMle. at tin same time. It baa helped te establish gold standards more firmly In Europe and to stabilise foreign currencies wftb resulting bene fits to our import and export trade. "In so far as'the government la concerned, the finances are In a sound condition. The debt has been reduced to manageable proportions; the rev enues are ample for our needs, and during the last year fliers baa bees another reduction of taxes, the Ml benefit of which *m be more gener ally fait daring the eemfifig year." ITOOTBAIX history wto made In the ? Pasadena Bom Bowl gnn la lAieb Georgia Tech defeated the UMrersltjr of California 8 to & Boy Blegels. captaln-eiert of the OalWenTta ton. seising a tamMed ball, loM Ms-bear Inge and ran flByards to Ida awn goal ttte. The OaNfohila pant from there waa Mocked and- the i^pnttiag safety prodded the Georgia bars with the two points they needed to wtn the eadtlng game. ? - -? ^ ? nraforitatnt aadlMtthMM Sndaj. It Is aot wMttsa in U?* charter tfat no tralM are to ,M rwf oo tfa fab- ? both. Mr. CklUmtf explaJos. "fat it Is In ow Binds and fattta." -Oor" rctsrs to tfa people of Dm West. fbe. majority of whom m m? bcrs of tfa firtsfrl Befonoed Pnskftnfa farcb. Tfa sotlrp sqstpnMst of Ufa brief fat tfatl railroad cfansts of sop Ibt fsr. QBs jjumhI coach, sac eoasV saffao sswfoss. r TTO ^ MUCH CREAM I Ml by O J Wslab.1 LID1A LANS poshed back bar, looaeoed gray hair aa the back door opened and her next-door oelfhbor, lira: Knapp, entered drawing a go-cart behind her. "I've got to go downtown and I wonder If I can't leave Baby Ruth In here with you for a little while. IH be right back," the young woman aahL "Why?yea." Bat .the Jtlghl heel taney In India's voice would have warned lira. Knapp that she was In truding If she had not been so eager to get her child cared for In order that she might have greater freedom. She gave a hasty tuck (b' Baby Ruthle's blanket.-snatched olf her bon net, kissed ber, smiled at l.ydla and was gone. . ' Lydlx Lane was an old maid who lived alone. Naturally the knew noth ing abou\ Infants except the little she had celled from -taking care of her neighbors' children. 8he was well ac quainted with Baby Ruthle for she had taken care of'her many i jies and ordinarily the did not object to such a task. Rut today Lydia was beset by many difficulties. She bad promised to bake a cake for the church tapper, she had promised to read to old Urn. i Cmpey for an hoar, the had promised | to takk tome Jelly,to Anna Holt and she had promised to hem some nap kins for Delia Combs who hated to tew. All these promises mutt be ful tilled somehow, during the afternoon and It was three o'clock and she had not even begun to make her cake. This was because she had had company to lunch. Her brother's wife had one of her customary headaches and bad sent the tl.ree boys over to Aunt l.ydla's to get the noonday meal. Added to all this Lydln was feeling a bit tired for she had been op late the night before helping her niece. Betty, finish a dress which she wanted to take away with her when she left on the morning train for a visit with a school friend. No sooner had lira. Knapp departed than Baby Ruthle decided she wanted tp get out of the go-cart. This meant trouble, for Baby Ruthle was "Into" everything "quicker than a wink," ac cording to Lydia's previous knowledge of her. She upset the coal scuttle and Investigated the contents of a cup board before gentle Lydla could In terfere. when reproved she howled rebelllously. It was while she was ; howling the highest that the door-bell rang. - 'Lydla harried to anewei It abd found a shining-faced little l.ty who smiled op at her with his Mae eyes. "Here's a note from mother P he said Id s loud, sweet volee and be held It oat to Lydla?a folded paper "She wants sa answer right back," be added. Lydla, distracted by strange sonads from the kitchen, opened the note and read: "Dear Lydla?I want you to come to dinner tonight anil meet an' old friend of yours?Alice Burdens." "Just wait an Instant, Tommy,"* Lydla fled to the kitchen and found Baby Ruthle trying to climb on the table. She snatched op the child and bunted back to the door. "I?I'm sorry, Tommy, bat rui afraid?yoa'd better tell your mother I can't come," she said breathlessly. "There's going to' be lee cream.' Tommy told her confldentfally. Lydli. tried to get a small clutching hand out of her streaming hair; she snUled wanly. "I ^ know. I am sorry. Tell your mother 1 am and?and thank her for asking me." / Tommy ran away and Lydla ra te rued to her problems. In the kitchen she set Baby Bnthle down on the floor, gars her an egg heater to play with and again glanced at the note. This time she read something Into the words that had escaped her be fore. aq oia meaai way, uni ra honi K mi tor, of tool Ml She had heard about bla betnt at the Burdetta'a for a brief visit. Once long ago before Rosea went West the bad "gone with Mm seme"?that was the Tillage way of aaylag that she had had a chance to marry Bpeea Keator. Bat har fa ther was aot la good health aad seed ed her ?bd she had felt It her duty to ?toy gt home. 8e she had lost all track ef Hoses for years. New her father was gone aad the was alone and Hosea was bach once mora. Well. It didst matter. She was aa old worn lea bow. or at least felt like see. aad maybe It was better That Haass shoald sot Me her with her gray hair aad faded cheeks; better that he ehsald remember her as the pretty girt be had oaoe known. Her Hps qui rated ghd tears Oiled her eyes; for lore la lore no matter be* loog.lt goes aw nourished. Bat at HUM ny ant Baby Both la broha the eggbeatar. Lydla, bMttng eggs wttb a font apt at the same Him trying to keep bar charge from climbing late the elok. tiieugbi drearily of the nan to eeme. which, She the pest ooee. wetM be >' v. . full ot I til duties partsUmi Hk? those Ot today. She was-getting died ltea|ly, the must act promise to do ao much, yet bow could the refuse when people asked-ber to do.things? the milk of human klndncaa bad been hei father's favorite theme for a sermon "More of the milk-of bumau klad u?* Well, abe tried t* be klad. but aometlmee ? aometlmea abe arlahed that eomebody would be a Uttte kind to her. It waa on accoont of Hoeea Keator that aha fell .thla way. ot course. Ordinarily aha never thought of heraelf at all. bul of orhera?the many othera who, baring leaa time than ahe, had called upop her for aid. That doorbell agala la order to keep Baby Itutble out df the mtxtag bowl ahe had to pick her up again and carry her to the door. It waa Tommy Burdetje again .with another note. Lydla sighed aa ahe received It Tlila time Tommy did not wait for an answer. "Lydln," she read, "get ready and come right straight over. If yon don't I'll never apeak to you afnln. And I'm your beat friend The milk of human klndncaa la all right In Its way, but when you give cream you are lettloa folks Impose on you. 8tbp It?Alice." Lydla absently set Baby Ruthle down while ahe stood staring at the words. Color ahot Into- her cheeks, light niled her eyes. Alice was wise. Alice was right. Too tnocb cream 1 Tee. that war where the trouble lay. 8he had perhaps been a little Intemperate In her promlsldk. She Was giving ber llfb, she bad always riven It and | people were demanding mere and I more of ber. A crash from the kitchen I l.ydls ran. Bah; Rulhlg had upset tha bowl of half-healen tm. She woa a debt and tlie bowl waa broken. At that moment tlie door opened and Mrs Knapp entered, looking Hushed and angry. "Mrs. Rnrdette telephoned me at Mrs. Hull's that I was to get Baby Ituthie at once." she pasted. 1 am sure I didn't know I waa tronbltag yon so much or Pd never fare let yon rare for the dear little things-" she broke off aa she saw dm dear little thing looking like an omelette. Snatch ing her child with one hand she seised upon the go-cart with tha other. Her glance was a dart as she turned her eyes upon the astonished Lydla. Td Just sat down to the bridge table and the prise was a boudoir lamp," she said bitterly. There were no more eggs for cake and Baby Rothle waa gone. Lydla went upstairs and changed bar dress She arranged her halr-peattlly and pot on .a colored hlooae she had been anr lug for some greet occaeion. This waa the great occasion perhaps. She found Boora looking flne aod hearty, but no younger than herself He was an glad to see her that she grew happily animated. The dinner was flne?Alice*! dinners always mere Afterward Hoses walked home with Lydla under the naked trees with a spring moon beaming upon them. He held her hand and said he had decided to stay a few days longer and naked if he might come to see her on the morrow? Then he^adddd tenderly: "Ton know, dear, I've always had a place for yon In my heart." Lydla looked op at Mm wtth soft eyes. Dear,- 'wonderfnf HOsea I Never mind trhat Alice said shout too much cream. She -could not help promising If people asked her to do things She knew she should promise to marry Hoern If?when he askM her. Must Have Read Tom Sawyer" in Hie Youth There are many Tain Sawyers In the world?and Hollywood, says the too Angeles Times. A prominent movie actor Invited a group of Ms friends to spend Iba week end at his caliln at Arrowhead, Where he also had a motor host. "Too fellows," said be. "can JusT loaf arodnd and rest, or fish. or whet ever yon choose to dsi* When the men arrived at the cab In. one was asked If be objected to painting a portion of lbs boat, As other was requested to help repair ls electric generator, while still another was sent a mile to proears some eggs for breakfast The beds himself pot tared around all day, whUe bis gaestr did the heavy work. In the erasing the beat was made ready. Brerynae cHmbad aboard. II wasn't long before e gadget ri fans it to fasrtlo* and the men bad to get the craft to shore. i Hadn't Wlwi Tptoagb to the African Jangle polygamy to feVored by native woman for good ran soup. Eacb ntw wife ? mm takw pro portlooately tedacee the bertha of the othen. Doctor footer, Americas globs trotter, attended a palaver at wttcb ga only wife, tbmgh bar brotk tr, petitioned the chlefpf the tribe t> coaipei bar haabaod tar take oa nan wttea. 0?r Job #aa too -aaeb (or em woman. aba said. There the ana* do all the work.?Capdhrt Weakly. ?i ' - Hi* h>?N hMHilii Thi *w*e?o*** of mMhIm h tul omtf Mtimattd at Hi to SOU Uvm* (Mi ?f nn togtr. - ? :? 'V'' 3 1 TIm Thames at Pm^wsm - br Ika National QlltlllMl ?odatr. Waablnstoa. D. C> "J?tOLLOWING the Hirer Thame* |H from It* birthplace 75 miles west A of London to that great metrop olis, leads the traveler through a countryside full of hlatory and tradi tion, and still retaining. In splfh of Its. nearness to the throbbing port and streets of London, the atmosphere of by-gone centuries. At Crick lade the riser I* little more than a rirulet?In fact, the local peo ple all refer to U aa "the Brook." The Brat II miles to Lechlade I* not really navigable water, and for must of the distance one must walk in the bed of tbe stream, guiding his canoe over tbe shallows, which occur every few yards. Where there Is sufBdefit depth of water progress Is Impeded by tbe heavy weed*. At Lechlade the river becomes nav igable, though from here to Oxford traffle la scanty, and It Is rare to see anything larger than a rowbost. Tbe river winds Its narrow, tortnou* course between long, level meadows or rushy banks. Black and dnn cat tle wading In the shallows; an old bridge or a comfortable riverside Inn haunted by anglers, for the river here Is full of 'Bah; a heron winging his alow way home?these are the most exciting scenes In a day's paddle. But though this country Is not on the grand scale. It has a quiet beauty all Its own, which is remembered when more spectacular places are forgotten. Lechlade Is a Cotswold town, belli round the .wMe and sunny market place, from one aide of which rises the Sixteenth century church, with tu spire *o loved by the poet Shelley The house* are of stone, brick being a rarity In the Cotswolds. Newbridge and Its Old Inn. A steady, uneven! (ul paddle of 15 mile* brine* one (o Newbridge, which. Ilk* New College at Oxford and the New Forest, la of great antiquity, be ing Id fact the oldest bridge on I be rissr. On the bank I* the old Inn bearing the quaint sign of "The Rose Re *i?ed." Us signboard waa painted by Sir Hamo Thornejcroft, and rep resellt* a rose In a glass of beer, In wbleb liquid it appears to be nourish ing greatly. Over tbe signboard Is a small pencils use to act as a defense against tbe weather. Four miles below Is lb* ferry where Matthew Arnold saw tbe Scholar Gipsy "crossing the stripling Thame* at Bablockbytbe," and about a mile sa the right the rlllag* of Cutnnor, where waa enacted tbe tragedy of Amy Rob Bart, described by 81r Walter Scott la "Kenilworth." At this point on* comet la sight of Oxford, bat at tbe riser describes a great borseslpie curse, it la-some time before he approaches tbe outskirts of the city. Tbe sordid nature sf tbe last two mil as, covered with railways, warehouses, and gasnmstsrs. Is aoly equaled by the memory of its depart od glories. On the left, when now Is a earns tery. stood the gnat Abbey of Osaey. and Just below the old kaep of Oxford castle rears Its hoary head from among Urn hideout Utter abd lumber of e gaa-worte and a railway. A Uttle further oo thu riser dlsidee and panels andtr tbe.old Grand Foot, sr Tally bridge tbs esoter sf Oxford's OAHafU Hfh t ?eaUss of MM Oxford Is see of those (mm, which Ilk* Beam, Pragoe and t <*w otters, art really the property of the world, rather then of a single nation. It la Irtpoaalblg la eo abort aa article to glre store than a rnroory glance at Its many banotleo. II should be re membered tfmtk with Cambridge, M to the only example remaining of a aat rsrstty with a tradition of eommaaai Urlsg la coUagea, Independent of the entrantfy organisation, which goae bach heart pais of years. The ctty la a Wring link with what orar Ja mbaa bean boat la Bngllab " ? ' r ? " * There It (be view Iron Carfax down * St. Aldatee to the tower of Christ church, where Great Tool MiH striken, - at 9 p. 01.. his lul strokes, the' snap ber of usderfradnates, as ordalaad by the founder of the original col lege. Cardinal Wolaey. Or eUn* the - Hadrliffe camera and look ft the city lying outspread, with the noble tower of Magdalen away la the dlataaea. Every coHcge has soon pecs Bar at traetlon and tradltloo of Its ilea the library at Merino, with Ha chained books; the old city walls la New Col lege garden; the chapel of Chriat church, which la also a cathedral a unique dUtlncrtoo; the son-dial at Oriel. from Oxford the river rune to NT ley, a little vlllaae two odlea hilew. This stretch Is the seeae of the col lege bumping races?the Torpids la -the Lent term and the Eights la the isomer term. Both are ilghl sand tares, ex I radius ever a week, the boats *|ari)ng In a Use-ahead hi ma tloa. ISO feet apart In bath sets ef races the principle Is that each heat endeavors to overtake and teach the one In front and If aocceaafni takes Its placp so the anececdlag day, few sights are more beautiful than thin the crowd of undergraduates ? ?-g on ike tow-path, the long string at racing boats and the tine of hosts and barges crowded with bright bias era and pretty dresses Ifflry mill Is probably the maat photographed place oa the Thaams; and. with Its mellow red roof guarded by (he tqll poplars. It ta ororth pic turing. ? Pkddllnq Through Charm and History. Two mllm below ta SaudfOnL where from time immesmrial the King's Arms has been the goal of under graduate boating parties. Once h rough Sand ford lock, one paddles aa ? to Abingdon past the Naneham woods, which la places here come down to the water's edge. Unfortunately, fbr moat of the distance the banks are too high for a small beat to i mama ad an extensive view. A ti in prion has fallen from Its high . estate. Ia bygone day* the abbots of .Abingdon dotal anted the whole dle trici; bat their monaster; vanished at the Reformation, and not mm the site of It la bow known. Below oa a backwater Ilea the little Tillage ofaSattoa Conrteoay, eonsist Ing of a I nag raw of old Engllab eat tsgea. a Tillage green, and a flaw ave nge pf treee? a perfect specimen of the email bsaleta which deep by the banks of rather Thaases. A mile below la Clifton Uaavdea and "Barley How." an oM thatched Ian. one of the qua In teat on the (tear. Us low-pitched root, beamed walls, qnd latticed windows give It a realty story honk appearance^ end Isolde the Seiner CHfha Hampden DecchesSer Ilea, a mHe away an the left, another lastaaea.af fallen greetems la the Seventh century It wae the scene of the baptism of Cynegn, the flmt West Saxon king te become a Christian, aad la the Tenth centnry k wna the stretched to the Hamber. I The nan few miles am asms whet lecktag la latesast One' paddlaa throngb ShiUlngford; Welllngford. e great strategic point la the Middle Ages, bat now a sleepy aad onlntemst lag town;. onder the Great Western railway bridge at lloaleford. and than down a atralgbt two-mile reach en which the Oxford university trials am rawed before the eight to raw agalaat Cambridge am sslectad. Halfway down the reach It the Beetle aad wedge laa. an old hostelry rebuilt shoot dftetn yean ago aad baring Kg mraanal alga pramhantty displayed. A mile below am the twta Tillages of Goring-sad Straatlay. They oeeopg what sraglM moat baeutlM met *? the Thsam*. bat now, alas, am crowd ed with the booses of the newly rich: aad what! was a paradise la sew aa Inferno of mooay aad motor Cam s^=:?srs
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Jan. 10, 1929, edition 1
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