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Surry-Yadkin Annual Masonic Picnic, Thursday, Aug. 4th, "Home Coming Week" at Eikin, N. C. m* ilcrtmt BSTAMJ8H1D 1»»0 MOUNT AIRY, WOKTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 7th, 1921. |1JW Ft» YlAl Ml ADVANCE, RUHR DISTRICT IS VAL. LEY Or COAL AND STEEL FOR GERMAN PEOPLE Big Citioa Elbow On* Another la Effort to Mik* Room for Stool and Manufacturing Plant*—Mi p of Ruhr Rail roads Will Plainly Show Im portance of Area to Any Nation. The Ruhr valley of western Ger many at the mouth of which allied soldiers have heen encamped for sev eral month* anil the complete seiiure of which by France wa« barely avert ed by Germany'* eleventh hour accept ance of the allied reparations ultima tum, ir« the subject of the following bulletin issued from the Washington, I) r headquarters of the National Geographic Society "The Nuhr river is an inconspicuous stream, hirdlv more lha> a hundred miles Utii'.'. wi'h little .nliiiii * of water ariil navigable e n with the nid of It* 11 liM'k* fur ,i distance of nly 43 mile* Mut i'» v it I lev and the rolling country ki tin- imrth fur i* few iniles. to which it has I'iii'ii it?* name, ih a re IT ion nf concentrated industrialism There in n • 111 ri< f rontrlilv J'» h\ |0 miles, him been develojHMf th#* tfiea'«hf coal production in Ku;fnpe And with iron or«- available fmm th«• • •'•arhv former 'C.erman l.orraint ' ami I ux«m burir. th.-Ti sprung up tl»- i»•«In«t• • nf fabricating iron #nd steel which went farther pcrhnpH than anv other activi ty toward building up the mighty (ierman empire of 1013. ud cau- a literal »itrniticance to Hi*mark's ideal for a country of 'blood and ir<»n ' "One could pick out the oval nf the Ruhr region on it map of fJermnny hy its railroads (Jermany's stool high ways form a relatively . lose net work over the entire country, hut in ti,f Ru'ir rt'irion th«• 11draw together ir.t a fine screen showing unmistak ahly tin* hive of industry that this dis t rict has come to be. "The solar plexus of the Ruhr His-1 triff i« Fsm-n, known fur and widi as the home of the tfreat Krupp's pun and arraorplate factories. In prom-, Inent place* in the city stand *tafue^ t<> Ri*mark and Alfred Knipp the man who laid the foundation?* for Ger many's powedful fitfhtinjr machine, and the man who equipped it and hp camp tremendously wealthy in thefiro reus. Krupp really n :ide Essen almost as truly as the I'nited States S t ee 1 corporation made Clary. Indiana The town was founded in the Ninth cen tury, hut an late as 1854 it was little more than a village with 10,600 in kahi tants. Before the world war it had grown to hp a city of 300,000, and of then? nearly 60,000 wore employed in the Knipp works From 1914 to 1918, when Germany was putting forth every effort to produce more and more war supplies, the population of Essen had a war addition of 100,000 or more. "With the development of Essen as a steel and iron center hundreds of other establishments joined the Krupps until the environs of the city are now a forest of chimneys. Near Esoen. too, are many coal pits "But while Essen is the center of, the Ruhr' it by no mean* monopo lies its business, Bi(r cities are thick! in this area. Entering the region at DuisburK, it* srate-city, with 230,000 inhabitants, by a journey of less than Ave miles, one reaches Oberhausen with a population of 90,000. Three miles farther is Mulheim with 112, 000, five miles away Essen with 300,-j 000, and four miles farther Gelsen kirchen with 170,000 By an advance of another four mile* into the Ruhri one rea hes Bochum with a population of 137,000, while barely 10 miles further to the east and still short of the eastern limit* of the region lies Dortmund with 214,000 inhabitant*. It i« as though St. Paul, Minn., Flint, Mich., Albany and Rochester, N Y , and Richmond, Va., Grand Rapids. Mich., and Oakland. Cal., were group ed closely over an area slightly long er and somewhat narrower than Rhode Island, while anions them are scatter ed a dozen or more communities rang ing in sine from Bismark, N D, and Aberdeen, Wash., to Austin, Texas and Chattanooga, Tenn "In and around practically all of the towns of the Ruhr except those at its (gateway are to be found the works of coal mines, while in all are iron and •tee! plants and numerous other manufacturing establishments. Tn the cities at the gateway to the fnhr are centered the banking and transporta tion facilities for handling the tremen dous output of this home of Germany'* Tubal-Caina* "Reputation is what men and women think of us: character is what God and the angels know of us." PHOSPHATE COMPANY IS SUED BY STATE PRISON Is Alleged State Farm Lott Big Sum A* Result Of Inferior Fertiliser Kalclgh, June SO.—Action by the state prison today againat the McNalr Phosphate Company of Scotland and against John K McNalr individually, alleging that because of inferior fer tilizer the atat« farm in Halifax coun ty two years ag>o lost 66 bales of cot ton and 1800 bushels of cottonseed, was instituted today In Wake Superior court It is charged that this fertiliser con tained borax In damaging quantities and that It limited the yield on 1 #17 acre* from « bale to two thirds of a bale, rot ton sold then at TS cents and seed at II a bushel This ran up a srrand total of *10,21>H 12. The com plaint nays the MiNair company was notified of the injurious elements and analysis made by the state. The ele ments claimed were not present, the l>a|H-r *avs. The company's manager i -kill for a fair plav and a ihance to a 'lie •"'renj'th of the phosphate ' ' tl»«. iulK of tin Muff never was I ilou-r Passrs Mesfurc To Prevent Sale Of Bei r U 'i vote of 2o0 fn fhr IIol|j<r Mi»n«l.-iy niifht p*ithe Willi* t ;iin1 I»111 to prevent the nn 1«• <»f h» . r to the siek and Kent it to the / ''.mill' with evpeetation of its final • -n:i• tmrnt l»efore th • end of the week. T'm v o t • •. whirh whs li 1 more than, •h»- ii' i i"<siir\ two-thirds. whs takeni if'tcr four hours of stormy debate,' 'it«»rrt11»t»«t ffr(|u«'nt 1 v with shouts to stop * *• •• *»lk and pass the hill, Pe-! j.if< tin- viWrltrrinvr weather, however,! 1 • • th«' titrht for and against th**i m»*n*tir»- r< fu o-d to y. Id to un ever J itow'mit demand for an i-nd of the dis-« In dosing Mil* debute* for 'he op r.ononts Representative Hilt, Reputili (in. Mnrvlnml, threw the House into ■-onaiderable disorder by charging that, Wayne B. Wbaalar, mineral eouinal 'or the Anti-Saloon I,cagur, had draft ed 'he bill. Pointing to the I.ramie 'awvi r 'n the gallery and railing him •>\ name Mr Hill brought u wild -hout from the prohibition element, •iitni' of whom stood until quirt wan -rutori'd. There was another outburst a mo ( mrnt later when Representative Fos •er. Republican. Ohio, declared there was no truth in the statement about Wheeler's part in thr preparation of 'In1 measure Nearly Billion Interest It Due U. S. On Loans Washington, June 29.—Approxi mately onr billion dollar* interest was owed the United States by European debtor nations up to about May 15, treasury officials told the senate finance committee today in explaining the administration bill to give the secretary of the treasury broad au 'hortty in funding the allied debta. Assistant Secretary Wadesworth plac ed the amount of interest at $943,534, 750. Secretary Mellon told the committee I that no suggestion has been made that j the United States accept German re paration bonds as substitutes {or the allied obligations and declared that the treasury had no intention of invit ing any such proposal. Mr. Mellon said the only funding negotiations entered Into were with Great Britain and that they had been of a preliminary nature. Questioned specifically as to the provision of the bill authorizing the treasury to accept bonds of any for eign country in lieu of those of the debtor nations, the treasury secretary said he thought in necessary that the authority be made broad enough to take care of any contingency "which might arise." "There is nothing specifically con templated along that line," he added, "but it is deemed advisable that the authority be given." Mr Mellon described as a "remote suggestion" an opinion by Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, that the bill a« drafted might allow the treas ury to accept Italian bonds 'or the French debt, French bonds for the British debt and so forth. Asked i/ he would object to elim ination of German bonds as sub ob ligations, the secretary reiterated his belief that authority should be broad and unlimited. "The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can well, and doing well whatever you do, with out the t nought of fame. I FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT CONFIRMED AS CHIEF JUSTICE Es-Proaident Not Confirmed Without Opposition Washington, June 80.—Former President William Howard Tuft was nominated late today by Prviidtnt Harding to be chief Justice of the United State* and his nomination wie confirmed by the senate in executive nets ion. The nomination waa not confirmed without oppoaition, however, and a roll call wan demanded The opposition whs understood to have been voiced by Senators Borah, Idaho; Johnaon, Call fornia; and LaFollett#, Wisconsin, all Republicans, who were aaid to have criticised Mr. Taft's raeord and hla nomination. On roll calls, however, only four votea were cast against confirmation. These were by Senator* Borah, John sun and LaFHIette, and Senator Wat son, Democrat, Georgia. The final vote was 60 to 4 An apree merit wmh reached not to make a pub-i lie roll call. Tin senate's doors wen* closed fori d'sc'issioti of the nomination after' siii^ir'*st Ions * hat Mr Taft's be con-j ("•no 1 "in opon executive" session be-1 mi • he is a former President had « t j«-. ted by his opponents S -nntors Borah and Johnson led the 1 "ht -n the floor in opposition to Mr. Taft •• hile he was defended by al*»ut a do/ •• senators. including Knox, of Pennsylvania'; Kelloir, of Minnesota; fid Willis <tf Ohio, Republicans, and Cnderwciod, of \labama minority leader; Smith, of Arizona: Overman, • •f Norfh Carolina, and hroussard, of Louisiana, Democrats. Senators Borah and Johnson wen understood to have centered their firrI»t < n r Taft's legal training, ex-i tM-rience and '.ualituat ions According:1 to ret ' ris Altering out from the senate* chamber Sena -«ir Johnson was said to|: h'»v» 1 dared tba' Mr. Taft's appoint-' merit was "purely political." A sim-1 il-tr charge, if was reported, wnn made! by Senator Borah. Seiuit/ir Johnson. It via ■«. 1 ■ it tkat l£w. 1W#» .a* ■ lula ill ' MirtM inil WiFi If IrlW^niit HUWwwr himself an a lawyer but a* a politician j and hfcd "abandoned" hi* profession lifter leaving the White House The ^ California senator, it was reported, j said he had tni'd to disregard personal] objections to the nominee and was j voicing hi* opposition solely becauae Mr Tnft had larked, for nearly a /en ••ration or more, any legnl experience which would fit him for the highest judicial post of the nation Reference wan made it was said. by Senator Borah to th> "drafting" from the supreme bench by the Republican party of Secretary Hughe* to become the Presidential candidate of the Re-1 publican party. In this connection, itj was stated that Mr Borah made the statement that, "having taken an able! lawyer from the supreme bench four years ago and made a politician of him, j it was now proposed to take a poli tician n man who has devoted prac-' tically his mature life to politic*—and put him on the supreme bench in the interest of party politic*." The defense of Mr Taft said that Mr Taft had made himself "beloved | by the south," adding that this senti- j ment was due largely to Mr. Taft's! appointment, when President, of a «outherner, the late Chief Justice White, to the highest judicial position of the country. Similar statement*? it was reported, were made by Senator' Broussard, of I-ouisiana. the native state of the late chief justice. Mr. Taft's legal learning wa* prais ed, it was said, by Senator* Knox and Willis, the latter referring to his ex perience on the bench in Ohio. Senator Kellog, it was said, referred to the position* o honor held by Mr. Taft in bar and similar association*. Southern senators, it was reported, with the exception of Mr. Watson, of Georgia, were solidly behind the ap pointment. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, it was stated, discussed the race question, commending Mr. Taft, for refusing to apooint any but white men to office in South Carolina. Population Of France March 1 Was 36,084,206 Paris, July 1.—The population of France on Marrh 6, 1921, wa* S6.084, 20«. according to the figures which the I Official Journal will publish tomorrow of the cenaua taken on that date. The previous cen*us, taken in 1911. gave| the population as 38.46* <M3. Thus the population of France decreased nearly two and a half millions during the war. It i* explained, however, that the I 1921 figure* do not include the »ol dier*, marines and sailors outside of ! France. "U*k" John ton L»nd. A F»l / J.b > Washington, June 28.—"H«nry Lliw coin Johnson," That la the nomination for recorder of deeds of the DUtrict of Columbia that President Harding sent to the senate this afternoon and to show that the negroea who ba^ been waitlnr their day are to be recu^ nlsed, An«l the whtU men ard WKte •WTployees who are to be undeK the rupervision of • negrc, the white men and women who hrve to deal with a neirro official, are givtm the answer In the nomination of the Georgia negro politician. The Washington negroes who a few days ago in their meeting declared that the negro was soon to be recognized by the appointment of • negro to high official position had the inside dope. The pledges of the Republican party to the women of North Carolina, made in the famous Maekina-GHssom letter by Republican State Chairman I.lnney wan In these word*: "! pledge to the women of North Carolina that If we carrv the state in thl» election you will have a strictly white government." Chairman l.inney restricted his pledge to the state and 'if" the Republicans carried it, a thing which lie knew was not to happen. But low comes the nomination of Henry Lincoln Johnson and with it the report hat Charles A. Cotrell, the Toledo, O., v-trro is expecting to be registrar of reaaury. Contrast this with the [,in V'v pledge to the women of North "urolina that with Republican success 'nothinir will transpire in a Republi an administration that will cause any vornan to be ashamed of what she lid " But the I.innevixed scheme did lot jvork in North Carolina, and the vomen of that state are not to suffer he shamr and humiliation of negro 'hosslsm" as is feared by some em iloyes in the treasury But what if to he the future of the rirls, vounir women older women, who ire employees of the office ,>f the n»g- j tlrar of the treasury, and who nr.* lependent upon their work for a 1 iv iig. Henry l.incoln Johnson gets a big )l»re, and Cottrell ii waiting for hia. >ther services. I» being paid for hi* rork tn extricating Senator Ernst, of Kentucky, and other Republican mem urn of Congress, from the pit that' vas being duff for them with a refusal o heed the protests nf the negroes of V"rth Carolina niralnst the confirm it.ion of Frank Linney for district at orney, for it wan Johnson who evi lertly arranged the matter of the ac ■i ptnnce (f the ne^rr>e« of the snr ■ n<!"r of I/lniey. B ' • ' •' ■ . h !• 'all hangs fire, and it .vi!i hi at least wo week* before tiiere I» a ftt tliement >f it in the «enate judiciary ommi'te.y featerday the committer he'd a ne«t ng and at it Senator Ernst calk 4 a lalt, asking for the record in the case, he notes on the hearing1. Other mem lers of the committee joined with him. Senator Ernst said that it was no use « present the record of the hearings, hat all the negroes had practically vithdrawn their objections to the eon irmation. At this Senator Borah is -eported to have (rotten into action laying: "You mean that that negro Henry Lincoln Johnson has withdrawn it, do ••ou not ? What about other nejrroes i/bo signed the protest which is still before the committee. These North arolina negroes who are following •Ienry Lincoln Johnson deserve to be lisfranchlsed." Senator Ernst went on to say that le and Senator Cummins had con cluded that it was not necessary to jrint the proceeding of the hearing. 'I want it printed." Senator Overman s reported to have said, "and other >enator* want to read it before they .•ote upon the matter." "Oh, you want it for campaifrn docu ment. do you," asked Senator Ernst. "Perhaps I may," replied Senator Dverman. "It is a matter that con cerns the people and they would like to hear what Mr. Linney and the ne rroes had to say. they would lfke to tnow exactly haw they stand. And lenators who are to vote on the con irmation want to know." So without action on the Linney nomination the committee vjjnurned. During one hundred and fortv-ftve rears, the United States has been en raged in 110 war* or military ex peditions. * Certain natives of South Africa irew a drink which reverses the motor lerves causing drinkers to walk back ward. The liquor is made of the fruit if the cashew tree. Two out of every three persons in the world are unable to read and write, and one billion of the billion six hundred million persons in the world »re non-Christians. FIREMEN FIND BIG STILL IN CHICAGO . Officer* Say It Coat $28,000 Is Build Its Houm May Htn to Be Dynamited. Chicago. 111., July 1.—A riant atlll, which police said co«t at least $28,000 to build and »o large that it may b« nececaary to dynamite tha honae in which it ia located, la being guarded her* today by police authorities The atill haa a vat which measure* 14 by 18 feet and il ill faat deep while the coila ran thru the entire houae. The winei, alcohol and maah par*, phemalla conrt*eated ran Into thou i sand* of gallon*. A paaaerhy, who «aw smoke, turned | Iri a fire alarm which resulted in dia covery of the atill. The vat* over : heated wer>- found to he amoking. No one wan found at the houae and the proprietor* have not I wen located. Ex-President Wilaon Take* Oath A* Lawyer Washington, June 28.—Woodrow Wil*on appeared in per*on today in the chamber* of Chief Justice McCoy, of the District of Columbia supremo court, to be admitted to the practice »f law before that court. A *pecial session of the court wa* called for the purpoae of admitting Mr. Wil*on, the court having pre viously amended it* rule* *o that the former president* and vice president* of the United Statu* who are lawyer*, might be admitted to practice withoutj application or other formality. Mr. WilHon wa* accompanied to the court by hi* law partner, Brainbridgc Colby, former secretary of atate, and hy Joseph Tumulty, formerly hi* pri vate secretary. The adminsion of the former chief executive wa* moved by John Paul Ernst, chairman of the ex •mining committee, and the usual oath was administered by Morgan H. Beach clerk of court*. At the conclusion of1 'he ceremony the chief juatice briefly welcomed Mr. Wilaon to the member- j "iny wi v«iv imr. Wilson reached the court hoo» short ly before noon in an automobile and walked the short distance from the i nr to the elevator, which carried him directly to the chamber* of Justice McCoy. The ceremony and reception | were brief and Mr. Wilson returned the name way to his automobile. Two Million More Males Than Females Washington, June 28.—There were: 2,090,132 more males than females in { the United State* in 1920 making the, ratio 104 to 100 aa compared with 106 to every hundred females in the period of 1900-1910, the census bureau an nounced tonight. A preponderance of males has been shown in every census, due primarily,! the announcement said, to the consid erable number of foreign bom res-, idents among whom the males greatly outnumbered the opposite sex. Thir teen per cent of the country's total population in 1920 was foreign born. Every state except Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ala bama had excess of males over fe males. These seven states had ratios ranging from 96.S to 100 for Massa chusetts to 99.9 for North Carolina. The District of Columbia has a far trreater excess of females than any state, its ratio being only 87 to 100,' and Nevada had 148.4 males to every1 100 females, the highest ratio of any | state, the statement showed. Eight Million State Bonds To Be Offered On July 15 North Carolina's eight million dol-1 lars worth of bonds wilt not make a ripple on the water unless Tar Heels come to the aid of their country when I bids will be opened on July 15 for the total issue. This State Treasurer B. R, Lacy*sj belief and he has been trying to aellj North Carolina bonds for the last 21 years. Under the provisions of the law the Treasurer has advertised the bonds for sale but unless somebody gets busy and whoops it up there will be bids for less than on the two rail lions issue of several months ago. Then two (fiOO bids were received. The bonds are to yield Ave per cent and they may be bought tai $100 denominations—at least half a million of this kind will be offered. Although yielding only Ave per eert the brads will be free from all State 'axes and will be payable in ten yssn. To the man of meager means the 9104 bonds kan considered attractive. FRENCH OBSERVE GLO RIOUS FOURTH On* Pari* Papwr Cooa So Far As To Dodaro It a Frrach Paris, July C-—Nmptpm of thla city united thU morning tn halllnr July 4, one of than declaring the aa ttonal fate of tha United Stataa li a French anniversary. Tha usual rala bration* and exerclaea by Ynnco American organ itat ions took plaaa during tha day. ' In obaerranee of the <>• caaion na tionwide subscriptions ware o pan ad far I the monument erected on Poiata 4a 0 rave m. the mouth of the Qaroma river rommemoratinr the entry rf America Into the war. The flrat atona of thla monument waa laid In Saptea her. 1919, by Raymond Polncara, thaa ■ r-mdent of tha French republic. The Fourth of July was celebrated in Pari* with a program much aftar the uaoal order, altho the military • ide of the celebration, which v(a a feature of the day two yeara follow ing the armlatirr, wh» lacking today. In the forenoon a group of American visitors to Paris placed a wreath on the monument to the memory of Ij»Fayette, erected in the Hardens of the Tuileries by school children of the United States. President Mfllerand sent President Harding n cable message of Fourth of July ronirratulations, while Premier Briand sent a similar message to Sec retary of State Hughes Premier Brt nnd instructed a diplomatic officer to uttend the customary Independence Day celebration at the American em bassy and express to the American people thru Ambassador Wallace, the sincere and best wishes of the French nations of the American holiday. How To Keep Young Have you ever noticed that those who really have the hard knock* in life, and have the most to bear in the way of physical or mental suffering, are oftfr the most cheerful and the moat plucky ? It is the unhealthy, morbid brood ing arm putty disappointments, dif fteulties «r tmaft illnesses that hi Jot* us moat. Some people ret into the habit of worrying, and in ao doing *poil the lives of those around them, and warp their own. By constant worry the power at self-control ii loat. The ability to be cheerful, courageous, and sometimes even interesting, is gradually under mined. Eventually- this affect* the health, the appetite is banished and the digestion and probably the heart (iffected. The unhappiness shows In the face. Lines appear between the eyes; they look dull, and the skin unhealthy and probably wrinkled. Worry suck* the vitality from not only the one who give* way to it, but from all who are near. Learn, therefore, to face life brave ly, and above all, dont make trouble out of small or imaginary ills.—Ex change. Resolution Of Respect Whereas, Mount Airy Chapter No. 18, Order of the Eastern Star, wishes to spread upon the records of the Chapter a testimonial of the Ufa of Past Worthy Patron Richard D. Clarke, whose death occurred am Thursday, May 5, lttl, therefore be I* resolved: The* in the death of Brother Clarke the Chapter looses its first Worthy Patron, whose enthusiastic service to ward the growth of the Order, and whose faithful attendance upon its meetings have contributed in no small degree toward the aucceas of the Chapter. That his wide and accurate know ledge of the details of the forma and ceremonies of the Order made him an unusually valuable member. That his genial personality will be greatly missed by the entire member ship. TYiat the genuine sympathy of < member of this Chapter is ext to his widow, our beloved Fannie L. Clarke, and to his daugh ter*. That one copy of theee resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Chapter, that one copy be givsn to Sister Fannie L. Clarke, and that copies be mailed to the Mount Airy News, the Ren fro Record and the Orphans Friend, for publication. May 17. 1M1. Committee: Miss 8a ra W. R. Simpson, J. H. Carter, TV Seme Everywhere The editor of Pai*a Amber, a native newspaper of Lahore. Indie, sap: 1 have used Chamherlein'k C"lir Kene dy many times among mv children and servant*, for colic and d anWta and ahray* found It effective.
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