> VOL. XXVII.
VADKINVILLE, YADKIN C()„ N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 59;!)
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PROBLEMS OF
» FAR EAST TO
COME FIRST
Iflusi Be Satisfactorily Adjusted
if Disarmament Is to Be
Success.
<ce an Agreement Is Reached on
These Important Questions Matter
of Getting Together on Cutting
Armaments Will Be Easy.
[ Washington.—Success or failure of
p disarmament conference in Wash
ington this fall depends primarily bn
% satisfactory adjustment of half a
•jflozen “Far East problems.”
| Only with these major issues ami
teably ail justed would the irritants
jjjbat might ultimately lead to a clash
pt arms be removed. And then only
■Mould the nations involved agree to a
considerable reduction of armaments
1—-at least a cessation of building new
ennaments—without feeling that
*bofety was being jeopardized.
These problems are:
i Mandates under the League of Na
tions, particularly that of Yap.
! Shantung.
The open door in China.
The territorial integrity of China.
; The territorial integrity of Asiatic
TUissa.
(’onununScations.
Once an agreement on these is
Teach-d the matter of getting together
on cutting down the size of armies
And navies will be easy. Rut lids tirst .
neces-arv agreement, officials recog-* j
Hlzed, will not be easy. That., rather !
:than any actual disarmament com- j
Ipaet, wni pe the big step toward !
_pe: ice. if it is achieved.
U. S. to Make Protest,
Yap and Shantung, Japan has in
jfilcated, she holds to have been dis
|K>sed of by the treaty of Versailles.
I The United States, however, on the
pasis that she, as one of the principal
allied and associated powers, even
though not a. member of the League
of Nations, was entitled to a voice in
the distribution of the former German
islands in the Pacific, has protested
jfhft granting of special rights in Yap
jto Japan. Because cf Yap’s impor
tance as a Pacific cable center, this
{country has insisted that it be inter
nationalized and equal rights assured
[to ail.
>j With respect to Shantung, no offi
cial stand lias been taken, although
{many senators have attacked the be
stowing upon Japan of the German
[rights in that peninsula.
K The unbiased view, however, has
ibeen that any dispute over sovereignty
in Shantung should be the matter of
[negotiation between China and Japan.
l> There is indicated a considerable
[desire in several quarters that the
[Yap and Shantung questions be elimi
nated in advance of the. Washington
|conference. That, it is recognized,
would greatly simplify questions be
fore the conference. This government
!will not, however, concede that the
jtreaty of Versailles—dn the absence
jpf any acquiescence by this country—
[could, dispose of Yap. The case has
[been stated so plainly that Japan has
h»,t «,S IQ io,-. OTI ..■ Ii:, ii
'our claimststand, and the vigor with
(which they will be presented.
China Demands Province.
As to Shantung, Japan has contend
ed that title to the former German
[rights in that province was largely
[vested in her and cannot be disturbed
jso long as the Versailles treaty re
jmains international law.
I China, on the other hand, contends
;that her declaration of ,war against
(Germany restored to China all rights
previously granted Germany. That
[being so, she claims, thera were no
(German rights in China to be dis- j
posed of at the Versailles conference.
China refused to sign the treaty be
cause of the-Shantung provision.
* The open door in China and China’s
territorial integrity are, of course, old
questions. They are the ones in which
the real statesmanship of the mem
„ bers of the conference may best
be displayed. On them depends
whether China is to become an inde
pendent nation, or whether the spe
cial interests which virtually render
«Ua impotent and helpless are to
$nue their hold. In this is in
the abolition of all extra terri
al jurisdiction, the control of mari- j
tlmv> customs by the British, the ;
French control of the Chinese post of- j
flee and the Lansing-Ishii agreement !
Recognizing Japan’s “special inter- j
ests.” These are infinite ramifica
tions.
■The question of the territorial integ
rity of Asiatic Russia will bring to the
front Japan’svoccupation of the mari
time provinces of eastern Siberia, and
of Sakalin island, where Japan is op
erating extensive-Gisheries. Japanese j
colonization in Manchuria and her oc- ]
cupancy of Vladivostok are also in- j
volvcd.
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Cables Cause Trouble.
In the matter of communications
the whole question of a friendly
equitable relationship in the establish
ing and maintenance of wireless and
cable stations will be developed. Thb
will bring in the development of Ym
as an international cable distributin
center, ard the interests of the Nell
erlandg, which now control import at
cable links in the western Pacific.
Both Belgium and Holland, in a
dition to the six powers primarily in
volved in tiie conference, wiii he pe*
nutted to make represent atious It
connection with the Far Fast q ties'
{tens. ■*
Belgium has extensive interests in
China, Belgian capital owning the
Lung iLii and the Row Clung rail
ways and the great Kal i'?h,g mines. ‘
Holland's whole file as a trading
nation depends upon her rich island
possessions in the. Pacific-—the Dutch
Fast Indies. This com; rises a huge
territory with r>0,000,0< * > population
Without these colonies and a fret
hand in developing their markets, Ho!
land would be reduced t<> the statu:
of a fifth-rate nation. lb>r interest1
nre readily recognized as justifying a
voice in any agreement involving Fat
Eastern affairs.
Dominions Raise Problems.
Along broad lines, these are tin
Questions that must he ironed out be
fore the conference can gej down tc
brass taclfS on the relative size o;
armies and navies.
Important, hut secondary to, these
key questions, are the atiitude of Aus
tralia, Canada and New Z-'ufiuid, and
the new position in which the Philip
pines may he placed as a result of the
conference.
For it is generally admitted that
with the other questions of expansion
ami colonization in the Far Fast set
tled on some agreeable basis, the
| cham.es for Philippine independence
at an early dale would be .greatly in
creased.—1 iarry Hunt, in Chicago
Post.
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I DRINK ‘HARD LIQUORS’ NOW
Germans Using More Whisky, Brandy
and Gin—Draft Now
Law.
Berlin.—Consumption of vines and
liquors lias boon increasin'.: «> rapidly
j in Germany since tl’.e war that the
reiehstag lias directed the drafting of
a bill to regulate the traffic. The kiw
also is to check a growing increase in
the number of saloons, in. Berlin par
ticularly.
The crime wave which has been
sweeping the country for many months
is attributed by many, to the “drink
mue," and especially to tlm more gen
eral use of cheap cognacs, green whis
kies. gin and other “hard liquors.” The
Germans, in fact, are gfh dually losing
their old reputation arc beer drinkers.
Practically all the cafes and wine
rooms of Berlin are installing “Ameri
can bars,” against wliiicb the customer
may lean, with his Je'et' on a brass
rail. There i-. no change for a place
at the bar, but to sit at thc'tjbdes it is
compulsory to drinl^*' eJ%u$iagiie. or
some other wine of similar price. Con
sumption of champagne has out
stripped all previous records the last
twelve months, amounting io more
than 12,000,000 bottles.
. l.u ANCIENT ROMA'S ROAD
Workmen Digging Man!*oi-ss in Eng
land Unearth Highway Which Ran
From London to R/Sancheoier.
London.—Discovery Las"been made
in England of another obi Homan road
iiiiherto unknown.
Workmen who were digging man
holes on the Alton road where the lab
ter joins the roads to Bentley and Bor
den, near Farnham, Surrey, ’.inearthed,
live feet, below the surface, part of
what appears to be an old Roman road
that ran from London to Manchester.
The road was in an excellent state of
preservation, the surface layer being a
foot in thickness and composed of
flints. In order to penetrate the sur
face it was necessary to use drills and
steel wedges.
Research has demonstrated that not
only the Romans used bituminous ma
terials, including asphalt,• but the an
<■' ntt Sumerians, Persians, Babyloni
ans, Greeks and Egyptians as well.
The road discovered in England, ac
cording to engineers, was. capable o£
carrying traffic heavier than any to
which modei’n roads are now put.
Man Tired of Living at Eighty-Six.
Chicago.—“Eighty-six years is long
enough for any man to live. If he
can’t see enough of this world in that
time there is something wrong with
him and lie should get out.” This
v. as what Andrew Larson of Chicago
fold -police who picked him up in a
,dying condition. He had severed ar
teries in his wrist, and died a few
i hours after being removed to a hos
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Many Reasons Why Big
Nations Should Disarm
Approximately $1,500,000,000
has been appropriated for ex
tension of the naval program by ^ ]
the five countries which are ex-:"'
pected to discuss disarmament
in Washington next autumn.
The United States leads with
$500,0<>0,000. Great Britain is
second with $422,000,000, Japan
is third with $250,000,000,
France is fourth with $175,000,
000, and Italy is fifth with 73,
000,000.
Discussion of the building pro
grams will show the five coun
tries armed on the oceans as
follows: Great Britain, 955
ships; United States, 608 ships;
Japan, 221 ships; France, 253
ships, and Italy, 245 ships.
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STUDY RED SLAYERS’ SKULLS
Hungarian Phrenologists Report Bol
shevist Terrorists Were Ab
normal.
Budapest. Hungary. — Hungarian
phrenologists made a careful study
of the skulls of 80 notorious lied ter
rorists hanged after the fall of com
munism in this country and have just
reported that “bolshevist terrorists,
though exhibiting signs of abnormality,
seem not to belong to ihe type of born
degenerate criminals.”
All the 80 were members of Bela
Run’s bodyguard called the “Lenin
boys,” and all were found guilty of
numerous murders and robberies.
“The skulls,” runs ».he report, “when
compared with the skulls of notorious
common murderers preserved in the
museum of the police, show signs of
degeneracy in a mu -., n s degree. The
only exception is Joseph Qserny, the
leader of the group, whose skull is
easily first among the most deformed
specimens of human degeneration.
When examined during his trial the
savage iook of his sinaii, evasive eyes
startled even the professional doctor*
of crime. Small wwidw that Bela
Kun felt afraid of the. man.
‘■The medical hoard holds the view
that the bolshevist terrorists, though
undoubtedly degenerate, would under
ordinary circumstances never have
committed murder. But their resist
ance to crime was much weaker than
that of the civilized type, and when
the solid body of law and morality
was shaking with revolutionary fever
their half-slumbering ferocious in
stincts aroused and they killed with
the savage passion of the neolithic
man.”
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Miss Lein MecarUtey i>1 Alameda,
Cal., l>rifio of Lieut. Louis E. Aubert
of the French army. Four months ago,,
during the war, he appealed in a
French magazine for a correspondent,
to help make life at the front more
bearable. Miss Macartney answered.
The correspondence led to their en
gagement.
"Fresh" Eggs Hatch in Store.
Paducah, ’ Ky.—Fourteen chicks
hatched out of eggs in the bottom lay
er of a crate at a market house here,
were discovered after the top layers
had been sold as fresh .eggs.
The chicks, which were several days
old, apparently had been mothered by
the heat wave and were in splendid
health.
The owner sold them for several >
times the value of fresh eggs.
Citizens to Curb Speeders.
Greenville, S. C.—“Speed limit 25
miles per In;ul\ Drive slow and see
our country:«drive fast and see our
jails." This is the sign that Sheriff
Rector ported on all the Reading high
ways apt! a hundred citizens were se
cretly sworn in as policemen to help
.curb the speed demons.
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MNCING HELPS_
New York.—Dancing sis part of the
regular treatment of those convalesc
ing; from heart disease was prescribed
two years ago by Dr. Frederic Brush,
medical director of the Burke Founda
tion,-the great institution for the care
and treatment of convalescents at
Wh^te Plains, to which juiany patients
from New York city hospitals and
oilier institiftions are sVff'l. The re
sults of this treatment as shown by
its effect upon thousands of patients
lias been amazing, and doubtless will
elicit a gasp of astonishment from the
uninitiated layman as wed as from
the physician of the older school.
Doctor Brush says, kTHvever, that
there have not been any bad results,
but on the contrary the exercise has
been of great benefit. Modern dancing
(ball, contra and folk types) is a val
uable form of physical exercise in
(he reconstructive-convalescent stages
ot heart disease, he declares. It af
ford* a high degree of needed mental
thempy, and advances the patient
notably toward social restoration. Ex
perience indicates its safety. It gives
an added and readily available test, of
the-cardiac reserves and ot progress.
The physician tells.about bis experi
ences wiili dancing as a therapeutic 1
agent, in Kor-pita! Social Set vice.
Applied ex err isos in the convales
cent. , constructive and preventive
stages of heart disc; sc Dwo three
mil in purposes, says Doctor Brush; -s’
improve the genera! ■■ ■* t ion * (mitrl- j
tinnal, muscular and orgi i.■), in- '
crease the cardiac resene power and |
lessen the introspect!;« •" d neurotic j
tendencies. ilradual re-entry into r '
normal occupational :;v* snob.] living |
is the end sought.
ft is of assured advantage, says
the physician, to have the exercises
pleasurably anticipated and v..joyed;
and • particularly valuable to have
thept simulate or merge into every
day physical and social' activities.
Formal Gymnastics. j
Formal gymnastics ai 1 ' y inspiring !
courage and further exercise, in ge*- |
ting hold of the mild slacker or neu
rasthenic, and sene well in had
weather time*; but in six years’ oh
" s^frh t ion of some 3.000 heart convn- •
lescenrs, says Doctor Brush, no regime |
has given such all-round satisfaction, i
safety and success as did the old farm
regime where a total of nearly 500
cardiacs, boys and young men, were
given essential freedom in play and
work over the place (under reason
able regulations of rest, etc.).
Dancing may be called an inherent
activity—of all girls, of women up to
fifty, and of most you&g and middle
aged, men, says‘the physician; older
persons are persistently happy in
watching It; it, is the rfiost joyous of
nil play-exercises, and both physically
ana socially stimulant.
Convalescents with bnt & moderate
degree of cardiac reserve may begin
cautiously to dane£, then go on to a
considerable indulgence, with safety
and", benefit, he asserts. The heart
patients early led tin*' way in tills.
Women were found to be dancing in
their cottages and hoys^exhibited vari
ous -“jig stunts,” etc. %
The practice was checked, then
carefully observed, encouraged and (
organized; and soon two or throe for- j
mal dances p°r • 1* were give open j
to patients of all diagnoses and ages. {
For two seasons past &■ dancing class !
for cardiacs under eighteen years has j
been conducted, under. medical and j
nurse watchfulness, tijfe instruction j
being given principally*.' by stronger |
patients of this group.
Class attendance is compulsory as
soon as the heart strength is consid
ered adequate. The weaker and mere
diffident are gradually inducted. Man -
cardiacs have given special fanrv
danees in entertainments. This 10""’
]y diversional exercise is not stress’ <1.
but is included in the direction, ‘ to
begin to walk, coast, golf, dance, eve.,
ns soon as you feel able.” Reshh at
physicians’ orders are occasion- iy
given for more or less or none of these
various exercises.
For six months the dancing is out
of doors. The spectators, too, are
strongly affected for good. Doctor
Brush asserts. One hardly recognizes
these patients at such functions; they
show' color, animation, strength, goftd
posture; pains and neurotic depres
sions have actually disappeared—and
are the less likely to return. “T can
dance .again!” is a valued expression
by patients.
There have been about twenty col
lapses or partial faints among all the
thousands of dancers (30,000 patients
cared for). About half of these were
in cardiacs and found to he mainly
hysterical or neurotic. -•Some heart
patients have complained Ipf increased ^
pain, etc.,- the day after,- hut no in- £
stgnce of decompensating has fel-h
lowed. (Decompensation' means fail-j*
nre of the heart to increa se in power r
sufficiently to overeoiiitr’Ova.Ivular d is- [
ease.) Toe pulse rate fiscs morterale- [
ly. Many patients exp, ess a feeling
benefit fr,oro the exercise.
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State News items
Durham’s water supplj is said
to be scant cn account of the
drouth.
*Labor Day celebrations were
held in many towns in the state
Monday.
Cotton and tobacco both took
an upward trend in. prices this
Iweek. Cotton has reached 18
cents and is still on the rise.
The textile strike at Concord
is reported to be settled and the
majority of the operatives back
on the job.
According to government fig- j
ures there are 1,572 postoffices
in North Caro’ioa, including 14
first-class, 64 second-class, 219
I bird-class and 1,275 fourth-class
offices.
Lin wood College, Gaston
county, has been sold to the col
ored Baptist church of North
Carolina and a school for the
colored race will be established
| there.
| C. T. Reich, of Wieston-Sa
j !un, was seriously in Rd Sun
Tny when his ‘car turned oves
! He a i that city. A friend, named
' Whiteheart, riding with him, al
j so suffered minor injuries.
| Secretary Weeks has officially
announce ! that Camp Bragr
; will not le sold. All of the
stale troops are to be taken
away, but the camp, buildings,
roads, streets, etc , w ill be belt;
intact fur future war use.
| Mrs. Charity Hicks, of Win
! ston Sajerij, ijas passed her 103
tmthday and *s stni itu.e anc
heahtv and as active ,is mam
| woaien ai nO or 60 Site is r».»v.
|<-n a visit ro her son, A B. ‘licks,
at Hviioiony, Iredell county.
Raleigh has been threatened
with a water famine for several
days or account of the extended
dry weather. A good rain fell
in that section Saturday which
relieved the situation to some
j extent.. Several other towns in
that section of the state are also |
threatened with a water short
age.
A dispatch from Spencer says
that a trainload of whiskey pass
ed through there one day lust
week. There were thirteen
tank cars filled with the precious
fk id, much of it 15 years old.
The government was moving it
I Com Kansas City to Ne w York.
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armed guard.
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Tire total amount of nionny in the !
United States a recent inventory !
showed to be $8,082,773,861). How much !
of it have you to your credit? This I
amounts to about 580 for every human !
being in the United States. Have yen i
ycur §80? If you have not, it is easy !
to get. Save it! You can get 100 j
times $80 if you save.
But there is only one way to save it. i
That is, to lay down a rigid rule to j
save a certain amount each week oi j
each month out of your pay-check or J
income. As you save it, invest it, j
looking first to the safety of the prin- ■
cipal and, secondly, to the interest j
return.
Invest it in United States Liberty !
Bonds or in Government Savings Se
curities, such as $5 iVar Savings j
Stamps, and Treasury Savings Certif-!
icates in denominations of $25, .$100 \
and $1,000. These Stamps and Certii.
icates pay 4 per cent interest, com-.
pounded quarterly. They are guara:.- ,
teed by the government of the United J
States to ijtcnpr.se in value from mouth j
to qponth Etrrd are not subject to market i
fldtftuatioms:
djou always "khbw exactly ' what aj
Sarin’f^tglMfoE a Tmasury Sav I
-iifel Oertifitmtdms,^V^V*.’fi f^rd'‘vor. cam
t EliwUW BHF it oa.cn. when necessary
•to;the.. gpycrnnv'niTat that gtri.rhn.teid
prlcfe. Itememhor somebody is savtr
th^imaneyfyou waste. * Why not do ‘
yourself? ^our postmaster sells Gov
ernment Saving? Sncuritie’s.' Ask him
;abo|<t tilery j^.'~ - •
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Koltioss Neefis
SO More Mm
State Prohibition Director
Kohloss has asked for an addi
tional sixty men to help enforce
the prohibition laws in North
Carolina. If this number is
parted it will bring tl-e force
up to 100 men.
Director Kohloss says that he •
is making rrogress in his work,
but that his present force ofd
some forty men is inadequate
and that he needs sixty- more
men <o carry oh the work as it
i should be. More than a dozen
moonshine distilleries were
c iptured last week.
Kohloss is looking for a good
field man to look after the work
at Wilmington. Information
has oeme to the state director
that the port of Wilmington is
being freely used to smuggle
*in whiskey and he intends to
have it stooped.
Corn Popped on Th° Ear
by The ITofc Weather - ,i
Washer jo’}•'■> ( l1. of Cmth
Main street, t-n 1 • 1 >if; d to a
n*.*l u port*.r y< 'Jer an an 'r rf
pop corn on v. iiK h somvMn'm&f
like sixty grab s b d **et-rr pop
ped open. He exrd- r t b d ,>r
his grandmother, Mr.. 5s D ( 3y\U
gathered sonv- tars -n his,,
patch the first of hist weCt ar.q*
placed them on the wind -w sill
outside the hous«*, f ,-re tl.ev
lav for xt.ven»! dn\ ■ Thursday-'
evening Mrs > r(r\ . j
><■'' ' : 1 O' the ; ...s u full of
'“Viute spots and upon closer ex- ,
animation it was found that a
large number of the grains were,
popped open. :i'
The extremely hot weather of
last week caused the corn to
pop open under •ti;e burning
sun. I he rays of the sun sho\\a,,
directly on the ears most ajD
the hottest days of the week.
Mrs. Civ states that this is the0
first time in her life that she has*
heard of anything of the kind,
but she says she has no vet
known the weather to be hotter*
than it was last week. .IvecoruS}
of the local weather observer
show that the hot spell’ of Yds\
week outstripped anything that
had been experienced this sura*.
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Page Em; vs, Profest
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| Chairman Frank Paae, of the
j North »_ a roe an lug I way de
I partmenf, has ided a strong pro
; test with tiie war xitpariment
• against the reported plan of the
| army to move he a \ y a rti 11erv
i and tractors through tae state of*
: North Carolina when it trans
fers soldiers from Camp Jack
| son, S. C , to Camp Eustis. Va.
The protest oi Chairman
: Page is the first to be received
| by die war department from any
! state highway department rela
tive to tire plan of the army to
transfer ns troops from one
camp to anoth r by means of
“hikes” and not by rail trans
portation, The marches afoot
aie in tne interest ot economy
• uni. will apply* u> all transfers
w litre the d Chinee is not too
great. , .* -
^ Nir. and Mrw C. SL i.o \er\ypt
Rutiiet lord p ave so yen
d Htghteis and one sap. die n -.me
'of c,i< ii ?he let
ter D They tfre^DcipbU
nia,.. Dn!('ii!:J.i>{p>v:e, Doroffrv,
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