The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-28

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floods in the Mississippi Valley in
the spring destroyed much life and
property New York City suffered
one OF Tie worst storms IN its his
tory in JUNG and 80 lives were lost,
81 were killed in a railway Wrech
n Missouri in August. In the same
month there were great forest fires
1 III Minnesota AZ men were entomb-
ed il ii burning mint in California
! anti were found dead A gas cXplo
sion in November in Pennsylvania
destroyed 80 lives Of miners and
dust explosion took 81 more lives
i in Alabama Automobiles and air
craft were the cause OF a great many
( deaths throughout the country and
I the end Of the year sees a campaign
on IN many states to curb the
death eaaIing auto. Poison booze
took its fatal toll of lives in all
parts OF the country, causing the
issuing OF a general warning against
constituencies bootleggers. A wave
of crime swept over the country
during the year, resulting in many
holdupS, burglary, bank robbeFies
and murder Many notable trials
were on, featuring domestic broils,
uftimea ,HeHia.,g milrler. Some OF
these were never cleared up. 1t
made tie metropolitan press iatle;-
spicy reading ard the newspapers
never played NJ to their golden
/ opportunitymorezfully.
There wee many disasters in all
4 rag5s OF IN : o!. >s, de OF Ameri-
ea On land and sea from storm, fire
and earthquake.
Mann persons OF note died during
!! the year whose names are household
words, like Sir Ernest Shacllleton,
\ knta,ti traveller, Marquis Okuina.
Japanese statesman, Pope Benedict
! XIV. 10 be succeeded by Cardinal
4 isatti, John KendrikS Bangs, author
/ Niscount James Bryce, ten. Chris
tian De Wet, Boer commander,
/ ITenry Bataille, French dramatist,
i Charles, eN-emperOr of Austria. Dr..
4 Cyrus Nortlrup, former college
president, Frederick Dey. famous "a
/ the writer of the MEX Carter stories
| laul DeschancI, former president
of France, Richard Croker OF Tam
many Hail fame, Mrs. Mary Y. Ter
hul>e marion Harland, Lillian RUS
4 sci, actress. Horace f. Hooper OF
the Encyclopedia Britannica, WI
| Tng-Fang, Chinese diplomat, ;. g.
4 Goss. inventor OF printing presses,
\ Dr. Il. j. Wheeler editor Current
Opinion, Miss Mary N. Murfree
4 tChal!es Egbert Craddock), AleXan-
der Graham Bell, telephone inven-
tor Arthur Griffith, president OF
| Dali Eircnnn, John q. Wooley, many
4 times Prohibition party candidate.
Lord Northcliffe English publisher,
In. s. Peabody, Chicago millionaire,
4 BiShop Samuel FalloWs OF the Re-
| formed Episcopal church, DR.. Ly-
mann Abbott, editor OF OUTLOOK
Thomas Nelson Page, author ana
diplomat, Gen. Luke e. Wright
governor general OF the PHILIPPINES,
.,ohn Wanamakcr merchant prince
and many others too numerous to
mention.
With all the trials through which
mankind has gone the great major
lily, except for financial stringency,
and the ordinary trials of life, have
enjoyed a serene year. With the
close of the year there is Il new
hope rising of better things. The
times are improving. Money is be-
ginning to emerge from hiding.
/ Taxes are being adjusted. Farmers
IRE more hopeful, business is reviv-
ing. Land seekers ant moving again
toward the west. The opening year
is the most promising since the
years before the great war.
Above oil America is at peace,
and so is all the world-the first
| Christmas .eace for many years, ty-
pical of that day when the Prince
/ of Peace shall make his habitation
among the nations, when the ma
tlong shall beat their swords into
i ploWshm9s and their spears into
pruning hooks. ..