The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-28
THE PASSING OUT
Or THE OLD YEAR.


piled ard but very few care. Those
who have suffered much are glad it
Is dead N the hope oil a better year
to come For those who found it
a joyous time--eyen they are glad
it has vanished in the hone OF still
better days. . sazEkE1
1t mas necn G year OF anNiety ana
struggle FOR the nations OF the
world. In southeast Europe the
war between turkey and tireece
ended in the latters defeat and
the birth of a new Turkey destined
to give further trouble to Europe,
In Italy q revolution led to the
triumph OF the Fascist and the
freedom OF the people. Germany, al
the brink OF banrupscy, has sought
to evade payment OF hef debts 10
the other ltations and has seen
the marx depreciate to almost notii-
ing. France, believing that Ger
many must pay or France VIII nor
be able to meet her obligations,
threatens to occupy the RuEr dis-
tllcr and the national forests OF
the Rhineland, In January Nj. Eri-
and was succeeded by Nj. Poineare
as prime minister. In England
Lloyd Georg was oVerthfoWh ana
A Bouar Law beuam.. PRIME nm
lister only recently. The Irish Free
State was established i'll January
and poor Ireland has suffered clVli
war, assassination and outrage d''f-
ing all the year.
Tt has been stormy year III
America too. The strikes OF the
coal miners and railroad shoplnen
disturbed the peace OF the country
and threatened her welfare all our
ing the summer. Traffic was al
most disrupted and the Transports
tjon problem became acute. A tuei
famine threatened tor time. f:r-
mers became discouraged in the
low price received for their products
while prices were high to the CON
summer. Taxes scared to the zen
ith. 1t was inevitable that the
blame, whether deserved or not
should fall on the party in power.
A landslide followed in November
for the Democrats.
The most Troublesome problem
has been the enforcement OF the
18th amendment Profit in booze
on the part of the seller and the
love of the stuff on the part OF the
buyer has led to TIL greatest vioia-
tions of law since the civil war,
The administration has remained
firm. however and refused to quail
~ the law for n mere minority OF
law breakers On the contrary
Atrorney General Daugherty ruled
honor off all American ships
throughout the world and declared
foreign ships could not enter Aneri'
can ports withliquor sealed or uii-
sealed. Later in the year the Prcsi-
dent has decided to call the COVER
nors into conference over the veXeo
unestiOn. while it is freely statcH
that many governors and congress
men themselves are the greaest Vio-
lators of the prohibitory law 1t
is evident to ALL however. that the
omen saloon can not come back.
Congress passed few important
hills: the foreign debt refr,nding bill
setting a limit of % years for pay
ment, the cooperative marketing
b.Il the tariff revision bill, with n
notable proyiso giving the Presl-
DEM power to change rates as con
ditiops warrant, and finally ship
subsidy bill.
The anti-lynching and the bonus
measure were iosi.
There were many disasters "ith
the loss of thousands of lives and
millions of dollars The most mum
jliatirg were the many riots during
the strikes, eliminating in the Her
rim massacre in Illinois and the
slaying of score of men me
trial of the indicted men Is being
carried over into the new year.
Nearly one hundred people were
killed in Washington theatre
by the collapse of the roof. Twenty
five men died In mine explosion
in Pennsylvania thirty-four died
from the fall of the drigible Roma,
an eight millions dollar fire occur