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from America on the main highroad
to the ocean.
And now let us test the cream for
the butter fat 1t contains. II is so
rich that 1 could fill a column of this
newspaper in describing each glob-
ule. With the new territories that
came from the war France got coal,
iron and water power. Her oitisens
are of the thriftiest and most indus
trious OF the human race. Tho soil
of France Is so rich and so we'll
farmed that II has been feeding the
people since julius Caesar. taking
the part of the Kaiser. invaded Gaul.
Germany and England are rapidly in
creasing their imports of foodstuffs
from abroad, and today the British
are really spoon-fed by us. II the
new world stopped her supplies of
bread and meat for three months the
fat of the body of John Bull would
shrink to a FRAGILE, and there would
be nothing to give out in the way of
government doles. Before the war.
France raised "a per cent of her oats,
and about all of her sugar. She Is
fast coming back to this condition
today. The output of wheat per acre
last year was the highest ever noted
and the crop was much better than
the average annual production just
preceding the war.
A Crazy-QuiIt of Rich Crops
l wish l could take you on some
of the railway and motor car trips |
have already made through the farm
, ing regions of this wonderful land. J.
landed at Cherbourg, on tho English
channel, when the harvest was ripen-
ing and came to Paris by rail. Most
of the way was through Normandy.
a land given up to meadows. grain,
fruit and stock raising. That coun-
try 10 one crazy-quilt of agricul-
tural riches, the patches of which are
sewed together with hedges of the
greenest OF green. The patches rep
resent wheat, oats, hay and alfalfa,
which are interspersed with orchards
and truck gardens near big towns.
The hedges are trimmed; the fields
are clean except for the bright red
peoples showing here and there out
of the green. There is no waste land
and 1t laughs with the harvest. Here
they are cutting the hay, using great
scythes as in the days of our fore
fathers. They load the hay Into carts
drawn by huge Norman horses or put
1t up in cocks in the field. The hay
cocks are symmetrical. They are
twice as tall as those of our farm
ers, and will surely shed rain.
Notice the cattle and sheep. They
pepper the meadows with great white
and black spots, growing smaller
and smaller as they near the horizon.
Normandy Is one of the best cattle
! regions Of France. From its milk
comes the Camembert cheese, and i
think also the Brie, while the prov
ince Is to large extent dairy for
both Paris and London.
AS look I am reminded that
France is now raising enough meat
| to feed almost her whole people. and
that before the war she had some for
export. She is rapidly getting back
| to her pre-war condition. She has
| only 100000 less horses than at the
beginning of the German invasion,
| and her cattle. which then numbered
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about $4,000. 900, are now only about
100000 short. l see fine oxen haul
ing carts over the roads, and am told
that Brittany has record cows which
produce from five to seven pounds
OF butter per week. l have not had
bit of bad butter during my travels
in France.
The Worlds Finest Farms
And now take q look out of the tail
of your eye as we fly in our motor
car through some of the farming
lands of the devastated regions. In
a future letter we shall. go leisurely,
stopping the automobile where we
please to study the country. This is
Just a snapshot. We are riding at
something less thon one mile per
minute through what l believe to be
the most wonderful agricultural dis
play on the face of the globe. !
have seen nothing like 1t In other
parts OF Europe or in North Amer
lea, South America or Asia. The
country Is one great blanket of
crops. without fences or weeds or
any marked divisions to separate the
fields. Tho patches of wheat. oats
and hay are kissing each other, and
the colors alone show where one
crop ends and the next one begins,
and all seem to be equally rich.
Every patch Is like the best of ono of
our agricultural experiment stations,
and this Is SO for hundreds OF miles
on each side OF the roadway, and OF
fields small and large. Indeed, If
only the soil of France is to be con-
sidere its people will have no
trouble In lifting our mortgage.
The Thriftiest Nation of Europe
And this brings me to a very inn
portant item in figuring the value of
these French obligations. This is
the thrift of the people. There Is no
nation that gets more out of its soil.
The French lead the world as good
farmers. Every crop they produce
grows moro TO the acre on land of
the same character than in any part
of the United States. ! have not the
average wheat yield before me, but
I believe II Is double that OF Amer
lea.
And then the thrift that one sees
everywhere as he goes through these
farms. Not a square inch goes TO
waste. rode 200 miles yesterday,
and / could number on my fingers
and toes the fences ] passed. This
wipes out the waste OF our fence cor
ners, and tho wide uneultivated space
on each side. believe that II France
had the land of our fence corners she
could raise enough from 1t to pay s
per cent annually on the vast amount
she owes us.
Even the roadways arc made to
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CROWDER PLACING
CUbAON HERFEET
Zone Man Intervention" De-
scribes CroWder Mission to
Cuban Republic

Havana, Cuba, OCTOBER IL one
Man Intervention" Is a phrase coined
In Cuba to describe the Crowder mis-
sion. sit has superseded DOLLAR
Diplomacy" in Cuban attempts to
anaIyxe the latest innovation in the
Pan American policy OF the United
States.
The recent departure Of the per-
sonal representative of the American
President for Washington. there to
confer with his chief on future nego-
tiations, has furnished an oppor-
tunity to summarize the results he
has achieved during the "a months
be has labored to unscrafnbis the
Cuban situation.
The belief held in washington
carly In 1920, that all was not well
with the island republic, crystalized
into certainty on December 81 OF
that year, when President Wilson
named Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder
his personal representative before
President Mario G. Msnocal. He was
rsappointed by President Harding on
March 8. 1921. Except for . visit to
washington which lasted from Janu-
arg II TO February 7. 1891, the for
nsr fudge advocate general has been
a. strictly ON the Job ss he was dur
ing the critical months In which ne
directed the formation Of the national
army In tina United states.
Task Confronting Him
Confronting him upon his arrival In
Havana on January 8, 1921, aboard
the U. s. 8. Minnesota, was 4 TASK
which can best be judged by outlin-
Ing what has been accomplished
Briefly. 1t includes;
Decongestion Of the Havana docks.
with the removal to half hundred
bonded warehouses of goods valued
at more than 3s0.000,000 which hal
been closging the channels OF com
merce.
Z Pacific settlement of tho zayas-
Gomez presidential conflict which
otherwise might have brought civil
war.
Reduction OF the Cuban budget
from $13o.000.ooo to $55.0o0,ooo.
fAFtidi STANDARDIZATION VI eS 'otA
mental services, involving the elm
nation of nearly $4,000 useless en-
ployes.
Reformation of the first Zayal
cabinet by the removal of seven OF
nine members.
Loan Provided
Reorganization Of the national lot
terry by ending the illegal collection
Of nearly $10.0o0.Q00 yearly through
ticket juggling.
Enactment OF five emergency laws;
authorizing a s50,000.0 900 foreign loan
with necessary new taxation) to
liQuidAte the country's floating In
debtedness; recognising the federal
accounting system; providing for the
classification of the floating debt
suspending certain provisions Of the
civil service and electoral codes to
permit the reform cabinet members
to weed the personnel of their de-
partments in the interests of honesty
and efficiency; and providing means
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At per cent 1T will amount TO
$500, 100000 a year. almost 100000
a week, over 100000 a day, almost
$4,000 an hour, and $500 minute.
year in and out. Put your watch to
your ear and listen to the ticks SIX
good hard dollars should be dropping
from the pockets of France into the
United States treasury every time the
sound strikes your eardrurn,
$500 Per Family
But this is more than a question
of Uncle Sans pocket. 1t is ques-
ton of your pocket and mine. You
and I really hold the mortgage. We
raised the money, some of us by Bit
ter privations, when we each put our
savings into Liberty bonds. We are
paying taxes for those bonds today.
and we shall continue to do so until
our national debt Is paid off. This
means that every one>of the 100000
900 families In the United states has
on the average a $500 share In TINS
mortgage on France. If you had
$500 mortgage on lot or a farm IN
your neighborhood. would you not
want to look at the property, and
know something about the man or
woman to whom you gave the loan?
That is just your position as to
France and the French, and that is
what 1 would have you remember in
reading these letters on the France
of today.
The French Republic
In the first place, what is France,
by and large, and just where does
it lie? l shall first take up the re-
public In Europe, for that is the
heart of your mortgage. The vast
colonial possessions outside will be
treated of later. France in Europe,
with Alsace-Lorraine and the other
patches it got by the war, measures
little more than 100000 square
miles. 1t is just about equal to Ohio.
Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and
Missouri put together. 1t is more than
one-fifteenth as big as the main body
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aUINN,s BRoTHER DEAD

Montgomery, October 21.-(Special.)
A long distance telephone message
from Birmingham late Friday an
nounced the death of . brother of
/. r. Quinn, state commissioner of
conservation. The brother had been
In the west for his health. Mr.. Quinn
left Montgomery Thursday evening
and was scheduled to deliver an ad-
dress In north Alabama Friday. A
sister Of Mr.. Quinn died at her homo
at Hamilton. Marion county, few
weeks ago. ~
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yield money. There are no brush nor
weeds lining the highways In the
reconstructed regions l see no cattle
running at large and this is the con-
dition throughout the republic. The
grass on the roads is cut with a
scythe, and nearly every road grows
trees of one kind or another each OF
which is made to earn its own liv-
ing. On some roads are apples.
peaches and pears, and on others the
trees are all tall poplars from which
the branches are cut every so often,
supplying fuel for bakers and others
who want a quick fire.
The New French Roads
The roads themselves should be
taken into account in estimating the
value OF your loans to France. Cen
turtles before railroads had been In
vented, and long before America was
discovered. the Kings of France be-
gan to build highways. 1t Is now
more than 500 years since the coun-
try had public roads and a regular
service for the inspection and repair
of its bridges. 1t has been building
roads from that time TO this, and
has enough inside the republic, If
Joined together. to reach from the
earth to the moon, with enough left
over to make eight Lincoln highways
clear round the globe. France has
enough national roads to reach al
most round the equator and as to its
state roads or those kept up by the
departments. could the Atlantic be
bridged they might form six lines of
communication each wide enough for
two motor cars to pass, from New
York to Paris. The country roads
alone measure $4,000 miles.
On all this great road system, there
are no tolls to pay. 1t makes mo
blush when l think of my motor rides
over the ruts about my country place
in Virginia. where there Is a toll gate
every five miles and no toll less than
Is cents This is In the Blue Ridge
mountains almost within sight of the
Washington monument. Ishave rid
den around Paris within q like ra-
dius of the Eiffel Tower and no tolls
are charged. The roads are like
stone floors evenly laid, and one
can go UP ION high" over the steep
est of hills.
They Do 1t Better Here
Enormous damage was done to all
sorts of communications in France
during the World war. Thl has been
largely repaired at cost Of hum
dreds of millions of dollars. These
repairs are still going on, but with
out causing the rough patches and
frequent detours that seem to be
necessary in making the smallest
changes in our motor highways.
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France has vast tracts OF such for
ests, and square mile for square mile
far more timber than the United
States, Notwithstanding the fact that
the eastern part of our country was
covered with forests not more than
100 years ago. We have been vast
ing our timber asa drunken sailor
wastes money during his few hours
on shore. France has been saving
hers. She plants more trees every
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book interest to
us. We have a
mortga ge of al
most four billion
dollars upon 1t.
The actual sum. in
the early part of
this year, was just
about thirty-eight
hundred millions
including the in
terest then due;
and. II not paid,
that interest will
go on adding TO
this four billions
for all time to
nme
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They Do 1t Better Here

dietary.
There remains to be enacted, after
the generals return from Washing
ton, a banking law to cement to-
gether the shattered remnants OF the
old banking structure; measures TO
regulate the nation wide gambling
evil; a constitutional amendment to
permit the formation of a federal dia-
trict to include Havana, and further
reforms in municipal government,
and additional safeguards against
election frauds.
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UR FOUR BILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE ON FRANCE
A Two Hundred Dollar Share
In II for Every Family in
America With Interest at Six
Dollars a Second

Paris, 1922.
began my explorations OF the
New Europe with France. This coun-
try has a pocket
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year and allows none to be cut until
it is Just right for the market. She
Will proabbly have a good wooden
hirsute appandsge when Uncle Sans
head Is as bald as an egg.
Copyrighted 1922, By Frank G. Car
Penter.)
EA~M& c~-A--N
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Human
of Sunbright and the wife of Mr..
Ed Hutchinson of Lancing. She
leaves q. husband, four children,
father, and mother, brothers and
sisters, and host of friends to
mourn her loss. The Press extends
sympathy to the breaved family.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Roscoe Newberry, son OF j. A.
Newberry, died. Tuesday, at 400
P. M, after several weeks of illness.
He was a bright and lovab)e boy
and his many friends and school
mates will be grieved to hear of his
death. He was laid to rest We'd
ne, day afternoon in the Liberty
Cemetery.
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TENTH DISTRICT, oAKpALE.

Roy Angel, officer; Chas. Eastridge.
T. ]. Fulton, Walter Langley. judges; B.
F. Bingham, ]. D. Burton, clerks.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT, LANDING.
Gran Davis, officer; Anderson Handy,
Dan Davis. Robert Scott, judges; F. T.
Saffeil, John Dillon, clerks.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT, ANkADEl.
J. C. Phipps. officer; John Blake, J. F.
McCartt, Chas. Taylor, judges; Cal
Daniels, Charley Clark, clerks.
TWELFTH DISTRICT, ROSE.
Tim Frogge, officer; W. F. Albertson,
/. H. Bee. Harry Hammonds. judges;
Mrs. j. B. York, Willard Sumner.
This July II, 1922.
w. Y. BOSWELL, Chairman,
X. A. DAVIS, Secretary.
w. z. STRICKLIN,
County Commissioners of Election.
Morgan County, Tennessee.
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For Associate Member
Road Commission.

To the Voters of the Fifth, Sixth
and Twelfth Districts of Morgan
County:
hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Associate Member OF
the Road Commission for the Fifth,
Sixth and Twelfth Civil Districts to
be elected in the coming August
election. I have had considerable
experience in road work with con-
tractors. want to ask the support
of all the voters in said Districts.
Thanking you in advance.
am truly yours,
TOM O. CROUCH.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Rev. O. E. Feucht preached at
Knoxville. Sunday.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Mr.. G.. D. Henderson of Knox
Vile, was in town Thursday, on
business.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Lancing suffered from a very
severe rain storm, Saturday after
noon. This rain was so heavy that
it was near a water spout. Much
damage was done to crops, roads
and bridges.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Mrs. Ed Hutchinson of Lancing died
at the home of her grandfather's,
Rev B H. Human, Sunday night.
She had been in poor health for
several months. She was the daugh-
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21
SOCIETIES

MASONIC LODGE.
Emerald Lodge No. 377 meets every
Saturday night on or before each full
T. A. NORRIS, W. M.
L. RISEDEN, Sec'y.
!. o. o. F.
MOUNT TABOR LODGE No. 252,
meets in l. o. o. F. hall every First and
Third Saturday in each month
E, r. DODSON, N. G.
L. H. SCOTT, Sec'y
JR. o. U. A, M.
Wartburg Council No. 10, Jr. o: U. A,
M. meets First and Third Saturday in
each month. Visiting brethren welcome.
CHAS. FREYTAG, c.
L. K. NEWBERRY, r. S.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Atty. w. Y. Boswell of Oakdale,
was in town Monday.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. w. 2. Stricklin
motored to Rugby. Wednesday.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Geo. H. Buxton, our County
Trustee, is on the sick list this
week.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Professor S. w. Sheriff. of Nash
Vile, spent several days in town
visiting the County Normal and
giving several instructive lectures
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21
notice OF ELECTION.


Under and by virtue of the authority
and power vested in us under the laws
of the State of Tennessee an election is
hereby called to be opened and held at
all the voting precincts in Morgan Coun-
ty, Tennessee, on the first Thursday of
August, 1922. it being the third day of
said month, for the purpose of electing
the following named officers: Sheriff,
County Trustee, Cir cult Court Clerk.
County Court Clerk, County Register,
Constables, Superintendent of County
Road Commission, Associate Members
of County Road Commission.
The polls will be open at 900 a. m.
and close at 400 p. m.
We hereby appoint the following
named officers, judges and clerks to hold
said election:
First District, Middle Creek.
Alex Walls. officer; VIM. Jestes, Geo.
Simpson. Walter Bunch, judges; Alex
Hall, Maynard Jackson. clerks.
First District, COalfield.
Fred Ruffner, officer; J. B. Webster,
George Estes, John Thornton, judges;
John jackson, w. H. jackson, clerks.
Second District, PetrOs,
L. Hobbs, officer; C. c. Lilies, Berg
Cecil, John Beene, judges; W. A. Lang
ley, Houston Duncan. clerks.
Second District, Kelley's
John Kelley, officer; Sampson Holder,
Albert Eastridge, Welda Heidel, judges.
Ollie Petit. E. H. Bonifacius, clerks,
Third District, Crab Orchard.
VIM. Voiles, officer; Grant Bingham,
VIM. Redman, Stonewall Carpenter.
judges; Jesse Voiles, John H. Bingham,
clerks.
Third District, Pine Orchard
Sam Weatherford, officer; Sam Col
lett, Cal Headrick, r. M. Ferguson,
judges; Ray Stone, VIM. ellis, clerks.
Third District, CatOOsa.
VIM. Alley, officer; Blaine Adkins,
ALT Handy, Deaderick Kreis, judges;
Ira Shadden, Jesse Davidson, clerks,
Fourth District, Wartburg.
P. w. Holder, officer; Inman McPet-
ers, Harry Kreis, w. l. Breedlove,
judges; Ray Human, John c. Crenshaw,
Clerks.
Fourth District, Cooley.
James Barger. officer; D. M. McCartt
James Garrett, Albert Garrett, judges;
Dan Garrett, Ellis Sumner, clerks.
Fifth District, Sunbright
Granville Cooper, officer; Wiley Eng
land, James McCartt, Rube HURT,
judges; Oscar Human. Roddy Davis,
clerks.
Fifth District, Mill Greek School
House.
John j. CASTOR, officer, Larcy Skeene,
Joe Freels. John Diden, judges. Albert
Fairchilds, Mrs. Cyrus Fairchilds, clerks
SIXTH DISTRICT, BURRvlLLE.
r. H. Williams, officer; James Davis,
w. o. Peters, John Owens, judges; Geo.
Galloway, Mrs. A. B. Peters, clerks.
SIXTH DISTRICT, GLADES.
Sam Dixon, officer; Tom Innis, Geo.
Cox, E. R. Guffey, judges; VIM. Payne,
Andy Landlord. clerks.
SEVENTH DISTRICT, OEER LODGE.
]. T. Adams, officer; VIM. Purvis,
Miller Hurst, Fred Phillips, judges; AL
: bert Nash. Charley Phillips, clerks.
SEVENTH DISTRICT, BUCK LICK.
7 John Howard, officer; Robert Jones,
John w. Jones, Dave Anderson, judges;
Matte Cooper, Haze Jones, clerks.
EIGHTH DISTRICT, POTTER'S CHAPEL.
Charley Shaver, officer; Oscar Bishop,
Roe Potter, VIM. Jordon, judges; Virgil
Smith, James Hawn, clerks.
NINTH DIST, OAK HILL SCHOOL HOUSE.
Rube Handy, officer; Lewis Handy,
Anderson Handy, James MAIDEN, judges
Nit DYER, Toe Sexton, clerks.
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Miss Freddie SaffeDl of Tazewell
is spending a few days with home
folks here.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Miss Alice Dillon of Washington,
D. c., and Miss May Dillon of
Chattanooga, are visiting their
uncle Mr.. John A. Jones, this
week.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Mr.. Chas. w. Summer is re-
ported improving. His many friends
hope that he will be on his feet
again.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Mr.. A. M. Ba,umgardner of Oil
yer Springs. was in town, Thurs
day.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

The new bank building is pro-
crossing nicely. This building will
be a great addition to our town.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Miss Lenoir Sexton of Knoxville
General Hospital, is visiting
home folks here, this week.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Miss Luth Latimer of Junction
CITY. KY, was visiting friends
here, this week.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-07-21

Miss Mary Freytag was visiting
friends at Hartman, this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-10
Regular $6 Values

Seldom it indeed when you buy imported Ital ian hat for absolutely less than cost price. These n felt hats will not last long at this low price, So advis you to be here early
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-05
FIGHT BOND PURCHASE
Carter County Commissioners MAY
Sue for Return of Money Paid for
Money Loaned 10 MynOnn


ARDMORE, April A-The county
attorney has been directed by the
county commissioners TO investigate
the buying OF S145,00O worth Of
city bonds Of Wynona, Ok. by S.
NJ. Parker, former county treasurer.
from the sinking fund OF the coun-
~ In May aud July or1921, It was
announced by the commissioners this
morning after resolution by Roy
Johnson was approved.
In referring TO the bonds the
resolution says the value OF which
is very doubtful and the validity OF
which has been questioned"
IL the investigation so. warrants
the county attorney is instructed 20
bring suit against tho parties in
volved in the transaction, Il Is stated
In the resolution. According TO Mr.
Johnson. the bonds are now far be-
low par and would not have been
cosidered a good investment even at
the time Of the purchase because
OF the heavy Indebtedness of the
city, its meager population and lack
of municipal improvements. The
population OF Wynona Is given at
1900.