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TH POLK COUHTY HEWS anrfTRYOH BEE '4 Consoiidatejil Nv 1915 1'iitJUhcd every Iri'lay at TflYO.M, NORTH CAROLINA Telephone 99 Entered a second- lass matter April 28, 1915 t the pot office at Try on. North Carolina, ua 4ar the act of March 3. 1S79 B. F. COPELAND, - Editor C. BUSH,'' - Business Manager Subscription $1.50 per Year OBITUARIES, CARDS OF THANKS, Resolution of Respect. Church or Lodge Notice where an admission fee is charged, or for financial yain. will be charged regular advertising rates of fire cents per line. THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. 226 West 19th Street. New York City, is our sole and exclusive Foeign Advertising Agent. "Long May It Wave." Third Liberty Loan and Second Red Cross both out of the way, next wiill come the Y. M. C. A. drive. Of Course they will get two or three times as much as they ask for. w. s. s. Our people can prepare themselves for a long casualty list from now on. Our boys are in the thick of the fight, and we may expect to lose heavily, tfut rest assured that for every Amer ican slain, there will be three or four Germans. w. s. s. It is reported that Gen. Hinden burg, the German butcher -,is in the hospital suffering from an attack ol typhoid fever. Now if the Kaiser and the Glown Prince could only have an attack of cholera- or bubonic plague with fatal results, the world would breathe much easier. w. s. s- The American boys are giving a good account of themselves "Over mere." instead 01 being called "Sammies' they are called "Yank." and whether from South Carolina or Massachusetts, it is "Yank" All right, let it' go at that. Before the war is over they will "Yank" Ger many off the map. w. s. s The second big German drive start ed last Tuesday, and while the Huns have gained some territory they have done so at such an enormous loss of life that it is a barren victory. Gen. Foch, the generalissimo of the allied armies claims he has the situation well in hand, and for the allies to have' no fears of the final results. w. s. s w. s. S It is planned to place a war Sav ings Certificate in every house 1 in Polk county, and a special week has been set aside for that purpose. An organization will be perfected where by canvassers will call in person upor every family in the county, and it is hoped that there will not be a refusal to buy. w. s. s In a letter received a few days ag from Mr. Hoover, he says: "T meet the situation abroad and . t( prevent serious suffering at home, it is imperative that . all those whos circumstances permit, shall abstair from wheat products in any form un til the next harvest. It is realized and deeply appreciated that many or ganizations and some communities have already agreed cu follow thh plan." W. S. S Millions of loyal Americans have cheerfully complied with the ruling: of the food administration and, cut down the use of wheat products, but there are so many who hkve refused to do so, that everybody'- will mon than likely.be refused any wheat 01 flour during the months of July and August. It is indeed strange thai majority of the people of the Unit id States should be made to suf fer on account of the wilful attitude of asmall number of slackers. w. s. s. There are cases where health com pels the eating of wheat bread, and substitute can not be used. The family physician is the person to sav who these persons are, and thev snouid not be compelled to eat that which is injurious to them. But for a person to wilfully defy the man uals 01 tne lood administration and refuse to eat corn hrpad rl . - - f vtivii: in the same eatflenrv aa -f Vvov wv German, and they should have the &ame punisnment meted out to them as would any other enemy of the uiutea states. w. s. s It is reDorted that th people in Tryon who have complied With the f OnH nminiafiat:nn'n 1 .uuiuutJviltuuuB uiwjib regaraing the purchase of 50 per cent Of flour Kuhstitiifpa Knf V,4- 1 have not only refused to eat these substitutes, but have been known to Athem' in he garbage can or feed them to live stock. ' Such person v. V j . irustrating. the plans of the food administration, but are do me evervthrnw iV.of 4-1 r 12 !e to have them do. In othe? ; Words thfv nro a ... r SJ.Sflft a crime. $& iSffCor KKwsr ,. v about the largest 'Xntnpution to the Bed Cross fud t'tat has been given in J'olk county is the one of ten dol by a vdovvV who iives "not a thousand miles from Columbus. The good woman is rearing a family and her income very small from her daily toil which she depends upon wholly. Shows some of us up in this giving thing. Bert Leston Taylor changes the "Give till it hurts" to "Give till it tickles." Taylor is right as usual. Observer. Tryon had the aspect of a live mil itary camp for awhile last Wedn netiday 1 hursJay. A tv;any of the signal Corps, numbering 285 men, with their arms, 'wagons and automo biles, ambulances and other vehicles, came into town on their way to the "Battleship" from Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg. They .spent the night at the "Battleship" and next morning passed through town again on theii return hike to Camp Wadsworth, An ammunition supply train of motoi trucks from Camp Ogiethrope, Geor gia, passed through Thursday morn ing, on its way to Camp Wadsworth. Large supplies of ammunition and ac coutrement are being unloaded at Landrum, and it is rumored that there will soon be 1,500 men encamped again at rifle range. A Tryonite who says he has per sonally little use for any clergyman, as such, but great respect, affection and attachment for Mr. Bovvne as an individual, a friend, and useful, pubv lie spirited citizen, thinks he ha& made a mistake in judgment in leav ing Tryon. The clergyman is doing about all he can as a rector, leaving him only so many hours needed foi other duties, rest and recreation. His Asheville church is not likely to leave him any more. Out side of his parisl work, his usefulness, as this Tryonite sees it, chiefly depends upon his per sonal contact with individuals, hi talk with individuals, his helpfulness for individuals, his personal sympa thy with each one; not mere general ity of talk, or public speaking. Aftei his church work is done show can he 1 come into this close personal relation with more people in Asheville than ii Tryon? Even in his hospital work he will have to take time to visit the patients. He will save a little be jause they are near together, noi scattered about, but there will still be chose outside the hospitals to visit, tt cheer, console, assist. Owing to the i'acl that there are only twenty-foui nours 'a day in Asheville, the Tryon te does not see how Mr. Bownp cai pand his work there any more thai any other workman who can turn ou jniy so much per hour per day, .vherever he rnay be working. Thit Tryonite therefore predicts that Mr. downe will himself soon discover this, and if circumstances are favorable, expand his work there any more thar, iave not changed much jn the in terval, he will find good reason fot resuming his work in Tryon, where ais heart is. Since the artillery boys left rifle ange, there has been very little fret :ircus on Tryon streets.- But th( Jther day a "solitary horseman" a! .he story writers say, met an incom ng freight train just as he was od- posite the postoffice His animal a. jnce let mm know that he wasn't ero- ng past me Diowing and snorting lo comotive His spurless rider had on y a small strap witn which to over come this prejudice against nois iteam engines. Instead of goingo ri ;be horse sought refuge and pro tec ;ion by the side of Dr. GraHv'c V.m-C, nd buggy, siding up to him and try- ng 10 put tne outnt between him anc ;he locomotive. It was a'failure, bu, ;he horse still clung to the buggy, se ;o speak, rearing and plunging ane .ubuiiig his thanks against thn whnh This performance went on for some mnutes Detore a group of mterestee ipectators, who made bets of cigar: xnd soft drinks with whether two legs or four legs woui ;uine out aneaa. in lact on accoun )f his constant rearing, the hors. night be considered a two-iegged an mal as well as his rider. At ,af th, 3wner of the two legs on top of th lurse goi me oetter ol the four un ler it. It made an unexoected bol! md went tearing down the street a1 ,hird speed for some three or fou) rods. Suddenly it stopped, subsidee nto a gentle trot and looked the verv maere of a family horse that woule is soon rub up against a fierce, snort ng locomotive as the most, nuiot anr1 Jomesticated buggy. LEARNING ABOUT THE WAR. A meeting at the colored school louse was held Tuesdav fn hPa, lbout the war, study the 'maps ane .oiiow tne soldiers from Tryon to the :ront. The generosity of Mrs. E. W Emerson, a well known Tryon visitor, provided a large map of the world che United . States, the variouf amps and of the battle Europe. Mrs. Holden pointed out cne journey irom Tryon to Asheville Knoxville. Cincinnati. Camp Grant, where the soldiers are now stationed; giving distances ane the time required to travel them. She also read the poem, "Christ in Flanders." The Rev. Mr. Taft discoursed upon Lhes causes of the war. t.hf rhiVf f which he said was the destructive in the German heart, of all right and justice; that nothing but weaitn, posessions and nower was worth while in this world, and that any wickedness was not sinful but ngnt, in order to get these things The whole German nation has beer corrupted and its conscience destroy ed. Mrs. Taft told the atorv f ored soldiers who were attacked by 16 German soldiers, h ously and swiftly did the Americans fight them at close range with bayo net and knife that the enemy turned and fled. Rev. Miller affirmed his belief that not only Uermany but the whole worm needs to be converted. Having qualified as administrator W J ",UL,JU' aeceased, 1 hereby notllV all nprsnna inrJoKf ol 4A t 1 "'mvwhu iu iatu JU. B. McGuinn to make settlement with m All . iuo ni,. unce. au accounts against uia eaiaie must be presented to me wiuun la months from this date, or lj& w,u ue aeoarred. This, May 25th, 1918. J. M, McGUINN, Admr. 1 -1 BAGS KEEP THE FULL! 'flit s. ONE MAN'S REASON WHY. I have a son two year old. I want him to be a sportsman. I want him to be able to win like a gentleman, to lose like a man. I want him to grow up in a world where a victory gained by foul tactics Is Incom prehensible. I want him to feel always that his word is sacred; that no advantage to himself or others Justifies the violation of his oath. I want him to reverence the memory of his mother, to look upon all women with clean eyes. I want him to grant, as a matter of fact, the demands ef weakness upon strength. I want him to look upon human beings as individuals, to accept cheerfully another's right to a belief contrary to his own. I want him to. gain his own beliefs through searching his own soul, not by blindly accepting tho dicta of others. I want him to believe in a generous God. a God Who is a Gentleman, not a demoniac God vjbo plays favorites. , One judges a man by his professed beliefs, by his acknowledged deeds. One judges a race In the same manner. By their professed beliefs, by their acknowledged deeds. I Judge tho Germans. And I firmly believe that a world ruled by them would be a world in which It would be impossible for my son to grow up to be the man I want him to be, (Contributed by Mr. KEMBLE and Mr. ROCHE to the NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE'S Campaign of Patriotism Through Education.) WHAT THE YIGTORY OR DEFEAT OF GERMANY MEANS TO EVERY AMERICAN (Contributed by ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE, author and globe-trotter, to the National Security League's, campaign of Patriotism Through Edu cation.) Germany's victory would 1 mean all that the alarmists have said the set back of humanity, democracy, civiliza tion, rights of man, etc. But, to Amer ica, it would mean infinitely'more. It would mean our first national de feat ; and, thus, would smash our per fect record for victories a record as old as our nation a record that means more than the right to brag. Even as a beaten army never wholly regains Its old form even as a beaten ring cham pion sinks at once into desuetude so our nation (its traditions of victory gone) would suffer far worse deteriora tion than the mere fact of defeat could inflict. It would mean that the man who has risked all in his country's struggle for Right could never again feel his former calm certainty that Right must tri umph. Thus, the moral tone of the In dividual, as well as of tho nation, would inevitably be lowered. This country has never embarked In a war of conquest. From 1775 'to the present we have fought for Liberty or for Union or for the Oppressed ever for some sterling principle of right. From childhood we have been taught to believe that the high unselfishness of our war alms has giren us" the vic tory. We have seen the decay or de struction of men and nations that have battled for domlnlon-as Germany is now battling. Should we fall in this, our mightiest war for the Right, the average man must lose forever the simple Faith which has led our dear country from nothingness to Its pres ent estate. For that Faith, more than for anything else, our sacrifice Is a hundredfold Justified. Your Country Calls ! Abater Americmnt mm?;& Make this war your waj. Every man must prove " Right Is Might It means your liberty, If not yoiir life, Combat German propaganda here. t Attack everything un-Americaa J '1 The Huns Abroad and The Pacifists at Home (Contributed by CASPAR WHIT NEY, now at the front for the "N. Y. Tribune," to the National Security League's campaign of Patriotism Through Education.) Although Germany, while yet a "friend." Intrigued against our peace and order, urged Japan and Mexico to make war on us, and murdered our men, women and children, there are those among us professing loyalty and intelligence who practically say this is nor our war and appear unable fo real ize that the defeat of the boche Is as vital to us Americans as was the vic tory of 1776. Then we deelared for independence ; now we fight to maintain it. It is not merely that we fight in answer to Indignity and material In jury done us through attack on our rights as a nation and on the lives of our citizens not merely to uphold our place among self-respecting peo ,ples that we are at war ; but literally for our self preservation as a republic. To muzzle this war-mad wild beast we have taken up arms that the world shall be safe for the freemen of the world.' The world cannot rest in peace while Germany holds the destiny of other peoples in her blood-elripplng hands. The world cannot live in peace with a people that commits, or permits her sponsors to commit in her name, the foul acts of treachery, of vandalism, of bestiality, of murder, that have marked the trail of the German army over Europe. One doctrine or the other must pre vail ; either the German brutal right of . might or the civilized might of right one or the other must succumb in this conflict to the death. And should it be the German doctrine then shall we fall under the domination of a people that have robbed and rapexl and looted and burned and killed, that the "kultur" of a military oligarchy shall live. Prussian ism Is devoid ofc honor, truth, Justice or mercy, as its own acts have proved, and Its defeat is a neceg . sary first step for the peace of the world and the freedom of civilization. For the safety of American institu tions it must be destroyed; for the safety of American freedom, yours and mine and of all of us. We are in the midst of war, our war, the war of every freeman, of every man and woman who does not Indorse CPwa?y murderous assault upon the weak fand innocent, brutal inlusH I and atrocious acts; and if, we would preserve the Stars and Stripes and all theystand for we must fight the Huns abroad and the pacifists at home with all our' strength. pgjpPJBJBJBBJJBJaBBSsWBSlBMBBWBSMBBM Tlbainilk You Tryon, May 20, 19i8 'We take this means of thanking those worked so hard to save our property in ii 1 tug fire of last Wednesday, and assure them in their errorts are tuny appreciated.! WILKINS CO. OOOOOOCOOOOOOOSCOOOGOOOCQCl o I r A Thrift Stamn v o j w 5i 10 O stand up when the Star Spangled Banner is played. O UUUUUUUUUCOSOOOOOOOOOCGC1 o o o o o o o o o o o o o An account at this bank classes you as one of the progressive and substantial citizens of your community. No better time than now to start that account. Come in and let's talk it over. BANK OP TRYON W. TV LINDSEY Pres J. B. HESTER Cashier. aic Never Say "Enough" was getting the worst of it m a fight was asked if he would say 'enoug-h?" He replied: "If I had strength left to say that, I wouldn't be licked." That's the proper spirit. Never give up. A quitter never gets any where- If hard luck strikes you; brace up and go on just as bravelyas you can, How ever, a, little sav- j mgs account at the bank has carried many 1 a man through a tight place. Better begin now before hard luck strikes, and open a little savings account with us. BANK-off - SALUDA Capital $10,000.00 Saiucfla, N. C. HENRY P. CORITB, Pres. JOHN B. CANNON, V-Pres. PREZTOK Jl. MIIH, W r . ; 1 . )r" . , , ," , . . II LIllLi Ooosoooooooooooot3ooooiociooo ecMMXHt; COTTAGE FOR RENT. Eight room Cottage now occupied by Mrs. John Wilcox will be for rent on June first. W. T. LINDSEY, TRYON, N. C. This Bank is for People who . j. ,, A Want to Improve their financial Condition. Will you let us Verve you? A checking account is most convenient in the payment of bilLf SSf receipt. t)etPr7r.uaVwgS aV-l?nt 18 the sure road to an eventual com petency. We solicit your account. CAROLINA STATE BANK. D2dW W 6 R9BERTSON, Q. C. SsONNER H. . 1 1 I t I ! 1 t j vuuiBuea 10 ine extreme. Vice Presidents Cssbi
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