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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
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An Independent Weekly
Published in ap inde
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Five Cents Per Copy
Tryont N. C.# July 2, 1925
$1.50 a Year
I (OVAL! J ENTERTAINS MEMBERS
fill COUNTY CLUBWHO ENJOY PROGRAM
, Simt c i of Pittsburg, Pa. Delivers Interesting Talk
gitiesO* ..eloping Natural Resources of Thermal
jail Through Intensive Publicity Campaign
lii its first meeting in the northern end
ward, Saluda, N. C. on Thursday evening
- and many guests in attendance.
suitably decorated and an exceedingly
ig the luncheon hour a musical program
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New Orleana,4s now in New York
rom the Philippines to champion
a million dollar drive for the leper
colony In the islands. Her hus
band, fix. Wade, is acting chief
Mr* George Alexander Simpson of
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a press ageit j Pittsburg, toother with Judge and
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stfled
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that he had
Polk County
J. Gentry of Bird Mountain
members.
The meeting closed at 10:30 with
;ul everyone j everyone happy and immensely
at: invitation pleased at the reception accorded
iy of content- them in Saluda, by the citizens of
till- Land of 1 that thriving city, the ladles who
J furnished the entertainment^ the
?vision then ! quests who helped make the evening
enjoyable, and the hotel manage
I-ver and op- I ment that went to mnch trouble and
Hog Back expense to make the luncheon ex
it OK ?'
R. ( . li?'Hia ^ > propos.
county
faction uf
conn-rung it with eeptionally attractive.
vilic Highway. 1 ?
Q. Sunn- of Saluda,
[Wented r-v!- r and instruc
( >1 ? _ - . Columbia,
two >?'!??( ? :ou,s both of
except:- 'rial iy ut-11 deliv
tell receiv- ,? ?y the audi
Fighting Bob LaFoilette
Stormy Petrel of theSenate
Had Sterling Qualities
aetin-' fur Mill Spring
that thv i:- \t monthly
?f the club t.- h?'ld under
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fog and abided .the mem
fcre w uld t?.- an abiin.
food wat^r. !:< >:!??? grown
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Iter* th" f.r ? !' tcsday in j
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foil r.v.-<) ul?i Mr and '
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of Paupers Cars
Caused Burning Gas
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QQ lusty Road
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Personal Integrity and todonuble Fight
ing Spirit Made Late Senator Notable
Figure in Nations Affairs
Regardless of our personal likes
-nd dislikes, when a man with the
incisive battleing personality of
Robert M. LaFollette passes, we like
to think of the qualities that were in
him that were worth preserving in
men. We )ike to think that it is the
good that men has done that live
after them^ and after his stormy
career wherein he figured o,ftenest
as a leader of a forlorn hope, it is
no slight tribute that men should
think of him as one who never sold
his convictions to serve the hour.
With his personal integrity, his in
domitable fighting spirit, his. willing
ness to' lead a forlorn hope, it was a
tremendous pity that he could not
bave been inspired by great enthusi
asms for men and for institutions,
that he might not wit-h sympathy
and eagerness have attuned himself
to the spirit of service and co.opera
tion that on the whole < is he domi
nant note of business. For without
it the stars in their courses fought
against him. The multiplicity ? of
government commissions of all kinds
the unending maze of investigations
of this and investigations of that,
the restless Obsession of a sinister
purpose here, there an<T everwhere
? these noisy instruments of criti
cism worked in all too easily with a
temperament only too inclined to
fight angrily.
But if leadership were left only
to men joyous with great enthusi
asms there would be altogether too
many venerable wrongs never made
right. With the world what it is we
need now and then men of protest.
We need, to keep alive the tradition
of protest, and to do that without
fear, t0 remdin throughout incor
ruptibly honest and never bending
the knee, is no small achievement.
It calls for all a man v may have of
fortitude and merits the! tribute
that men- Pay to those that Ogbt I
fearlesi. 'J
FRANK JACKSON PROMINENT
POLK COUNTY RESIDENT
MARRIES MISS SWINDLER
Wedding at Landrum Baptist Church
Attended by Friends of Both Parties
The Landrum Baptist Church was
the scene of a very beautiful wed
ding when, on Wednesday morning at
10:30 Miss Maggie Lee Swindler be
came'the bride of Mr. Frank Jackson,
of Mill Spring. The ring ceremony
was performed by Dr. G. A. Martin,
pastor of the bride.
A green and white color scheme
was carried out in the decorations,
which consisted of a back-ground of
pines and rhododendron massed
about the pulpit, with baskets of
Queen Anne's Lace and feathery as
paragus.
Before the ceremony, Miss Jane
Carpenter, accompanied by Mrs. R.
L Lee at tbe piano, sang "At Dawn
ing" and "I Love You Truly." The
wedding march from Lohengren,
played by Mrs. Lee announced the
entrance of the bridal party. First
came Master Barham Thompson, Htr
tle Miss Margaret Austin, Maste* E*_
vin Landrum, and Miss Margaret
Prince, all dressed in white, who
opened the gates for the party. The
ushers, Messrs Bloom Cantrell, Rus
sell Thomson, Frank Lambright, and
Baylis Christopher entered next and
took their places on either side of
the altar. The bridesmaids were
Misses Peggy Long, of Saluda, S. C.,
and Lea Jackson, of Tryon, N. C..
Miss Long wore a lovely dress of or
chid georgette, with hat to match,
while Miss Jackson was similarly at
tired in flesh georgette both carrying
baskets of sweet peas and fern.
Miiss Margaret Carpenter, the
maid-of.honor, was charming in a
peach georgette, with leghorn hat.
trimmed with peach satin and car
ried an arm bouquet of pink roses
and fern. Mrs. B. H. Doggett, of
Columbia, sister of- the bride, was
dame-of-honor. Her dress was o '
powder blue georgette over rose, and
she carried a lovely bouquet of la
France roses.
Master Loran Moore, carrying the
ring on a stlver tray' entered- next,
and stood Beside the minister.
The tiny flower hoy and girl.
Master Marcus Nash and Miss Vir
ginia Walden, scattered rose petals
in the path of the bride.
The bride entered on the arm of
?er uncle, Mr. R. L. Lee, and was
(net at the altar by the groom, ac
companied by his best man, Mr. J.
Robert Foster, of Mill Spring. The
brlde was beautifully dressed in
wood-brown georgette ensemble,
with accessories to match.
During the ceremony, MlBs Na^'e
Mae Mallory, accompanied by Mr*
Lee at the piano, rendered Lovely
Nicht" on the violin
. Mrs. Jackson, daughter of
Eugenia Swindler is one of Lan
drum's most popular young w???n
For the past few years she has beea
a very successful teacher to various
parts 0* the state.
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LEGAL OPINIONS VARY ON
TEAPOT DOME TANGLE
ANDJUDGES DIFFER
Falls May Fall Downon Vindication Plea
if Public Isn't Satisfied With Courts
Sinclair Clean Sportsman
Who Sticks to Rules
Federal Judge Kennedy of Wyom
ing has ruled that Harry Sinclair's
lease of tyie Teapot Dome oil field
was legal and that the United States
government has no grounds for com
plaint. ? J
Harry Sinclair has always been a
clean sportsman and while playing
the game to the finish he has never
theless stayed within the letter of
the law as written and construed by
Federal judges.
If Senator Falls takes this as a
vindication of hi8 policies and prac
tices he is misjudging the temper of
the American people. Fall goot his
? legally; of course. Doheny and
Sinclair don't put out money in big
chunks unless they are pretty well
assured of the legality of the expen
diture.
That Senator Fall betrayed the
confidence imposed in him by the
voters of the commonwealth remains
to be proven in court, but that his
standing politically and socially has
been impaired goes without saying.
The majority of Americans believe
thht Fall's fingers were well oiled.
The government has appealed to
the Supreme Court which will prob
ably sustain Judge Kennedy's ruling.
Sinclair bought no pig in a poke
when be leased tht> Teapot Dome.
The highest paid legal talent in the
country saw to that before the coin
was delivered to Fall or any other
That's Sinclair's way. A
good poker_player and a shrewd bus
iness man, playing the game accord
ing to the rules as written ? and
nailing down every loose end to be
sure it was written right. . ,
Nobody loses but Uncle Sam and
the common ordinary variety of tax
payer who In the last analysis is
merely a counter in the game as
lightly moved as Omar's chessmen.
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The groom -.is a prominent busi
ness man and farmer of Mill Spring,
N. C., where the couple will reside
upon their return frdm a trip to
Asheville, Waynes ville, Lake Juna
luska, and other points of Western
North Carolina. ,
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GREENBACKS COST MONEY
BUT DIRTY CURRENCY
NOT TOLERATED In U.S.
Government Stickler lor Appearance And
Spoiled Bank Notes Are Not Considered
Good PiMkity For Efldenc; of,
treasury Department. ~
Uncle Sam ig having trouble Keep.
ing his esthetic citizenship supplied
with the kind of money it loves to
touch. It would seem t^at most peo
ple would be so glad to get their
band on money? any kind of money,
that they would no- be seriously con
cerned as to whether it was spank
ing new or a trifle worn. But
people demand clean unspoiled mon
ey, demand it so insistantly that the
Treasury Department must spend
| nearly $5,000,000 a year giving them
whbt they want. Little difficulty is
experienced with the aristocrats of
the money family, the fives, tens and
twenties, but 1116 dollar bills are
abused. They come in for life
phortening wear and tear.
The Treasury Department at
Washington is pretty much of a
stickler for dignity and appearance,
and a dirty piece of currency is not a
good advertisement for the financial
part of* the government's machinery.
That is one side of the question.
The other is that lengthening the life,
of the paper money by withholding
it from contact with the outside
world until it was properly seasoned
would save the treasury a consider
able amount of money. But demand
for properly seasoning the money is
not available.
It costs the government a lot of
money to issue its distinctive green_
backed and yellow-backed bills. It
has been estimated that the Treas
ury pays out 1.3 cents for each dol
lar bill that goes out into the peo
ple^ pockecbooks There is nearly
i
four billion dollars of paper money
circulation ? so it is readily Seen that
keeping the people supplied witn cur
rency Involves a real outlay. When
the Treasury takes silver and coiii
it into dimes, quarters and halyes, it
exacts its fee, for seigniorage i8 one
of the legacies of government that
has not been discarded even by the
most modern states. But not so
with paper money. Creating it en
tails an expence ? not a thrift.
UNION BOY SCOUTS AT
LAKE SUMMIT FOR SUMMER
The Boy Scouts of Union, S. C.
are in cajnp at Lake Summit threes
miles north of Saluda where they
will remain during their annual en
campment.
About 50 boys from Union will
take this trip, including ^those that
have already gone to Camp Summit,
who will join tbe troops just as soon
as they reach Lake Summit The
Boy Scouts will enjoy such sports as
swimming, fishing, hiking and boat
ing. Most, of the boys have been "to
this camp before, and are eager for
the time to come for them to go once
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SCOPES TRIAL FOR TEACHING THEORY OF
EVOLUTION IS A TEST CASE FOR NATION
?
"Greatest Question Eyer Raised," Says Win. 1. Bryan. Cannot Legislate
a Limit For Human Mind In Inquiry After Truth" Says Opposition.
Comments From the Press of The Country
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Tennessee's battle over the right to teach the theory of evolution
in the public schools has now engaged the serioous attention of all civil
ized thinking peoples. It is contended in ;:ome quarters that the whole
question of human freedom and development is wrapped i.p in tissue, f
The question is of importance not only in Tennessee or Florida or Okla
homa or any other state. it is regarded even as more than :i national
| issue. ,
Of course it is accepted that no
Legislative body can ; aiter natural
law by statue. It is just as impossi.
j ble to prove by legislative enactment
, the truth or falsity of evolution as it
would be to Pass a law that would
definitely establish the truth or
' falsity of gravitation. What ist is,
i and no IegdrV pronouncements can
- j make otherwise. The question rais
| ed involves tke right of the human
being to try To learn the truth regard
ing the orgiQ of life. Of course in so
far as inquiry presupposes doubt, the
i issue embraces the question of agno
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John T. Scopes, professor
biology at Dayton,
school, on trial there for
the "monkey-law** ? or,
with teaching the theory od
tion. It is a test caae watched with
a great deal of interest throughout
the eoontry.
ARMY SERGEANT TELLS
? HOW TO DISPLAY
THE NATIONAL FLAG
?
Veteran of the Color Guard Gives the
Etiquette in Displaying Old Glory
Under all Circumstances
Flag etiquetts for the guidance of
those who intend to display the na
tional colors on the Fourth of July
was outlined by Color Sergeant J.
B. Claycomb who has been a color
bearer in Uncle Sam's arpiy for the I
past eighteen years.
"There are only two ways to dis.
play the American flag properly.
One is to fly the flag from a staff,
with all its folds freely unfurled.
I The other is to hang the flag flat,
with its' full horizontal or' vertical
length falling evenly and the starry
field at the top and to the observer's
left. Any other way, by placing Old
Glory in a secondary position, is
sure to suggest lack of dignity and
respect.
"Whether indoors or out, the flag
should never be festooned over door
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ways or arches, tied in a bowknot or
fashioned into a rosette or draping.
Use bunting.
"At crossed staffs with another
flag the national flag should be on
the observer's left, with its staff in
front of the staff of otljer flags. In
a cluster of flags, the national flag
should be in the centre or at the
highest point of the group.
"On a staff, projecting from a win- j
dow, national flag may be hung eith- ,
er horizontally or at an angle, with !
the starry field drawn clear to the I
' truck, as the peak of the staff is !
called. Suspended between two j
^pws of buildings s0 as to hang over
the middle of the street, the flag
should be hun^ vertic -y with the
starry field to the norm in an east.
and-west street and to the east in a
north and south street.
"On a speaker's platform the flag,
if not flown from a staff, should be
displayed flat aQd placed above and
behind the speaker. If on a staff, if
should be on the observer's left.
"When carried in a procession, the
national flag should be either on the
marching right of all other flags, or
if there is a line of flags, the nation
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sticisjm, in that the theory of evolu
tion necessarily runs counter to the
Genesis story of the creation.
Judge John Randolph Neal, of
Knoxville, Tenn., states his position
in he controversy in this way: "We
regard it as equally un-Aniei ican and
therefore unconstitutional, whethe^
it is kingly or ecclesiastical author
ity or legislative power that would
attempt to limit the human mind in
its enquiry after truth."
On the other side of the fenco
stands the statement of William J*m_
nings." Bryan, arch foe of the evolu- .
tionary theory. "This" says Mr.
Bryan "is one of the greatest ques
tions ever ramud? |he qu stion of
the light of the people \.lu> created
ad support the schools t io control
them. If not they, then who? The
Fundamentalists are trying to estab
lish the doctrine that the taxpayer
has a right to say what shall be
taught ? the taxpayers ai d not the
scientists ? Can a handful of scient
?
ists rob your children of religion and
turn them out atheists?"
Rebuttal then advances this argu
mest: Even though the theory of
evolution be true and be finally ac
cepted by the people as against the
story of the Genesis those who might
accept the truth Could not becojisid
ej-ed atheists, j toey pointy too, to
the wide divergence between athe
iuni aptl agnxtstlcMj^a^^,^^ jr'
ijaoffrer ' viewpolBt^.lrhc re do*s
not appear to be any particular quar
rel with Mr. Bryan's basic theory
that the taxpayers have a right to
set up schools, and to govern the
school cirrieulum. It is cnl when
this is coupled with legislation mak
ing education compulsory that the
the right of the individual to seek
truth becomes abridged. On the one
hand it is said compulsory education
does not necessarily involve study
only in public schools. Parochial and
sectarian and private schools are
still left as the unhampered media
through which evolution or any other
theory of life or coadict may be
taught. Other controversalists say
this is not a practicable answer in
that it would create a monetary stan
dard of education. Were evolution
demonstrated or accepted as the true
principle of life, then such knowl
edge would be barred to the poor; in
deed they would be compelled to
learn only the story of Genesis, cor
rect or incorrect.
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The crux of the argument appears
to hang on the natural right of the
human species to seek the truth, to
be informed on the thought of the
world and be given the liberty then
to exercise their own judgement In ?>|
the forming of opinions, andwhether
the Tennessee statue allows that
right. This applies to economics,
to religion, to history, indeed to &U
base8 of human knowledge, including
the theory of evolution.
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al flag should be in front of the cen
tre of that line.
"When other flags are flowu from
the same staff fhe national flag is
always at the peak. When flown
from near.by staffs the national flag
t
is hoisted first au(J lowered last.
"In hoisting the flag should be run
up briskly. It should be lowered
slowly and ceremoniously. The War
Department sees no objection tG fly
ing the flag at night over civilian
property, if otherwise appropriate.
It should not be used, however for
advertising purposes.
"When flown at half-staff the flag
should first be run to the peak of the
staff and then lowered ; before low
ering for the day it should again be
run to the peak.
"The u c l the flag for athletic
uniforms, ?.Jkerchiefs, napkins or
other means lacking in dignity and
respect, while not strictly a viola
tion of patriotic feeling.
"There is an old army custom
which affords an opportunity to do
reverence to the Stars and Stripes
when old and flags are withdraw n
from active service. By it the ;; ,
field 8 cut from the flag, which is a .
longer a flag, are burned and their
ashes scattered .on the parade
ground."