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THURSDAY, TAHUARY U. UM. The Polk County News Published Weekly by Tie News Publishing Company LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor Sitared at the postoffice at Tryon, N. C, as second class mail matter under act of Congress. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION On* Y*?r - i 1.5C Six Months 1.00 TKrss Mneitlift 75C DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATE Forty Cents Per Column Inch, Flat: Legal Advertising, One cent Per Word Cash In Advance LOOK HERE, MA! i A news dispatch from Austin says that Governor "Ma" Ferguson has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction '? . ? /? WAAA ! 1 1 * _ i 1 LiL! of any persop wortjh more than $,t>uuu ior violating tne pruiuui- j tion laws. In a statement scoring the "highbrows," she declares' that rich persons in Texas are daily violating the prohibition laws "and boasting about it," while the penitentiary ijj being filled with "poor devils who carry a pint on their hip." ' We didn't hear the governor make these statements,' but if she did make them they are more sensational than revolutionary. A second thought might have led to the eonclusion that if the "poor devils" who carry but a pint had the wherewithal to carry j a case they would do so. The only differences between the rich violator and the poor violator are the size of the pocketbook, the v- .] degree of the thirst, and the ability to conceal the evjderiice. With respect to prohibition, both hearts beat as one. ; , ^Governor Ferguson, in offering a reward for the conviction of the "rich" fellow. (if, indeed, the possessor of a mere five thousand plunks can be so considered),, has deliberately advanced the cause of inconsistency in political economy?a sore America has long tried to heal. The solution of prohibition enforcement ' 1 ' - - -? - -1 i- in can never De resoivea into ciass uiscrmuimuuu. auc ^iwiuug involved in sumptuary legislation will have to be solved by the same factory ftom which it springs, namely, an appeal to moral ethics, not by offering one regard for the apprehension of the rich, and another, or none, for thp prosecution of the poor. I \ * \ * * PENSIONS FOR DEAD REPORTERS? , . The government of Chili has passed a law granting pensions to journalistic workers after twenty years of service. As we see it, the only trouble with such a law is that too many of the boys are likely to starve to death before pension time arrives. In the -- ? i j ?? life of a journalist the first twenty y.ears are tne "aurnaesx. * ? * ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE. i We like the shoe salesman's mild retort to the parenfCflno expressed regret that he had to bhy so many pairs of shoes/Tor his child: "You ought to be happy that your child is healthy and active enough to require new shoes so often." 1 , ' * * * \ WHAT FOR 1926? Every man, woman and child looks forward to the year 1926 as a year of achievement. The bells ring out the old and in the new. New hopes, new plans, new ambitions take root in the aspirations of men. For the world, and particularly the European world, the Locarno agreements will stand out vividly in the history of the struggle for peace. Whatever relation this county bears to the flfilment of these compacts will be the result of sympathetic co roperation. Citizens of 1;he world?which, as a matter of fact, all! people are?can but rejoice at even the faintest gleam of hope that foretells the time when war shall be no more. The muchhoped-for outlawry of war will not come by any sudden enactment or thrust of the pen; there will be no overnight ultimatum against international armed conflict. It will be?indeed, it is? a gradual moulding of world character and opinion, backed up by an enlightened world force 'of sentiment, that will finally spell the doom of organized warfare. . | For America, the bi-partisan and non-partisan efforts toward reducin the enormous expenses of government; upheld by a sense of right upon the part of the rank and file of the people, ought to be an encouragement to industry and agriculture, a boon tq thrift, and a goad to ambition. The economic uccess of all gov-l ernment rests upon the justness of its taxation system. Development must go forward, power and irrigation resources must ^ be utilized, transportation must be promoted, and business mast be stimulated. But there is a happy medium of fairness and a resultant exchange of legitimate functions between government and business. That our citizenry will initiate these measures, our lawmakers adopt them, our courts apply them, and our administrations enforce them, is the wish of every true American. / For our community, the New Year ought to stir to civic action many proposals so often cast aside for a lack of support. ~ This community has so many fine things to its credit, so solid a foundation on which to build and prosper,-that to go backward is unthinkable; to stand still is disastrous; but to go forward, * placing trust in its people, confidence in its ability, and hope in its future, is truly not too much to wish for the year of 1926. * * * A diploma on the wall isn't any sure sign that you can use diplomacy on the floor. * ' Sometimes the most distinguished looking, felloe in the crowd has the most extinguished feeling. * * "Be kind to dumb animals," says a humanitarian, but he gives na instructions for the treatment of dumbells. i ? The fellow who doesn't care what other people think might find more consolation in wondering whether they think. ' i * * * Will Rogers writes ads for a well-knowrj tobacco concern. Evidently they keep him in Durham whiile he furnishes the Bull, j . . - ^ By spending a few cents a day one may acquire an education; and by using a little sense every day one may avoid the 'necessity. / ' There's nothing like being prepared: ask the next raggedest urchin you see to be sure tp save you a job when he becomes b'i ^ ^^ MATTERHORN IS WASTING AWAY Celebrated Peak Keeping Up Habit of Sending Down Rock Slides. Washington, D. O.?Rumors that ths famous Matterhorn of Switzerland Is ?? nnltlUV ? J I. n _ IUI/V1U&, pUUllBLlUU ill Vt.CTUlUMJ ^ eently, seem to Indicate only that that stony spire Is keeping up it* age-old habit of sending down rock slides, according to a bulletin from the Washington (D. C.) headquarter^ of the National Geographic society. "That the Matterhorn (or Mount Cervin, as French-ipeaklng Swiss call it) is slowly wasting away, has beta known for a long time," says the bulletin. "But there is reassurance In the thought that It will live In Its present shape for a few more geologic minutes?that Is, for several thousand calendar years. Tons of Rock Fall Dally. "The lower slopes of the Matterhorn are of softer rock than Its upper portion ; and while the higher! section yields few fragments to the continual onslaught of weather and grailty, the supporting section Is robbed of hundreds, and sometimes thousands of tons of material a day in fine, sunny, thawing weather. The qpechanlam of destruction Is the release of Trigger' rocks by the sinking of moisture Into crevices; Its freezing and expansion, so forcing the rock fragments from tbelt beds; and the subsequent thawing, which lets the fragments slip down the cliff or rock slope. The TrigJTAr' ?Aolr <tlelA/t <*&o nlaeoa ? iwva uwivu|?i vuiw vi rock, some of them of considerable ize, and theae In tarn may Jar loose boulders. Soon the first flying rock has grown Into a'hogs avalanche of stones. Ice, and snow, which thunders downward until checked by the flatter slopes, built through the agee by similar slides. All other mountains, of course, are undergoing similar changes, although In most cases more slowly. "Now and then, when exceptional weather conditions favor It, an avalanche on the Matterhorn may grow to huge proportions with a momentum which sweeps its flying missiles over the lower slopes and out onto the valley floors used for pasturage. Several such far-wandering slides rolled down the Italian side of the mountain during the past summer, and these are supposed to be responsible for the German rumors of a 'moving' Matter horn. "The falling boulders of the Matter horn have caused some fatalities and many narrow escapes. Bach season some climbers must flatten themselves against the cliffs while small rocks whiz by with the speed and the rasping sound of rifle bullets, or great boulders bound from shoulder te shoulder, sometimes missing the heade of the mountaineers by only a foot or*so. Many of the falling fragments are gathered Into regular paths by funnel-like depressions in the face of the mountain. One of the most valuable services of the guides Is their knowledge of theee dangerous couloirs and their additional knowledge of the weather conditions and times of day for safest crossing. "Most Matterhorn ascents are made " / _ from the Swiss side with Zarmatt toe starting point, though the climb from Breull, In Italy, Is rated the greater feat. The Italian-Swiss boundary runs over the crest of the mountain. Zermatt grew from a Tillage to a respectable little town largely because of the rise In popularity of the Matterhorn and the consequent Influx of those who wished to look upon It la its various moods, and vthoae who wished to scale It The town la else the center from which many less difficult climbs are made. On its om main street hotels are almost as numerous as shoos. The latter are well Report of the The People's Bank and Trust Co., Carolina, at the close of business, I RESOU1 1. Loans and Discounts 2. Demand Loans 3. Overdrafts, isecured, $1,272.76; ui 4. United States Bonds and Libert 5. North Carolina State Bonds .. 6. All other Stocks, bonds, and Mi 7. Premium on Bonds 8. Banking Houses, $8,145.41; Fi $2,900.00 .J 9. All other Repl Estate owned 10. Cash In vault and net amounts ers, and Trust Companies .... 11. Cash Items held over 24 hours.. 12. Checks for clearing 13. Customers' Liability on Acceptai ( Total ...{ i LIABILI 1. Capital Stock paid In 2. Surplus Fund 3. Undivided Profits, dees current ? 4. Unearned Discount 5. Dividends Unpaid 6. Notes and Bills Rediscounted... 7. Bills Payablel 8. Certificates ojt Deposit represent 9. Deposits Due'Banks, Bankers, ar 10. Deposits subject to check, Indivii 11. Deposits Due State of N. C. and i 12. Demand Certijficates of Deposit 13. Time Certificates of Deposit, Due 14. Cashier's Checks outstanding .. ^ 15. Certified Checks 16. Time Certificates of Deposit, Du 17. Savings Deposits/ 18. Certificates of Deposit, Liberty : 19. Accrued Interest due Depositors 20. Domestic and Foreign Acceptani Total L ; State of North Carolina, County I, W. F. Little, Cashier of the swear that the above statement is t and belief. % Correct?Attest: Subscribed and sworn to before J. B. HESTER, Notary Public. My commission expires May 18 T^) POLK COUNTY NEWS 1 if * ? - - ' ; stocked wKH mountaineering outnta low itoBf wall opposite one of the leading hotels Is 'Guide's row.' On It (aides ont of employment sit an til patrols encase their services. HonsIns, ontflttlns and folding climbers are Zermatt's three leading Industries. Long Rated Unattainable. "The Hatterhorn Is one of the most dangerous of the Alpine peaks te climb, and If weather conditions are not right, one of the most difficult Long after many other famous heights of the Alps were scaled the Matterhorn remained unvanqulshed, and by 1860 It was rated unattainable. It ] was first climbed by a party of four , Englishmen and three guides on July ( 14, 1865. It was a tragic attainment . On the way down three of the climbers and one guide, tied together, fell ( over a 4,000-foet precipice to their i deaths. Only the breaking of the rope i saved the lives of one climber and the two other guides. j "Day by day la warm weather the Matterhorn continues to shower down a part of Itself. Already the bard up- ' per pyramid hangs over a bit In places, where the softer rock below has wasted away. Some day?how many thousands of years hence It Is useless to guess?the supporting rock will give 1 way, geologists say, and the huge top, : weighing millions of tons, will topple over with one of the most tremendous i crashes ever heard by the ear of man." ; I Spanish Brought the i Orange Into America 1 The orange was erl gin ally a native^ 1 ef India, South China or the Malay archipelago. Bat Its Hindu or San skrit name was long ago Influenced by the Laths word "annua," or th# Trench 1 "or," meaning gold; and the whole i tradition of tho orange, as It has come down to a, Is through th# medium of Moartrt apleader uo apanisn iuiurj. Tin prend Spaniard did not carry applea with him an his conquests, but ha did taka the erangt and the lemon. The farmer aspecially came to (race the festive heard af grandeaa; and If any time srangas were lacking at his Beetaa, the fastest dispatch riders i ware sent te faraway missions te 1 brine back the coveted fruit , Although the commercial growth of | oranges did net begin until the completion of the Southern Pacific to New Orleans In 1881, and received'further 1 Impetus when the Santa Pa was built 1 through In 1885, the first trees were < taken te what la now eur Southwest by the early mission fathers. The rrandecan moults who emigrated from ( Lower California In 1769 brought various semi-tropical fruits with them; and of twenty-one missions, it Is said 1 that all but three bad gardens and or chard a?Albert W. Atwood, In the Sab- 1 urday Evening Post { Lovm at First Hand Croat Thing in Lita j w' -1 u"- Ka#am thn figfi of U?l WTf VW WW m ? -? knowledge. It Is the only lor* entire- , ly unemcumbered with Idjge 1111(1 Pr* | conceptions. How Uttle It has to do with words, with talk 1 It knows no terms. It Is the thine Itself from which terms and Institutions hare i frown op. First lovers get love at first hand. Instead of getting first the , Idea of romance Into which to try to fit themselves and other people, Louise Towns end Nlcoll writes, In the Oen- ' tnry. They seldom talk. They get ( acquainted In other ways?by being ' near each other, by looking at each ] other, by softly, shyly teaching hands. I They do things together?play games, ] run races. As watchful as small animate they leern minutely each about j the other. But they do not talk. They give each other things, always la fair exchange, and wear them out with carrying about. When they must 1 - -w- i 1.1. J ' new rmcu to suppiwncnt urair iwutafs, they ask?short, blunt questions. \ Opinion and discuaslan hare little j] P1**- ^ ] 1 THE POLK COUNTY NEW8. t I Condition of ? at Tryon, in the State of North )ecember 31, 1925: ICES. ....$250,349.11 2,531.68 laecured, $974.66 2,247.41 y Bonds 25,600.00 1 3rtgages 500.00 lrnlture and Fixtures, 11,045.41 due from Banks, Bank 38,825.30 .' 2,066.73 ices $333,165.64 TIES. f .. $ 26,000.00 7,700.00 ixpenses and taxes paid 1,417.92 1 i !!!!!!!!!!*!!".*.'!!!!!! 27,000.00 ing money borrowed,.. id Trust Companies.... lual 123,242.92 any Official thereof.... in Less than 30 DayB.. 16,976.38 e on or after 30 Days.. 61,426.60 48,642.83 Bonds, for Customers.. 22,760.00 ces.. 2333,165.64 of Polk, January 9, 1926. above named BanC,! do solemnly rue to the best of my knowledge W. F. LITTLE, Cashier. O. FT. HOT.MFS JULIAN CALHOUN, WALTER JONES. "* Directors, me, this 9th day o( January, 1926. , 1927. (Seal) : - 'I . ;' . ? * |, - -r v?-; f _ -i\ |. i IH>? Weelcli The J. G. White Engineering Cor-1 po ration undertakes a $30,000,000 ir-l rigation scheme for Mexico. Any I thing that helps Mexico pleases us, I BUT what about the waters of the! Colorado River that wander, waited,! through thel United States and then! iown into Mexico?' As fast as she uses water for trrl-l nation, Mexico establishes an interna-1 tlonal right ijvith which this country!1 must not interfere. I While Western States are fighting I is to which ;shall have the water that I goes to wasjte through the deep can-| pon, while private powers companies I " ' fnir block any use or mai water, loniiui| that the people may 'get the benefit, Mexico will Establish a claim, and our States through which the great river pisses will b 3 informed that they must aot draw ofl enough water to Interfere with Mexico's established Irrigation rights. President Coolidge might interest himself in that. It may become a serious problem for himself or his successors. >. Three of the largest, richest Lutheran churches in New York are considering si merger, the combina- . tion to build a skyscraper with a church tuckecjl away in it, according 1 to modern ideas. < How would that impress Martin Luther, who says in his "Table ; ralks:" "Foij where God built a 1 * *- -??" -.14 ' Churcn, tnere| me ue?u ?uuiu ? ?.? build a chapel." If the Lutherans build a skyscraper :hurch, would (the devil find it necessary also td build a skyscraper chapel ? Reverend James S. Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, puts the modernist and fundamentalist problem in few words: 'Modernists say, 'There ain't no iell.' Fundamentalists say, "The hell there ain't.'" i The average man says, "There may, sr there may not be, uuch a superheated resort. But to avoid ijunning risks I shall behave decently." You may add that he doesn't amount to much who refrains from sin only because he may go to hell. Great Britain with her rubber monopoly takes frjom this country about 1700,000,000 a year, more than enongh to pay her debt to us. By way of reprisal the Massachujetts Legislatu-e is asked to drive >ut British Insurance companies. Such talk is fd )lish. Uncle Sam, his nnnlrnto hlilcrlnal with trolH OTlH nlftV ^wvbv-vo uuifj iuq| tow ov~p ? mr ? ng the part of a "cry baby/' makes limself unneceiisarlly ridiculous. Besides, in tt e California fire Engish insurance companies paid what :hey owed in full, which is more ;h*an be said foi some American com* janies. Good-bye to tie horse. Los Angeles is the first city to have "nolorse" streets. Washington forbids lorse-drawn vet icles on four import* int thoroughfares. That will spread. The horse is happier in \the country, away from hard streets. He is 10 longer necessary in the city, no > . \ ESSE t A ST tekJ- - , , ' L . X JL A. I The Essex I first poyttte j For any almost a what a < ? Perfc Looks, a ingle ri | paymen jost aac | . ?Sbr"T i y' y/ - . 4mm h<m fihran If he were a 11 DAV/UOO tWI ? ? - ? - _ little cheaper for some work, which 1 la doubtful, he should vanish. Get a c truck. ? i 1 C Eight men and nine women tried to kill themselves In Venice on one day last week. "General misery" is t the explanation. Gas was the favor- c Ite exit, revolvers are so expensive, c Jumping from a height is even cheap- c er and surer than gas. There is no ^ turning back, once you start down. s But those tired of life are usually 1 weak in will, and it takes will to 1 Jump into space, men since their alleged early . free days having had bred in them an Intense aversion to falling off the limb. i That, evolutionists say, is why we 1 dream so" ofteb of falling. And it explains women's horror of snakes. ' The snakes could crawl out along the , limb and steal the sleeping baby from , Its mother. Any good anti-evolution- i 1st, of course, could prove to you that , that's nonsense. < 4 - 1 Make a good mousetrap and, as you . know, the world will wear out a path ( to your door. Run a railroad well , and your path across the continent i will also be well used. The Twentl- I eth Century, New York Central train ; Lid You Stop : That this Newsp j Well, it is! ; The editor and all of his for in* for YOU. j They want to build the ki ;; that you like. Why not help them? ! I What kind of news int ! most ? ! I j What feature of the paper !!! best ? ; These are simple question f are BIG questions with th< | He is putting forth ever | make this paper the kind * paper that YOU want in y | Why not co-operate? | If something in the paper j | tell the editor. J If there are articles which c X YOU. tell him, too, and tell > No two communities are ali itor has to study his town ; pie. ; A word from YOU now anc ; help wonderfully. If YOU have #ny .suggei them in. This is; YOUR paper. Let's best weekly paper in the So It can be done! V I The Polk Gc ; "The Livest Week I ; / " ' ~~~~ ~ j t|u - >1 ' ' ;k co J'*765? anger Motor C Trvon. N. C. ' irriliarf Uliifc'llfii ft i i M'rfl, Ti nr >etween New York and n seven sections one way and ither recently. Its managers nvj tnnounce that they took in on |J ine train $10,000,000 last year. It costs more to go from ,\fcw yl o Chicago how comfortably, lid to go from New York to in the fine old steamer Sv-ii:,. :lass, years ago. The flying vill correct that. Men now of mi<J ige will live to read: "ChieaJ^B dew York in three houru, round B Made Millien* Laugh I The real name et the farnoui a,B :lown, Dan Rice, waa Danit MclS and he waa nicknamed an a <U(B an old irlab clown. He hegai n. j fesslonal career aa an acrebat J down with Seth B. lewe, cii -m e,B ?r, 1840. He waa a yaaUer u Int'a clrcna until the eetbraak ?fB Diril war. After the OtTll wa? ,1 SaorVfloHw nafaat naa+a k?t ? "'"J *?l IT|| J rated by Adaaa Ferepeagk at , ?J if 185,000 a year, afterward i8c^J to $1,000 a week. Be retired fr>>J stage In 1182. He was srceeflj lavish with oaoaey for chant one occaelon he gave Presides J coin $32,000 for the benefit of ?out9 soldiers and their dependents. H? <9 la February, 1900. to Think? I aper is Yours? / ce are worknd of paper n I erests YOU I do YOU like is, but they ; editor. y effort to of a newsour home. )leases YOU, lon't interest him why. ike. The edand his peoI then would stlons, send make it the uth. Coach may be purchased j nt amd convenient terms a doted car even a "Foer"?yo a much at the Eaaex Coach coata in eveiy tiling that c mnaace, Quality, Comfort, I ad roar pride W the car fou am de wifl tdL And, in price, tier t, economy <rf operation, E? aay to own. Why accept lew d Why [not haW the qnaHliet c attdW type in the wwW - aH >unty News 1 y in the South" 1 ACH 'eight and ax Extra for a low i balancm ap?y Yet aunts 3o?d tu A aw of MX fa tnara. * i. i * aw; ., ' _ . * * Company V *? w - I 1