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WASHINGTON" AP
It is significant that aj
George Washington the Sen!
cide to participate in the Wq
three years ago Washington!
Neutrality, which declared tlf
ter into the quarrels of the }
could not enter into movemej
out of entanglements of war
If there is anything in
the proposition that a great|
rect its good offices for inter
not shun our duty. Americji
1. tutions and her form of go'
- the face of the earth. Why,
of her statesmen and diplot
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her peace and to dutnuny j
Any lesser view borders clof
ity to cope with internatior
tions attached to the entry q
there ai|e the reservations c|
will not permit of anything f
short of! finding out if, after
business."
| HOW'S BUS
How's business?
As a rule, commercial :
sary elejment in pjrogress ant
ume of; business! all the re
weathering the storms of a
iness" to look after in orde
life. | Let us see just how gi
There is the business of
dren, and this business fallt
munity.
There is the business *
upon our elective and appoi
eration from the citizenship
There is the business o:
of "gihooting square'' with t
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{here is the '^Father's b
hich calls for unswerv
irit.
Then there is "everybc
nobody's business, but it is
it in jthe light of conscience
Every effort for good pi.
to the general prosperity an
&o far as we know, busi
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"EXPOSING" GR
' Many fictitious narratiV
phy of Abraham Lincoln. N
his could well escape this. 1
favorable and consistent wit!
? ness of purpose. But of late
of history come in for a shar
that there is a "real truth ab
published, would affect the
there is no Santa Calus.
This is all wrong. We i
zen who would wish his ides
such great Americans as V
Lee. The fact that they had
does not detract from their
achievements. It is enough
did.
It is enough that Georg
and glorious country of our
founded the American Repul
It is enough that Lincol
nation to realization of its s
a splitter of rails and ended
and that his policies have sir
the preservation of a republi
It is enough that Thoma
history the documental clau
against tyranny and oppress
nation its heritage of democi
It is enough that Robert
accepted the verdict and fo
whicji his own state of Virgi
surpassing ability his influei
friends and foes were actuat
poseful in motive, so Christi
' publiciwelfare; and that he
^^^^^tt^^^nfederate Armies, was
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ID THE WORLD COURT.
t the approach of the birthday of
ate of the United States should derld
Court. One hundred and thirtyissued
his famous Proclamation of
tat the United States should not enCuropean
nations. It did not say we
its for peace, but that we must keep
diplomacy?if there is anything in
civilized nation such as ours can dinational
tranquility?then we ought
can match her resources, her instivernment
with any other power 6n
then, does anyone doubt the wisdom
A- 1 - ~ tv-1 z-vi'-f rro rrin cr
naxs LU KCCp lice xiv/iii uiui i-6"6"'e
promote harmony in world affairs?
sely to an admission of our inferiorial
situations. Beyond the reservaf
the United States by Senate action,
f more than 110,000,000 people who
short of justice nor stop at anything
all, there is anything in this "peace
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.INESS IN TRYON?
jusiness is conceded to be the neces1
prosperity, and without a good volst
would fail or have difficulty in
dversity. But there is other "busr
to have a well-rounded community
x>d is business.
: bringing up and educating our chilj
to the home and school and comI
jf local government which devolves
ntive officers, but who need co-oopat
large.
f being a good citizen?the business
he other fellow.
usiness" spoken of in the Holy Book,
ing faith and devotion in matters of
dy's business" which is said to be
the business of all of us to transact
and duty.
it forth by the humblest citizen adds
d culture of all the rest.
fiess is good in Tryon.
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EAT MEN OF HISTORY.
es have sought places in the biogralp
life so full of important events as
fortunately, these exaggerations are
l his nobility of character and greatthe
country has had its famous men
t> nf TV Via a hoon intimated
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iput Washington" which, if generally
public as the child when it is told
annot imagine any true-loving citilistic
notions changed in respect to
rashington, Lincoln, Jefferson and
mperfections (if, indeed, they had),
fame nor lessen the value of their
that they served humanity as they
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; Washington "fathered" this grand
3, and that he led the forces that
lie.
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i's great heart remoulded a stricken
trength in unity; that he began as
as the head of a sovereign nation;
ce remained as foundation stones in
ican form of government.
V
is Jefferson's! mighty pen wrote into
,ses that have stood as bulwarks
(ion and that have helped give this
ocy.
E. Lee, though averse to secession, j
ught indomitably for the cause to
nia had dedicated herself; that with
nee so dominated the struggle that
ed;to pay respect 'to a man so puran:
in character, and so loyal to the
wljo, though commander-in-chief of
a{ the close so solicitous in urging
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* IT IS FbR THE LIVING-,
Rather, to Be Indicated
HERE TO THE UNFINISHED
WORK WHICH TljlfY
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his own people to accept the new o
fealty to the United Statejs of Amei
Let us hear no more about "<
greatness needs no exposure, nor is
enough disturbing elements in the
structive measures of refojrm should
ing the monuments built with shed
I might live and glorify ourselves as
( It will do no one harjn, but ma
believing that the great :nen and v
the credit of an approach to immort;
"Shakespeare's Works" and not Fra
i cut down the cherry tree and told
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there is a Santa Ulaus as jactual in
and that the good are the great anc
should no more seek to suppress tl
shut out the lessons of accomplish]
tion have rendered real. V
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Senator Nye has introduced a
tional referendum on the world cou
haggling over the question fpr a goo
men don't know exactly whpt they
rest of us to know what is best?
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The path of least resis ;ance is
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A stable government is one w
harness.
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The more checks we giet the lei
penditures
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If the "United Stqtesj of Eurc
Italy will want to be Florida.
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Leave your footprints on the s
where you leave your finger-prints.
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They didn't de-Nye his, seaj in
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Spirits and Ghosts. i of i
Editor Polk County News: weI
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A few comments, please, on that ^
[ recent article in your columns entitled
"Old John's Spirit Still Haunts jjs." ^r(
Statement 1. "It is quite a debata- .
ble question how far the present jler
Congress will be lined up on thje side trla
of modification of the Volstead act." ^
Ans. The first test vote In the prQ
House came on certain appropriations j
for fuller enforcement. It stood 139 tQ ^
drys for, to 17 wets against. Careful gr
canvass of both Houses reveals a
stronger dry 1 majority than | ever.
Nearly three to one. g
2. "Fifty-eight wet member^ have hibj
been' conducting their own invjestiga- Ver
tion into the operation of the prohi- mel
bition law." .
Ans. An honest investigatic n lntp sha]
their own operations to nullify the coni
law would be more appropriate, and wjn
much more enlightening. the't
3. ['They will doubtless prei ent to that
the legislature a~bill of alterations." are
Ansl A bill? Why, they hive al- law]
ready nearly a carload of wet wine die
and beer modification bills into the spe.
legislative hopper; hot that tljey ex- 7.
pect a single one to pass, but purely nati
for propaganda purposes. this
4. "The country is taking k very Aj
practical view of the liquor sltua- auto
tion." \ ture
Ans. It is. And one of the most are
practical views is that life would be they
safer on the most deadly bat lefield mab
than With drunken drihern fal Oio
- .|V. w u? xue pt uu
wheels of half the 17 million automo- envj
biles which crowd our streets, most Lloy
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additions and re-attach their
rijca.
sxposing great men!" True
(i lit' capable of it. There are
world today to which conjbe
directed; without shatterblood
and sacrifice that we
enlightened posterity.
J] if est good, to keep right on
ii>men of the world deserved
a ity; that Shakespeare wrote
n^is Bacon; that little George
his father all about it; that
spirit as real in imagination;
1 the great are the good. We
he] classics of fiction than to
ments which time and tradiresolution
calling for a nairt
issue. Congress ftps been
d long time, and if our stateswj.nt
how do they expect the
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thi; road to most arrests.
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here everybody stays in the
98 check we make on our ex*
>Pl<" ever comes, like as not
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lajds of time, but be careful
tb; Senate.
Jvl lAAAlAA A J J.AiLA4.iiil.itititJiitit
VT TTtTTTWI tttttttttttti
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vh ch have come since the saloons
e banished.
"Many prohibitiainists believe
Ir ?oal would have been reached
re n^jckly "had it been approached
>u| h the door of TEMPERANCE."
ns The sort of "temperance"
e eferred to had a long and- fair
1. 'It utterly failed; only feeding
fi es of intemperance. The label
vei deceptive, and prohibition had
je adopted if the saloon was ever
>e ibolished. False labels no longdt
seive, whether pasted on the
or advocates themselves, or on
ir wet propositions. J
"The rampant lawlessness exite
I . . . {is eating into the
y vitals of respect for governit.1
ns The de^p sense of pain qnd
m< and sorrow this deplorable
dit on awakens in the advocates of
e ind beer would indeed be pale
if we didn't happen tp know
; i liese are the very chaps who
pi rposely inciting this "rathpant
les sness'" wh le attempting to sadit
upon tht law. Their deeds
ik louder than their words.
' The financial resources of the
on are beinjg taxed to enforce,
pi ohibltion law." t
as. But th s fines, confiscated.
8, joats and Dther equipment c tpd
irom the violators of the liw
pi tting the costs largely wh< re
p -operly be long, and the lnestile
saving to the country which
lb: tion has b -ought makes us the
' (f every nation on the earth.
d 3eorge says: "Americans aire
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I Flying Death
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Lester P. Barlow of Stamford,
Conn., is mi Washington demonstrating
his j amazing inventions
He is shown here with hjs marine
and aerial torpedoes, thejjatter car
^^v^lOOO^nilds^autoi^
Enough tobacco seed to plant i2,
000 acres have been cleanea by Coun
ty Agent R. B. Reeves of IPitt coun
ty. Most of it has also be in treated
for disease.
A farm woman's exchan ;e in Cat
waba county has netted t le partici
pants over $1,000, states jlliss Anna
Rowe, the home agent.
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the most prosperous people* under the
sun, not because they have4 nore gold,
but because they have p( jhibition.'*
And Secretaries Melon ai d Hoover
sa^ that 1925 was the most successful
business year In all Ame rica's history.
Why should we worr r?
8. "Thousands of bootlef gers have
, been made millionaires ove r night."
Ans. But why attribut this to
"Volsteadism" any more han mur
uer? nana roDDeries to the laws that
forbid them? Even bank ro ib6rs have
been known to get rich c rer night.
Is the true remedy repeal o! the laws
against murder and robbe y?
9. "There is an uncon jcious resistance
to tte very wor I prohibition;
and Americans grow estive under
the dictatorial lash."
Ans. The laws against r lurder, arson,
rape, highway robbery etc., are
all prohibitive; ; even a law jermitting
only "light wines and beer' would be
prohibitive against all othe kinds of
intoxicants. Stall we, thei, abolish
all laws, because the pe< pie grow
restive under the dictato ial lash?
Pity the Lord hadn't knowr that prohibitive
laws would be disi asteful to
American people when he gi ve us the
Ten Commandments!
Yes, OLD JOHN'S 1ST stilt
haunts us, and while hifmoi rners are
| still trying to check it In frightful
rorms, well calculated to stkrtle timid
souls, mbBt of us rejolct that his
living hand Is no longer a; our nation's
throat, or his blooi y sword
striking death blows at oui' nation'e
life, as in pre-Vcilstead days!
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bCIEN^STS SAY THE HAIR
?4kY7URN Giw OVERNlOrtT?MEBBE
NOT &JT
. jVF SEEN EM TUfcN
j{ A GooC Reason,
lit tie playmate calling upstairs to
his jl buddy:
'Tome on down an' play, it-ain't
daijfe yet."
"l can't come, no more, I can't,
'ca|te I'm asleep." '
!J He Should Know Better.
Jlkndy Man? Ah's sorry, boss, absoh'le,
but a mule done kicked me.
I}cs8?You should have been here
an lour ago, anyway.
iji ndy Man?Mebbe ah wudda have
beeri den, only dis here long-eared
crittler dun kicked me in de udder
dirj ction.
Not Much Longer.
Iiite Customer( to Waiter)^-Say,
I'vd ! been waiting an hour. Irll be
staj-Ved to~death if I wait jmuchi
longer.
Waiter-?Please be patient.! We
cloje up soon. ^ |
Good Bad News.
"What's the matter, Dorothy, you
look so happy?"
"Oh, you know that Mrs. Van Kiper
that lives next door? Well, I just
heaijd something terrible about her."
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Never Again.
Farmer?How did you come to
break that axe, handle?
Iljicd Hand?Well. I didn't mean
to: I accidentally started to Split
so n't' wood.
I * About This Time o' Year.
i) tsband is driving and wife, who
has a bad cold is riding in back seat.
Wit s has j ist blown her 'nose. Con
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tinu; with story:
^1 lsband?1 wish you't stop that intern
il honking. I keep thinking
there's a car behind us.
Now It's Different.
"|! he nearer.it gets to my wedding
dayL Jhe more nervous I get."
"c bucks, before I was married I j
didji't know what fear was."
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Hjf rber shaving customer: "What
will you have on your face when I'm
thrOigh?"
"N othing much, I guess."
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An optimist is the traffic policeman
who thinks he can stop a runaway
by simply holding up his hand.
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Wealth
hings You Should Know
by John Joseph OalnM, M. D
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In Cardiff, Wales, was found a 100y
ar-old resident, W. G. Corse, who 1'
h id never heard of the World War tl
n >r ridden In an automobile. P
Physiologists know that repair
~oes on only during sleep, that is,
the] transformation of inert matter
(food) into living, active tissue.
Physicians know that if sleep is interfered
with in an intemperate
mdnner, the human machine will
run down in exact proportion to the
v'.filiations indulged.
But, man is by nature, has ever
:en, will ever be?a rebel. He
does not like/to bow the knee, even
though longer and healthier life
i r the reward for so doing. He eats
!sj heaviest meal at the onset of
. aning, when digestion is retiring
>r4 the day. Ha works his brain,
ter one manner or another until
idnight or even later. TJiere are
v.ips, lodges, meetings of the
lard", smokers, theatres. After
3se he is "dead to the world"
jutl barely time to rush Into his
garments and hurry, breakfastless,
'.o the office. W After a season, he
'ir.ds that he awakens less readily?
.:e buys an alarm-clock. This raucous
device literally jerks him out
bed, more tired than when he
.v ptsto sleep. He becomes stupid in
^ office, gets "dizzy spells" and
illy consults the doctor. Yes, he
hiarh blood-Dressure. far above
.r>: ;mal! The diagnpsis, overwork'
:7" warning that an out-door vao*i
is imperative,-else the crash
'' come. Reluctantly the ten-day
untry life is undertaken?the
' r pljer life. Relief is prompt as
a lulc?he gets better, and goes
' r ctly back to the violations of
Li git living that made him sick!
I To > often he pays the penalty with
j his life, before the tage of sixty!
"aen we say he- died of overwork.
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The facts are, that work intelligently
followed out, is tonic,
healthful, end never harmful, .'he
perversion of night into day a
violation of the law of v
ing, that is sure to draw its r>
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rHtTRSD^Y, FEBRUARY i, J
Thirteen "MonthY^I
Dr. George W. Davis 0f (wl
Kas., has worked out a "C&W?
of Nations" which lias 13
of 28 days each, the new TjM
"Luna" being place.1 between nl
and July. It has' been subiji^B
ano%s being considered Cj
League of Nations. H
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By Arthur Bnsbaail
SAVAGE EVOLUTION, I
ELECTRICITY'S BABYIO
POOR OLD BEELZEBujl
A BOOMING NATION. I
Some African savage* txhfl
that gorillas and chimpamai J
talk, but hide their knowledge
they be put to work.
Other fcavagee have an ertx^l
theory of their own. The
Congo natives, tell the Rev.
Graham that monkeys are
scended from men that have 1*1
disgraced.
v "We are better and proufcl
than the apes," say these pratfl
cal black men, "therefore we nI
them."
Samuel Insull tell* the **
that electricity is only begimlgl
its "work. We are a little way, b*H
not far, from the savage that !il
down and worshipped an unkucfl
malignant devil whan the >1
ning flashed.
Railroads will soon change tmfl
team to electric power, and feH
- will call for twenty-four hffikH
more hours of kilowatt eneroH
says Mr. Insull. Farm.- will <
"wired" for electric light bH
power. I
Most encouraging is the psl
nf l^lmpr Srhlpdr.fffM
Louis Levy's intellectual c
dashing young law partner. Ela
Schlesinger says electricity, :
this century, will do for a
world's troubles and debts ?3
sicr i did for the world in the x;
cc . y, arter Waterleo, Kurf
a: ' r>- twere c.d'cil "h(jt
le: si.. ' ' ':v.!pt. In prnportx
th"" i ' . re greater thar.
" -a:v. came and :?!
: rai , f! ; greatest ft*
bankruptcy. aEsnfi
'"Polygamy is legalizi d
ting a divorce is as ea.->
legging," says Mr. Had
of New York's Legislature
wants easy divorces fi
or Reno made illegal.
Divorce and bootlegginc. r
so easy, simply prove that 1
you try to regulate human nanyou
invite trouble. "The cat
mew and the dog will have a
day."
Milwaukee supplies an arc of
miraculous exorcism, belie?
by many, deeply religious t<
been the actual driving 'udevil
from the body of ar. fortunate
insane woman.
The account of the reruns
as follows: A woman ?
mind had become unbalance*:
carried to the Chapel of
Joseph's Hospital, where
"exorcism ritual" was p<
in Latin, not understood by patient.
question "Who are >'
was answered, apparently "
the throat of the woman in a;
masculine voice, "BEELZldh1
Asked why he had ta1:*-:
trior of the woman, Both 1
plied, "BECAUSE OF M AUCTION."
The fiend promised to leave woman
at 2 o'clock tha'. afteff'
but did not actually leave half-past
5, which is ah*
you would expect of a der.on.
woman then relaxed and if*
battas.
TWa miracle, not as yet vouc-'
foe by stnurah authorities, wi yeryday
oocurwnae in the
die ages, when demons
active, numerous and ''t.r
than at present.
It Is romantic, refresh::'-';
interesting to have on*
resume business at the
in these days of radio1*.
bfles, and newspapers. 1' '5
however, that the voic waukee's
Beelzebub
iyyifofinn on/I o ^aaIi'h /r 1
Olivt c*> i iU'ft
are not what they wer" 1E '
good old days.
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Our population Increase*
than two per cent, or aboi t V*_
000 a year. Business J F t
perity increase twice a- ' \
population. We should
ful.
William Noon of Bulking'"11- ^
ind, 82 years old and ba. n* 9"
ban 100 descendants, ha: t
ointed official town rat tjubef
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