J j W ^.' -T- S ~ r > , ^.,i--Tr -. . . - *. ' ' "iif " " r~ - * " T" * f ' - . .* -. .-f THU8DAY. MAY 6th. 1926. The Polk County News Published Weekly by The News Publishing 'Company LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor 'Sitered at the p>sti>iiice at Tryon, N. C, as second class mail matter under act of Congress TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ' One Year 1.50 Six Months - 1.00 ThrYo Months - A 75c <-s DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATE Forty Cents Per Column Inch, Flat Legal Advertising, One cent Per Word, Cash In Advance 11 11 IN DIS UNION THERE ARE PROFITS The big bread "trust," as the Ward Food Products Corporation was alleged to be, has filed a consent to a decree for its dissolu ion. Thus Aliorney General Sargent and his staff have saved a long court fight with the anti-trust laws as a whip. There is. something not much short of uncanny in a two billion dollar corporation laying down its charter without a struggle. It means one of two things: either it was guilty as charged and did not want to incur the expense of a losing battle, or it figured much like the Stand: rd Oil and American Tobacco companies, namely, that more mon.y can be made in the aggregate by a group of small concerns than by one big monopolistic corporation. Wehther the profits actually trinkle into the same ultimate coffer is not always within the power or province of the law to determine; but in some cases it is found that competition is the life of trade even when competing one's self. * COMRADES ALL There are few avenues of service that so bind men together as that ofpatriotism. The old and young are comrades and share honors in one another's achievements tho a generation separates their fields of action. One of the objects of patriotic organizations is to preserve with unfailing zeal the high esteem and respect that are due our forefathers in the conflicts that have contributed ultimately to the natiion's greatest strength. v Citizens who have never felt the brunt of burnished steel, nor choked in smoke of cannon, nor waded in trench of battlea^car-vi'Ticr nf rpeoenition for service in peace can liCXU, uvov.1 ? "-? o not quite know the feeling of brotherhood among those who have survived the awfu! {>ortents of "war's desolation.' ? HOMESICKNESS EXPLAINED Have you ever been away from Tryon and from good old Polk County, and wished you were back home? Of course you have. If, perchance, you haven't you have missed one of the real thrills of life; for the value of going away from home is in being able to come back homeBut what is this thing we call homesickness? We all know the cure: RETURN HOME AT ONCE. But no one has ever fully diagosed the disease tho its symptoms lead unerringly to .its diagnosis. It is lack of community nourishment. We starve for the food of fellowship among those we know, and love. The contrast of strange lands and still stranger faces in-_ duces the feverish temperament for the quiet evenues of the home town and the pleasant cordial greetings of friends and neighbors. We miss the favorite store, where we know what we want, what it can be bought for, and that full measure will be given at a fair price. We miss the home newspaper where news of friends has interested us, and the news of bargains and business apportunities has brought us profit and the guarantee of fair dealing. ' 1 *v,'rtn f-Vm. Kama 1+ n,il f nn^ t lln in of l+n niui c limn an, wc iwioa iuc liuiuc itocu, anu tiic lAnavaisiations of the home town that we have helped to establish, or whose progress we have furnished by our small bit of patronage and good willThe simple proposition is this: we miss all of these things IN PROPORTION TO THE PART WE HAD TO SHARE AND THE SUPPORT WE GIVE THESE FACTORS OF COMMUNITY AND HOME LIFE. THEY ARE A PAR T OF US, OF OUR TALENT, OUR WELL BEING, AND WE ARE LONESOME WITHOUT THEM. THE BETTER CITIZEN YOU ARE, THE "HOMESICKER" YOU WILL BE WHEN THE DISEASE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFECT YOU. THE RATIO IS POSITIVE AND EXACT; AND THIS IS THE "SPIRITUAL MATHEMATICS" ON WHICH ALL LOYALTY IS BASED. AND FORTUNATE IS THE MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD WHO HAS BEEN HOMESICK. PRACTISING WHAT THEY DON'T PREACH Roitand murderous clashes between Moslem and Hind fanatics in Calcutta remind one of the oft-repeated assertion that religious wars are the deadliest and most brutal of all. Not necessarily, but these kinds of fights impress the public mind more than other kinds, because participated in by a class of people from whom, natually and in point of consistency, one leasts expects hostility toward fellowmen. ? ?, Those European quarrels are far from being lovers' quarrels. * * If Prohibition is a joke the-country is playing the joker wildL * * If they would modify the liquor the wouldn't need to modify * * Having a family to support takes the props from undeer Eh- many a fellow. ' The Bible says swear not at all. Of course this means not at all people. * * The real proof of the pudding is whether it will be good - warmed up for supper. n THE POLK C w ( ^ T v r1 ~~ - - ~ if mi (Copyright. W. N. I > "1 Maintain That the Com Reform of Sena By CHARLES Q. DAWES, Vic {MAINTAIN and shall maintain sive reform of the senate rules is resolution, which, while providing fully heard, upholds the constitute lata without being rendered powerless bj | abuse of the precent rule*. But recent events in the senate i some immediate forward step, deeperal which maj possibly invoke leas deten does the proposition of full majority i occurrences in the senate have made cli That where the two-thirds majoril the present rules cannot be secured th? at the mercy of minorities and indivii its business. That while the closing of debate bj | ent rulea would sometimes protect the | would obstruct purely business measure it cannot operate ?hen a majority less order to exercise i.s constitutional righ circumstances tax and* appropriation b hy minority obstructionists. That if, in the case of tax and ap purely business measures, a majority i opportunity for every senator to be hea | the holding up of appropriation and I minorities seeking to coerce the majoril That such a rule will destroy the ties in the short session to force the F has often happened in the past, to call to secure the means to keep the machine ing activity. ????1 1 . I JJUS Fa ?.s "Flat Arch" in Church of St. Domingo One of the objects which attracts /? the vigltor In Panama is the "flat arch" in the ruins of the church of Qj San Domingo. The edifice Itself was p built by 'Dominican monks in the N< palmy days of Spain's power. Accord- bi Ing to tradition, when the supports sh were removed from one of the chief archways it tumbled to the ground. s< Another was built In its place, bat it w; too fell. .The experiment was repeat- cs ed the third time with a similar re- is suit T' At last an eld monk, who was not sup- be posed to know anything about archl- in tecture or engineering, had a dream In which was presented to him a plan ak for constructing an arch which would of stand, relates a writer In Pathfinder Oi Magazine. A structure was built ac- w. cording to the plan thus evolved. The al arch was almost flat and made of ordl- th nary brick. Everybody in Panama? lo with one exception?expected to see re this arch fall as the others hod done. h< Bnt the old monk who had conceived th It' had faith In bis dream. When the ft supports were removed he stood under the arch with folded arms. It did not fall, and it never has fallen, for ? to this day It stands there amid the w ruins of the cbtirch In a wonderful ta state of preservation. tl + ??? - . poem K & UNCLE J< When the skift o' snow ?nm? woods in the dells?and the chor farm?there's a world of insperai with "Old Betsey" in the holla know the hareHARE-HOPS berry glade, ' SHOOTING seldom interf? fool opinion ai I plug him jest an inch below th? to healthy livin' as a question that affords the sweetest charm,a superanuate, is the joy of shooi There's nothin' else can beat it : addin' prime digestion to the sa '" vpl rnt^es. yon cr.ii stop 'en I - . - . rri 1 V- -T- ?S'- * ..-A'/)-- .Mi* i " ?atom li^W i?CS The polk county new OUNTY NEWS WEEKL1 Welcome Horn ?c( nal right of the majority to legis iw*A im/lno lo r\y minnrifipa fhrnuirfj f UlUiVlUUaiO V/* im?mv*.www gnake opportune the discussion of ;ely needed in the public interest, nined opposition at present than closure. ... I believe recent ear to the public: :j necessary to close debate undei s majority of the senate is largelj duals who may desire to obstruct r a two-thirds vote under the prespublic interest against those whc s like tax and appropriation bills, than two-thirds desires a vote in t to pass such bills. Under these ills can be indefinitely postponed propriation bills alone, which an closure rule providing for ample ,rd can be adopted it will prevent revenue bills by individuals and into legislative concessions, power of individuals and minori'resident of the United States, ae extra sessions of congress in order ,>ry of the government in functiont )ld French Chateaux of Hittoric Inter me Ts ?*7 these French Banes ovei pldlj sucsests collefe days and thi rutgle with declensions, but Guyon allloa and Oalllard are not In aa; aaaaaar, they are three lntereatlni ormanoy en a tea ux, whom ruins g< ick to tke days of waving plumes lining armor and prancing ataeda. If yon can Ignore for a moment th< :ratchlngs of tourlata on the ok alia and the waate paper of kodal irtona they have left behind them, li not hard to people, in fancy, tht welfth century life that went Oi ire, when Richard the IJon Heartet aded the land. The view from the tower at Oayoi lould not be mlased and remlnda oat ' the panorama from the BUTel tower lillard, which in King Richard'* daj aa "the key to all Normandy," wil ae give te theae whe acramble nj ? preclpltoua ruin a, a wonderful out ok. At Galiion, the American wtl member that- It not only one* used Phlllppe-Auguate, Louis XII ie Medlcls and Napoleon, but alat enjamln Franklin. If prehistoric man could have ton sen what a hullabaloo archeologtst ould make in trying to find his real tg place he might have marked It fo tern. *, giftin' through the dog? i- i_ i . i i_ i ? it.. ca ia |{uui a-Deggin on uie ion fax a pocketful of ehells, r of my arm. . . For, I -hop snooiee in the checkerwhere the average mortal gee but hell change hia ter my respecks is paid, as ? ears! . . . When it comes fer debate, or the pastime -the solidest foundation fer tin' hare-hope on the farm! fer prodacin* appetite, and me. . . . If the left-hand i with yer right,?a motto 8 V* f CARTOON ~] 1 s ^ |^|"~ gE Utopia is a place where flve-ton I trucks are occasionally run down by pedestrians. Never put off until tomorrow some- i thing that may be done without break- ( lng the law today. I ' If the prince of Wales must rida | horseback he ought to .clothe himself ' in football armor. - 1 k Persia's new shah formerly was a ( ! stable hoy. Pretty well equipped for taking up the reins. Who remembers when a padlock 1 was something attached to the wood1 shed door or a dog-collar? Paris announces that to be fashionable now, women must be fat Thin women are taking on terribly. r Florida's prosperity, says a Miami publicist, Is entirely sound, this last ' being a word of many synonyms. If she monopolizes a party line for three hours and eighteen minutes to> j, ' describe a frock, that's a filibuster. It would be Just the consumer's luck - to have that proposed thirteenth month come In the coal-bumlng sea- j son. 2 1 The Ananias club doesnt have to . i get up any expedition to the Old j World to add to Its collection of mon- ! iters. ???????? It Is said by the fashion writers that 1 high heels for women are coming back. 11 Who has Noticed that they ever went I j away? | < I ] , It tabes all kinds of people to make j a world, but a person ought to have a better excuse than that for clutter- * lng It np. If the women ^ of Turkey continue 1 to advance, they'll soon be reading 1 the men of the family out of house ' and home. r i "Houdlnl," says a writer, "gets a , i-a a..? i. .J 11?t n..i a. a! ' , iui ui luii uui ui inc. r>ui iiui me ^ f glorious uncertainty of wondering how [ he does It. ' * ? : ; China's president has desided to i quit, showing that he knows how to i keep his head when all about him I are losing theirs. . ' ] t A murderer In England was recent- ( 5 ly tried and convicted In four minutes, ' i this being about the time Itlakes to 1 I swear In an alienist. 1 1 i Mutton-chop whiskers are coming , I back In London. The appearance of ( mutton-chop whiskers Is helped wonr derfully by a dense fog. 1 > A woman dancing the Charleston broke her leg, but It la probable that I nobody looking on noticed any dlf) ference In her dancing. ? The old-timer who was proud, of winning a spelling match now has a daughter who aspires to championship y honors In a Charleston contest, a L _ 1 " Europe Is apparently convinced * that her present need Is not so much of moral and political reformers as of resourceful and reliable financiers. If the reformers want to tackle something worth while, let them try their hand at reforming the speed fiend who thinks the whole highway belongs to him. "The Important thing," remarked the young woman, as she wrapped up a 15-cent present to look like a million dollars, "Is the thought that goes with the gift" It perhaps is fortunate that the garden toad lives on such things as mosquitoes, lice and beetles. It would go pretty nam wltn it In a lot of gardens If It were a vegetarian. * ? T . The "bine whale" Is described as 90 , feet long and weighing 80 tons. Un- t der fall headway, It develops some- ( thing like 650 horse power. Figure ( that out at 20J) a gallon. I ' e Sir Oliver Lodge says the brain, con- ( trary to general belief, does not feel, e see or hear, nor does It plan or hope c or love. However, he cannot belittle ? Its service as a hat hanger. 5 I *' . ?. - ' '""-t y . iiL. - ? - ? **" Happy Mr. Depe^ cliiinnc<-\ .'! i- t w. .still tale ar'.V'r; ? ' r! V ! Nellie JValker. ? Tenth tirade A?(1) Virginia Brown, (2) ClesteJle Moore and Jannie Barber, (3) Fae Gibbs. Promotions First Grade A Billy Bell, Margaret Brown, Lionel Eockran, Vera Edwards, Myrtle, Ed vards, Estee Lynch, Beatrice Moore, A.lbert Moore, Catherine Walker, Pleo Coggins, WaJden Davis, Hubert Edwards, Arthur Garret, Erwin Gibba, Hubert Price, Hubert Rusael, Clarence Russel, Bessie Shehair, Edith rhompson, Tempie Thompson, Ruby W'aldrop, Hiegh Waldrop, "Douglass tValker, Amas Pritchard, Myrtle Pritchard, FPst Grade B. Cathrine Byara, Delia Greeny Dorthy Price, Verine Sue Pritchard, Pyntha Wilson, Clarence Blanton, ieorge Blanton, Hubert Huntsinger, r. J. Phillips, Thomas Walker, Wood ow Walker. Conditioned \ George Hajl, Edna Blackwell, Ruth Edwards, Walden Tdwards, Evlt Smith, Lydia Edwards, Elizabeth Briscoe, Katherine Russell, Lola Pack, Horace Briscoe, Willie Geely 'ritchard, Lawrence Thompson, Waren Newman, Richmond Thompson, Charlie Phillips, Otho Gosnell, John Miss Maria Antonla Field of Iffon[erey, Cal., who, while visiting In Ipaln, invited King Alfonso to call it her picturesque home which was mUt In 1824 when the Spaniards governed California. The king is com ng to the United States next year md be Is expected to accept the hos iltallty of the California girl. She mtertalned the dnke of Alba, highest lobleman of Spain, during the visit vhich he made to this country a few ears ago .. iiks ? -. i' py* ll 1 - //Vk fflMB p^r'n7W^\ ?Sl~ \ Mb ,^l 'liool and /Vonid^H ! Rubs* 11 I I i Fowler Four*-. G'sie I Ethel Walker. P.-.". Rathle--ii . Green. T!': r S:n;j*; jH wards, ' ' ^ M Walker, M.itTie Lee I Grjc> Cathrim- <';;r>?.11. l.-I-M Ruth Gaired. Waldtn ViJ I Phillip- PMk I en^ Binh Price, Fr?:dtB I Wllford Price, Ihiee I I liam Garret, Hduh J - Cordit.o'e: i jones, n: "u;i- ?an.i_ .M J. D. Conciii:-. Hoy Eyt-i. I Third Grace I Zalda Edwards, ttV. I Luclle Dalto:, 1'aulicditioned Horace t:';| Pritchard, Bolli- Ru;.--. .-I Roy Blackw< !1, Peari i-iB Fifth Grace I Hejk'ii Bavis, Alene PuH tioned, wauota Phillips irl lin, El ma Walker. Ati-l AdeJ Sh'-h.'.M Edna J-cutH Cockran, Until E iwart- rsfl in Arithmetic, Fauna- Lcnfl H ditioned in Arithmetic Bsa-H ran conditioned ia Ar.titrtH Sixth Grace I Charis Brown, ..Mary FqH Pitman coiiili:i'>ued. 'I H conditioned, Pauline Whiteside conditioned, .'*9 Woodrow McKee. Pi--; 9 conditioiud.( Seventh Grade I Earline Edwards, Nasn: er, Jauie Jatkscn. Dr'ilB Edna Pack. Lockie Pii-rB Shehan, Gillie Tliompsj? -*B son, Mary Fowler, t ran M conditioned. Eighth Gfadc Joe Dalton cnuditioncd Eula Jackson, Douna ivml H gie McKee. Ninth Grade Nellie Walker. Leona Lf-H Tenth Grade Eaton McKee, (.itsuM Gordon Hydt r. S Edwards, S Walker, Pae ( I Marjorie Walk-.. : Inie Brown, Knbert B^;i CiO* 7"reea Pro'ffh'^^B It ta a ki "*j^H hrubbery en! ,- - most any sir?i! t-s It is aurprlsinjt in see the f appreciate ,.f /fci? ^7 a great m i,v coBtract'rs When working on a ;ob '>' absolutely no effort to Ing things from being kl.'iri r'^H rooult that there is not ? loft on the plant- when Trean are ver> easily HlieiJJ In* rubbish abonf thtffl or : In* off the bark If the I take care to ere that these not done he will leave thr In such a condition that tf *H1 OOOtlnne to hloom. Many London Loudon brfdite .i^H fallen down. *un In 1170, was . .mpleMli: carried a row of :'I4'r wore frequently burned d"*1 main structure existed uc:' '.fl ?nil (Inning of the .v.-ieiroXtie old bridge ?"= ' booksellers and .,B It stood the chiipr . Canterbury, and a ' >*f "d j heads of traitors wore The present Lon-1 n *nn In 1824 and co'ipW*i10 ,B la borne on five >rrar' above the river. If college women * i*e O0(ht to be made to H ?Wn ashes. H Supposing the next war l> -a ^ the debris as usual (bundling.