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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
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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.
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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
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not quite know the feeling of brotherhood among those who
have survived the awfu! {>ortents of "war's desolation.'
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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.
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Those European quarrels are far from being lovers' quarrels.
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If Prohibition is a joke the-country is playing the joker wildL
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If they would modify the liquor the wouldn't need to modify
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Having a family to support takes the props from undeer
Eh- many a fellow.
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The Bible says swear not at all. Of course this means not
at all people.
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The real proof of the pudding is whether it will be good
- warmed up for supper.
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"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.
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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
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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
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The polk county new
OUNTY NEWS WEEKL1
Welcome Horn
?c( <ud Con-prehensiv?j
,te Rules?"
e President United State*.
that the-correct and comprehenthat
embodied in the Underwood
every senator with the right to b?
>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?
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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
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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
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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.
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The Ananias club doesnt have to .
i get up any expedition to the Old j
World to add to Its collection of mon- !
iters.
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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? | <
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, 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.
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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
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; 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. .
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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
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i Mutton-chop whiskers are coming ,
I back In London. The appearance of (
mutton-chop whiskers Is helped wonr
derfully by a dense fog.
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> 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,
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" 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. *
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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
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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
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Happy Mr. Depe^
cliiinnc<-\ .'! i- t w. .still tale
ar'.V'r; ? ' r! V !<? Leon' hotel In
Dfl |V' ? v.l (. arc candle
on"1 " ' Ir April
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Mills Spring Si
cemet Honors
Perfect attendance for year. 160
lays .Ruby Lynch, Charis Brown,
Srace Waldrop. 169 days, Estee
Lynch, Oveda Porteo.
Honors for the year based on attendance,
Class grades, Conduct and
Cooperation.
First Grade A?(1) Lionel CockCrade
B?(1) Cathariae Byars, (2)
Vernie Sue Pritchard.
Seccond Grade A?(1) Lucile Wallrop,
(2) Walden Newman.
Third Grade A?(1) Zelda Edwards
(2) Lola Pack.
Fourt,h Grade A?(1) feuby Ljinch,
(&) Elmer Shafer.
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Fifth Grade A?(1J Aaan oneuan,
(2) Edna Jackson.
Sixth Grade A?(1) Pauline Walksr,
(2) Joe Hortom, Woodrow McKee,
(3) Charis Brown.
Seventh Grade A?(1) Edna Pack,
(2) Nannie Huntsinger, (3)~Jannie
Jackson.
Eighth Grade A?(1) Maggie McKee,
(2) Enla Jackson.
Ninth Grade A? (l)Leana Lynch,
(2> 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
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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
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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<ite
feet high, 65 feet fide H>'
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.