THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1926.
? The
Polk County News
PubiisieJ tely by T12 NfVi Pij'isiini Con.jjn/
, LOUIS LEHIMAN, Ecitor
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"CONFUSION AMONG THE CONFCSOKS."
Congress seems to get all of the jokes and jibes, but the
state legislatures should come in for some serious consideration.
State legislatures do not meet as often nor remain in session as
long as does the Congress; so while legislators are together they
pass laws while the "passing is good." They pass so many
laws, and forget to repeal so many of the old ones, that even the
officers of the state governments find difficulty in interpreting
and administering them. Often their confusion reaches the
point cf bewilderment. Then come the test cases, with their con
scojiqent (and sometimes necessary) delays. In the meantime
someone suffers, or is damaged, or, to say the least, government '
and the public mind alike are weakened in their effort at stabil- <
ity. Such confusion always makes its certain contribution to the
growing disrespect for laws in general.
R?t thorp is another side. Hasty legislation, with its result
ant perplexities such as have been pointed out, is due to several
causes. Special interests, whether they be corpoiate or individual,
always maintain strong and active lobbies to- put through
bills to fit their particular needs or aspirations. They organize,
and thus surmount unorganized opposition. Due to the stress i
of legislative machinery, all angles of effect of the new-born
laws cannot be investigated. Popular opinion and the experiment
of enforcement must determine their value. >
Another source of confusion lies in the hastily drawn docu- ;
ments called bills. And this is not always the fault of the legislators.
Sometimes the constituents are to blame. A member of
the lower branch of the state legislature tells of a case where a
proposed "bill" was sent to him written on wrapping paper with
a lead pencil and interlined with unintelligible hieroglyphs. The
merits of the measure were undoubted, but it took the legal committee
or legislative counsel to the wee small hours of the night
(or morning) to redraft and shape the bill to presentable form.
The work of a committee is difficult when called upon to perform
the detailed task of framing nondescript ideas into documents
of state for the government of a great people. Fbr all
new laws are supposed to be consistent with the mass of existing
laws, and it is no easy job to make one fit into the scheme.
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HAD CHECKS AND BUSINESS.
There should be no sympathy for the person who fraudulently
writes checks on banks without funds to meet them. The difference
between the man who makes an unintentional error and j
the downright crook is easily detected. Banks and business men j
know. It is one thing to overdraw one's account, and quite an- j
other to deliberately plan to defraud by issuing worthless checks.:
Our system of banking in this country is a wonderful thing. j
The Checking system is a great convenience to the business world, j
but the criminals cvn make it equally a great nuisance. And when j
the banks and the public are taken advantage of by such inexcusable
offenses it means:
1. That another crime has been committed: someone suf-1
fers. usually the innocent.
2. That someone has been defrauded and thereby loses
money or property.
3. That an unwholesome example has been set before the
young in experience and the old in business, some of whom may
sometime try to "get away with it'' themselves.
4. That uneasiness is caused in banking relations, thus the
entire fabric of commerce is retarded and injured.
5. That the state is put to expense and to an added burden
in apprehending and punishing the culprit.
Business is hard enough bo transact without having to deal
with these bad-check-writing birds. They are entitled to no pampering.
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# MEDIA FOR PROGRESS.
Any patronage or support given to legitimate business acts
as do the waves when a pebble is thrown into the water. Its influence
spreads until expended proportionately with the force
that caused it.
TViqtp poriqin pIqccoc rvf Knciroca qtiH pprtziin iiHrme
that are splendid media through which, influence is exerted for
common benefits., The schools, representing all of the people,
are media through which the taxpayers' and parents' influence
and interests are shown in higher learning and better citizenship.
The churches are media for religious instruction and for
man's most cherished need?spiritual betterment.
Our civic and fraternal organizations are fine media for social
contact and for closer bonds of fellowship.
Sports and wholesome forms of amusement are media for the
recreation and for mental ]^nd physical rejuvenation of all the
people. . < .
- The newspapers, which theoretically reach all of the people
and which practically do, are media for the dissemination of
news and business opportunities. Newspapers come mighty near
Voicing the average and majority opinion of the people, and certainly
they serve all of the people and all of the institutions coming
within their range of circulation. It may be said that^the
newspaper is the clearing house for the ideals and undertakings
promulgated and sponsored by the institutions of the community.
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IN 2026.
In "twenty-twenty-six,'' as our great-grandchildren will cfill
it, some collector of rare manuscripts will exhibit an old newspa
per, (probably the Polk County News), published in May, 1926,
giving an1 account of the first flights by airplane and airship to
the North Pole. The value of the clippings will be due to their
academic content, or, if opr language is too academic, we might
The distant city with its towering buildings ajid promises of
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HOME TOWN 01
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MlJl'lT ?>OUKCU- I
LA UTAtUlHIB mtNMkin
I "MjulATtit OPPOImmmtiBft
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tray life is often an irresistible lun
opportunity and excitement. Tru<
ind magnificence, but these are n
young man or woman who goes th
Better o] portunities are to b
there is a greater and increasing
rision and ability. The big city i
only a limited number can win out
who fail often lose heavily. - '
The best advice that can be
stick to the home town and reap t
:o it. They should remember thi
geography. To be successful in
success everywhere.
-ay, because of the fact that air 1
common that the people 100 years
was given front page positions.
In fact, it won't take a hunt
change. Development of the tram
Apparatus and the radio has been
when he sits down to write or wher
he even then is behind the times,
prepared today may have to be ar
tion or timely delivery tomorrow.
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FAST TRAV
New York City- to the Pacific
beat it ? Hardly, for no one woulc
inauguratiorrof airplane passenger
and Salt Lake City, and close conr
Utah capital, the Southern Califo
Fifth Avenue in less time than I
made it from Philadelphia.
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You wouldn't allow a speck ol
so why vote for an administration
front of your home?
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Prison reform is running to g
victs expect an apology from the
roled in six months.
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It's a great age we live in. \V
and goes to work, daughter rolls dc
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Straw hats will be much higl
use about 90 per cent of the countr
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Patriotism is that ilttle con
that he helps save the country.
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When airplaning gets on a co
to take care of the overhead.
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Justice is what the losing ]
should have gotten.
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When your friends desert yo
a clo^pd model.
IN A LIGHTER VEIN. tl
(Spartanburg Journal.)
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Now that Earl Carroll, the New ^
York theatrical producer, has been a
convicted of perjury in connection ^
with the. indecent bathtub party he V
gave to promote the play of the no- a
torious Countess of Cathay, there
should follow a recession of the col- h
umns of salacious reading matter
dished out to the public about this c
case. This stunt of Carroll's was too s
raw?even New York City wouldn't h
.stand for it. it has been such a pro- b
lific source of news from day to day k
that it provokes comment of varied v
nature from columnists and' special b
feature writers of .the metropolitan t
press. it
Frank Sullivan, feature man of the s
Mow Vnrlr W/\rld lain bla lmairlna_ In
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tion run riot from inspiration of the k
Carroll stunt and In a recent Issue.of n
that paper purports to report an address
by a famous expert on baths, p
from w^hich the following extracts are ii
taken: u
"The old-fashioned bath, taken alone a
in the family bathtub, is doomed, de- v
clared Dr. Elwood K. Arbuckle, noted ti
bath expert, of Bath, Me., In an ad- B
dress yesterday before the Joint con- tl
ventlon of the American Association o
of Bathtub Manufacturers, the Inter s
national Qlngerale Makers' Ouild and b
the Union of Cloak Makers of New a
York." t'
"We are living in an ago of seepticlsm,"
said Dr. Arbuckle, "and no- B
body believes that anybody else takes *
baths. In the old days when men *
like Daniel Webster and John C. Cal- ?
houn took baths, the word of a gen- *
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JPORTUNITIES
/] W BFGINNERS JffiilH O
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ill/ ll lack of "phl
Jllril '
; in the eyes of youth, seeking a
e, the big city has its charm e
ot to be found readily by the p
ere in search of a job. a
e found here in Trvon where c
demand for those who have a
s full of fortune hunters, yel tl
in the great struggle. Those l?
given the young people #is to b
he rewards of faithful service i(
it success is not a matter of is
Tryon is to be accepted "as a b
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transportation will then be so hence
will wonder why it ever *
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Ired years to accomplish this "
^portation methods, of electric' <;
so fast that one never knows
i he stands up to talk whether
An article written or a speech \
nended for up-to-date publica- -i
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iruiy, me wona uu muve.
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coast in two days! Can you f
I want to beat that. With the |
service between Los Angeles ?
lection with fast trains at the |
rnian can reach Broadway or
Jenjamin Franklin could have ;
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f dirt on your floors at home, ;
i that permits dirty streets In ;
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iuch an extreme that the con- !
governor if they are not pa- !
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hile father rolls up his sleeves )
>wn her socks and goes to play. ;
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ler this season. They had to !
y's supply for the straw votes. !
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viction each citizen cherishes ;
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mmercial basis it will be hard <
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mrtv in a lawsuit thinks he *
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leman?or lady?was sufficient. It i
lr. Clay told Congress, as he fre- ]
uently did, that he had taken a bath <
le previous Saturday night, Congress ]
ccepted his word for it. But today J
re are living in an age of suspicion. <
Ithat is the result? Open plumbing
nd open bathing." - {
Dr. Arbuckle briefly sketched the 1
istory of the bath. <
"Baths were very popular in an
lent Rome," he said, "and then we i
kip to the late Victorian era In Eng- \
md when the bath, or 'tub,' again J
ecame popular. In the middle ages, i
nights did not bathe because they J
rere soldered into their armor at the '
eginning of their military career. ?
lowever, the janitor carefully pol- !
thed each knight every morning with J
apolio, thus originating the quaint *
ustom of polishing the brass door- <
nobs and railings on Fifth Avenue J
tanslons.
"The old-fashioned bath was a com- '<
aratively simple affair. The bath- I
ig fluid was generally warm water '
nless the bather lived In a New York <
partment house, In which case it J
ma cold water. It was the excepIon
rather than the rule to invite <
nests to the bath. In cases where 2
lie bather had not reached the age j
t three or four years, It was con- i
ldered de rigeur to invite a few mem- i
ers of, the Immediate family, sucti j
s the mother or grandmother. Per- j
act strangers, however, were allowed 2
j see one bathe only on rare and j
enerally unforeseen occasions." . J
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OLK COUNTY NEWS
HE PASSING AGE
OF "TRUST-BUST?NG
(Ashevllle Times.)
In his address before the Chamber
f Commerce of the United States,
ecretary Hoover freely criticized the I
lain principles of the Sherman and J
layton anti-trust laws, but as yet I
o one has sought to make this mat-1
sr an issue in the next presidential
lection. A Democratic leader here f
nd there is cogitating over the pos-1
ibilities of Big Business as an issue, j
ut none has fulminated against Sec^l
Jtary Hoover and the Administration I
t which he is a part.
Mr. Hoover said that the original I
onception of this legislation was to I
laintain a host of highly competi-1
ve units in every industry, but that I
y degrees the country has become I
ary of that doctrine", because the I
Dmpetition thus fostered has at I
mes become destructive. The courts I
how an increasing tendency to rec- I
gnize as legitimate the combination I
f units of production for the pur- I
ose of producing at less cost and I
ailing more cneapiy.
The Sherman law came into being
1 an economic transition period. The
ize of industrial companies' was
hanging from small to large through
le operation of economic laws in
country where mass production was .
ecoming apparently a fetish that |
lust be worshipped. Yet ti was the |
uthless method of great captains of j
ldustry in crushing competitors that j
roused the ardor of the "trust-bustrs"
and gave them more than a !
lausible argument for government j
ction. Today we have government 1
ontrol of business, though it is not
Iways successful, and the cause or I
le anti-trust movement has been in
irge measure removed.
As to the political influence of some
ig business concerns on party pol:ies?that
is still to some degree an
isue, but one more readily dealt with
y aroused public opinion than by the
entities of the law?that is, when )
ie'public can be aroused.
I hereby announce myself as J i
a candidate for the Clerk of J
Superior Court of Polk County f
Bubject to the Democratic *
Primary rules. ^
Jno. A* Arledge *
13-20-27-3 $ |
; I hereby announce, myself a ^
i candidate for the office of ?
! County Treasurer of Polk Coun- 11
| ty, subject to the Republican. %
> Primary Rules. . T
I A. N. KUNKLE.
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be throughout CI
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Why?
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What are yc
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Which Church?
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THOMAS L. JUST1
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avenue and Lanier
* Mass?Sunday 8:30
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__ Holy Communion
; ^ Sunday School
t Morning Prayei; & Sei
Friday; Litany !
All Are Cordially
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Not Very Favorably Disposed Toward Am . I
and the Americans eri'ciB
By COUNT M. SOYESHIMA, Prominent Public^? ,? ,
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I was not very favorably disposed toward Ampri a.^
I did not like Americans because most of them am r'' ' ""-l* ^B
gant imperialists while they have constantly jusfi^ ,111 *>, ^B
in their mouths. Whjle they set themselves up as H.>r,
of justice they really are the devotees of the outrage,u,
Monroe doctrine. Zeo '?^ ^B
^ While Americans are kind hearted on the one ! , ^B
tremely selfish on the other. _
White the military authoritieg^of America are
the amplificatfJn of armaments, however, it appear '
of American people are oppose^ to the idea of u ,ir
this is quite as it should be, for a war between Ana ... ^B
be like a fight between a tiger and a shark, ffov..,,. . **'"-i I
may be, it" cannot attack the shark, nor can the c?;? .t:'"- ?? ^B
L'i?J mov I
on the tiger wftatever naireu yic iu.u.v. ...... -t tv i
Neither of the two powers can take the aggressive viU; sr.v
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success. 1
"I Became Tired of Eating Everywhere the Sam I
J Restaurant Luncheons"
By MLLE. LOUISE WEISS, French Liber;,:
I retain most favorable impressions of tin- ;
^countered Cvervwhere. Every one was anxious t , ' B
cially foreign, giving advice aDd directions, and a: t j
I became tired of eating everywhere the same r- -
ing the same little automobile, and finding litem:
suits attuned to the standard of a weekly magazine
I learned to be extremely brief, disposing of t : "
in five minutes and thte Syrian problem in three mm '
more than a quarter of an hour. I must say If, r B
United States the general opinion that France is
aw the great numbers of people from Europe repr- aj: ^ 'I
interests, telling the Americans all sorts of things, 1 .
stand why the Americans misunderstand.
I found the French policies in Morocco and S;.n? d:screditedmI
I was somewhat at a loss to defend our action until I diwevind
majority of my audknoe did not kmow vhav# Syria is.
I For High Grade Men's Cloth in g>
See
J. H. CONNER AT CONNER'S BARBLIt SHOP
AND PRESSING CLUB.
Suits arranged from $23.00 to $30.00. All woo!.
Special Shirts made to order.
WHEN IN NEED OF JOB PRINTING ' ALL 99
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You Going To Do About It?
soon be here. It comes every week just as It
tildhood.
ill ring, the organ will make music, people will
ions. Thus it will be in Tryon, and thus it wi:I
hristendom?not merely this week, but on every
;nd of your life.
r\r*n +Vio+ norDi'afa tVinf unrmiinHa vnn The
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3 here, present, living.
possibly ignore it.
>u going to do about it?
When? Next Sunday. Where? To Church.
The Church of your preference.
P * .. METHODIST
h Sunday 11 First and Third Sundays 11 a. inSecond
and Fourth Sundays 7:30
g services. . Sunday School every Su' day 10
? m. a. m.
?d. REV. P. E. PARKER, 1 ustor.^
:CE, Pastor. . PRESBYTERIAN
tC ' ; Tryon?Second and Four:1. Sunirner
Melrose . days ^ch month 11 a. n Firs
j.. " ' - and Third Sundays 7: P- mColumbus?First
and Thi Sun*
* m- . days II a. m.; Sec< ; aDd
SY, Rector. Fourth Sundays 7:30 p , I
[OLY CROSS ERSKINE MEMORIAL
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ices; r Rev. Will B. O'Neill, Mini.^r.
? , a. 91. . Sunday?Church School : 9-f I
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mon H a. m Shaded school with clasps f?r I
allrnviw
'to ' W^rday_"Quiet H0U" 4:30 H
' A friendly welcome awaT 4 y?u' I
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