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me polk County News
,D WEEKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
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ffHZKNS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS
anized appeal of more or less pretension has come to
'^B?<fpost Office Department to abolish the'rule of cancelI
niatter with the stamp "Citizens' Military Training
The complainants say that these camps tend toward
B ase of armaments and place the people in a frame of
^Wre 'war Alt ho the Government vigorously denies any
K tic designs, all of the people have not been convinced ^
propriety or neccessity of these institutions.
I word "Military" certainly serves no end to the arguIt
may be purely a misnoer. It does leave a suspicion
H^Lnded in part and unfounded in the aggregate. Tho the J
Vjt precludes our attendance at one of these camps, we c
5^Kad occasion to examine the application forms and official q
re \\e find nothing vicious in the avowed-purposes, v
B rpcrniations are "warlike" in their severity as to age re
Hit ' v o
Rents, admitting only the younger men. It is a case of c
Rhere be who may enter there." Not enough, perhaps, to ^
R the country in any danger of militarism. ?
R criticism, if any. that we offer regarding the Citizens' s
Ry Training Camps is that the age limit is too low to
J the middle-aged and older men. And these are s
Rry fellows who, if attendance is considered and "aught," j
Rcitizenship course,' ought to be there to get the benefit 3
R recreative and health-building program. The younger t
will get theirs in natural and artifical channels anvhow. d
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THE PEOPLE RULE ?
I the fall campaign approaches, the people of a
Carolina, and Polk County, and of our community are r
H of tighter reins upon the functions of government. As e
Bays the case, when officials are candidates for re-election, n
lire more careful with the expenditure of public funds and o
ardent in exercising their duties of office than during the
Bears.''
B is no criticism adverse to any State, County or local Q
Hal. It is a plain statement of fact existent in human naBverywhere.
It is a wholesome condition in the life of the
^Hy. All good officials welcome constructive criticism, e
Bad citizens should be eager in their desire to
their chosen representatives, and equally zealous c
Hog that honesty and prudent management prevail in all
Hi endeavors. If not an election, then there ought to be
Biting every year and at all times to arouse the interest r
B people in their own affairs. After all, it is the will of ^
Hople repressed legitimately and in all fairness, that
H about good administration of government. p
I VACATION HAZARDS j]
Hdivn are at play. Men and women are out of doors. Traf- s
B congested during summer months. Be careful! NOW
Bt we have kept the world safe for democb
lets make the highways safe for human- p
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EASING ONE'S MOTOR CONSCIENCE f
Hr'y a" of us who are, or ought to be, proud of the fact j t
l*e belong to the great and commanding middle-class, j
at times try to find reasonable excuses for our everlasting
Hfflption of gasoline, oil, rubber, and our half of the road, t
ere'$ of course, ample justification for the use of the
Habile for business and pleasure. The "horseless carriage" ^
Hubtedly pays for itself directly and indirectly. Directly, ^
U3e"gets you there," and the desire to" get somewhere *"
H|e hew instinct which has been devloped in the past 20 ;
there is a certain amount of enjoyment in the go- \
|^Lhere is efficiency (and convenience) in the present day ^
the automobile -ntnbutes ^^ue in n<, less un-1
r;mT?rXZi
lit hands. Millions of people have e P ?y t proprietor I
B"*tly, from the executive down to the make a town lil
Bnhe roadside.. The "drummer", who uae g of the day \
B few hours and spend the remainin^. ;n half the $!
Big train connections, now makes , This sav ' jl
sees more dealers and sells more goods. .,1
<?s tn the price the consumer pay?. find a good Ifl
I "numeral,le. In fact, it would be dtfftcu ^ ^ de8Crip- j
W* for not having and using a mot > 1
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I SUMMER TONIC FOR BUSINESS I j
Mag calamity, disaster or direful slump. BUSINE ge .11
B1""' is plenty of BUSINESS for the fellow who goes afte |1
B ;i- ir. '
reason - ?*
gjtj,, . ""ii'iioo is 1101 easy lo get is uecause it 10
n i|Sej^ thir,lk that it is easy to get.
tefr ' ^SINESS is abstract and visionary; to be con-f
\ win"!1 ^ created> nutured, watched and maintained.
[ anri , 0 do must join hands with physical and mental eflh*
result is BUSINESS. >
;?waday? u.u * i
ul ehanr you drink to someone's health you're ta'king 1
3 w'th your own. ' , !
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can'tWe ian automobile to the filling station but you i
car't make it pay the gas. L
THE POLK COUNTY NEWS.
WATCH HIM GROW
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WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE ai
The motive behind the alleged kidnapping of Aimee Semple
ilcPearson is charged to ransom. If so, why did not her abduct- bt
>rs make their demands stronger and with more studied fre- th
[uency? Why did the men of the alleged trio leave the hut si
vith only the woman, "Rose," in charge of the prisoner? w
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The stake, according to the evangelist, was a cool half-million to
lollars, which might have been produced by the family and the
housands of followers of the noted preacher. Then why did la
iot the kidnapers make preparations on a half-million dollar El
cale ? I
The whole thing is a mystery. But jealosly, fanaticism or m
enseless morbidity appear as likely reasons for the offense "{if th
ndeed an offense was committed) as the desire for money.
Irs. McPearson testified that her captors once remarked that m
hey wanted to "get that d Temple," meaning the million w
lollar church organization in Los Angeles. re
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There may have been a little of both or all motives behind the i0r
.ct, but there were no professional kidnapers connected with th
he crude plans of this case. The existence of frenzied minds or
,nd the earmarks of the amateur were behind the whole affair. st
it this writing no positive evidence of a hoax has been presentd.
This leaves but two general concisions of motive: meanless
or money, and we would as soon believe one theory as the th
ther, or both or neither, or what have you. th
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A fool is the fellow who thinks the average farmer is one. th
As civilization marches on there are fewer hoboes tramping 8()
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Education is the ability to make good thoughts strike hard ct
nough to leave a welt. fe
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Truth crushed to earth will rise again, but not always the i0,
ase with the pedestrian. ou
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It's getting prelty hard to determine whether the movie m
ights to a sensation are more valuable than the hot dog privi- w',
Jges. ro
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'Bobbed hair will last another generation says a fashion ex- m
erts. Deplorable! There' are already too many millionaire ro
arbers in this country. to
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A combination umbrella and vanity case has been invented F(
i Germany. They are determined that the nose shall not dr
hine when the sun doesnt't. 1 is
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We sometimes wonder whether the quiet, hard-working
ireacher won't have just as good chance with St. Peter as the "c
loisy, sensational evangelist. co
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Congressmen have to fight to get into Congress, and then ac
ight like everything to get the thing adjourned in time to go pr
>ack to fight to get into Congress again. m
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Humanity is improving. The woman who used to stand at se
he ironing board now sits on the school board. Kr
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Some candidates promise to enforce the law without favor. is
Then when they get in they do it without fervor. ba
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Earn Degrees Despite Blindness H
Whet. the University of Illinois conferred Its nineteen hundred ?* , , ^ *
wo of them were awarded to students who have been blind since
J' ?r\ V '"I ; (rl?ht>. received the gradual" e T^tf
lUMter of arts, and C. A. Innls of Bellflower m Heft) recelvf ? degtip.of y
,f bachelor of arts. During the past year Mr! Leonard has bfJ^JjJ? a
graduate work In political science and made What Is known W, .(tnk,nf^9t c
average, the highest possible grading under ?A" 1.
BERRY'S WEEKLY"
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By Albert L. Berry
THE POET GETS A NEW. JOB
Our new poet having sawed split i
id piled up gome two oords of
jetry. We concluded to swithch
im over to society reporter until
e had reduced his stock.
But before taking up his new line
a said he would like to go over to V
iustard Springs, or Peppoi Mounin
and cool off. As both of these
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laces had been highly 'recommended
ir cooling off process wa concluded
i send him.
e said he noticed that all our4 oth
poets wore Palm Beach suits and :
rove around in Rol-es Royce or
ackard automobiles, he would like J
> be equipped in the same fashion. |
ome measured up his poetry and ,
iund he was twelve cents shy of
tough to i|et a Roles Royce, eo
e gave him an order for a l'acfc d.
He said he thought It wouldl
ve him entree into the best socty
at Pepper Mountain and Mustard
prings if he drove a Packard as
1 the people at theso resors read j
ie Polk Co. News and would see
i poetry. He returned on Thursty
looking much refreshed and
ought us in some society items j
so as follows:
Miss Rebeca Corns was united in j
edlock to Mr. Ruben Fairgrass, the
ide was atended by bee father and
ic groom was attended Jby the !
teriff, the choir sang, "Oh What f
rill the Harvest be", and the |
ouple left for Alaska In a Ford j
spend their honeymoon.
The sensation at Mustard Springs j
st week was the elopment of Miss >
9ma Redda Bloom with Mr. Rod- J
ick Blossom. When they reached j
jopers Gap, the bride called up her '
other and told her how happy ^
ey both were. She telephoned back j
at the old man was leaving with ]
shot gun two dogs to bestow his.
easing personally. The last report
e had was that the old man had 1
duced the gap considerable later ?
port as we go . to press says that i
le of the dogs had the groom by I
e leg, that the bride was riding?
1 the fender but that they were}
ill going.
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MT. PISGAH
A pyramid of mountains, "And v
ey stood on Ft. Pisgah and saw I
e Promised Land."
So uttered the prophet Moses
me six thousand years ago, but i
ey stood on Mt. Pisgah and saw '
me three thousand feet higher than j
e mountains of Arabia in the .land ;
Canaan for Mt. Pisgah in North i
irolina stands some six thousand ;
et higher and the most pointed j
outain I havq ever seen in faict it j
oks like a great Pyramid rjisihg;
it of the forest.
Leaving the highway some twelve |
ilea south west form Aslaevlllet we |
ound around a narrow mountain j
ad some twelve miles more to the j
ot of the mountain ~ then three j
iles more up a steep narrow one-1
ad, where you begin to climb on i
ot. Here the U. S. Govermment j
i a ' n hlichpH thp Pl^P'nh Naitional I
>re8t and Game Preserve. The
ive up as far as the road Is imade
open going up from 8:30 in the
orning until 2 p. m. and you must
ay up until that time as cars; canit
pass and none can come up after
p. m., the road being open to r cars
ming down. Within the boundifes
of t(his Preserve of 3 *10,000
res. All kinds of Wild gatcie are
eserved and while the g(ct ernent
has not been very suc/ces'sful
ith bison or buffalo there, art J a
imber of elka, great many dt'er,
veral hundred bear, wild, turtoey,
ouse and other small game and tbe
reams are alive with fish. Thare
over a hundred miles ot horMe,ck
trails and innumera'be camps,
me of logs or fram%, as well as
nts and little shaks. One of the
ost pcturesque sigh'cs I have ever!
en was a compan'y of mountain* 1
rs coming down or, hores and mule^
,ck single file w? aaw them mov-J
g along sever? Ai miles from us. 1
hen they came in full view, they J
?re tall dark skinned. Some of
em carrying "long rifles, their sades
were hlg\, back with wooden
nips dang'd ng by the horses sides
ley brough t fish and some game,
roes aod fruit down to the camp. |
They were a distinct type of Am-1
ican lifq that one see no where I
so eeept in the mountains of North !
jroijna and Tennessee.
Why all' this .talk about helping
farmer and not the Tanner's
ife? ^ k
Yoir've got to be a good collector
' mo ney before you can be*1 a colctor
of art. j
a nln *v-? hni> {a tho Ufltrf wlio
/V IU<X?trI piUIII >yv> 1W vuv _____
iake:s the charge .for the time bis
elper ;(ikes to go back after the
Dola. \ ^
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The greaW|^ tea^T/Jr a mnister is
.hen his shirbt^l^Men't come back
rom the laundiy b3?ate Saturday
fternoon. ^
The Dill rad^o^|^H|8tab?.l8he8 a
ear to "control^ the.'jfcr." It has
lways been our impMBon that our
longreesional co$jnitty& on Venttition
and ActustjoJatten^ed to
that. i? V
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TTi^re are about '2,500 daily and
Sunday newspapers in the United
States,- and over 14,000 weeklies
They have a total circulation oi
over thirty-two million and theii
readers comprise the entire popula
tion of the cou!itr|r except illiter
ates and children under six. Thai
is to say, they reach everybodj
" vhose oninidn counts.
The newspaper is more powerfu!
titan the book or magairine. II
Skis numerous tfetiactors, and
everybody reserves the right to com
pl^in against the editor upon occa
sion Sometimes they shoot him?
that is ,the guilty ones do. An
innocent man seldom shoots even
an ec'itor.
"I you have been lying about
me in your paper," roared the fireeating
subscriber.
"You may thank me for that,"
said the*' editor. "What would you
do if I itad told the truth?"
The etjitor is called on to give all
sorts of advice, from counsel to
the President of the United States
to suggestions upon the teething
of infants and how to prserve the
health o:' improve one's golf stroke.
He occasionally makes mistakes.
I was once the victim of an error
*or which an ill-natured man, if
frorrg emorgh, would have called
?" exfitor the comnositor. the
M*?l ?.?*v ,
proofreader', and five printer's
devil, of the offending publication.
A Denv?r newspaper carried near
my column a very excellent syndicate
feature written by a lady who
was world-famous lauthority on
beauty. She gave advice to the
love-lorn and told them how to attain
those physical perfections that
make the female of the species so
much more deadly than the male.
The headings of the two columns
were transposed by accident?aad
I was thrown into a nervous decline
by seeing over my article the
caption: "How I Developed a Perfect
Bust." J*'*
Your newspaper, through its local
reporters, and by its membership
in an international news bureau
that sends dispatches by wire,
thing that is going on in the world,
front tragedies next door to polit
ical events in Europe ana Asia.
You expect it to do this. You deAMBROSE
E. GONZALES
(From The Spartanburg Herald)
One of the greatest South Carolinians
of his generation passed when
the end came to Mr. Ambrose E.
Gonzales at his home in Columbia
yesterday morning. He was not only
great in heart and soul, hut. In
courage to overcome difficulties, in
the days of his health and strength,
and in spiritual strength to battle
affiction in the latter days of his
life as perhaps few men have ever
done.
in this newspaper office his death
brings such a deep personal sorrow,
his career as editor and publisher,
as author and patriot arc
overshadowed by our knowledge of
the man, as a friend, whose ability
' - Intv.
to understand i'unauiuu:u ...
haustible sorce of inspiration. He
was to us a fountain of human sympathy
and understanding. Vision,
and a sense of the eternal fitness
of things, together with deepest interest
in the personal fortunes of
, those about him, which he appraised
with the finest of humor and the
nost . genuine sympathy, combined
to give him a personality of the
rarest type.
For nearly twenty years he was
the owner of The Spartanburg Herald.
For ten years he was the
I owner oJ both The Spartanburg
Herald and The Spartanburg Journal.
Those who own these newspapers
today became associated
j with them when Mr. Gonzales first
>ccame interested i.i The SpartanI
burg llerald, and thc-y were as fretto
direct the policies of these papers,
according to their own judgement,
when he was their sole owner, as
they are today, owning them themselves.
He was acquainted' with the
problems of the newspaper office.
More than twenty years ago h? said
to the editor of The Herald: "Go,
and may the Lord be with you."
He believed his newspapers should
be clean and wholesome and help
ful, stressing service to the town
the county and the state.
South Carolinians nave hui cmm
in contact personally \ till Mr. Am
brose Gonzales in rcc.nt years as
In the earlier days when he was
establishing The State newspaper
under circumstances full of difficul
ties. In recent years lie has beer
I In ill health, but hs physical affile
tion he did not permit to interrup
his mental activities. Physical dif
ficulties seemed only to quicken hp
mental alertness and to stimulati
his ability to concentrate upon th<
task in hand. He continued to di
rect his newspaper's activities ani
^ found time to make his most inter
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u;/an Eugene Read ,
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r VOO' DOING YOUR DUTY
fc'Y YOUR NEWSPAPER
I [mand accv raL'>'. brevity and a careI
ful selec-ttoi ' of imP?rtant items.
Your editor vj09S the best he ci?
' ?n e-ive voii Wi/at you pay fc,r' 11'"
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r - - ifnporittUt c;
recognizes tM# * except on the
. position. He ? "<?*. jn si3ned ar.
editorial 3?age a3 ,r bring yo.i ,
; tides, to let his p*4^ ;u; he v/auts I
r the news as it is, no ?hat If his
it to be. He knows n rid th .I
paper is to live, ii3 mn. bias.
; news columns of all person. *aoco
An editor of my aequain. n5.
- printed in his paper a datnagi.
news story about himsolf with the
- same accuray as though the itsr.j
[ had referred to a stranger. Not
i all newspaper writers do that, but
it is an idea! of the profession.
'What are you doing to help your
newspaper?
Subscribing to a newrspaper
should mean more to you than
merely a means to keep abreast of
the news. . Newspapers are oemt
puouc enterprises. me suppi>rt
and cooperation of citizens in
necessary if good newspapers anto
be Maintained. The fact that
newspapers, like private schools, do
not solicit contributions and are
not endowed, does not relievo the
citizern of his obligation to support
tributions an ! advertising.
The newspaper welcomes upturns
as other business organizations
do not. If you were to hunt
tip the manager of your department
store and tell him you would
shoot him if he didn't sell morr
woolen goods and less cotton, you'
would never have to shoot. lie
Yet the newspaper welcomes, and
prints, the most violen ad\ters?
criticisms of its policies and nieth,ods.
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People can get the kind of newspaper
they want if they want it
badly enought to support the good
pnes rather than merely to atta?l;
the bad ones.
The newspaper will ocntinue a
power with or without your help
but if you want it to ho a powor
for the good that you believe In,
help it whan you can; be interested
in it; subscribe to it; when
you see-- something wonderful in it,
tell the editor so, in person or by
mail, and regard it as an enterprise
in which you have a. part.
esling contributions t<j South Carolina
literature through the publication
of I he' "Black Border," his
stories of the toast country, the land
r\f hie I'Allih' I
11M JWUfcM.
,The public ibas not, known hlrti
personally in recent yours, but those
who labor along ?onst?uctive lines,
who seek aid for the afflicted, tx
to advance the cause of South Caro
ilina socially, industrially, agricuitua'ly
or in kindrsd ways know bini
to have been the sources of the;.greatest
encouragement and conraae.
THE RECKLESS DRIVER
(From The Charlolt" News.)
The dumbest of human beings ts .
the reckless auto driver. Safety
campaigns have been tried on him
to no avail. Crossing gates are built , .
for his benefit; nice large white
signs are painted for him; police
men stand ready to arrest him. Still
he insists on killing himself and
others.
It i3 proposed now :o install steol
certains at n few dr.ngcrt>.:s crossings
as an experiment. This ought
to work, but something tells us it
won't. It sounds too good to be
true. When a train is due, the curtains
automatically lowers, thug
saving the strain on the driver'*
mental machinery ant', his car's
brakes. It is thought that few headlong
plunges into this elastic steel
curtain will ulilmately persuade him
that his neck is t^orth saving, a
better way would be to deprive him
of his automobile.
WHEN ALL AGREE
(FT cm i ne vv kmi i-wums
StarJ '
There is no nuKirestion that arisen
in congress which promotes the idea
, of "making it iin.mimoiis" iii.e tiie
motion to adjourn.
The outlook lor this year's camI
paign is to look out.
Kansas man stole sorts soap and
made a clean gct-aw oy.
Tho greatest roHr.f f;r the fanner
i is when Congr.ss adjourns.
, What's sauce for. the :;oo3e is gen
erally apple-sauce for the cinder.
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The fight in Congress developed
t into hitting below the corn belt.
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i The "tariff wall" they talk so ^
! much about is made up principally
; f the skyscrapers along Wall Street.
Monday has changed from wash
1 day to got-the clothes-ready for-the
laundry day.
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