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GOOD BODIES Oh
I CHEVROLET
Development of distinct types o!
commercial car bodies, designed ant
manufactured tin their entirety bj
the Chevorlet organization * nov
affords the public a complete lint
of Chevrolet-built passenger and com
mereial vehicles for the first Unit
In the company's history.
Complete trucks are available foi
immediate delivery to-the purchaser
They are the one ton panel delivery
one ton stake and the one ton grain
carrying body.
The chassis can be furnished also
with cab only, suitable for mounting
any special truck body desired
by the owner.
Substantially the same cab is used
on all bodies. The cab is entirely
enclosed and weather-proof and
affords the sam?. comfort in the
itriviT's compartment as a Chevrolet
passenger* cur. The doors are 21 inches
wide, Willi high grade locks.
Plate glass side windows are furnished
wilh Ternsiedl regulalors as in
(lie standard dosed car. A full ventilating
windshield, glass rear windows,
cab lining and cushion covering
of fnhrikoid leather, combination
stop and tail light and convenientlyplaced
ist ruineiit panel are features.
Seats are arranged tor easy handling
of controls and steering wheel. The
cab is Biscay green, ditto striped in
gold adn cow! lights are standard
eiiuipmeiit.
Each ol" thcs, liedv types has been
designed for tile utmost utility, conand
adaptability io the work for
which it is designed.
With these modem advantages at
an nttractue price, lie se new trucks
are expect< d to retain a prominent
place in tie fj\?v of tie- ccVnntercialcar
buying public
EDITORIAL OF LATE
CLAUD C. WASHBURN
(Croni Minneapolis Tribune)
A lit:. 1.1. lJ-'G
The following editorial appeared In
the Minneapolis Tribune on August
1.1 Ih on the life of Mr. Claude C.
Washburn who passed away a few
days ago at his lioni,. in Minnesotta:
The nutimel) death of. Claude C.
Washburn, of Ihiluth. has not only
cut short a literary carreer of great
promise, hut lias taken from Minnesota's'
small circle of distinguished
men of letters a craftsman it could
ill afford to lose. Ilorn in Mankato,
! and a resident of Diiiuth, Mr. Washburn
was entirely Minte sytain, yet of
a type not frequently encountered
in a stale only yosteday gaduated
from pioueerhood. A large part of
his life had !>> n spoilt in Italy, and
he was much at home on the other
side of the Atlantic as here.
Equally with English, Italian was
his language: and he had the ripe
background of a citizen of the world.
Mr. Washburn's work was too sensitive
and delicate, perhaps, to force
its-lf on the attention of the man
on the street, but his essays and
novels were followed and admired by
tho discerning few. Although the
comparison would not be finely exact
on,, might lik' ii him, in a way to
the earlier Henry .lames. Like James
he spent his later life abroad; like
Jairn s, he was interested in the com
edy of int mationai manners; and
like Janus, lie was not only extraordinarily
well educated but possessed
of uncommonly astue and subtle
critical ports pi ions. Far from as
widely known as that other titan of
Minnesotan letters, Sinclair l>owis,
he was much admired by Lewis,
whose house-guest. indeed, he had
been for a few days just prior to his
death.
All those who knew Claude Wash
burn felt and responded to his charm,
The finest shade of meaning attached
to the word "gentleman" seemed
to have been reserved especially to
fit him. He rad the manners, the
courtesy, the cultivation, the kind
liness, the hearing, and the background
of the gentleman. The best
of two civilizations wci-y blended in
his. and net only a rich and observant
mentality hut a rare and gently per
sonalily served to make him a mem
orable experieno to any one whe
camo in com ict with him. It is an
infinite pity thai so gifted and love
able an individual should not have
been permitted to finish out the nor
mal span of lift.
MR. F. B. BACON
ENTERTAINS VISITORS
Provides Delightful Luncheon For
Sever'a' Guests.
Mr. F. P. Bacon President of the
Tryon Development Company en
tertained a number of the visitors
from Charleston West Va. at a de
lightful luncheon served in the Lak<
Lanier tea room, Tuesday August 24
: His guests on that occasioi
were W. M. Hester, the Treasure!
of the Company, Mrs. J. B. Kempei
and daughter. Miss Kemper; Mrs
A. C. Lambert- and Mr. J. B Frazelh
all of whom journeyed from Charles
ton West Va. to see the great de
' T velopment at Lake Lanier.
Hurried Chicago bandits got onl;
$9,000, missing one cas0 of booze
Sometimes when wo think we sei
faces they're the same old faces ii
r a new makeup.
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HIGH LIVING COSTS
AND UNJUST TAXATION
HURT AGRICULTURE
Here in America our land and
iand-txation prblema are being more
seriously studied than ever before.
Many authorities declare that much
nf the present agricultural distress
is due to the high farm land values,
1 >nt seemingly forget that farm land
i values have increased but little In
| comparison with city-lot values
where sigle blocks sell for milions
of dollars, and that the high land
costs and rental costs of city Industrial
esablishments, city stores, etc.,;
are all saddled on the consumer in
the form of higher prices. In fact
:t great part of the farmes' trouble
is found in the fact that our city
population and industrial population
| which grew tremenduously extravagant
during the hectic .{lays of the
World War have practically refused
V ? - - * ? nnnlln lltflnrr oton.
io ueciuie iruui me tuou; MMiit,
dards then establshedi. The manufactured
whose goods the farmer
must buy; the merchant from whom
lie buys them; the banker, doctor,
'and lawyer whose professional serI
vices the fafmer must have ? all
these and their families now maintain
a scale of llvineg, dressing, entertaining,
traveling, etc., whose exj
orbitant costs must be paid by "the
i ultimate consumer,"?and naturally
the class which is least effectively
organized to "Ret its share" bears
(the brunt of the burden. That Is why
It hp farmer suffers most. He pays
I the penalty of the "high cost of livI
ing" of other classes.
Taxaxtion burdens, too now hear
most unequally on the farmer. Farm|ers
in rural counties must often pay
i a much higher rate per |100 of propj
erty to get a short-term school than
city residents pay to get a full-term
school. The farmers' wealth is bei
ing drained into the cities where
the wealthier and more favored
classes reside, while these cities as
yet help little to maintain echools,
etc., hi the rural sections from which
their patronage and wealth are
drawn. Nor is this all. Not only
has the national government coddled
manufactures and commerce at the
expense of other classes but state
and local governments have done the
same thing. Notice this paragraph
from Mark Sullivan:
"The president of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers' Association, Joseph
Orundv. testified that he advanced
a very large sum in the interest of
, one of the candidates for the Repub
lican nomination for Governor. When
queried about his motive Grundy
said, quite candidly, that for fifty
i years manufacturing companies have
! been exempt from taxation in Pennsylvania;
and that the opposing candidate
for Governor was known to
i favor laying a tax on manutactur.
ers."
"In this part of the country ff a
manufacturing concern comes to
? town and starts a business, It is
t often exempted from taxation for a
- term of years; but if a boy stays
i on the farm and tries to build a
- hous0 for himself or otherwise improves
things, he is taxed higher."
The whole rural problem, in our
opinion, is really nothing else than
i just getting a square deal for agriculture.
And in the main, we beleive
that result can best be achieved,
not by striving t0 get some special
privilege to offset tho?e given
? other classes, but by standing square.
ly on a platform of "equal rights
3 to all and special privileges to
. none."?Clarence Poe, In The Pro
5 gressive Farmer.
j You don't have to go to Quebec or
r Alaska to see a gold rush or a rush
r for gold.
s A Kansas lady killed a man who
r tempted fate by becoming her
h seventh husband.
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If France ever pensions her exr
Premiers we" never get that four
billion she owes us.
j READ THE POLK COUNTY NEWS.
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/ COME ON. THIS IBIS
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| LONG TRIP PLANNED
| Lake Lanier Busses to go Five
Hundred Miles
The Tryon Development Company
have inaugurated a hew policy In
regard to bringing visitors to their
property from a great distance and
instead of using RR transportation,
are going to send some of their parlor
car busses to various cities and
gring visitors overland in them to
to the property at Tryon.
One of .hese schedules will include
a round mileage of 105b miles and a
week will be required for the trip;
however as the routing will be
through the Allegheny mountains
and down the Shenatidoah V&Jiey,
again crossing the nhountalns at
Ashevlllc, N. C. It will undoubtedly
provide one of tne most interesting
journeys that people from the cities
in that section of America have
ever enjoyed.
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? Birdt Lightning VictimsT
David L. Beach of Athol, N. Y,
fMnd a large number of sparrows apparently
lifeless on the ground early
ooe morning. He picked them ap and
one by one tbey revived. It to beHerod
they had been shocked In SB
electrical storm of the night Mm
while In nearby trees.
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COLUMBUS P. T. A. ASSN.
MEETS AT HOME OF
MRS. COBB
The Executive Board of the
Stearns High School P. T. A. was
called together by the President,
Mrs. E. W. S. Cobb, at her home on
Friday evening August 27 to make
plans for the coming year.
The President had previously appointed
for her Executive Board the
following Chairman of Membership
Committee: Mrs. John Arledge
Chairman of Publicity Committee
Mrs. J. W. Jack.
Chairman of Program Committee,
Miss Vadah McMurry, Chairman of
Social Committee, Miss Lois Holderbaum.
Chairman of Civic Comittee,
Mrs. W. S. McDowell. Chairman
of Welfare Committee, Mr.
Ira Swanmann, Chairman of Ways
and Means Committee, Mr. N. L.
Wessinger. At the May meeting of
I the P. T. A. ,Mr. Herman Walker
was elected Vice President; Miss
Kathrine McChesney, Secretary; and
Mrs. Fred Blanton, Treasurer; E. W.
S. Cobb, County Superintendent and
Miss Ida Seidel, County Supervisor,
being honorary members were pres
cnt.
The first meeting of the P. T. A.
will be held in the auditorium of I
Stearns High School, Friday evening
September 3 at 8:00 p. m. A short I
program will be given followed by I
an informal reception for the facul-1
ty. A cordial invitation is extended I
to the public.
MRS. J. W JACK,
Chairman of Publicity Committee. I
LYNN NEWS
ThP Lynn Graded School will open
its doors for the 1926-1927 session I
on September 6th. Alj pupils are
asked to be on the school ground
I by 8:45Monday morning. All of the I
j patrons are invited to be present
jfor the opening exercises.
There will be a picnic at the
I Lynn Baptist church Sunday Septemi
ber the 5th. Everbody is invited to
| come and bring a basket w-ith them.
A revival will start at the Lynn
Baptist church Sunday morning at
II o'clock td be held by Rev. Morgan.
j Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Lavender I
have moved to our community.
Mr. Lavender wil| open up a law
Mr. Lavendar will open up a law
will hold a position in the Lynn
School this year.
Miss Rachel Capps gave a blthday
party Tuesday evening. About thirty |
I hr?va and cirls were present at the
party. After many games were
played refreshments were served. All
returned home after spendnig an enjoyable
evening wishing Miss Cepps
k may more happy birthdays.
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TO THE EDIT!
POLK CC
To the Editor of the Polk County
News:
This communication is not offeerd
by me for publication as a member
of any Committee or as a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, but
as a citizen of Tryon and a tax payer
I personally assume its full responsibility.
First. As printed in your last
week's issue, the request for a Committee
to look into the matter of
water rates was made by the Mayor
after the Commissioners had issued
their printed schedule under date of
August 6th, which met with a good
deal of opposition from the citizens
of Tryon. This Committee appointed
by the president of the Chamber of j
Commerce at the request of the Mayor,
made its report and ten days before
it was printed the Mayor was
asked by you for a communication
from him so that th? two reports
could be compared and considered by
the property owners whose real es"
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tate is pieagea 10 v*** < ???
the bonds as they fall due, amounting
to some 113,000 per year, and also
to pay the maturity of the bonds
as they become due. According to
the printed report submitted by the
Mayor and Commissioners dated
August 6th, the town of Tryon has
only 400 users of water, 148 of which
have no sewer connections, 201 are
sewered, 45 are sewered and are
larger users, and 6 are still lager
users.
Now It is contended by the Mayor
that If the report of the Committee
is adopted it will greatly reduce
the water revenue, while the Cotnmittee
contends that if the minimum
charge of $1.75 for the unsuwered
users and $3.00 for the sewered users
is maintained, the number of users
being the same as those in the Mayor's
report, that the revenue will not
be reduced by giving the sewered
and unsewered users in class 1 and
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? inure naioi iui luo o???v v .
Prom these two classes most of the
revenue for water rates will be received.
If the town of Tryon has
expended $217,000.00 for a gravity
water supply that will not supply its
property owners with water at as
fair and reasonable rates as other
mountain towns, but they must pay
more than double what these other
towns are paying, then either the
bonded indebtedness was too large
or the expenditure has not been wise
and judicious. The average rate
brought to my attention for water
from gravity sources from surrounding
towns is 28 cents per thousand, j
with a minimum of 10,000 gallons
while the rate fixed by the report
submitted by the Mayor is $1.11 or
$1.00 net, and the maximum for 3,000
gallons is $3.00. The Committee
recommends that 5,000 gallons should
be allowed for $3.00, or 60 cents per
1,000 gallons.
But I am forced to find some other
solution for the objection of the
Mayor to the recommendations made
by this Comittee, and in reading the
report of the Committee I find the
following recommendation that may
possibly have some bearing: "Your
Committee recommends that no lower
rates than above revised rates be \
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uiauCf auu mai uu v/uuv/tooiuud iuti w .
from be granted to anyone." Now
I am informed that there are some
fifty-eight users of water in a part
of the town who are being supplied
through one meter at a quantity
rate. If these fifty-eight users of
water were 'considered jrtacih as
separate units it would secure a
minimum revenue of $174.00* per
month, or $2,088.00 per year, less the
amount they are paying through the
one meter system. Then I am informed
that part of these users are
outside of the town of Tryon and
50 percent extra would be added, or
a minimum of $4.50 per month, besides
a deposit of $4.60 each to insure
the payment of their bills. If
there are fifty-eight houses In this
district and I am advised they all or
nearly all have sewer connections,
then there being a charge of $50.00
for each sewer connection, it would
yield a revenue of $2,900. Now the
report of the audit for sewer connections
for the entire town of Tryon
for the year ending May 31, 1925
was $521.60, and the year ending
May -31, 1926, extentlon and connections,
$600.00. $1,121.60 being the entire
amount shown in the audit re-.
If there's anything in strike
waves, one has Just reached Engladn
from Pennsylvania.
A political prisoner is the fellow
who tries to go out for office and
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It's worth a lot to live In Florida,
but not at the price some ot her
lots are selling for.
Life Is what w? make It. If we
make It.
The way of the transgressor is
bard, but catching him is the hardest
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Every dog has his day, but the *
trouble is in knowing which day It '
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Well, Wall Street ought to help the <
Farmers. They made Wall Street
possible. '
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port. These Items would add to *? l>ay f- ^
the revenue In gross figures the sum water'pi
of over 15,000, which would help lhf. forneT el'" 'H
very much In making up the amount were desiroy. ' . 1 'fcof
fixed charges that are to be Now u,.,,
raised. banks suf,. ' ? ,,
Mayor Green's administration has Chamber ,,f .
nothing to fear In the way of an Mayor M,?.:
economical and honest management those saf(. : 1:"". r.
of municipal affairs, but there Is a s,'<in t>, i;1'\
th" minris Of of Iho ,?u,
lurKing susyiciuu ...
the citizens that there has not al- more smiii- '
ways been an equalization of revenue where iln..< juZl
from the sources referred to in this f,ure itif<.ri,i;iti. !'! \k^B
communication, and this suspicion ;t('t nunii< ij, ; ' a",!
should be cleared up. of any ui|u-r , ' .*
The citizens of Tryon are ready ir [ ;1II,
and willing to cooperate with the your ('(.lnini.
Commissioners in securing a more something i,, ^
[ efflcleitft |and better fcondition of
municipal affairs, and I presume to >'! i.
! call the Commissioners' attention to "
one feature which I believe deserves ^*+++++++**-'-T*-j..f.++r
their attention. Namely that private '
business of the town of Tryon is now w if ifE^T ,'B
and has been for some time associat- ? room h - I' '^B
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FOR SALE - To lake ST0"El|
room for my young pullets t
coming on I will sell 10 * *
nice hens and one rooster ,f ?ayti ?
about 14 monts old .Rhode | * - ? ROOM .wpB
Island Reds good laying i* board l'oj it .;n ;in,j ;'H
strain. Hens $1.50 cock- if with small t."!H
rel $2.00. * j
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Why not depend on us for your tire size.Ob
carry in stock from 30x3 to 40x8 in G<Midyear and
Pathfinder Tires and Tubes, at prices you
be surprised to know of and wonder why y u have
been buying cheap grade tires, when yu coulc
have Goodyears at the same price. ^ <>u can
secure goodyear service at the following jdace?
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Columbus, N. C.
TRYON MOTOR CO.
Tryon, N. C.
Hines Motor Co. I
Passion, N. G.
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& RUTHERFORDTON THERE
IS NO BETTER FARM H
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i; If-Vou want to be a perfectly independ. nt farm?
. and rec?fi"nized as having the best farm in !'"? H
county here is your chance.
-1 "ne hundred and forty-nine acres on Highway X<* ;l
t. a"d w,thin 3 miles of Mill Sprier. K ^ H
;; nne dwellings and outbuildings an.! na-main M
. i e JOS' has its own lighting system. Tin1 knoll S
on wjjlc}j this beautifu] home .s J(((;it(,i| nlakcs U
i one of the most scenic in the county- 'J"'1* fl
J8 a forty pasture that will feed ' '<> " J(l
; - head of cattle. There is a large onlianl thai
,, never misses. There is 80 acres umiei. cullivatw"
, hat is good for a bale of cotton an am anyurm'
^ook-at this valuable property (In tl"'
,, nd liberal terms and you will buy it|
U 18 worth twice the price asked.
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- REAL ESTATE DEALERS AND PROM,,TERfc
Leading Real Estate Dealers
Polk County, N. C.
COLUMBUS, N. C. jl
?^ Lltcenaed by the State of North Carols*
Membere Tryon Chamber of Comme-tr JM
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