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The Polk County News
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor
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Entered at the Postoffice at Tryon, N. C., as Second-Class Mall Mater
Under Act of Congress.
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PIONEERING STILL TO BE DONE
Seeing (he marvelous developments around us we are probably
too much inclined to think that there are no more opportunities
for the leader and tht> pioneer in the field of constructive
a
progress.
This attitude leads nowhere, and holds back both the individual
and the community. Looking about in this wonderful country?a
nation built from abundant resources?we find the apparently
finished works the miner, architect, artist, agriculturalist,
educator and industrialist on the one hand; and on the
other are the great undeveloped fields of activity for those who
look and think and work. Some can see a future for the business
of pioneering. Those w 10 see the vision and act because
of it succeed. While those of the multitude believe that for
practical purposes all is done or nearly done that can be done.
These latter march along with the procession but not ahead
of- it.
Take the large cities as examples. Even New York still bids
high for the pioneer. A few years ago the Singer building and
the Metropolitan Tower were the pinnacles until along came the
the Woolworth strutctiire, built from the nickels and dimes of
Americar s commoners. Now it is to be eclipsed by several
stories. Vast acres lie in Western lands awaiting water?the
"white gold" so necessary to production. According to author-,
ity the world has only been scratched for oil. The inventor's
mind is always working to bring new standards of living and
new hours for leisure. In the field of letters, science, and all
creations of mental effort there j$ no beginning too late for
achievement. In workshop, kitchen, garage, store, office and
farm opportunity is ever beckoning one to advance.
The examples pointed oul^ are #ot exaggerative. Our own
community affords illustrations of the truth that there is
still pioneering to be done.
We have only started: b(it the ultimate goal is not for one
alone to define. Some may name increase of population: others
may attribute success to industrial progress; still others may
urge the greater need for educational and cultural development^
All are right. There is no saturation point in progress. There
is no goal exactly attained.
The REAL goal is the conscientious striving?the honest
trying?to reach thai which no one uuite wants or expects to
reach in its finality. For crowning achievements find their reward
in being sought for?with the sweat of brow, he applica
tion of mind, and the fullness of heart.
UNHEALTHFUL MIXTURES
There arc at least two institutions that oujjht to be keut
out of politics, or politics kept out of them. One is the Church,
the other is Business. When any government attempts to administer
spiritual welfare as a business or function of government
attempts to administer spirifual well fare as a business
function of government; or when it unduly interferes with the
legitimate transactions of private enterprise, there is always
more or less trouble and strife, and government as an institution
is weakened.
The religious strife now going on in Mexico is the resuilt of
unhealthful concoctions and miecjures of Church and State!" It
is clear that politics should not get into religion or business.
Just how far religion and business should get! into politics
must be left to the judgement and good^sense of the people.
But the government having entrenched too deeply into church
affairs in Mexico, have forced the church people to get into
politics to extricate themselves from the harsh measures enforced
against them. The world ought to learn a good lesson
from the troubles of our neighbor nation.
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RESPONSIBILITY
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uiuuren neeu protection irom tranic in going and returning
from school. The parents already are under a heavy burden.
But tlbe men and women without the duties incident to the
rearing of children really owe a double responsibility which
amounts to a serious obligation in the matter of the safe-guarding
of the lives of the youth and the promoting of their welfare.
Relieved of care and responsibility to this extent, society
expects from the childless a fuller measure of responsibility.
Thus the bifrden of protection that humanity owes to itself in
the aggregate is equalized.
Getting dgjvn to plainer language: the law sets certain limits
upon speed when passing school buildings and grounds. The
first dutV?the first mark of respect for life and limb and
law?is to KEEP WITHIN THAT LIMIT. But we'should not
stop there. Report to the officers of the law any infractions
in this regard engaged in by others. There is a big plate with
license numbers on the front and rear of every car. These num
bers are for your information in selecting the criminal from
the law-abiding citizen USE THEM!
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THEIR WORKS LIVE AFTER
There is no more reason for hesitating to view a moving picture
of Rudolph Valentino than a still picture. It is all in the
.status of the actor hut the worthiness of play. If the picture
is worthy of one's time and money, then so far as the value
to humanitiy is concerned, it is ' usefulness. This is . true of
books, musical compositions, paintings, or any other work. If
they are worthwhile, they live. If they are not worthy of attention
they die long before their authors.
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two of tliein wore awurdod to stmlonl
E. T. Leonard, of Luke Villa, III. (r
muster of arts, and ('. A. Innls of B<
of bachelor of arts. OttrlnK the past ;
zradtiate work In political science and
*vernge, the hlglnKt possible grading
HOOVER ON THE SOUTH
Mr. Herbert Hoover, who enjoys.
the distinction of being
the most trusted adviser of the
President of his country, gives
the South a warning she will do
well to heed. In an interview
with Mr. Richard Woods Edmonds
in The Manufacturers
this maker of politics and booster
of business, declares that
the South must develop more
and abler engineers and chemists
if she is to realize her
sivpondi us possibilities.
Of the weath, power and
magical J uture of the South, he
I has an adecpiate idea. "But,
i ho continues, "there is much
jthe South must yet learn before'
it will come into a full
realization of her possibilities.
Great industries can not be developed
without able engineers,
chemisth and executives. The
Southern States and .Southern
mfc nof wealth must ham to
spend far more freel\ than
ihey have yet dene for institutions
of higher learning."
Executive ability has tlowerid
into finer form in no section
of the com,try than ?n the
South. Duke, whom Air. Hoover
mentions as one Southrner
who has' richly 'endowed a university
in his native State, was
one of the greatest executives
America has ever known. It
was the executive ability of the
Southerner that transformed
the South's ashes of desolation
following the Civil War into
the agricultural and industrial
El Dorada of the present day.
But we need more big executives
in the South instead ot
going elsewhere. We need more
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engineers anu cnemisis- unu
the way to develop them is tc
inspire the rising generation
with a sense of the wealth and
possihilitie for thorough training
in these lines of work.
Through the brain of engineer
and chemist the South's resources
are to be transmuted
into their highest possible power.
And the men who love
the South because they know
her best are the ones who will
mak,. certain her incalcuabk
destiny.
MIND MAKES THE
MARE GO
Basing their abnormal conclusions
upon the report of the
Federal Oil Conservation Board
some of our eminent publicists
vision this hitherto fortunate
Republic as stricken by an oil
famine at |t}he end of half a
dozen years. The Board, they
argue, fixes the total reserve
of oil in the wells in the United
States at 4,500,000 barrels; last
| year we produced 150,000,000
barrels; by the elemental pro
cess of multiplying 750,000,000
barrels by six year, they arrive
at the selfevident result; the
full 4,500,000,000 barrels used
up in six years, and the country
without a drop of the stuff
jthat makes most of its wheels
! go round.
I Bub other wells will IV discovered
within the confines of
the United States. It will be
a miracle if this does not happen.
Additional oil fields have
been located and will be worked
in Central and South America,
and this supply can be marketed
here, although doubtless at
a cost above the present figures.
NobodjTcan foretell when
the country will be without oil
in needed quontities.
Neverless, if the ojl famine
does materialize- there is no
need for alarm, pessimism -or
repining; The inventive power
of America is far from bankrupt
It has been equal to
every demand made upon it to
insure progress and prosperity.
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iforred Its nineteen hundred odd decrees,,
v who have heen blind since childhood,
ight), received the graduate degree of
llflower, III. (left), received the degree
year Mr. Leonard has been tnklng post
made what Is known as a "straight A"
under the university's system
That a commercial substitute
will befound for oil when it is
needed, is just as certain as the
oil was discovered and harnessed
to the requirements of business.
Already here are reports
' from Europe and parts of the
' United Stittes that scientists
are evplving, or have evolved,
materials which, they claim,
will be workable substitutes for
gasoline.
It is the mind of man that
makes the mare go. Not ony is
necessity the mother of invention
but Natur eis an inexhausItive
provider. The chemist and
1 j the engineer are .her man-ser1
vants. The human race is her
special charge. When the need
for something other than oil is
upon us, inventive genius will
meet the demand.
To The Editor of The
I Polk County News.
Dear sir:
The article that appeared in
your paper last week was indeed
a good one- now that it
! seems that every week some
one, enjoys the limelight, please
[permit me to enter the "journalistic
contest" with a few
j lines that I will greatly appreciate
yoijr publishing.
| I recently arrivod in Tryon
for the fall season and was
' greatly amused when one of the
older residents stopped me the
other day telling me of the
; recent water squabble that
took place during my absence,
1 he told me that in his opinion
' there was no place on earth
j where everybody seemingly
jwas trying to run the town like
they were in Tryon, he said
! that for many years Tryon had
!jbeen pestered with some new'i
comer that immediately after
'i arriving wanted to assume the
!; role of dictator for the town
- and was sillv enoucrh to expect
the people to fair for his muni;
cipal tomyrot. He cited many
instances for the past ten
years of such a condition and
| stated that in the end that nojbody
paid the slightest bit of
attention to these (wise birds
i,and that the old fcown^just
gradually moved forward,N en|joying
a good healthy growth
land waiting for the next batter
to come up, only to see him
strike out, or possibly knock a
1 fowl, but never making a hit.
Now Mr. Editor, it seems to
me that through all of my extehsive
travels, that there are
many places worse than Tryon,
I recall very well the great
howling tjhat existed here last
year for an increased water
supply, your mayor immediately
put thb deal over, and then
came the protests from m$ny
sides, it goes to prove the old
; saying; that when you get
what you want, you don't want
if*.* vnn Vioun !
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eat it too. Your mayor is not
in the water contracting business
it meant nothing more to
him to have this water extention
than it did to any other
citizen, he was only complying
with the y^ishes of the people.
Now that its all over, help him
take care of this bond issue,
take your hammer back to the
hardware store and ask him to i
exchange it for a peace pipe,
and smoke it. Mayor Hyland
didn't'please everybody in ISjew
York, Rolf, didn't suit all of
the people in San Frgflcisco
Old Cy Perkins didn't} please
the citizens of Fishtop, right
here in your own county, then
why expect Mr. Green to do the
impossible.
Listen Folks; your town is
enjoying wonderful prosperity
and you have the greatest climate
on the globe, you have
numerous other advantages
that} would take to much space
to mention its running along
more smoothely than ever bei
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fofe, let well enough alone,
and you happen to be a new
comer to the "Unspoiled Paradise"
even though you have
purchased some property, and
enjoy distinction of being one
of the taxpayers, don't spoil
your future citizenship by trying
to have the town run your
way, when so many of the older
residents have been struggling
for years and years tc
achieve tjhe present results,
land naturally they are the ones
that should speak first.
Now Mr. Editor I fully realize
the length of this letter
and I want to assure you. that
lit was not written to gain any
notoriety, for I am not of the
'grand stand type and for that
: reason I plead with you to
'withhold my name, I am a tax
payer of your town and county,
and thinking maybe that these
few lines that- I have written
may have a tendency to effect
a closer relation between the
city officials and the citizens
of your great resort center, and
for these reasons 'only have I
submitted this letter for the
approval of your intelligent
readers. ^
In closing may Iask you to
please pharge me the regular
advertising rate for this communication
as I was in the
newspaper game for -years and
am fully - aware of the fact
that you can't make ariy money
by Continuously publishing?
these lengthy letters every
week. Congratulating you on
your policy of not mixing in
city politics and wishing you
much success that you so justly
deserve with your sheet,
wishing you all the good luck
that you wish yourself,
I remain with utmost respect
Very truly yours,
A. SUBSCRIBER
THE BARGAIN CARNIVAL
Forty-ood Asheville stores will
be represented in the fifth
Bargain Carnival of tihe Ashevill
Merchants* Association
which will feature today, tomorrow
and Friday, and assurance
is given that th* "rami.
val" will be bigger and better
lhan ever before this. Authorized
participants will be indicated
by the copyrighted device
of the Association prominently
displayed in the stores.
The essential feature of the
occasion is a bona fide reduction
in prices. Buyers from
a distance need not hesitate to
come here to buy because the
members are pledged to their
association to keep faith with
the public. The pledge is hardly
necessary in view of the
high standing of the merchant
members. It is not their habit
to offer gold dollars for 98
cents, but when they offer
such dollars they will deliver
100 percent, of gold.
(From Asheville Citizern)
A BIG BONANZA
Western North Carolina began
last week to harvest the
largest apple cop in its history.
states James G. K. McClure,
an authority who always
gathers statistics from facts
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ana never irom inexact fancy.
It is grand and glorious news.
And it is a grand sight to
see the big orchaAls fruit-laden
as now while the picking is
butt begun. Or if the term is
too exhuberant none will gainsay
that the sight is highly attractive
and eggn a whqlesomc
one. ' It sii^gests abundance,
the beneficence of Nature,' and
likewise the good reward of the
harvest to those who labor in
the ^orchard. The ripening
globes of varying colors seem
somehow more soul-satisfying
than other rewards for man's
endeavor.
Enviroment may partly accountN
for this. A peace has
fallen on the mountain land.
The air is placid and repose
dwells in the faint haze that
turns forested height^ to ar
deeper blue?Nature gives notice
for. labor to cease and
gather the golden harvest
against the coming of the chill'
season .which demands much
but gives little. *
v Beautiful indefed are the
trees, their boucbs
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do,wn with heavy burdens, especially
where many varieties
are mingled. The cool of the
evenings and th esligh chill
early morning have brightly
colored some o? the fruit and it
is ready for the gathering, but
others more resistant still are
absorbing the hues of Nature,
and still others though ruddy
red wait the touch of colder
fingers to make them - ready
for the plucking.
| Varied are the hues of the
apples?varied their size sand
shapes. Pale pink are some,
others yellow hued with faint
lines of other colors while still
others are mottled or striped
or green as the leaves of their
trees. Some are ruddy as the
apple-checked. bo?; some are
of medium size and others orchard
monsters, .some globeshaped
and others like pears-rone
pear-shaped variety actual^
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ly tasting much like a pear. STOP , fT "^^-1
. A beautiful harvest ? and, FOR ! lif. 1?K ivM
. coming o practically, a money .Mil,p v, '''tli'ilH
i crop. For finer apples than Wfl.i' j V* /O.VfiJM
[.once this section afforded they ' '
i bring better returnes?the var- YOf \\ i 7^ " I
ious exquisite varieties, Stay- IN l Uf lv '\TtkB
! man Winesap, Stark's Delicious '.MM,i;\( \ Rf' ivH
Rome Beauty and others of nolHKl.i) - (iov ?NTE.sfl^H
.'lesser renown. A big and grow,!ing
Western North Carolina in-!VOi \\ n ( .,7^ H
>!dustry is this apple growing. IN Till ' >] J
|There are many old residents MJU; w Y r.S
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( who do not realize tnat nearby | hkiji n?o\"
are orchards with thousands of
. trees each, and that overlook- Look |?,r~
, ing Ashevill is one of the larg- \<)i \< Mf.-vl ]?[H
; es? in the chuntry. KRS ol t|(K l!N
:. NEWSY TOPICS
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There is no substitute for a
good job.
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i Some men's ideas ought to $ H
; be carried out?to the dump-: |
1 ^ The great human race is be-jf * l
tween tha stork and the auto-1*
! mobile. ' I / '
Correct this sentence: hej* t'OinpkM
> looked at the figure 6 on his J ?
;waldi- j! QfA/kl
Now is the time for all good j * | Ml II
parties to come uu me aiu ui v -w
; their men. *
Primary elections cost a lot *
' of money just to nominate the * u: i r I
lesser of two evils. * ?n
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w A labor-saving device is * M
something that makes you If till I F If
work harder to get money to % [I
buy one. - |
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Food from sunlight is the *
prediction ,of scientises. Lov- J
ers have long existed on moon- * ,\T I
light.'
' THAT WILL I
Too many people want not ?
only freedom of th? press but < I'l.EASETOT H
freedom of its advertising col-1 +
umns. j 1
Prohibition jokes are a <1kick
that used to be had from %
booze. ' t
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What's become of the fellow * I
who thought it was to expen- ? H.WEYOllI
sive to have kerosene lamps on *
\TVT Annm
his buggy? . * >r'AM |
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You can buy a home on the *
instalment plan, but you've got *
to take a wife or husband all +
at once. %
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' No matter how long the agi- t ^ I
tation keeps up, both Wets and % I'ROMPTLT I
Drys can say they love their f
Prohibition still. f I
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tion of our courts is a good $ M
tion of ou rcourts is a good * AlinDFII
thing: it will keep a lot of peo- IIII |Jn f llI
!pie from getting into them. + filllrllh V
A skull 40,000.000 years old | n DATUM
has been found at Gibraltar. | K I* II I jlfH
Which is more evidence that $ " IIW lllkl?
you're a long time dead. t
" "Your Grocery S?'B
YOU WILL BE AMAZED %
wrVr SHOWING THAT ! * Twvnv V r M
WILL BE MADE DL'RING ? TM0\>A|
THE GASOLINE MILEAGE I?
CONTEST. I WHHgl
| Real Value In Every!
| Born Tailored Suit I
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o EYERY garment tailored by nM ^
I!, utmost in fit, style, quality and u'"rkmi"i^irJrr
!! .You can make no mistake by placing >'1
T fn* ~i. 4-UI- -i.
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f years, and'T"1^ ^as stoorf tfl' '''-i l?r m*'I
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x general merchandise i
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