The P PUBLISHED WE I Entered at the I'osto 1 Tl One Year Six Months Three Months DIS Forty C( Legal Advertisin II II ? LITTLE tFi In behalf of the of The Polk Count; Harris for the tribi single man in Nort journalist from Ch he has lauded Polk in the editorial be proud of the great section. Wade Ilai lina, his editorials ; ity of The Charlott to this venerable Polk County whch i Polk is one of tli rests upon the leve County makes gr? borders to the preci Henderson County important distinct in It is the richest c< peculiarity of its the haven in years bus Mills, who st< spot of the world, peculiarities of the . The Capital of the t paradise of the tnn of the fact that it h farming season thrt The tourist is also tion as a resort dur hotels and boardnij or so ago The Obst with the figures of there, and made th This small county banks are over a m very far short of And Polk Count\ as evidenced in a achivement. The C # finely-printed editic illustrated matter, contract printing fi man is editor of t!1 nected with the ac from that cireum> paper was all home J i ill xne more remarKaoi are confined to an were set by hand, and one hand on th ty is bound to go promotive enterpris Iand its paper. It i State. WH( When Calvin Co the great trutli air activity, he could 1 tising is a creator thought is occasion merchant. The ad of Santa Claus wi Christmas. Christmas advert great holiday draw be as merry or ev< mercial in direct ai er things. And tl of love and sacrific brotherhood- of equ tention of people t tide contributes in as such, and indepe If it is too much affair without adve gesting that people ?more in the fran ly the great joys 01 business world. C1 institution is one t this insttiution is come automatically that advertising m I DE. A pasadena won . will disposing of a quests to two worn undue influence, prove. Unfortuna "will" of the test; oik County News. EKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY -OUIS LEHMAN, Editor ifficc at Tryoii, N. C., as Second-Class Mall Matter Under Act of Congress. I ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 2.00 1.25 1.00 PLAY ADVERTISING RATE ?nts Per Column Inch, Flat S, One cent Per Word, Cash In Advance 11 5T0KY ABOUT A SMALL COUNTY omThe Chariot to Observer populace of Polk County, and the entire force 1 , News we. feel deeply grateful to Col. Wade L ite he has paid Polk Co. and "The News". No h Carolina has done more than this talented . arioue for his state, on numerous occasions K County with his mighty iten, his utterances s low should make every person in Polk feef i achievements that have taken place in this* :ris has been a real blessing to North Caro- j are read by many thousands and the popuar- L e Observer today is due in a great measure and illustrious gentleman. The editorial 011 appeared in The Observer Monday as follows: le smallest counties in the State Its floor 1 back of South Carolina, while Rutherford < iceful curves over its eastern and northern j pitate wall of White Oak Mountain with which 1 meets it on the west. Yet Polk County has ] ui to set up against its restricted boundairies. < aunty in the State, made so because of the ( - ' Tj. I 1 climate ami productivity ot its son. it wmigone by of Col. Frank Coxe and Dr. Colum- 1 litly maintained that Polk was the garden ' Doctor Mills enthusiasm over the delightful county was rewarded in an enduring way. county was named after him. Polk is* the i i-ker, the orchardist and the farmer, because J < the center of the "Thermal Belt-" and has a t e weeks longer than any section of the State, t an asset, for Polk has an established! reputa-, ing both Winter and Suntmer months and its I j houses have no "closed season." A season t ever, passing through Columbus, was struck assets and deposits on the window of a bank e circumstance subject of editorial comment, has five banks, and the resources of these illion dollars, the people carrying deposits not that sum. has a newspaper of abounding enterprise, late edition in celebration of Polk County ibserver's first thought on inspection of ,th? >n, with its multiplicity of pages, text and that it was the production, of some outside rm, but then came thought that Louis Lehie paper, and Lehman was at one time conIvertising department of The Observer, and dance we deducted that production of the shop-work. The deduction was correct and le in the detail that the type-setting facilities old No. 5 Linotype model, that all head lines nnr! thnt three men in the enmnosintr room V..V.V, V.i. V ** " ~ ~ I O ,r advertisements, got out the paper. A counwhen it has people of that kind back of its es. The top o' the morning to Polk County s a combination that can not be beat in the ) ADVERTISES CHRISTMAS iolidge repeated from Presidential sanciton out advertising as a stmulant to all lines of lave gone even further and said that adverof spirit and a moulder of thought. This ed by a Christmas advertisement of a certain (run the middle of November) carried a cut th open arms, inviting readers to think of :ising takes form early and intensifies as the s near. Wc wonder whether Christmas would n as sacred without advertising? Tho comjpeal, they are fathers to the thought of oth- ( ie Christmas advertisement brings thoughts < e, of children and the family, of the home, of 1 ality and of peace. Whatever calls to the athe true and generous purposes of the Yule- , no small way toward advertising Christmas , ndent of the direct motives behind the appeal, i to say that Christmas would be a flat apd dull ' ;rtising, we certainly can not go amiss in sugi are made happier, more alert and energetic, 1 le of mind to attend unselfishly and reverentf the holiday season?by advertising from the ' hristmas as a historical fact and a as sacred , hing. What people thing about and do about , quite another. Proper observance does not i but thru INITIATIVE. It is to the latter akes its successful appeal. 1 : i AD MEN HEAR NO TRIALS 1 J lan files suit in Chicago to break her son's 1 n estate of $104,000, charging that large been "almost total strangers" was the result of Such claims are easy to believe but hard to ] tely, .wills, designed to represent the sincere i itor, often become in themselves the instru- 1 r\ THE POLK CO. Fonck and His The crew of the giant Sikorsky | operator; Captain Fonck, pilot; Lieut. inents of uncertainty and confus son for giving large amounts to it is better to consummate the ? LK save irouoie. A CHARM For the si*th time in four y? aeror extraordinary of Italy, ha; issassins. He lives in perilous ieems to enjoy it and believes The Fascists may label their que in the history of the world ars to be type with all autocra< ship whether the pustification i; is was the case in Czarist Russ lie state to which all individu* subordinated. Absence of the 1 >e in Russia. France, Italy or s shows that the consequences are BRITISH STEEI British steel manuacturers ar consortium which has been hai leace on the continent. They f uarkets of the continent, but th [f they go in they may be ahote iuction. If they stay out they ^ ompetition. Their steel industry don is beyond their control, J ire not alarmed over the situatii is usual. fvs-kwi f1 orUn mnnnv' iTIUl laillj XI UIU vol uv/il jiiuiiuai ng that health authorities espe( severely censuring auto combus icularh,' dangerous in closed g ;heir engines. A man with five wives has b( alked him into it. JUST ] By Edgai THE BOY ANI I'll run the chance On promises that ; Sometimes I'll cast The worth of it I But there's one ru I'll trust no Strang Stangers may take And only slight'th< Liars and trickstei And not for long o T^lit TM1 nnf rial/' rv-i A> L4 U .A 11 11W x ion 111 With people that I have a task that's A care I cannot w Others, perhaps, w But that I cannot And fearful lest h< ! I'll teach my boy I'll be his father i I'll be his father a What he would leai I'll stay fetways -v I owe a duty to nr And I shall see th And lead my boy Nor shall I send hi No smooth-voiced With money many With all who chanc But strangers canr THE BOYS OF TODAY Dr. E. C. Broome, superintendent j jf the public schools ot PhUadeljhia arises to" remark that the modjrn school boy Is better behaved and i better student than his father wn? He says: "There is far better discipline of the right sort, and greater happiness imong the children. The Quality of aducatlon and the results obtained ire better than they have been at my time since the schools were organized." And we agree "witti Dr. Boome. However, Spartanburg might get very definite opinion in Just this conection from Dr. Frank Evans of the Spartanurg school, since that distinguished gentleman has had the experience ot teaching both fathers ind sons in th eschools of Spartanburg. And while Dr. Evans ceuld make such a statement quite interesting and vety definite in comparisons, we suggest, for reason of domestic tranquility, such conclusions is h? may express be general rather :han T>ecific. Tom Tarheel says that carpet of ;reen claver in his big field makes lim feel good, especially when he sees the chickens and cows enjoy ; ng themselves these days . ^p:-^^i:l^^^j^?^^?v-' ^ ::i^^jm I^K?s;il^ ^1 plane on the trnnsa luntlc nonstop tllghtH L. \f. Curtlii, navl -jitor und alternate I ilUIl. 11 a DVU ?**?0 ~I those outside the family fence, donations while he is alive. It [ED LIFE iars Mussolini, dictotor and em3 escaped death at the hands of days and perpetual danger, but he leads a charmed life. rule in Italy as something un, but it seems in many particu:ies. Dictatorships, are dictators the divine origin of the ruler, ia, or the sublime supremacy of d interests must be completely jallot breeds bullets, whether it iny other country, and history inevitably the same. , MEN WORRY e now worrying over the steel led as the greatest step toward ear it may cost them the steel ley hesitate to join when asked, d only a small share of the pro vill be compelled to meet severe is not organized and the situa^merican steel manufactureres on and are prepared to go along ide fumes is becoming so alarm:ially in congested districts, are tion that creates it. It is pararages when drivers warm up ?en sent to federal prison. They 1 FOLKS A. Guest ) STRANGERS for kindness' sake strangers make; i a check, although do not know; ik I will not run? er with my son. my gold and flee, e loss will be; s may deceive, 'er that I'll grieve, y boy to go I do not know. 1 wholly mine, ell resign, ould do is well, surely tell; 1 go astray, from day to day. 0 the end. nd his friend; rn of life I'll teach, vithin his reach, iy son, at it is done, to shame and sin, , 1 1 1 in out to piay stranger shall come in a risk I'H run. .e to come his way, inot have my son. ' I The Irish Free State, despite the I protests of Great Britain, has registered many treaties with the League of Nations on the presumption that it is endowed with dominion status. This action raises the question ( 'whether parts of the British empire | are endowed with powers of sover- ( legn states and not under obliga- , tion to consult with Downing street i in these matters. This is one point | that the dominion premiers want | settled during the present confeT i ence. 1 Senator Borah expresses the opinion that the corrupt Practices Act does not include primary ejection , contests, and that notwithstanding 1 the huge expenses brought to light < in Pennsylvania and Illinois Senator- i I ial primaries the Senate has no chice ] except to seat the candidates elected i because the money was not used, in the election. He believes it necessary for Congres to revise the Corvii rvf ? * x lacucua Act so as to include ( the primary law. This may do away with much of the objection to g the present direct primary system. Florida is coming back whether the huricane is or not i DEC. 16' I926 isatlantic FTight B Left to right: Charles Clavier, radio -n,. t ijnmnlt. mechanic. J/IIV/V , "r r THE PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN (From Spartanburg Herald) Without exception of the Piedmont Carolina newspapers are impressed with the Importance and timeliness of the construction plans of the Piedmont and Northern railway in connection with its extension of the line from Spartanburg to Gastonia and from Charlotte to Durham, Spartanburg, of course, was prepared by previous announcement, for {he statement issued yesterday following the meeting in Greenville, but there was general appreciation locally of the action of the stockholders and an enthusiastic interest undertaking. The Charlotte Observer sees In the development an immediate stimuli tion of the business in the region and the foundations for further permanent industrial development all along the line, The Observer says: While the~proposaI to finish the electric railroad line which was the dream of the la-te lamented James R. Duke has been hailed as a great thing for Charlotte and the Piedmont section of the Carolinas . It would be difficult to overestimate the tremendous import of the enterprise at this particular time. It means the placing of many millions of dollars Into new channels of circulation in I his territory, much of which will be spent for labor and materials that are available and will be available in this region. It means a decided boost for business in all the towns and villages along the lines of the road to be constructed. It will prove a great factor in giving a strong boost to business confidence. It will mean the establishment of new industries along the route, with consequent addition to the transportation service of Charlotte and all other cities and towns along the lines of the P. & N\, both the old lines and the lines to be constructed. The new enterprise will be and is now an emphasic reminder of the tremendous and magnificient contribution of the late Mr. Duke to the industrial and commercial growth and development of the Piedmont region. The Greenville News was impressed with the significance of the development in connection with the plans of the Georgia and Florida now proposing a line from Augusta to Greenwood for a connection with the Piedmont and Northern. The News sees trunkline possibilities, such as The Herald called attention to yesterday morning. To quote The News: And there is also great significance in the projected extension of the Georgia and Florida railway from Augusta to Greenwood, which now appears virtually certain, and is likely to take place colncidentally with the bulldihg of the SpartanburgGastonia line of the P. & N. In an officially authorized statement recently made public relative to the financial reorganization of the Georein and Florida and ita projected expansion, it is stated that "the reorganization plan which provides for a 56-mile extension of the road to Greenwood, S. C., will give the Georgia and Florida a direct northern connection through the Piedmont and Northern and the Cllnchfield routes to Middle West points. This will be the shortest route from Georgia and Florida ponits to the Middle West which will be of great importance in handling the perishable freight such as fruits, vegetables, etc,, shipped from Florida and Georgia annually." This sentenence certainly indicates that some co-operative traffic arrangement between tlM Georgia and Florida and the Piedmont and Northern are in contemplation, and it can hardly be doubted that the eventual development will mean a railway growth in the Piedmont section of South Carolina that will mean more to its future commercial prosperity than is now genirally realized. witn the development of the larg;r Piedmont and Northern system Spartanburg's position on that line becomes central and by reason of the lonnections made here wltih other ailroads, becomes, perhaps, the joint of the system's heaviest busiiess. The rich man who hicks about a lollar tax tips his waiter five. If Mussolini ever tour America he hould feel at home in Chicago. A peanut politician is the kind hat might have to sell 'em if he ;ets defeated. I I PRINTING People generally think of the di?- j a covery of America by Columbus in < 1492 as the beginning of ae-w iudus- . trial conditions made poesible by the! I opening up of another world. [ r But (from the standpoint of hu- j, ,a an irmlcrrtIf. i man progress, ?? ... ? leant date compared with 1435. That c was the date of the invention of 1 printing. ! < \i WrUing) was invented in fl|rehis-|; toric times. Before that there was 11 no credible history aHd could not 11 have been. But the field of the writ- j er unassisted by the printing press 11 was strictly limited and could be 11 easily monopolized by the upper ! classes, who wished to keep them- j i selves in power and who succeeded ! I in doing so. Printing was the weapon of the i common man. The rulers of thej; world endeavored to protect them-11 selves against the printing press without success. Failing in this, they i began to make use of it tor propaganda; and failing in that they have i at all times endeavored to accom| plish the same purpose by censoring what others print. It is not clear whether the print-! Ing press was invented by Coster in : 41J2 or by Gutenberg in 1438; but little was done in the way of mej chanicai improvement for four hun" "J tho dred years, opeeu mmo ? <..? . cylinder press in 1811. The famous | ; Hoe press did not come until 1855, i and the date of Merganthaler linotype was 1884. From 1814, when I presses began to be operated by team, until the present date, the im-1 provement in printing facilities has been almost inconceivable. Printing takes first rank among the inventions as the instrument of democracy and of education. QUALIFY TO CMPETE FOR SOUTHERN RY. CORN CUP ' I ATLANTA, GA? Dec. 16? Eighteen corn growers of the South have qualified to compete for the handsome silver cup offered by the Southern Railway system to the producer of the best ten ears, exhibited at any one of eighteen leading state and district fairs held in the South this fall, and the trophy will be awarded to one of them on December 8th, when the judging committee will meet in Atlanta for final judging of the fexhibi^s. This committee is composed of C. A. Mooers, Direct or, Agricultural Experiment Station, Knoxville, Tenn., Prof. J. F. Alabama Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala., and W. C. Lasseter, editor of The Progressive Farmer, Birmingham, Ala. The exhibits of corn which won ^ prizes at the several fairs, entitling the growers entering them to com- ' pe^ fo>" the Southern's cup, have been brought to the office of Roland Turner, general agricultural agent of ' the Southern, in Atlanta, where the 1 judging will take place. The ex" J hibits will be carefully preserved and presented to the judges in such a way that the identity of the grower will not be known. 1 One of the following qualified exhibitors will be awarded the cup on 1 December 8th: T. R. Holcomb, Alpharetta, Ga., D. L. Patrick, Griffin, Ga.; S. E. Shackleford, Griffin, Ga.; 1 Ray Harper, Hattlesburg, Miss.; 1 Chester, S. C.;*H. S. Brunson, Meri- ' dian, Miss.; N. Y. Nichols, Meridian, 1 Miss.; J. A. Patterson, China Grove, < N. C.; E. H. Williams, Woodland, < Ga.; W. H. Roark, Birchwod, Tenn.; J. p. Huggins, White Pine, Tenn.; ' A. V. Hardin, Prospect, Ky.; John Cockerill, North. Fork, Va.; J. H. i Holcombe, Candler, N. C . ? The coveted Southern Railway cup i iwas won by Willie Patton Bolan of t Pomaria, S. C., last year. ? SOUTH HAS GREAT ASSET I IN RESOURCES OF POWER t e ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 16. ? The a great asset or the development of e Industry which the South has In its t resources of coal and water power Is the subject of the third of the t series of advertisements being car- c ried by the Southern Railway Sys- c tern in national publications having a 0 circulation of 10,000,000. This advertisement, appearing in the December magazines under the caption, "Towers of Southern Indust- o rya," is illustrated by a view of a ti modern electric transmision line crossing the Southern mountains and reads as follows: ? - "Great towers of slender steel tl march Indiana file up over wooded hills and down through valley fields carrying power and light to the d farms homes and factories of the b South. "The rapid increase in tie production of electricity in the South, form ii water and steam power, is an out- it standing industrial achievement of y< rinWm "S?^ \> rintmj TV- *Vt^,n\\ualVjti rf ?JM r-s. > fc&VS TV.S.JJ \. ^0 ' ' Ui'Vl ' ' ' >' ^ K ?v norm". uun&m tll :h:nk las l.n.uKnt I!.mUj m . ,*B K .: i^B I i,,. tu umir.i'i" ' L - fit* I su-ni'- -T : -;siJ I pr>-.- ' ' * hurt [J the ;? . H Print. br ight j- % 1 H ness. It summcMi dlisi* F? I.-B B it suhs'.lt scieact i^B I man to Uiktiitg^jB B mors rv'rtt?H I work i *fl I count.rac t lonlints t^B H irtoii'i! Tr.- % ^B B I tin. an ired y 'l gentlemanly boy. The GshtfiH . J ger a few days ago published ?> terview with Mr J B. Cifttf'B corinth community of CtfH i :ounty, ia^which that tentieai'H | mended the conduct of t*oG?B ."l "Last Tuesday," Mr. Case?I | 'I was in front of the Cheroto*H itore corner here talktng rt'B friend. There were tf0 ^ 'I about 1.1 or 14 years of age nearby, bareheaded. A" .,.. mi r. !!' )v slightly BUI"! "UlUaii, and walking with the aid !& 'lie (wo iiiiys :UJ(( i noticed tin' W Ikt across the street, o* saeh side, :n as gentlewilr w cou.'ii have been done Waiter Ilalt'igh or any ether H "The act of ontrtesr *dth such force thai ' '^"'^B icro.ss the street and asMtle^^^m t they knew the woman. W'^^B hey did ^B "I ant very sorry that I $ lek the hoys their Dames. >ut implicit confidence is his kfnd. The simple ad ^ iscortlng the b eble old lad? i dauRerous street was whai'^^H iPlendi?i deR-oristratioa lood." And while we are appreciH>1 _ o>*s,th?re is Mr. Carter, ontributed to the advancea*" ourtosy by his ruhlic ccbW^^M t that fine virtue. Chicago isn't any worse f towns but 'here are wore a get shot. H ' Prohibiwa 11" w K . > bb The olyeci i?. ... u' whether the law is sWV he drink. B k * rtf Some peopI0 never knev ti^ ; ??r neighbors until IM B orow something. B ? . y The vacant tobacco harts ^ 'K used h>- e^nie larmert '<>' ^ B '? out their sweet J*"*1'* B - B