THE POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYPAN. C.
THE POLK COUNTY NEWS
Published every Friday at
' I , TEYON
! POLK COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Land of the Sky,
By W. P. and G. R Little.
(Co-Partnership,)
Saluda Office
in Saluda Pharmacy Building.
W. F. LITTLE,
Managing Editor
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1 9 15, at the post office at Tryon, North
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VOL XXI.
NO. 8
FRIDAY. JULY 2. 1915
Only those icho do nothing at all never make
mistakes. Balzac.
Saluda will welcome you Satur
day. The County telephone service
is coming, some time.
Tryon will not be happy until
the golf links are completed.
Crucify him! Crucify him! but
Governor S la ton did not wash
his hands.
Insurection promotor Heurta
would have better stayed over in
Jersey and fought themosquitos.
He has spilled the beans.
Saluda wants all of Polk Coun
ty to turn out next Saturday and
attend the Independence Day cel
ebration. There will be
thing doing.
some-
President Wilson made a wise
selection in naming Robert Lan
sing for Secretary of State. He
is a skilled diplomat and has the
reputation of being level headed.
The poorest man in the world
is he who 1 has , nothing except
money, says The Youths Com
panion. The man who has every
thing else except money is just
as poor and less thought of.
The Asheville Citizen has start
ed a "Wear White Socks" move
ment. They say it is quite sty
lish for men and women to wear
white hosiery. So be it. Then
remember that all hosiery must
be cotton to be in style as silk js
passe. If this is generally carri
ed out it will help solve the cotton
and dye problems. From now
on we propose to be ultra stylish,
in the matter of hosiery.
In telephone service the fee
system for county units is a relic
of by gone days. How long will
Polk County phone users stand
for a toll tacked on to calls with
in the county?
There should be a universal and
comprehensive county service if
we are to halve any good from
telephones. The fee system cur
tails calls, lessens business and
hinders social activities, v We
suggest that the telephone com
panies of Polk County get togeth-
; er and give Polk County a real
1 telephone system.
I have often wondered if the
diplomatic affairs of the world
could be carried on without the
cigarette. A celebrated inter-
- - viewer was working out Secre
tary of State, Lansing and . the
secretary looked at his cigarette
before answering the interview
er's question. The secretary of
1 f ered the interviewer a cigarette
at one stage of the proceedings.
V I can remember at Teddy's Russian-Japanese
Peace Conference,
at Portsmouth, the diplomats all
lighted cigaretts before proceed
injwjth the work in hand.
Wish the European war could be
finished by the combatants puff
ing cigarette smoke at each other.
- JJ would be a degree less brutal
Nthan the gas bomb.
It is surprising how few people
know anything about the flora of
their native states. Here in Polk
County there are so manv species
of wild flowers. I have asked
many people for the names of
some of them and in most instan
ces can not be informed. I know
most every wild flower in my na
tive state. This knowledge was
acquired by very little effort and
practically no book study, In
little journeys through fields and
woodland, with a companion, ob
servation and classifications were
made. Most all wild flowers
yield nectar, from which bees
make honey, and the pollen from
flowers is gathered by bees to
feed their young.
Scientific bee keeping is a sti
mulus to study the flowers, trees
and field crops as well as the ha
bits of bees.
There id a strong facination a
bout the study of bees.
If one cares to keep bees the
financial returns are sufficient "to
make it pay." From the amount
of wild flowers here, bee keeping
should be developed.
Bees are necessary for fruit
culture as well as vegetables and
and grains Polinization in many
instances is done by the honey
bee.
It is charged that bees damage
grapes. They are not. the offen
ders. Some other insect stings
the grape or from other causes
the fruit skin comes open and
then the bees work on it, with
out injury perhaps, for the fruit
would rot anyway.
-The honey crop of this country
runs up in to enormous sums.
Polk County should keep more
and better bees, arid like any
thing else, there must le intelli
gent effort and modern methods,
then it will be very profitable.
mi i l- i? j ;
mere is no orancn oi iarming
that Davs so larcre returns for the
capital and labor expended.
A LITTLE SKETCH
Of the Newly Appointed Secretary
of State, Robert Lansing, of
New York.
As in the case of John Hay in
Spanish war datsthe troubled state
of the republics relations with
European nat'ons has caused the ele
vation to the hiighfcst post in the ad
ministration, next to the presidency
of a man whose proficiency is not
political influence but the art of
diplomacy. ,
Although employed frequently on
diplomatic missions by Republican
administrations and closely associa
ted with his Republican father-in-law
former Secretary of State John -W.
Foster, Mr. Lansing is a Democrat,
but it was because of his ability as
an international lawyer, not his
political affiliation, that he was chose
counselor of the state department to
succeed John Ba&sett Moore.
The other members of the cabinet
unanimously favored the elevation of
the counselor to the premiership..
They believed it not only just, but
wise, to make Mr. Lansing in name
wfriat he has been in fact the sec
retary of state.
President Wilson and Mr. Lansing
wrote the notes to Germany and
Great Britain which Secretary
Bryan signed until he resigned.
The administration is now in the
midst of negotiations with Germany
and Great Britain which, the presi
dent and Mr. Lansing have conduct
ed. Mr. Lansing will continue to col
laborate with the president on this
correspondence and will handle the
other diplomatic business of the state
department.
None of the many strange changes
effected by the war in Europe has
been more remarkable than the rise
of Mr. Lansing from the compara
tive obscurity of a practicing lawyer
to the post of chief adviser to the
president.
Whten. appointed counselor to the de
partment about a year ago Mr. Lan
sing was serving as agent foY
the United States in, the American
and British claims arbitration, an ap
pointment given -by Secretary Knox
under the Taft administration. Since
1892 Mr. Lansing frequently has
been engaged in representing the
interests of the United States in
claims, arbitration proceedings, and
at international gatherings.
He is 51 years old, having leen
born at Watertown, N. Y, on Oct.
17, 1864. He practiced law at Water-town
for several years. He is
a graduate of Amherst college and
is the a.uthor of Government Its
Origin, Growth, and Form in the
United States, apd of several
artticles on diplomatic subjects.
In 1890 hie married Miss Elenor
Foster, daughter of John W. Foster,
Secretary of State under Harrison.
Some Climates.
The northern parts of Norway and
Sweden extend well up into the Arctic
circle, while the southern parts come
down to the latitude of Glasgow; so
there is a wide range between the
winter temperatures in those coun
tries. The same applies to Canada.
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i Attention Young Men
In this time of industrial opportu
nity, it is gratifying to see what a
firm grasp the men trained at the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege are taking on the industrial life
of the State. These men not only
knovt hiow to do things, but they are
doing them with credit to them
selves1 and to their college. They are
making over old farms and dairies.
Many of them are directing cot
ton mills. On our railways and high
ways you find them with transit and
rod. They are sought by men why
need draughtsmen nad machinists.
Young men who are ambitious and
determined to make headway in life
are in increasing numbers making
their way to this busy.Jnstitut.ion.
The fall announcement in The News
will interesst scores of young men.
STATEMENT
of the Ownership, Management, Circulation,
Etc., required by the Act oT August 24, 191 2,
f The Polk County News published week
ly at Tryon, North Carolina for April, i( 1915.
Editor, i Y. F. Little. , J
Managing Editor, W. F. Little.
Business Managers, W. F. & G. R. Little.
Publisher, W. F. Jk G. R. Little.
Owners, W. F. Little, Tryon, N. C,
and G. R. Little, Saluda, N. C.
Known bondholders, mortgagees, and
other security holders, holding I per cent or
more of total amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities: C. W. Ballenger and
Geo. B. Cobb.
W. F. Little, Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
24th day of June, 1915.
(SEAL) Geo. A. Gash,
Notary Public with Seal.
(My commission expires April, 20, 191 7)
The North Carolina College of Agri
culture and Mechanic Arts.
Young men seeking to equip them
selves for practical life In Agricul
ture and all its allied branches; in
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical En
gineering; In Chemistry and Dye
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ricultural Teaching, will find excellent
provision for their chosen careers at
the States Industrial College. This
College fits men for life. Faculty
for the coming year of 65 men; 767
students; 25 buildings. Admirably
equipped laboratories in each de
partment. County examinations at
each county seat on July 8th.
For catalogue, write, adv.
; E. B. OWEN, Registrar,
West Raleigh., N. C.
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