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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C. DUPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE j jd'f i I I : ' ' "'It I -1 X ST' Ff ! 5C'?,.v.".-.,.,.sv.v.w..-X-.-ft,.-.-.v."-Ji a . .,..vAv.yi:.v.v.:.v.:.-.y.:.y.:. - - DAKOTA ADDS ITS STI1NE 0 WASHINGTON nnNUMENT - OU Til DAKOTA has con tributed its stone to the Washington monument. With its placement there now remain but four states unrepresented. North Dakota's legisla ture has the matter un der consideration. ' Idaho is cutting a stone for pres- sation. Arizona ana 2ew .Mexico s the two states yet to show in- mt. As probably every good American m the asiungton monument, xid in memory of the Father of 3L Country in the nation's capital. 3 tie highest masonry structure in ie world, rising 533 feet 5V& inches. iis!kifeet snn:ire nt thp hntfnm nnrl wis to an apex.' It is composed of 22 pieces of "Maryland marble, and SL1S7.710.; It was besrun in 1S4S ml cished in 1S84. Inside are an ele- m and stairway. It is visited by "jyands every year and is a scenic iitsre of Washington. The funds :')r its erection were raised by the M children of the country in vol 7 onecent contributions. Ite monument is more than a me arial to George Washington. As sec-5-7 (t War John W. Weeks put it - his address: "Tiie Washington monument is even u iiiviuuiiui iu me iiuyerisii- tticiL unite suait syuiuoi- 'X thfk lint... , e r"i -i . - .-v. uuuj ui -o uisiinct sovereign iPC nn i . . -v. uu luuissomiiip i nifiTi nnn es the Americanism that has itonn 1 xius ii terveu us as a nation. ere is no ohlifr.ntlfin rrn finv etata wuuic u Bioae io rne vvasning- monument. It is a practice found- on beautiful sentiment, and every ae thus presented Is in a sense a 'DTI a! 1; wi ioe and a pledge to UDhold fflflmtnin V, TTs .. ".mm UB union. nth Dakota's stone is of native 7. wiia a laesimile of the crreat ui trie state carved thereon, the Ha V . . ' -va-.x XJJV L11C i CU1J1C ceremonies attending the place-" -Ul e Stone werp Plnhnrotn Rnf feature of Hw P,Jiat of niiinv woo fVia .otfnr j t t Lite; I rilllllltl III J ftlM,. . - . uutmai Tirosp nnom onfiflr, "A Vfttat, n., . l """" - " WWJ l J asnmgton," by Mrs. W 'onnin an Indian woman i In t Yanktoft agency now resld , Washington. Her name is Washington Is Ohitika hence Ptiou of this article. Zitkala- e is thus reproduced in the onal iteeord: :p, The Mystic Circle. the prairie grass sat nerert mpn x n It T"r y . - Ml flh s,i. many winters their once "Jir W:i ,-,t4- j xmi . uieiit;u uu m tne un- ,x uiinirKniu r,Ki iL.i. i j Ite h ""wui uieir ueaus. m, "'"8 mannooa, wmie cotah wicarcana and winocrana held secret conclave under the night sky. Keepers of the sacred eagle myster ies, priests and priestesses of the Seven Council Fires of their people, they are sages of that other day when Indian camps vied with huge cloud shadows drifting on the playground of the prairie. Tonight they have chosen from out their seven a member of the smallest fire, summoned before them a Yankton Dacotah of the young generation. The spokesman, a ver itable grandfather of the federated tribes, addressed her saying: "Tomor row is the day of days. Loyal Amer jcans will gather before a great stone shrine at the Nation's capital. South Dakotans beckon to us, the Dacotah, to Join them. We accept the gracious invitation of our pale-face brothers-. This is brotherhood." ) As he momentarily paused, his quiet voice floated out into the eternal spaces among the stars, seemed to echo and re-echo against the stillness of the night in the concave sky, "This is brotherhood!" The voice contin ued, "You are called- as our messen ger, our interpreter. Are you will ing to serve?" Without hesitation the answer came, "I am." The other members of the circle, hitherto silent, responded in approval, "Be it so." "Hecetu." The spokesman said, "You have answered well. Service is the highest privilege." Upon the Way. Together they taught her what to say, placed an eagle plume in her hand. 'With' this sacred quill write word for word what we have told you here tonight," they commanded. "At dawn start upon the journey to the great stone shrine' with our message." In final parting bade her, "Upon the way, keep your heart warm with love and strong with truth Lift up your eyes for vision." Straight , as an arrow flies from a strong bow, sped the Dacotah runner from the hallow'd circle of the star lit prairie. At break of day hastened with the message, speeding faster, ever faster. Upon the way were many re lays, from footsore pony to stagecoach plunging over rough ' country roads, from coach to the Iron horse gliding rapidly upon a steel track. The mirac ulous journey to the nation's capital Is made in safety. All faithful to her trust, the messenger stands before the monumental shrine of Washing ton. ' The Message. "The day of days is at hand. It is now." These the words from the Seven Council Fires of the Dakotah. "We sing the name of our first President. We call hiju Washington Ohitika undaunted leader of nations crying in the dark. He brought them light from the sky, taught them principles of peace and brotherhood : taught the lisping multitudes to say, 'We, the people' ; counseled them 'to observe good faith and Justice toward all na tions. The Dacotah .people carol with lusty throats the memorable deeds of Washington. He scanned with eagle eye the hope of a united people and happy ; behold the vision of democratic government. He rose on powerful eagle wings, with the unwavering pur pose attained to lofty virtues of pub lic service. 'A victory song we sing to the mem ory of Washington, who disdained kingship upon a lower realm and pre ferred to be a servant of the people, who- by his life demonstrated only 'Right makes might.' Then over all his glorious achievements upheld our sacred emblem, the eagle, pointing to its meaning in all his noble acts. "We venerate the memory of our great pale-face brother, Washington, the chiefest among guardians of spiritual fires liberty and unity. Washington, thrice worthy of the dec oration of the eagle plume, for he left the impress of its meaning upon the minds and hearts of all Americans. "This is our glad song today. The eagle represents the conscious spirit of man, soaring into the silent upper air' for meditation and spiritual com munion, soaring away from the transi tory turmoils of the day, into the heights, there gaining wjder vision, adding strength and wisdom, then finding the secret of joyous being, un burdened from the pettiness of make beliefs. "Comrades of the earth, the hope of our humanity lies in the preservation of high Ideals, in holding fast to these symbols and precepts bequeathed us through all ages and races of men till we have learned their innermost lesson. It is well that the sacred eagle is carved upon America's gold, lest we forget in the heat of world commerce our brotherhood upon earth. It is well that the eagle is engraved upon the buttons and insignia of our brave men, lest we forget in the wild flurry of swift locomotion and radio communication to perfect our relation ships, man to man, nation to nation, with justice and mercy. "Long live the memory of Washing ton, whose praises we sing this day of days! "Long live the eagle principles he inculcated in the hearts of the peo ple! . "Then shall come many days of peace, prosperity and happiness!" Not Bo'n in Va'ginia. Of course, however, it is one thing to be admitted to Virginia society and another to belong to it by right. A case in point is that of a lady visit ing in a Virginia city who, while call ins at the .house of some "F. F. V.'s' was asked by a little girl, the daugh ter of the house, where she had been born. "Mawtha," said the little girl's mother, after the caller had departed, "you must not ask people where they were bo'n. If they were bo'n in Va' ginia they will tell you so without asking, and if they weren't bo'n In Va'ginia it's very embarrassing." Julian Street In "American Adventures." Literary Snipers. Librarians find that many readers delight in discovering errors in clas sical works and popular" fiction and recording them on tho margins of pages. Thus It has been noted that in "Around the World in Eighty Days," the hero reaches his club as the clocks of the town are striking "10 minutes to 10" ; that In "Monte Cristo," the au thor or translator makes the crew stand by to drop anchor' and leap to the sheets simultaneously, and Rider Haggard makes an eclipse of the moon take place when the moon is new.- New York American. in-. rv ""9 uutchman' Legend Hjft K 0 mi r)f the Flying Dutchman 171 I I l I - . . l. " II V L 1 - . 1 M 'if Dart 'vi'i'ci uu, i Wnu ilcMo round the Cape krfV 111 tne teeth of a suc- '4W, y J,rles' nSalnst which W fid nnu Vhl si s Y aVi ; 1 :ln,i gain any way. This , Hiu-to-nave Dias- S said rn-hnvp 5m . c Aimigmy io kccj V 'Ending tl and de clared that he would keep at It, in spite of heaven and hell, until he made it. He was taken at his word, and is supposed to be still at it. Imaginative sailormen of bygone years, when en countering the common occurrence of heavy weather off the cape and a head wind, used to imagine that out of the mist they could see the allot of the Flying Dutchman, with Its dauntless captain standing on' her high poop :ind shaking his fist at the stormy sky. It Is quite safe to say that the Flying Dutchman has not appeared a great deal of recent years. In fact, few modern seamen have ever heard of the legend. Adventure, Magazine. Reduces Counterfeiting. The Idea of imbedding small picks of silk in the paper of which bank notes are made was the means of re ducing counterfeiting by 90 per cent. Term "Boodle" Little Used. , Slush fund has superseded boedle, which was born during the . Tweed ring exposures. (Conducted by National Council or th Bo . ' Scouts oC America.) '" SCOUT HARMONICA CHAMPION A period that may take Its place In the traditions of the Hudson, along with the story of "Rip Van iWInkle" and the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," came within the two weeks preceding the great harmonica contest held re cently at the boy scout camp, Bear mountain, Interstate Palisades park, New York, for during this time it is ru mored, not a mosquito put in an ap pearance and blasts of peculiar sounds came echoing over the river to the Palisades. Some of the inhabitants said these noises sometimes seemed to be "It's a Long, Long Way to Tlppe rary" competing for prominence with "Humoresque," and again the "Last Rose of Summer" would be cheerfully chiming over "Peg o' My Heart." The inside truth of the story, how ever, is that out of 2,000 boys at the encampment, the majority were spend ing every spare minute from: reveille to taps, at mess hall or cn mountain hikes, getting Into shape forj the big contest. Every breath of melody meant just a step farther towards the cham pionship. So "Music swelled the breeze and rang through all the trees," and it was a difficult task for the judges at CLIFFORD ST. HILL the preliminaries to select the final contestants. At one camp in particu lar, with great difficulty, the choice simmered down from six to 'two boys, each intensely eager to gain jthe honor of appearing. AVhen Scout Potter heard ne had lost to his opponent, -he smiled and said with the real scout spirit: "That suits me all right. Now we will have to see that the other fellow wins." On the night of the big contest hun dreds of boys came by land Jmd w;ater from the various camps to; the main hall. Enthusiastic applause' rang to the rafters after each boy's effort, and when Clifford St. Hill, age thirteen,' q Troop 5, "Voodhaven, ,L. I., was pro nounced victor, the audience: .arose as one man, with appreciative cries, "Give us another tune, give. us another tune," Clifford's selections were "Auld Lang Syne," "There's a, Long, Long Trail" and "March from 'AidaV' ;;H0 was pre sented with the Hohner gold medal and one of the finest harmonicas made and the world had ,a new champion. Second place was won by Richard Johnson, sixteen years old, of Troop 208, the Bronx. He received a silver medal and a harmonica. j William Murphy of Troop 15, Rich mond, Staten Island, captured the third prize, a bronze medal and a harmonica.8 By courtesy of the largest manufac turers of harmonicas in the world, the boys were treated to a number of se lections by William xBurke,!; who has been playing the harmonica profession ally for forty-two years. ;j SCOUT AVERTS TRAGEDY A youthful San Franciscan of the sub-scout age was whittling, as small boys since the beginning of time have delighted to do. Being uninitiated as to the fact that It's a rash thing to whittle toward instead of from ones self, , he went at the business wrong. The knife slipped. The-blood spurted, a great gash appeared In the young ster's arm. A scout heard the young ster's screams and ran to the rescue. He improvised and applied a tourniquet. RELIEF APPRECIATED In recognition of the manly help of Indianapolis scouts in last year's clothing drive of the Near East relief. A certificate of service, bearing the sig nature of the national heads of relief organizations, was presented to scout headquarters. The Inscription reads as follows: "In recognition of the splendid humanitarian life-saving serv ice rendered by Indianapolis Council, Boy Scouts of America, in behalf of the orphan children and stricken peo pie of the Near East." I ' ::. Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZ WATER, D. D Teacher of English Bible In th Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ' - Copyright. 192. Western Newspaper Union. ' LESSON FOR OCTOBER 15 h. THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE ' BAPTIST , LESSON TEXT Duke 3:1-22. GOLDEN TEXT-Repent ye, for the kingdom 'of heaven is at hand. Matt. 3:2. REFERENCE MATERIAL Matt. 11: Phil. 2:S-1L PRIMARY TOPIC What John Said About Jesus. t. JUNIOR TOPIC-John Preaching and Baptizing. . INTERJVIEDIATE AND SENIOR'TOPIC A Fearless Reformer. . - YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Repentance: What It Is and What It Does. I. The Degeneracy of the Times (vv. 1, 2). The Jews, had sunk to a very low level of civil, moral and religious life. Luke carefully enumerates the civil and religious rulers in order to show the profligacy of the times, and there fore the need of a messenger to call the people back to God and virtue. Herod, the son of the Great, was a murderer. Annas and Caiaphas were corrupt ecclesiastical rulers. II. The Nature of John's Ministry (vv. 3-6). In the wilderness he underwent a discipline which fitted him for his task. Out of the wilderness he flashed forth preaching the baptism of re pentence for the remission of sins (v. S). This niinistry is declared to be a fulfilment of Isa!ah's prophecy. The message was described as one calling upon the nation to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. This prepara tion was presented under the figure of a monarch of the East about to make a journey. A servant was sent before to prepare the highway. Valleys needed to be filled, mountains and hills needed to"-be lowered, crooked places needed to be made straight and rough places needed to be made smooth. Today before the nations will receive Christ the valleys need to be filled with righteous deeds, the ex ceeding high mountains of sin and Iniquity need to be brought low, the crooked dealings of the business world must be straightened out, and the rough ways of nations and individuals must be smoothed out. Men must re pent of their sins before they can receive Christ IS I. The Content of John's Message (vv. 7-18). 1. Denunciation of Sin (vv. 7,.8) He called them "a generation ' of vi pers." This shows that he charged them with deceitfulness and wicked ness. Knowing the subtle hypocrisy of these Jew's, he demanded evidence of their sincerity the genuineness of their repentance was to be demon strated by their works. 2. Announcement of Judgment (v. 9). He declared that the axe was !ald at the root of the tree and that the tree not bringing forth fruit was to be hewn down and cast Into the fire. John made it very plain that for their sins they should be called into judg ment. Paul's preaching of a judg ment to come made Felix tremble (Acts 2:25). 3. Instructions to the Inquirers (vv. 10-14). (1) The people (y v. i0, 11). Each man was to turn from his besetting sin and show love and kind ness to his fellow men. Clothing and food were to be given those who had need. They were to turn from a lif a of selfishness and greed and do unto others as they would be done by. (2 Publicans (vv. 12, 13). These tax. gatherers who were guilty of greed and oppression were not asked to give up their occupation, but to exact only that which was appointed by law. (3) The soldiers (v. 14). These were likely the policemen of that day at least men on military duty. He told them to extort money from no man, to ac cuse none falsely, and to be content with their wages. To all these classes he made it clear that they should henceforth perform their . duty from a motive of love Instead of selfish ness and greed. 4. Testimony to Jesua (vv. 15-13). The people were musing In their hearts as to whether John was indeed the Messiah. When John perceived this he with fine humility declared that his mission was so lowly in com parison with Christ's that he would be unworthy to perform the menial act of a slave in loosing the latchet of His shoes. Jobr baptized with water, but Christ, he declared, would baptize with the 'Holy Ghost and with fire. IV. John's Imprisonment (vv. 19. 20). Because of his repioof of Herod for his wicked lewdness and other sins John went to the dungeon. The preach er of righteousness must become a martyr. God's faithful prophets are usually despised by the world, even cast Into prison, burned, or beheaded :'J Idleness. : Idleness Is the gate of all harma An idle man is like a house that hatt no walls; the devils may enter on ev ery slde.-rChaucer. LifiV Ills. Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and It will aid you to beai patiently those which now you may suffer. Cecil. " To Learn to Pray. He that will learn to p?ay, let hln go to sea. Herbert. SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. Greenville. W.. H. Whichard, aged 71, highly respected farmer, died at his home near Staton's Mill. Mr. Whichard ; was one of the best known men of his section and was held in highest esteem by -a wide circles of friends. , . . , . "Wilson. The best average price for tobacco : since 1919 " was f established here when 646,628 '-pounds lwas sold for $236,719.54, or an average of $36.60 per hundred pounds. : ' Whitevflle. , Don Nobles, charged with the killing of his kinsman, Frank Nobles, was brought back from Sea ville, Fla., by Sheriff Ammons. No bles, it is said, admits to the killing freely, but refuses to state a reason for the homicide. Durham. Sharpe Roberts, former Piedmont league baseball player, who was stabbed and seriously wounded in an affray, which occurred during one of the Durham-High Point post season series games, will recover, it was announced at the Watts hospital. Wake Forest. The running of the Raleigh-to-Richmond division of the national highway through the heart of Wake Forest was assured when the trustees of the college called in ses sion, voted to allow the commission right-of-way along the sast side of the campus. Lenoir Marshall Webb, of Leaks ville, one of the smaller students in the Patterson school, in Happy Valley, was seriously injured when run down by an automobile. Both legs were broken, one in'two places, and a com pound fracture was made on the oth er in addition to the break. Iumberton. Sellers Skipper, white barber of Red Springs, Robeson coun ty, who was found in a road in the outskirts of that town in an uncon scious condition, died in a hospital in Fayettevflle. A blow on the back of the head caused the death of Skipper. Durham. Walter Dayton, cotjher of the Durham, Piedmont league, base ball team, who suffered a fractured ankle in the fourth game of the lea gue's post-season sSries. has recover ed sufficiently to walk on crutches. Physicians say he will ie able to leave the hospital within a few days. ( Hickory. The Catawba county fair, enlarged so as to include four coun ties, war formally opened by Presi dent John W. Robinson in the pres ence of an unusually large crowd. This was known as Burke county day and J. Earnest Erwin, of Morgan was the speaker of the afternoon. Greensboro. Definite answer as to whether Greensboro will retain its franchise in the Piedmont Baseball league must be given to W. C. Bram hs.m, of Durham, president of the league, immediately after the meeting of the stockholders of the club and others interested on October 17. That is the ultimatum delivered personally to' oJhn T. Rees, president of the lo cal club. Charlotte. Lew Hahn, managing director of the National Dry Goods Association, was the honor guest at the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition, on the occasion of "Merchants' Day." He delivered an address before the Cham ber of Commerce and the exposition audience on the general subject of more cordial relation between retail distributors and consuming public. Winston-Salem. The Forsyth coun ty fair opened at Piedmont park and the thousands in attendance were free to admit that the commercial and farm exhibits were decidedly the best they had ever seen at a county fair All of the space this year in the com mercial building is taken by Winston Salem merchants and manufacturers who have arranged .a regular exposi tion in which many locally made pro ducts are featuring. Chapel -Hill. All records for attend ance at the North Carolina University have been broken, It was announced when figures at the end of the third day of enrollment showed 1,788 stu dents on the campus. ' ' Wilmington. Contracts for twenty five Pacific type locomotives at a cost of $1,350,000, has been awarded to the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phila delphia, by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, it was announced here. Lumberton. Sheriff R. E. Lewis ar rived here with Joe D. Kemp, who was arrested in St. Augustine, Fla., on the charge of killing Daniel E. McNeill.' near Red Springs, Robeson county, on August 15, 1878, 44 years ago. Marshall. Henry Humphrey, 11-yeard-old negro boy who" shot and kileld Blaine Moore, a seven-year-old playmate when he -discharged a shotgun at Aaron Logne, a nineteen- -year old lad with whom he had been disputing, is being held In the city Jail, awaiting the decision of Coroner E. R. Morris as to what action to take. Wallace. Mr. Marshall C. Teachey, living five miles east of Wallace, was killed instantly while bringing a load of cotton from the field. Two mules became frightened by cotton falling on them and ran into a tree, throwing Mr. Teachey against it, breaking his. neck and leg and crushing his skulL Rocky Mount. Plans to take an Im portant part in the fall reunion of the William R. Davie chapter Rose Croix and Joseph P. Montford Lodge of Per fection for the Valley of Enfield No vember 7 and 8 .were made at a meet ing of the Rocky mount Scottish Rite ciub. . - -.. :