Straight Dope From
the State Capital
By M. L. 3HIPMAN
Special News Correspondent
'
Raleigh. N. C.. Feb. 18, 1925.
The fight over redisricting the
State, discussion of the "evolu
tion" bar measure, the forward
march along legislative paths of
the $20,000,000 bond issue for
roads bill, together with a com
panion measure to increase the
gasoline tax from three to four
cents a gallon, decision of the
House committee not to recom
mend the establishment of a state
constabulary, and various other
matters of more or less impor
tance occupied the time of the
General Assembly during the
past week.
The road bond measure passed
in the Senate on all readings.
A companion measure introduced
by Sams of Forsythe, who also
introduced the bond bill, provides
for the revision of the regula
tions having to do with control
of the highway fund for an in
crease in the gasoline tax -*rom
three to four cents to finance the
new road bond issue. Passage
of similar measures in the House
is expected without any difficulty,
thus carrying out Governor Mc
Lean's plans in this particular
without any change.
"Evolution" was discussed at
length before committee last
week and finally a vote revealed
that the education committee was
deadlocked 16 to 16. Represen
tative "Tobe" Connor stepped
into the breach with a negative
vote, he being chairman of the
committee. The bill was thus
sent back to the House with an
unfavorable report. Its propo
nents, who aver that evolution
should be taboo in the schools of
North Carolina entered aminority
report and the measure will have
a special hearing on this report
tbmorrow (Tuesdav) night at
eight o'clock, when the subject
will be up on the floor of the
House. *
Redisricting the State was
provided for in a measure finally
passed by the House creating
four additional judicial districts
with judges and solicitors. The
bill when first introduced provid
ed for seven new districts but
was killed by the House on its
second reading. Representative
"Pete" Murphy of Rowan suc
ceeded in getting a motion to re
consider the vote by which the
original bill failed on second
reading adopted, When the bill
again came up in the House it
was amended to proviae four in
stead of seven additional districts
and passed by a safe majority.
Chief among the arguments pre
sented against it was that of
economy. It being averred that
the extra districts will increase
the cost of the> State government
by more than $50,000 a year. Its
proponents argued that the con
dition of the dockets in various
counties made an increase a nec
essity.
The proposal to establish a
State constabulary was made by
Representative Wade who intro
duced a bill in line with recom
mendations of the social commit
tee which investigated this sub
ject. An unfavorable report on
the hill was returned but it will
be up^ again on a minority report.
However the House does not ap
pear to think of the proposition
and wilfrnore than likely sustain
the majority report.
A sales tax, independent of the
revenue bill was sent up in the
"House by Representative Madi
son, of Jackson, on Saturd y
who would tax cigars, cigarettes,
candies, cosmetics, and other
minor purchases. The bill pro
viding, what are commonly term
ed "nuisance" taxes, went to the
finance committee. It is well
named in the opinion of a for-,
midable group of legislators and
lers.
Senate passed a bill which
tors. It is predicted this bill
will have a hard road in* the
House which will probably show
greater consideration for the
"ninety and nine/'
Financial legislation is expect
ed to occupy the center of the
stage during the coming wpek.
The revenue bill it was indicat
!ecl, will provide for a fifty per
cent increase in the income tax
rates, but other changes in the
bill from the report of the State
Board of assessments have not
been made public. The budget
report for the next biennial ' per
I iod containing the appropriations
for departments and institutions,
is also expected to be presented
by the appropriation committee
of the House which has had it,
for some time.
The legislative manual for 1925
will contain s the fojlowing bio
graphical sketches of Polk Coun
ty's representatives:
^ - Francis Pickens Bacon n
Francis Pickens Bacon, Demo
crat, Senator from the Twenty
Seventh Senatorial District, was
born at Edgefield, S. C. * Son of
John E. and Rebecca Calhoun
(Pickens) Bacon. Educated at
English High School Montevideo,
Uruguay, S. A., and University
of Montevideo, Uruguay, S. A.,
(1885 to 1887). Manufacturer
and mercerizer of cotton yarns.
Mayor of Tryon, three years.
Episcopalian ?Senior Warden
and Vestryman. Married 1897,
Miss Anna Livingston Read
Mines. Adress: Tryon, N. C.
Ralph Nisbet Hunter
Ralph N. Hunter, Democrat,
Representative from Polk County
was born at Matthews, Decem
ber 7, 1884. Son of William
Henry and Martha Jane (Nisbet)
Hunter. Attended Sard is School
and Waxhaw Institute. Gradu
ate of Erskine College, A. B.
Degree, class 1909. Att ended
Erskine Theological Seminary.
Minister. Superi ntendentof
Hillcrest Institue. Associate
Reformed Presbyterian. Mar
ried, 1922, Miss Martha Hearst
Moore. Address, Landrum, S.C
John Grover Roach
John G. Roach, Democrat, Sen-|
ator from the Twenty-Seventh
Senatorial District. Born in
Rutherford County. Son of J.
Winfield and Margaret (McBray
er) Roach. Attended public
schools of Rutherford County,
1895 to 1906. Manager Mercan
tile store. Private 119th Infan
try, 30th Division, A. E. F., 1918
19. Mason, Royal Arch, Com
mandery, A. A. 0. N., Mystic
Shrine, Oasis Temple. Junior
0. U. A. M., Knight of Pythias.
Methodist, Ste\tfard. ^Secretary
and Treasarer Building Fund
Avondale M. E. Church 1923-24.
Married 1922 Miss Virginia Pris-j
cilia Edwards. Address; Avon
dale, N. C. *
Presbyterian Church Service
REV. S. W. DENDY Minister,
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Tryon; 2nd and 4th Sundays each
month at 11 a. m. 1st and 3rd Sun.
days at 7:30 p. m.
Columbus; 1st and 3rd Sundays at
11 a. m. 2nd and 4th Sundays at
7:30 p. m. ,
W. F. LITTLE
NOTARY PUBLIC
Tryon, N. G.
COjM
Whether youJburn coal in
furnace, stovejJor grate, we
have just what you need.
Egg, nut or lump in good
clean anthracite. >
Wood, both oak and pine.
Cut to meet your require
ments for stove or fireplace.
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Phone 154
PUSHMG Ml UK
TO KENTWKT COM.
Attantk Coast Line and Louisville and
NasbvHIe Plan to Open Eostorn Field
. ' ^
Plans of the Atlantic Coast Line
and the1 Louisville & Nashville rail
ways to open the Eastern Kentucky
coal mines to supply the fuel needs
of the Southeast are well under way.
The Kentucky mines produce 30,.
000,000 tons annually. It is expect,
ed Xhat they can produce as much as
80,000,000 tons, or enough to supply
most of the cdTlsumption 'in the
Southeast.^
According to those in touch with
the situation a rail link between
this district and the Southeast would
be a blow, not only to the mines now
furnihing coal to that section but to
railroads handling coal for it.
As a result of the shift of the cot
ton mills and other Industries from
the North to the South the demand
for power fuel has constantly in
creased during the past few years.
The Kentucky mines have been kept
from competing for this business ex
cept at a disadvantage by a range of
mountains. One consideration the
officials of the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Louisville & Nashville had
in mind when they acquired the Car.
olina, Clinchfield & Ohio was to es
tablish a connection so that * they
could enter the field.
The Louisville & Nashville has
engineers making a detailed survey
of possible connecttons between that
railroad and the Carolina, Clinch
field and Ohio, As soon as their re.
port is filed new construction will be
begun. There have been no changes
in the plans which look to a double
connection between the Louisville &
Nashville and the Carolina, Clinch,
field & Ohio.
At the same time committees rep.
resenting the Louisville & Nashville
the 'Clinchfield and the Atlantic
Coast Line are making detailed in
spection of the Carolina Clinchfield
& Ohio. They will rfeport on the
phisical condition of the property.
Upon this report the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Louisville & Nashville
will base plans Cor development.
One of the improvements they hope
to accomplish is the elimination of
some of the stiffer grades on the
Clinchfield doing away with the use
of helper-engines in moving coal.
Evolution of Trade
Mark and Advertising
The trade in ark waa Invented dur
ing a time of grand colonisation. ?
business bouse In Cathago Nora (Car
thagena), which ^manufactured a de
licious fish sauce and sent it to all
parts of the world In hermetically
sealed pitchers, burnt nine stars Into
the containers. The nine stars were
the. emblem of the sacred fish, the
dolphins. A big lamp factory in the
Roman Rhlneland adorned all its
lamps with the utensils of eye special
ists ? which those people who used the
lamps should ever come to know !
Advertising, of course, grew more
and more luxurious. It was a favorite
child of Commerce In imperial Rome.
Dozens of the best painters and sculp
tors worked for the wool kings, silk
houses, and the big weapon factories
which grew up like muahrooiqp where- ?
ever the Roman armies advanced.
People vied with one another in
erecting altars to the protectors <ff
trade and navigation ; but on these al
tars they inscribed the names and
trade of the donors, as a means of
advertising. The Roman, business men
were as though seized by a fever of
Competition. Eurysacea, the pastry
king of Rome, used his own tomb as
an advertisement; his tombstone had
the form of an enormous cake! ? Ex
change.
B EE &
For Sale 10 stands of Italian
Bees at a reasonable price t>n
quick sale.
Dr. A. M. CHAYNEY
Over Bank of Tryes
Tryon, N. C.
Speed Up Business
By Using This Column
It Gets Results
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WANTED: A reliable white man
wanting to make {40 to $70 week,
ly In Polk County selling Whltmer's
complete line Home Remedies Ex
tracts, Toilet Articles, Soaps, Spices
etc. house to house. Products
guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Cherry of Alabama made $57.90 is
five days; Middleton of Virginia,
$96. Team or car needed. No ex
perience necessary. Write Cull
particulars today. Give age and oc
cupation.
The H. C. Whitmer Company
Dept. 198 Columbus, Ind.
FOR SALE:? 2 Compartment
Rapid Fireless Cooker, in perfect
condition. Phone 103.2.
Miss Frances Hudson.
Use a little white
space in your ad and
make it stand out
like this one.
Wanted: Students. Learn at Home
or School. Tutition on credit.
Work in office while taking. Posi
tion guaranteed.
EDWAR08 BU8INE88 COLLEGE,
High Point, N C.
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POUND: Leather Kokak case with
strap. Call at News Office.
Wanted: ? Boys and Girls to so
licit subscriptions for the News in
every township in Polk County.
Liberal Commission. Write for in
formation ,
POLK COUNTY NEWS,
Circulation Manager, Tryon, N. C.
FOR 8ALE..
. . Pure. Bred "Red Velvet" 8 jC. Rk
I. Eggs. *2.00 per 15. $10.00 ?er 1 JO.
_ G. T. WILSON,
Shephardsville. Ify.
Ex. 3-26 Pd.
WANTED!
You tp visit our store when
buying Furniture, either new or
used.
? Here are some red hot shots,
in all new goods:
Two inch post sjteel beds, $ 7.50
liigh rise National springs 5.00
45 lb roll edge all cotton
mattress - 8.50
$75.00 Vanity Dresser, 35.00
$1.25 Maple Chairs, - 1.00
We Guarantee our prices the
best in Town.
Arthur Kilpatrick,
V^. 0. Templeton.
THE FURNITURE EXCHANGE
187 Magnolia Street,
/ Spartanburg, S. C.
WATER COLORS
Amelia M. Watson
On View and Sale <
v" Under The Tupelo "
Wednesday Afternoons s
iy Alt*
?r Aay Other Tine
from duo:
C)MB to till* aton and tain a Paxker Doofold on 90
da ya triaL Neat gold pocket-ctininciaded free, ov gold
ring-end with Lady Doorold. Its heknoed awing and ao
per-amooth point make writing a new deHgbt? you wool
neglect your coneapondenoe and yooH be rated aa one
wbo can aftxdtho (beat pea .
Lacqoeraed with black tiponrplein black, if deeired.
Over^be Doofold ^7* Doofold Jr. $5 - Lady Doo?oid0
Lighthbuf Story
Bishop's light rises near the Sctlly
Islands and fires a grim warning of
the dangers of the coast It is one of
the most exposed lighthouses in the
world and the three tenders hare a
lonesome time. During a recent storm
the beams from Bishop's, rock came
near to falling. The light weighs sev
eral tons and revolves on supports
resting In a circular trough of mer
cury. - It is balanced so delicately a
child may turn it by a touch of the fin
ger. On this night the tower was so
shaken by the heavy seas that much of
the mercury was spilled out over the
concrete floor of the light chamber.
The three guards fell- on their knees,
scooped up the mercury In their handi
and poured It back into the trough.
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AN. AD. IN THE NEW8? RE8ULT8I
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The Open Air School
Private instructions for Children'm
the open air under favorable climatic
conditions.
MISS EDITH M. THURSTON
Tryon, N. C.
Bishop's
OPEN
ALL THE
TIME
Garage
All makes of Batteries
repaired^
All makes of cars re
paired.
Full line of Tires and
Accessories. .
FURMAN BISHOP, Proprietor
Phone 33
Landrum, S G.
Copyright 192!
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with the 1?e,?
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Ser, actualy vulcanizes its sell. to
the tube. The hotter it gets, the
tighter it sticks, 36 square inches
of pure white rubber in every box ??
KILPIN MOTOR CO.
? DISTRIBUTORS
Tryon, N. C.
C ROACHES are vogue^
\ everyone likes them;
everyone wants one!
j And to think that for only
$1075 yon can buy this si*
!?>-? cylinder Oldsmobile Coach
; Atrn 'kkmm a Fisher body? Duco
*OV5 finish ? powerful L-Head
f.o.b, Lansmt engjne ? Balloon tires?
? Delco electrical system-.
and exquisite fittings !
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OLDSMOBILE
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G. R. LITTLE, Agent,
j SALUDA, N. C. '
Full roomy toes; soft !
pliable leather. Comfort
is certain in these shoes.
In the light shade of
tan; also > in ?- black and
brown calfskins.
Visit
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tone bear after received.
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Prices
$7.50 to $10.00
When You Need
MONEY
If you are the average man or woman, you have two
courses open when you need money quickly. One is to
borrow it? if you can; the other is to draw it from your
savings account, where it has been awaiting the emer
gency. Even well-to-do people take no chances on bor
rowing ? they aB have their savings accounts. Be wise
and follow their example. Open yotir account here today.
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