The Pulse of ^Business ^ has elasped to en. SU?1 st of the optimistic opin io 3 filling financiers and ions ffhuh rt,ieased for publica-) busmen of a year. There t?on * tnt jtv (hal anyone would * D0 year end opinions, or *** .. percental of them and , even a sm lhe impression that e?er^ V. suffering from an undue bUSiDTnf pessimism at the present ???unt ^ a. no time in recent hIn there* been such a unanL ^arS t iuM'siu among business mity * optI,";i leaders genera. ^ ? is only nec. ssary to Quote brief \ from six Of the recently tfCerPh ) opinions of nationally pUl bu*in.*s executives and fin t0 reflect the general trend. tfCl * y. Schwab. Chairman, ^ S'eel Corp.: There is ^caur j a national and Mi prosperity throughout the ?* as we have no, jessed (or several years rharlei E. Mitchell. President, Xal city Bank or New York: editions in our country are rip* ?, period of prosperity which * tJj jn Europe, as 1 see them. can. IOC immediately harm. Thomas S. nysart, Prealdent, In )tment Bankers" Association of jerica American business and tdnstry are entering upon a period t jreat prosperity, perhaps one of ie ^atest periods of prosperity in ir history, Arthur W Loasby, President, triable Trust Co. of New York: t( jo into the year 19? believing ul it will set a new mark among ,e post-war years in general busi >g3 activity, judge E. H. Gary, Chairman, Unit States Steel Corporation: I ex_ it a high rate of general business ?osperity to persist during 1925. Francis H Sison, Vice President, uranty Trust Co. of Newx York: ne general business outlook is more irortble than it has been at any Iiae since the war_ George W. Norris, Governor^ Fed 1 Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: r in a decade have we entered a Lv year with prospects as good as ' for 1925. |These opinions, and scores of ers of like tenor which were re. ntljr published in the yaarend re_ Mrs are especially courageous in rerai respects. In the first place tj resort rather generously to su atives the common impression ? Idently being not merely that 1925 joing to be a good year for busi is. but that it is going to be the that we have enjoyed in many In the second place, it will [noted that the typical opinions ted take a rather long-range view r V J . i point Reference Up almost invari ably to the year 1925 ? apparently the entire year 1925; not the first halt or the first quarter. This can only mean that it is the general opinion of business men that the upward swing in business activity which be. g&n fully 6 months ago, and which has already carried production above normal, *|s expected to persist throughout the year 1925 as a whole. Only, in an inconsiderable number of cases are there opinions which allow for a possible Important rever. sal in trend later on in the current calendar year. A careful analysis of 200 opinions of # business leaders regarding 1925, shows that there are four fundamen tal reasons why prosperity is ex pected, which are cited much more often than all others. These four reasons are: 1. Defeat of "radicalism" at the last election and the return to pow er of conservative administration pledged to government economics and presumably to further reductions of taxes. 1 2. Improved agricultural condi. tions and higher prices for agricul tural products. 3.'* Improved conditions in Eu rope. 4. An extremely strong credit siti uation, with plenty of loanable funds available at low interests rates. ? When so many business men are optimistic and when this optimism expresses itself in such a superla tive form, this must be a clear Indi cation that at least current condi tions throughout the business struc ture as a whole are thoroughly satis factory. But they do more than that. They tend to inspire further optimism throughout the country as a whole. This more general opti mism is certain to act as a further business stimulant. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION t The registration of voters for a Local Tax Election to be held In the Special School District embracing all of Cooper Gap Township, Polk* County will open Saturday the 21st day of February 1925 and will close on Saturday March 2lst 1925. On each Saturday during said period of registration the books will be kept open at the Sunny View School in said district; on other days at the home of the registrar. This February 18, 1925. J. T. AMMONS Regis tar. 0 A sociologist * says young couples shouldn't support their mothers-in-law, probably on the theory thnt rental expenses are enough without the parental. Hawallnn lawmakers think they an going . to prevent flappers from bob bing their hair. The law will work all right ? provided the flappers don*| Wish to bob Uer bal& READ POLK COUNTY NEWS EAO L? YmOWPENCIL 'loUhth* RED BAND \GLF PENCIL CO. NEWYORKU.SX >+N ( . hst One Price ? ?Plainly Marked \ Our shelves are full of seasonable ^ cently purchased. Everything P trouKie ? tat your shopping can be done with very little trouble. Canned goods in every quality and 1 to give satisfaction, at the lowest mar P Examine our goods, compare our prices. Yott ' satisfied -and we'll gain a customer. There Is a Reason ! PAY cash and PAY LESS the rippian way Y CASH and CARRY \ Tryon, N. C. Gunnar Kasson, who shoved a team of huskies through the snow bound wilderness of Alaska mush ing 600 miles in order to transport vaccine to a diptheria stricken popu lace in Nome, displayed the true spirit of. the "sour-dough" when he said, "Hell! I don't want any public ity for a little dog mushing, which is only a part of a days work and for which I receive ray pay." That's the breed of which Service sang in his poems of the Northland. Strong men they are ? rugged sons of a reckless breed, but MEN. And any risk, any danger is with them a part of the days work. Kasson runs true to type,. '?Wherever an artificial lake ex ists, it has a distinct value and place in public use. In most cases judicious handling would make them ideal locations for suburban develop ment, for country and sporting club purposes," says the editor of Natural Resources. Lake James near Morganton, the Southern Power Company's hydro electric project has been stocked with bass and the Charlotte sports men regard it as a fisherman's para, dise. i The lake at Turner Shoals, re. cently completed, can be made a distinct asset to Polk County through the cooperation of the state and county officials and the owners of the property. The stocking of the lake would assure real fishing and its wide stretches through a beautiful section of the mountain country will make it Ideal for canoe ing and boating How about planting it with game fish at the earliest possible moment? Andrew Law ought to be interested ? and Tryon boasts a crew of pisca torial diciples. Let's do something about it,. z Bob Reynolds^ late candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Caro_ Una and a well known 'member of the Asheville bar is nothing if not a high grade press agent. "Around the World in a Ford" is the title of a series of stories run ning in the American Motorist pub lished by the A. A. A. In Washing ton^ D. C. which have attracted wide interest throughout the country. These stories are well Illustrated and cleverly written by the genial and happy.go-lucky author and they reflect his personality in every line. Mr. Reynolds has many friends in Tryon and Polk County where he has spent considerable portion of his time during the past years. [ "I once played penny_ante with a Russian prince who wore a monocle" says 0. O. Mclntire in his famous column. The Editor of the NEWS once TRIED to play whist with a red faced beef eater from Merry England who decorated his visage with a win dow pane. He looked dumb ? and wasn't when it came to playing whist. Anyway when we landed at Blueflelds down in the country God never recognized our bank roll look ed like it had been run through one of Boney Jackson's patented mang lers. But poker ? that's another story. It is supposed to be an American game and Mack hailing from the Mississippi as he does, ought to know the ins and outs of s^ud and draw. Three cardinal rules prevail in the popular he_man'g pastime? play your cards right? play your money right? and play your face right. A weakness on any of those points mars the style of any aspirant to poker honors. And pen. ny-ante with a Prince ? we thought Mac rolled 'em higher than that. o A Better Balloting System The Australian balloting system ip on trial before the legislative body and many predict its state wide adoption # Certainly it is more com_ prehensive and easier to vote than the accumulation of small printed slips now used in Polk County. Either the Australian or Massachu setts ballot should be introduced through the state, even though the movement is being strenuously con_ tested by the old line politicians. o How to Win m Man "A man longs for your love until yon have given 'It to him ? after that not only does he cease to desire your love, but frequently ceases to love yon also. Moral ? Never show him that you love him ? he'll be much happier if you don't" "A man can be clumsy, stupid, ugly and base, and yet have the eyes of a beautiful woman follow him adoringly About a room full of attractive people. Heaven knows what the explanation tor "No wife should try to keep her hut band at home during the "evening. Take a cub from a club and you get 'elL* ? "Mere Man," by Honor Bright. Orthodoxy The orthodox Jew la bigoted and anstere. He is a glutton for pain and sorrow. He likes to brood and pity himself. He has ho instinct for the Joy * of living and disapproves of such a trait in others. But he does not take life indifferent ly; neither is he bumptious about it. He has strength of character and is able to thrive in the face of adversity. He believes in work. He is seldom a drunkard and eats with prudence, and clean food. He is a man of spiritual i Ideals and a moral man. He loves law ! and order and seldom gets into .the criminal class.? Son/a Levies, in Hearst's International. 1 Asheville Struts |Her Stuff Asheville is strutting its stuff these days.. Along with daylight safe burglariesf motorcades to Flor ida, real estate developments and other signs of metropolitanism comes this announcement' from the Grove interests. "A mammoth new tyuilding cover, ing the entire Battery Park plaza^ to