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.
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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&
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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.
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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.
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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 <jost $1,200^000^ and constituting
the most pretentious building project
in the history of the Carolinas^ will
be erected by E. W. Grove.
It will contain a central tower
eight stories high 60 feet square
? ? i r
which will be fitted up as bedrooms
with cafe and a roof garden. Group
ed about the central tower will be
80 two-story store buildings, 30 feet
high.
The new edifice will be 395 feet
long and 174 feet wide. It will be
constructed of terra cdtta and brick
with white stone trimmings.
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Legend Trace* Hyacinth
to Sorrow of Apollo
The wild hyacinth was originally
found In Greece and Asia Minor. The
ancient Greeks had a story about Its
origin to the effect that one dny the
god Apollo was playing a game of
quoits with a young mortal. Ilyacin
thus, of whom he was very fond, when
Zephyrus, the god of the west wind,
pasted by. Zephyrus was jealous of
Apollo and blew the latter's quoit
aside, and caused it to strike Hyacin
th as and inflict a mortal wound. In
his memory Apollo caused these beau
tlful and fragrant clustered blossoms
to spring from the fallen drops of the
youth's blood.
The hyacinth was brought to west
ern Europe in the Sixteenth century,
and extensively cultivated by Dutch
horticulturists. The original blue and
purple blossoms were varied to nu
merous shades of pink, rose, yellow,
scarlet and pure white.? Kansas City
Star.
, Where Rain Never Falls
Rain has never been known to fait
In that part of Egypt between the two
lower falls of the Nile? Popular
Science Monthly.
State Aid For Crippled Children
. Almost five hundred crippled
children, the majority coming from
the rural districts far from hospitals, 1
and in many cases long distances
from good roads and railways re_
ported for examination' and treat,
ment at clinics held by the State
Board of Charities and Public WeL
fare at different towns in the state.
The State Orthopedic Hospital at
Gastonia furnishes treatment in such
i cases but there has been consider
able difficulty in getting the child
ren requiring treatment in direct
I contact with the hospital. Persons
knowing of such cases should advise
the State Board of Charities and
! Public Welfare^ Raleigh^ N# C.
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Old Scottish Buildings
Something of Mystery
?11 over Scotland are hundreds of
forts built on hilltops. The White
[ Caterthun, in Forfarshire, is , a good
?sample of these. It consists of four
! circles df stone, the diameter of the
inner circle being 80 paces. The stones
are 25 feet thick at the top and over
100 feet thick a J the base.
Beyond the outer circle is a ditch
with an earthen breastwork round It,
while beyond this, again, runs a double
entrenchment. The entrances to these
various circles are zigzagged, so that
each remains covered by fortifications.
The fort at Bamukin, in Aberdeen
shire, hag five great 6tone circles, all
flawlessly built, although there are no
toolmarks to show how they were
shaped.
I These buildings are interesting, but
not puzzling, but there are others, com
monly known as Picts' Burghs, to
i which no use can be assigned.
A burgh is a single tower, round In
shape, wide at the bottom and narrow
ing towards the top from the outside.
The outer walls of these towers,
shaped into circles, have no openings
of any sort except the entrance. Ob
viously, then, the buildings were never
| intended for forts.
Inside the walls slope the reverse
way, and between the two are count
less rooms, often too small for people
ever to have lived In them. The largest
of these mystery towers Is that of
Eousay. in the Orkneys.
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