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Volume XXX No. 29
POLK COUNTY-The
of Western North Carolina
. rAn Independent Weekly
, 'Published in an inde
pendent part of these
United States.
Five Cents Per Copy
CAROLINA OR CALIFORNIA?
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UGE AND DAWES TAKE OATH
[ OF OFFICE IN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY
Lter Inducted Into Presidency By Chief justice Tatt-Ceremony BrilHant Despite
i Presidents Request that There Be No Display
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i ..oliclut- was inaugural
hi-f executive of these Unit.
st.l(_ n his own righ'%, Wednes
uh hi Washington, D. C.
tin. historic spot wher#
t ,,f predecessors have tak_
Lh0 ! 'resident Coolidge bent
k;<? l the Jiible in the hands of
, , Taft and delivered his
pt .n.-' -i i
lenr.U iddros>.
?iJent Dawes a few mm
? luul taken his oath and
;?,< inaugural address in
rhamber.
,: st lime ? in 19 months
? has a vice president.
? it. president 8 firm stand
S:uk of expensive display
,h had reduced the ceremony to
|l3!;t tl-ertvs of simplicity, it still
, a marked contrast from the mid
It mtvnont of 19 months ago,
roused from sleep by news of
giden; Harding's sudden death,
look tV ^ame oath by a gl?W ?f
il Uir.p in his father's Vermont
house
.resident Coolidge's cabinet,
rh took office with him today is
.yosed of the following men:
pcretary of State ? Frank B. KeL
of Minnesota.
pcretary of the Treasury? An.
\V. Mellon of Pennsylvania,
cretary of War ? John W. Weeks
Jassachusetts.
^torney General Charles
,ren of Michigan.
^stmaster General Harry 8.
M Ind m ^ y ?
jfcretary of Navy ? Curtis D. Wil*
of California,
cretary of the Interior? Her
Work. of Colorado.
cretary of Agriculture ? Wil
M. Jardine, of Kansas.
cretary of Commerce ? Herbert
rer of California.'
iicretary of Labor ? John J. Dav
f Pennsylvania.
tllon Weeks. Hoover and Davis
office with President Harding
| years ago that day and are now
lining their second full term.
an(j Work were appointed by
(idem Harding when vacancies
red during his administration.
Dee Wilbur, Warren and Jar
are selections of President
(Idge,
sident Coolidge's brief inaugu
ftddr- one of the shortest on
pd, bristled with epigrams to.
Somf of the more pungent
h i n best serve our country
lhu:::ai.ity by being Americans."
? xpect others to rely on our
le-^ I justice we must show
: ly on fairness and Jus.
<<u. only help those who
*lp themselves."
"With us a treaty of peace means
ind a treaty of amity means
?BACK ROAD BEING PUSHED
BY REMICK INTERESTS
lie Highway Second to None in East
ern America Being Rushed
to Completion.
ag Rocky
The scenic highway across Rocky
Spur and on to the top of Hog Back
Mountain is being energetically
pushed by those interested in the de
ployment of the Hog Back Moun
itain as ?*luh property.
Grading has been completed to
the crest of Rocky Spur^ and the
line has hr^n surveyed and partially
cleared to thy top of the mountain.
Topsoiling will begin shortly and
Mr Remiuk states that the road will
be op< n for c- rs as far
Spur at an early date.
Every tVist and turn in the high.
1way affords a splendid view of th6 1
surrounding mountains and valley*#
^Dd the Spur itself in places only
Jsiity feet wid,. rises two thousand
fleet ahovo the V.iughn's Creek Val^
Ve> Bering a splendid scene ^ex
pending for milt s in every direction.
The important- yf thi9 road a?
attraction to tourists cannot be
fXaSKerated ami it will in thne be
^corm- one of the widely heralded
?cenic points of interest in the Ap
Maehian Ran**! %
^einick through his own ef
has push id the work to its
ent sta^e, and will continue the
. ernent l<> a successful conclu
hout question.
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Calvim Cooltogg.
amity."
"Our program is never too op- i
press, but always to assist."
"There is no salvation in a narrow |
and bigoted partisanship."
"Economy is the idealism in its
most practical form."'
"The wisest j^nd soundest method j
of solving our tax problem is
through econouMer11 - -
"The collect!
absolutely requ y
of legalized larceny. ? ~
"Under this Republic the rewards
of industry belong to those who
earn them."
"This country believes
-I ' 'Pi
"The result of economic dissipa
tion to a nation is always moral de
cay."
"Our problem is not to secure new
advantages, but to maintain those
which we already possess."
"In a Republic the first rule for
the guidance of the citizen is obe
dience to law."
"While there may be those of
high intelligence who violate the
law at times, the barbarian and the
defective who always violate it."
"The essence of a Republic is re
presentative government."
"The fundamental precept of lib
I
erty is toleration."
AUTOMOBILES MAT B(
SEARCHED FOR RUM
Supreme Court Decree May Check the
" Aitivi.y of Bwtlegsers. ? Stills
Rallied in W. N. C.
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A dispatch from Washington
states that prohibition enforce
ment agents can lawfully stop
and search an automobile with
out a warrant, the supreme court
decided in a case from Michigan.
United States federal prohibi
tion agents believe ^ they have
broken up much of the activity
of blockaders in Henderson and
Transylvania counties near the
South Carolina line. It has been
the practice of distillers operat
ing stills in North Carolina to
step over the state line to evade
arrest from state officers. Know- 1
ing this fact, the federal men 1
decided to look forthesstill sites.
v Last week si* large distilleries,
many gallons of sour mash and
10 galions of liquor-were taken
by federal officers led by Deputy
Marshal, W. F. Swann of- Lynn.
Mr. Swann was accompanied by
Officers Grant of Asheville,
Hutcherson of Columbus, Owens
of Saluda and Jarvis.
One of the stills was found
near the home of Charlie Rob
ertson and a short time later,
Robertson, it is said, wa3 arrest
ed at his mail box with a pint of j
liquor in I)is pocket. He was
taken to Brevard and arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner, A.
E. Hampton, who hound him
over under bond of $500.
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In a. letter received fro in W. B.
Mills of the U. S. Nary on U. S. S.
Mississippi, he sayg In part: "I re.
celred my first copy of the News and
wa? so surprised that the paper has
improved so mnch. I have missed
the old < home paper, and had Al
most lost track of the old home
town, and it was indeed interesting
to note the changes that are taking
place in Trjron and Polk County."
Beware the Ides of March
California Capital^ Its Booster Spirit
? I jg ? ? ..? ? l_ TL , , . ,11, Sjkj I fc- -if --J IL, A ||aauL<J
land of In Setting in KHMnsigny on itself and Its HuaiHtaflts are floe HuMied
Per Cent Boosters?Letter from an Adopted CaRforaian Extolfing - "
San Diego's Virtues-? And an Answer.
A straggling border town, hugging
the parched bank8 of the Ri0 Grande
del Norte, sweltered in the noonday
sun while the thermometer climbed
and climbed and climbed.
Loafing at ease in a battered rock
er a tanned and hardened free.lance
journalist cocked hi8 feet- on the
rickety railing of the shadowed por
tico surrounding the ancient adobe
structure whose portals bore in
tarnished gilt, the words, "Texas
Tavern."
Cynically he watched a lazy Mex_
ican trudge through the drifted dust,
leaving behind him a floating trail
of red and brown. The heat devils
shimmered and shivered on sun
baked adobe and blistering paint. It
was hot!
Tilting a weathered Stetson to the
back of his head, the Stalker of
News in the Out_of Way Places,
rolled a cigarette, wiped the sweat
from his eyes, and cussed long, viv_
idly, and fluently.
A woman laughed. A tinkling,
gilvery note of sheer unalloyed a
musement. He turned and the twin,
kle of merry grey eyeB met his rath
er irate stare. "It is hot," she vol
unteered, "and you needn't make ex
cuses for swearing. I feel like do.
ing it myself."
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Irish she was. The mystical grey
eyed Irish type, the type that has
fought and roved ? wherever Adven
ture called ; the Grey Geese of Erin.
An author of no mean ability. A
poet by nature and inclination. A
clever and 'capable woigan tied to a
wheeled chair through the travesty
of fortune. Game to the loyal heart
of her ? fighting the good fight ?
playing the game of life until the
last card was dealt ? because, per
force Bhe came from fighting stock,
a race that has never learned the
meaning of the word "quit."
Talking of many places, of many
people, the two became real friends.
Before ttye accident which resulted
in permanent injury she had seen
'much of the world, w?ile he had
hulig on the fringe of civilization in
cow.town and mining camp.
The urge of itching feet hurried
him on. "Mexico teeming with un
rest was on the verge of an erup
tion. Good copy! If. nothing broke
ia ^Man^na land one could take ship
for the Orient from Mantanpas. So
on the eve of his departure ab they
Xalked of their future prospects^ he
promised to send her a red gerani
, um from Japan. She loved red- ger
alliums? and had been wishing for
them in a country . where flowers
seldom bloomed.
The seething maelstrom of civil
war caught him in the Land of the
Dons. He came out on a stretcher,
carrying a soft nosed thirty-thirty in
his anatomy. Japan, red geraniums
and the little invalid were half for
gotten memories.
Then came the World War and he
came east ? while she settled in the
City of Roses. Ships that pass in
the night ?
The other day a letter came it
t
read;
Dear Nomad:*
Do you remember 'once upon a
time when I was speaking of my
fondnesg for red geraniums you told
me of beautiful ones that grow in Ja
pan; said you would s6nd hie some
from there. That was ten years
ago and now we meet again. I have
become a resident of California j
your Odyssey has led you to Caroli
na. But why Carolina when one has
a choice that includes Southern Cal.
ifornia, I can't understand.
You needn't send me red geran.
iums now. We have them here in
such abundance we are inclined to
call them weeds for we have to weed
them from our gardens to make
room for more aristocratic, .blooms:
But I still love them in their profu
sion as I did when I had to coax one
in a pot for my window sill.
Nature here is a lavish ? Mother,
but instead of becoming surfeited
our capacity is expanded to enjoy
! beauty. In my life, a shut-in, where
so many everyday blessings are de-y
nied;me, I find much comfort iq be.
ing able to feast on lovliness of un
usual sorts.
My eyrie is on the cliff overlook,
ing historic Mission Valley bounded
on three sides by distant mountains.
The 'blue of the farthest peaks is
ofteq .(in winter) crowned *by a
shimmering white blanket of snow
that glistens under the sun-washed
blue of our southern sky. And yet
here, at my feet are marigolds vio
j lets, callas, and other summer
friends in riotous bloom. The valley
between is checkered in /{bany
shades of the green of the truck
gardens that are supplying our win.
ter tables. And at the very , heart of
my view? a glowing* jewel In a won.
derous setting? Is Padfe Serra's ear
liest footprint, the first California
Mission, an Inspiring link binding
our present of % happy accomplish,
ment With itg inception of self sae.
rifled iuid courage./ '
Do fou wonder why I wax so en
thusiastic? Remember I . called ' you
Nomad. Who knows when the wan
derlust will attack you again. And
?well dost like the picture?
I spilled over into same veraea
about Sydney Place, my habitat
Here they are:
0 Sydney Place, fair Sydney Place
A queen enthroned the cliff you
grace *
And spread before my raptured eye
Your sapphire mounts 'neath tui_
qoise sky,
Your amber hills, your emerald vale
Crossed by the river's topaz trail.
On every side the view I trace
In jeweled sheen f^om Sydney Place.
To Sydney Place, to Sydney Place
1 came for rest from life's hard pace,
Wearied of bodyr worn of mind,
From the long years' relentless grind,
I sought in her sequestered close
Comfort and ease and sweet repose.
That from my tired/ bro^f would
efface ? \
The lines of care in Sydney Place.
In Sydney Place, in Sydney Place
I found more balm within her vase.
In her domain that bravely towers, .
Crowned through the year with fade
. less flowers, /
Are. gentle neighbors, faithful friends
The richest gifts the Master sends.
And so I say with fervent grace:
I thank Thee, Lord, for Sydney
Place.
For your interest I enclose a let-'
ter from our mutual friend the Fra
Elbertus of Los Angeles.
Best wishes to "you,
Louise MacDonough Berry.
Comrada Mia, why go to Cali
fornia when the cool blue mountains
tower overhead, and a Carolina sun
shine tints the valleys with golden
shadows?
Here where brook trout lie in
shadowy pools, and quail are thick
in the .stubble; where winding bridle
paths and smooth white highways
beckon; where rhododendron, laurel
and azelea splash the landscape with
pastel shades-^its good to be alive
in 'Carolina.
California, 1 knew in the old days.
The Imperial Valley when Calexico
was young; the Panimint and Funer
al ranges; the Barbary Coast of Fris_
co; the teeming oil fields around Ba_
kersfield, and your own City of Roses
when Tiajuana held forth in all its
tinseled glory.
There Is the spirit of Youth in CaL
ifornla'8 veins. Like a lusty infant,
it grows and crows. We are olde*
here, awakening perhaps from a Rip
Van Winkle slumber to realize at
last the immense possibilities of
"The Land of the Sky" ? and we too
are growing. Yes, and learning to
crow. v .
"Why ' California, Comrada Mia,
when Carolina offers the things near
est my heart's dealre?
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WHAT THE GARDEN IDEA MEANS TO
THOSE INTERESTED IN BEAIITIFOli TRTON
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A Plea for Garden Clubs Written By i Well Known Artist Who Is Interested in Keep
ing Tryon an "Unspoiled Paradise."
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| When the "morning Stars Sang
| Together" one feels that there must
have been a garden close by or at
I least in the making, and when the
I "Herald Angels Sang" one is' quite
positive the refrain blended with
the fragrance of a garden for even
in spite of the fatal aplple in the
first .garden of creation's history
the song and the garden; went blithe
ly on figuring prominently in the
great arena of human experiences
j little impaired and blisifully uncon
; cerned by the blo^-that had crippled
1 the res| of creation. Thus becom
I ing a fitting tribute to; the triumph
! and "survival of thie fittest" for how
! quickly the law of re-adjustment
plied its art as we trace the tfeas
| ure8 of the ancient gardens por.
trayed in the rare imagery of sacred
First Lady
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history. The place, power ana mis
sion of the gaiden.
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We learn that th? wisest man of
all hisory reveled in his garden
which in true oriental fashion mlng.
led with his soul possessions likened
to a "Fountain of Gardens" in his
appeal to the winds to "blow upo$
the gardens that the spicks thereof
may flow out." We may well turn
backward the pages of history and
not only consider the lillies but lin
ger long as we follow the garden
idea from ancient lore when Arabian
merchants brought " frankincense
with their gold as honored gifts, that
they might show forth the "praises
of the Lord," Again we keep
step with the unfolding development
of garden and song it is hote_wor*
thy, even inspiring to ' learn how
quickly the construction principle
asserted itself ^n the fulfillment of
the devine design in the blest be
stowal of music, thus enriching1 and
enchancing the art' and Joy of living,
for- Paradise had ; scarcely been
shorn of its native attraction by th?s
expulsion of the human toilch when
outside the flame guarded portals
man began the ascending scale ? and
although progress had indeed suf
fered a set-back we are ?oon intro
duced to the "father of all such a?
ROUTE 4, CAMPOBELLO, 8. C.
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Mr. C. C. Hinsdale, a well known
and beloved citizen of Green'a Creek
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. W. M. Barnett, February 25th,
1925. He fcatf been in feeble health
for some, and recently took pneu
monia from which he was unable
to recover. Mr. Hinsdale ha8 lived
in this community for more than 40
years and was highly esteemed by
all wLo knew him.
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Ma's Comment ?
"Gosh, I have a fearful headache,**
growled pa. "Seems to me I have
mid of sq aching void before," was
I handle the harp and organ." Thus
j even as a noted wlse man had found
| a great joy in the glory of his gar
i dens^ we may read of a mighty
| Potentate who found surcease from
1 his troubles and something akin to
i peace of mind through the minis
i tration 61 music. This is not only
: fitting but /replete with the unending
lesson that the altar should ever re
flect the spirit symbolized by the
incense or the fragrance in any of
its choicest expressions and the ac
companiment of "Praise Ye The
Lord." Frpm this it is not a far cry
j to the hearthstone and the garden.
Furthermore, no matter how hum
ble the hearthstone, or of common
variety the garden, there is the com.
muning point for the enactment in
developing of these higher qualities
so fittingly expressed by one who
made the statement that "one is
nearer to God in a garden than any
where else on earth," and one is
glad that | somewhere along the path
of the ages the trail of the serpent
as well as his conversational powers
were lost in the higher , ideals that
centered in and radiated from that
other garden of sacred history that
meant so much to all mankind.
If any further word i8 needed to
augment the plea for more gardens
one need but look out upon the un
folding panorama of form and color
month after month whether In the
northland, southland, to the east
ward or westward, up hill or down
dale. The forever^ Impression i8 in.
dellMf* imprinted in an ever enlarg
ing lesson and imitation to follow the
lead of nature's pagaent in some
measure.
With all this back-ground of his
tory, and the lure ' of the . seasons
processional in flower forms of color
and fragrance, is it not meet that
in spite of all the materialistic 'and
utilitarian influences of our present
over busy work_a-day world, individ
uals and communities "give praise"
and consider the flower garden^ its
place, importance and message ? and
herein is the good work of the* Gar
den Club, and its various activities,
of, which their value as an educa
tional factor in a community plays
no little part, .and granted that all
view points are not the same, yet
consciously and unconciously one
and all, will sooner or later come to
rind the garden, as the place of a
great contentment, "The Giver, The
Giving and The Gift."
Rosalind! C. Pratt
OESC?NDENIS OF RtVOLUTIONABf
ticltdULS CUcSrS Uf K. C. JUjC?
Seaztor Finds Pttte Bacaa if Tryw
littfffl IliTTIfKlt 0 f {Mug
jfflrtfl UtfOHQWtfi
That Senator Francis Pickens ;
bacon wiiii u?ta. bacon tue en
joying tne rare social turn* on ior
wuicii ine state capital lb latauuS,
is been iroiii time to time ill tne
columns ot tne luneign papeis.
ine loiiowing society announce
ment will De Ql mucn lnteresi to
tne many local irienos ot Air.
and Mrs. bacon.
Associate j ustice Heriot Clark*
son ot tne Hortn Carolina su
preme Court, entertained at a
aeiigntiui dinner labt night in
jone of tne private dining rooms .
of the bir Waiter m nonor of
three members 01 the General
AssemDly, who are descendant**
of three South Carolina generais
in the American Revolution.
These guests of honor were
Senator F, Pickens Bacon,- de
scendant of General * Andrew
Pickens; Representative W. T.
Council, descendant of General
Thomas bumper, and Senator
Henry G. Robertson, descendant
of Benjamin Marion, a brother
of General Francis Marion.
Judge Clarkson himself is a de
scendant of Esther Marion, only
sister of General Marion.
The affair was to renew those
friendships of some century and
a half ago.
..Those enjoying the genuine
hospitality of Judge Clarkson
and Mrs Clarkson in addition to
fthe guests of honor were: Mrs.
F. Pickens Bacon, Mr. Brock
Barkley, Mr. R. E. Powell and
Mr. R. E. WiLiama.
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