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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Five Cents Per Copy
Tryon, N. C., April 16, 1925
$1.50 a Year
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Written >pcc::ii;\ For The Po
By Robert Fuller
k County News
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aevt-r >ft put otie of them
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?-*>k ia U Tex ? he
Cn;^d .i h<?M ^ ??!!!(! bluff?
10* t-.' ;v! i! . t() j?in a
jte!:r-r> Th:- ? just before
Tan?:- : tli** government
j ;;re U\h nien"? Middle and
K ct rh;s instiiuci??n w? 1 per. I
tave i: any <uch bluffs and |
itonns of ' !: ?* far:h?us doctor
ai ?"i!h b'-r'ijrf ,V s good
? :ir -f.ni- r :> ? ' * h? yimnger J
perhaps they are not)
ir with ' ':<? Joints of Do(. i
Heft' -lie MUUf of his bluffs I
if ?huh he cashed in on -
I TiS Cdll C h !
Cock claimed rt. have been ?
,-s: zzv. :o scale Mt. McKiQ. '
g wa> tfjven a se<it m the '
_ .! ur.ir besides si4l h explorers
Lfi.v:; ..r.il Her?clu-1 Later
lci:2 This
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He Reacnea North Pole
'JW return*.' froai the
I *6Sj thai) two &>. ihoid |
L?m:rai Pearrv. the real dis
Cj8:aj:ag that he had reach. ^
li North Po';- He returned by |
mark which country
^ hit. NV<\ York ^ave him
frerd- ,if tie city" and hung
Bis o: roses about his neck !
fs sudd;1:. :e:urn with authentic
and proofs uf he himself hav- .
Reached the pole wag the bomb
h eiplod^- 1 all <>f IK>c Cook's j
u-and th' prai>. and honor i
d rie>i :? *.v;t- q-i'ckly turned!
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t :.2t: was s>> great
Doctor <v % the country
t ?> Thvre is no
i y. t, ( : the wild folks j
V East %ut that there |
soa f ?!>-. .. :m doubt.
v-:nvr h.'i !:>? "famous" ex- i
rret."--,] I'nited States!
? >v .uati: stringing" ,
k were along,
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5 !, -p> ('ialized on |
Csls, ?' 1 "? a trusting j
c, ^ ac?u r j t1Is attentiion
(<rphai^ aJid i>oor folks j
1 wanted to get rich quick by J
well route- aufl he strung ;
to the tun- of $4.u00,u00
0|L IDEAS BROUGHT Four
million
* would >. em that his idea of a
/J concfeni was to consolidate
500 bankrupt oi! companies
fry wells and u;dke ihem into
solvent company with flow.
?lh. He -old kh>- idea of the
?W?y so wej t0 the inexper
en<l ignorant, that he was
to mil-Ions when the govem
8lePPed m to investigate.
H. WaS ,u? from
^ e -entencpd to serve 14
? 3how the working.-, 0f Doc
rain - hr- rtU0(j a port
f,,: ubei' ciaiming
* afTPr hGhad
^ Cook haH
btfn rar(* Kii'ts had
0#. jje USed in the right direc
^UyWaR endo**<l with a rare
? a taamirjc *mile and
strangop; dt V'0E th(!
^ sUrti,tl 1,fe we^
desire ? ? uevtr U?uld control
^ pl^o
*ent l0Up,8taU' in New York
milk
S nior-y f0 start
?? ?r c"""k'
^ mecil" r ,f Admiral
^onu^*011 ('c'' "i the earlier
* *0Qlfc y 1 liad been missing
^ ^ with "l'e came from
n. i announcement
it ou, "J 'he 1K''e- ETen
. s claims were dis.
^aiataixMHl his stand
. -?"re to bhilf. Living the
r*64 u
- ? -cut lo yn v.nere he
kntei* w'd^on until he had
Frederifc
ist his
th permijt
ministe
He is Nl
i in the
is term
to the s
10. 1863
k A Cook has returned to
but nevertheless for the
medicine will be his pro
ijing to the ills of his feJJow
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career of America's greatest
of 12 to 14 years he will be
inshine of freedom. He was
b?
Pol
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th?=> j
_I|Ajutoca.?tch.J
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In his- prison cell he sits
... .... v_? may
jthinkinv: of hi.* -beloved North
? his xr? atest hoax on the
It wul
forded Pr KVvri?ncK in
I* S ut l^eavenworth.
Kansas
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..nd ohen went forth on the lecturo
pjatform to carry out his bluff.
Mowerer. his pictures were o'.d^ his
diariei falsified and in no way had
ho (iujte which would stand inspec
tion.
He I made the gum-drop candy
famou|s ? by claiming that by feed
ing tpe Eskimos these colorful
swe?>tk they /Slaved the intense
cold and lead hint to the pole.
If (n the prison library here
there ! is a Who's Who, Doc Cook
will likely g.eam a bit of staisfac
tion, because there amongst the
Krett | is his name.
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The Biltmore Choir
Pleases Large Audience
Render Maundsr's "Olivet to Calvary"
li Tryoo Episcopal Church, Under
Direction of Noted Orfanist
This AU-Sajuts Episcopal Church
Cholf of Biltmore, N. C.f rendered
Maunder's "Olivet to Calvary" at
the Tryon Episcopal Church, Easter
Sunday. The services were sched
uled for 4:00 P. M. but due to the
tii '
combined deterrent of a tire punc
ture and a terrific thunders. orm in,
the fountains, Mr# James Alderson,
organist and leader of the choir was
delayed on his automobile trip
from Asheville and the services did
not commence untjl 4:30.
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The canta's recallg simply and
reverently the scenes which mark
the ;last few days of the Saviour's
life on Earth and Bome of the re
flections suggested thereby. The re_
Joicng of the multitude wi:h hosan
nag and psalmB^ the view of Jerusa
lem from the steep of Olivet, the
lament over the beautiful cityf the
scene in the temple^ and the lonely
walk back over the Mount at night.
This forms the general theme of
the first part.
Part 2 opens with the Supper of
the Passover, at which Jesus wash
es Hig disciples' feet and gives to
his friendg the new commandment
of love for one another as the sign
of the true discipleship. Prom this
scene passes to the infinite pathos
of I the Garden of Oethsemane, the
sudden anpearance of the hostile
cnjwd, Jesus forsaken bv His dis
ciples His utter lonliness among
ruthless foes, the tumult before
Pilate in the Judgment Ha.ll, the
passage of the Cross, the- tragedy
and the final triump at Calvary.
the Biltmore Choir is composed of
well trained vocal artists and their
numbers were rendered with the
precision of a unit ? manifesting
some able coaching by the choir
E.W.S. COBB RE ELECTED
SUPERINTENDENT OF j
SCHOOL system!
Enviable Record as Edncator Won Him
Re-Appointment During His Admin
istration County Schools Have Ad
vanced from 90th in State Rat
ing to 23rd.
An item of news that was eagerly
watched for, and which will be
gladly wei corned by the majority of
Polk County citizens who hare the
education of our youth at hearty is
the re-election of E. W. 9. Cobb to
the office of County Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
The Board of Education responsi
ble for Mr. Cobb's return constats
of Dr. E. McQueen Sally, Chairman;
Miss Mae Irene Flenye, vice-chair
man; Grover Feagan. His re-election
was unanimous.
After serving in his present capa
city for twelve years, a portion of
which time was given as principal of
the Columbus schools, Mr. Cobb's
record along educational lines
speaks for itself. By systematic
methods and through organized en.
deavor among Polfc County Teachers
this county triumphantly climbed
from 90th place in the State, to the
the 23rd? and is not through climb
ing. From a purely educational
sandpoint in examinations and prac
tical application, Superintendent
Cobb ranks as one of the highest
rated superintendents in North Caro
lina.
In the matter of colored schools,
Mr. Cobb has labored earnestly and
seriously with Principal E. J. Hayes
and is reaching out into the remote
and a'most impossible places for
the colored youth of Polk County.
His presence at important school
gatherings and his helpful attitude
toward the teachers, has filled these
people of another race with ambition
and determination to overcome ob
stacles that have seemed unsurmoun
table.
With such well mapped plans as
are already in operation, the next
two 'years in school work under Sup
erintendent Cobb's able ministration
will without a doubt be conductive of
further good and the same splendid
results as met with the past term.
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leader, Mr. Alderson. They were
declamatory and ran a wide gamut
>of feejling, derision, scorn and
great tenderness.
The soprano solo partB were
very ably executed by Mrs. Beth
Peak Roberts, who will be recalled
for her excellent work with the
Behr String orchestra in Tryon
some time ago. Mr. Alvah Lowe,
tenor has a very definite, clear
voice full of resonance, warmth and
color.
Mr James Alderson, formerly or
ganist at the Grove Park Inn dem
onetrated hie yerstlllty, by leading
the choir the excellent quality of
their rendatlon dne In no mean
measure to Wo coaching, playing the
organ accompanyment throughout
the Cantata and singing the baritone
roles in excellent manner, replete
?With charm, dramatic fervor a*
poetic spirit
Trespassing Dangerous
Atlanta, Ga , April 15 ? The folly of
trespassing on railway property, a
practice to which the American pub
lic is still addicted, is strikingly
brought out by figures Just made
public by the Southern Railway Sys.
tern's Safety Department, showing
that 130 persons were killed and 174
injured while trespassing on the
track9 and train^ of the Southern
during 1924.
The causalties among trespassers
were divided as follows:
While walking the tracks 90 per_
sons were killed and 72 injured; 81
were kil'ed and 97 injured while
stealing rides or "hopping'' trains;
and three were kiEed and five in
jured in miscellaneous accidents.
On a/1 the railways of the United
States 2,621 trespassers were killed
and 3,129 injured during 1924.
"A distressing circumstance In
connection with casualties to tres
passers on railway property is that
such a large proportion of the killed
and Injured are school chl.'dren and
useful citizens who despite all war
nings, insist on using railway tracks
as walkways," says a statement is
sued by the Southern,
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MAIL BANDIT DRAWS
DEATH SENTENCE FOR
. SHOOTING POLICEMAN
Gerald Chapman, Sentenced to Hang
Jeers at the Verdict Not a Repet
ant Thief He Says
Gerald Chapman, train robber
and bank bandit whose exploits
startled the country and caused
Uncle Sam to place marine guards
on mail trains after escaping from
the Federal penitentiary in At?anta
Is under sentence of death in Con
necticut for the killing of a police
man.
Graduating from the Elmira ref
ormatory at eighteen Chapman
played hare to the government's
hounds until apprehended for the
daring robbery of a mail truck in
New York.
Under sentence of twenty_five
years Chapman engineered a sen
sational escape from the Federal
prison in Atlanta and remained at
liberty until placed under arrest
for the killing of a Hartford officer.
The policeman wias killed while
performing his duy and through
the elusive mail bandit was direct- 1
ly connected with the crime and a
conviction resulted.
When presented with silver cru- j
cifix by some sympathetic stranger
Chapman returned the gift to Its
donor with the remark: "Very
pretty, indeed, but I am not the
repentant thief, you know''.
? Bravado? Perhaps! Possibly the
grim code of the underworld which
despises the quitter and the rat
Having played the game until it
led to a death cell knowing and
counting the cost, Chapman Is at
least true to his own twisted Ideals.
Imagnatlve, daring, resourceful
Chapman, might have won soeoan '
SARAH JENNINGS CAMP
OF PROMINENT FAMILY
JJIES SUDDENLY
Popular Sandy Springs Girl Was Student
at SL Mary's Institute, Raleigh, and
Graduate of Hillcrest Institute.
Graml-Daugltter of Tryon's Pio
neer Episcopal Minister.
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The Sandy Plains community was
saddened by the unexpected dea h of
oner of her most attractive and ac_
compliahed young ladies.
Miss Sarah Jennings Camp, daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Camp, de
parted this life Thursday morning,
April 2 after illness of brief dur
ation.
I
, Death is sad at any time but
; where i? comes suddenly, and picks
for its mark so strong and useful a
life of youth and promise, it is dou_
bly touohing.
Funeral services were held at
Sandy Springs Church, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. R. N Hunter,
assisted by Rev. Burnett and Rev.
Swanman. The large crowd in at_
I'endence and the many beautiful
floral offerings, attested the esteem
in which the deceased was held,
Mrs. H. T. Edmondson of Moul- [
trie Ga., Mr. Lewis Camp of Char- 1
lotte, Mr. J. M. Camp of Athens, j
Tenn., and Mr# and Mrs. Tench C.
Coxe of Asheville were summoned
home to attend the funeral. ?
Sarah Jennings Camp was only 19,
a graduate of Hillcrest Institute
and atteneded St Mary's school at
Raleigh lest year. She was a grand
daughter of Rev. Mi nor Jones, the
veteran Episcopal minister of Tryon
The many friends Of the family ex
tend their heart felt Vympa'by.
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a ong legitimate lines. Our penal
system turned an undersized youth
of average intelligence, into a "lone
wo'f of the 'underworld.
And having done that they will
hang him.
James Rion, JrT, who is attending ;
school at Chapel H1U, arrived home |
Monday for a few day8 visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rton. i
TRTONITES RIDE
Try0n is being represented at the
i Aslieville Horse Show^ not only by
her fine horses, but by horseman,
ship that has no supeeiors, and few
, equals anywhere. Tryon riders with
j their mount s will be announced in
i next week's issue of the News
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THE LAST RACE
!
(Ernest Harold Baynes' Poem
; on his own approaching death)
I HAVE the mount on Courage
! today ^
And Death is riding the
White,
Through the paddock gate?
with a smile at fate.
To the track in the santin*
The odds on death are short
hey say,
And how shall a sportsman
? choose?
There is just one testf you
must ride your best
Then you win, or yo'u win
or lose.
We face the flag on our hill
rimmed course^
It falls to perfest start.
N0 waiting race ? we mus'
set the pace,
The pace that will break his
heart.
! On the lon^; back stretrh wo
lead by a legth
Od Courage asserting his
pride,
Till Death shows fight and
calls on the Wlhte.
Fie rides! for he has to ride.
As we swing to the straight,
wp are still in the vanf
My horse at the top of his
speed,
With Death's coming fast?
. we are nearinR the last,
And the last is already
decreed.
The horsest lapped to iheir
saddle girths,
Rushed through Uke a storm
swept fire ?
Death wins! Bravo! But 1
J-Jangh in his '
' As he noses me out at the
wire.
Lake Lanier Lots In Demand
Spartanburg Sales Grow
Sales Directors Have Live-Wire Organi
zation. Efforts Bring Many New Peo
ple to Tryon. L J. Penny Ad
vertising Manager
L. A. and C. M Eisele^ Sales Dir
ector for the Tryon Development
Companyf buider.s of Lake Lanier
report an exceptionally good begin
ning in their out-of-town sae.; cam
paign and state that the demand
for lake fron property is strong in
Spartanburg where they recently
opened an office at 127 W. Main
Street.
j "We have people coming in at all
hours of thp day requesting informa
tion concerning the project and
since construction work began we
habe brought hundreds of interested
persons to Tryon to "ook over the
site." said C. M. Eisele, "and many
| of these have purchased property."
"Construction work is progress
ing rapidly, and with a pay roll of
more than $300^000 per week our
force making the dirt fly . The
dam is being cons ructed by R. G
Rand an experienced and able con
tractor, George Kershaw of Hender
sofcville, the architect in charge is
aying out some two thousand lots
on the property, and road construct
ion is being pushed."
"We expect to ?Jen sales offices
in Greenville", continued Mr. Eisele,
"and during the summer in Hender
sonvi ie, Asheville and other points
Our sales organization is being per
fected? and is hitting its stride.
Every man is thourghly sold on the
Lake Lanier project and it showB in
their work."
Already Mr. Ness has taken up a
temporary studio in Tryon and begun
the work of putting the beauties of
Lake Lanier of canvas.
The.^e Canvases will be placed on
display in Hendersonville, Spartan
burg, Greenvillef Columbia and in
other bale8 offices soon to be opened
by this Company under the dlrect'on
of L. A. and C. M. Ei ;ele.
* The canvaseg will fifteen feet long
and five feet deep.
scape and portrait painter of Atlanta
has been commissioned by the Tryon
Development Company to paint four
Lake Lanier randscapes. Mr Ness is
a native of Scotland and is an artist
of international fame. Since he turn
ed h{s talent entirely toward land
scaj?ingf he has executed many
ybeautiful paintings of some of
America's more prominent scenic
'and residential developments.
BIRO MOUNTAIN BLOSSOMS
j UNDER DIRECTION of
| Judge I. J. Gentry
Man With Vision Makes Dreams Come
True Through Effort Along well Planned
Lines. Fruit Thrives under Inten
sive Culture.
I^ast May ? a stretch of dus'y road ,
a backgrounds of sloping hill; val
leys, yes ; some unattractive pul
leys, to be sure. A dis ance from the
highway a grove of noble trees, with
a puxe? cold stream bubb ing from
its rocky bed^ "Impossible!" the
| cry of the skeptical.
Judge Gentry of Bird Mountain
squared his handsome shoulders and
laughed that joval laugh of his thut
somehow, makes men understand
how cose atune he is with Cod and
nature.
In defiance "lie doffed his minis
terial garb and didn't in the least
mind soi.ing his hands vith h<m*st
toil. Plows bit through rock and
earth ; carpenters .sawedf and ham
mered( and maybe cussed a li.tle^
for the sheer joy of ccomplishing
things, because they were cheered on
by that Spirit which never fails of
accomplishment. Nurserynu n then
brought of their best stock, and
planted with scien iflc care, tender,
young apple and peach trees.
One year has not elapsed Indeed,
the building was not commenced un
tit late in the summer; but in pas
sing that way last Saturday, wt, coufil
no" fail to grasp the significance
vind something of the magnitude^ ol
this wonderful scheme _pf Judge
Gentry's for developing his own
'ands into what will, within a very
short period of time) be one of the
show places of the Western Caro.
Unas.
Before the modern^ perfec ly eq
uipped garage and fi ling station,
were drawn scores of autoblles await
'ng attention. Farmers' vehicles were
being loaded with groceries from th?
store, and the hum of business ac
tivity was in air.
The hillside with its carpet of
newly turned ^oiL flaunted sweet
^oA*fti?ts of pink and white apple
blossoms. The grove acress the nar
row val'ey wafl green with every
varied shade this color borrows in
the Spring lme_ and the spring was
bubbling and singing. Singing of
that day two years hence; five years
hence; ten years- -when the genial
originator of Bird Mountain Develop
ment can tilt back in his splint hot.
torn chair and 'ook upon he work
hi3 brain created, and his own hands
helped to do.
Bird Mountain is but an example
of . what may spring from any road,
side. Like hundreds of other miles
a ong the highway, this was but an
undevoloped, not very promising
spot from all external appoarances
Similar brains and brawn, toge her
with that urge for the doing of Big
Things, will make thc barren hi Hsid
'M bloom, and the eroded val eys to
blossom with fruitful harvest^ mak
ing such completed projects lasting
monuments to he progressivebess
pf their originators^
COLUMBUS COMMENCEMENT
Saturday af ernoon^ April 18th
at 3:30 P. M. :he grades of Stearns
High School will give their regu ar
commencement pro^am consisting
of:
1 Primary Grades ? Mother Goose
Festival and N. C. Folk Games
2 The Gypsy festival.
3 A National Festival Under the
f
Stars and Stripes, arranged by the
Physical Education Department of
Schoo s for N. C.
The program will be given out of
doors. The ;ime will be given entir
ely to song, pay and folk games A
special invitation is given to teach
era and pupils of other schools. Par
enta and friends are earnestly re
f
quested to be present.
Where Does News
Here, thye, everywhere. That*#
just the trouble. There is so much
of it that it's a hard job to keep
up with even the most important
happenings.
Trivial international develop
ments often have direct effects
on local affairs. Governmental
decisions may mean much more
than a mere announcement would
indicate. A trained observer can
five logical interpretations of far
reaching importance.
Here's a tip. Get the important
news from all the world from one
source, inttrprtud:
Edward W. Pickard.
Every week in these columns.
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