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Polk County News
An Independent Weekly
Published in an inde
dendent part of these
United States.
POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
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estate devetopments of major ini
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N t of Commerce, with a paid secre
te ,W11 tJie scenic and climatic advan
<uiitry to interested visitors.
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on the map by raising money for
city advertising through a tax levy.
More than $160,000 a year is thua
raised. C. C. Carr was one of the
pioneers in this ? and now, as
chairman of the Fourth District of
the Associated advertising Clubs of
the World, bids fair to take the
convention of that great or
ganization to his town.
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Criminal Motive
Back of Forest
Fires in Pisgah
County, Slate and Federal officers
Hot on Trail of Incendiaries who
Will Get Full Penalty of Law. j
a,.u!U beja State, Federal ana county author
1 H't> 111 Western North Carolina are)
i'Mtersbi^rg workln* together hopefully in the
??n in Florida. -ffurt to clear up what appears to I
ith- y wanted havt. been a widespread plot to
'?n alligators. ?'"u*e destructive forest fires on,'
in>h?-s be PisRah National Forest and in sever-'
chunk*, .il other areas Especially have de
^n nahie v* native fires in Henderson and
proceeded Hnnconu* boine earmarks to indicate,
bad to of- that they were caused by the same j
"nous, n Is malicious incendiaries whose acts'
tuiit of $160- have caused such great losses in
~ Clt>" TAX? vveral spectacular fires.
Never the history of the State '
ciimbed ,!i,s then- been anything comparable !
? Cold field ' he fires which were set out on
,l"1 a possible ''i^Kah> The malefactors bided their
"a the map t.me well^ chose days when the con
I " ditions were most favorable to dis.
"it of its ;istro1^ conflagrations^ and then
1 in [ remain acted ruthlessly. In some instances
without retjrod- f:ros were started simultaneously in
ahead or man-v different quarters, and as a
n js keten ! result. the fire fighting organization
r towns in; the j was Practically powerless. Thous
c what Tryon i an(^s acres of forest have been
of Commerce ' burned over with great loss.
UP thtir tciwns. Heretofore the forest fire problem
~ *" x'n' ttor of Sales for 'n the State has been one almost
?i'-'Wii* nt Company^ 1 entirely of negligence. Either peo
ca*,!t=K !'-? heed of a live P,e in the woods were careless about
??vtated that he leaving fire, or landowners were
a ales force and negligent in letting fires started by
,IlaJ,";r "t Commerce a i themselves spread to the lands of
;r * ime whenever it i other*. This condition is dangerons
to put on a > enough in all conscience, but posi
c:v..- here. Eighteen ti ve malice is something new.
should work! In the case of incendiary fires on
^ '*ae to raising such a scale> a gang of a desperate
.'iuews for a character goes without saying. The
?;.v campaign^ i motive is a puzzling question, as it
celling ability too? negative,, mere malicious mis_
a such a drive i chief. Somewhere in this orgy of a
' before beginning ! vague revenue-, there must be a dis
?r- vaoiil(i be a re_ I tinct criminal activity.
present Cham- j It has been variously suggested
'al the adoption ! that the fires were started by poach
for the ex- ' ers taking revenge for prosecutions
"ail firjjt and i for violating the laws protective of
employment I the Pisgah Forest deer; that they
1 ? '.t secretary for were started by individuals angered
| py the loss of roaming dogs which
<-h says^ Hit can I are sometimes shot on the forest;
j that they are connected more or less
ft 'indirectly with various other crimi
''titscives! on ac- | nal activities carried on in remote
i'i">w a tice of our ; localities. The ever-present liquor
;virh new white : question get 8 consideration, it has
; t red it to any j been suggested that the fires may be
? " ouif people attributed to distillers.
I' I'-'ipers off the, o.
Mrs. G. H. Holmes spent a portion
of this week in A".heville .visiting
friends.
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Tryon, N. C., April 30, 1925
GOLDEN DAYS
By A. a CHAPIN
CHICAGO OPERA STAR
TO SING TWO NIGHTS !
AT MUSICAL EVENT
To Entertain Spartanburg Aud
ience At Musical Festival
Spartanburg, S. C. April 30, 1925f j
? Frances Papertef Mezzo^ of the !
Chicago Opera Company will sing at I
,^he Spartanburg Music Festival on
Thurcday evening Way 7th and on
Friday afternoon, May 8th.
Miss Paperie is a young American
who has beauty charm and a lovely
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voice and musicianship. It is there
fore little wonder that in a compar
atively short time she has made j
great strides in her profession. She
made her debut with the Chicago
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Frances
| Opera Company in a performance
| with Ualii-Curoi and Tito Schipa, and
in one season appeared in seventeen
different roles with success. She
sang in New York with the opera
cofnpany ahd was also chosen as one
of the soloists for the Stadium con
certs. Miss Paperte sings in "Mar
tha" and als0 is soloist on Child
ren's afternoon.
New York Evening Mail; Frances
Paperte combines^ with a charm
ing personality, a beautiful voice
J and rare dramatic intelligence.
Her high notes are pure^ clear
and vibrant. Her low notes rich
and resonant, indeed of quite re
markable timbre.
Cincinnatti Press: Mis.? Paperte
displayed both lyrical arid dramatic
gifts. A pleasing voice and gracious
ness of manner. Her voice was
lovely to hear.
I Chicago American: Lovely .voice
and real talent.
Dallas Times-Herald: Frances Pa
perte was superb#
San Antonio Express: Sang in glor- I
ious voice.
Toledo Times: Showed an artistry
which ranks her with the really
great recitalists.
Denver Post: Prances Paperte de
lighted the audience.
New York World: A rich voice im
bued with a distinctly sympathetic
quality. -
The dates of the Festival are May
' 7, and 8.
FAMOUS CARTOONISTS
AND WRITERS CONTRI
BUTE TO THE NEWS
In order to publish mj.ny attrac
tive features not obtainable including
news pho ographa of current interest
the NEWS has installed a easting
box and a complete news and adver
tising service.
Tfiis service includes news photo
graph Arthur Brisbanes column,
comic strips, cross word puzzles and
an advertising cu* 'OTiyice covering
every line of business.
The installation of a casting box
also enables the NEWS to handle
more foreign and local advertising
as we can use mats withoir delay^
where prior to the installation of
this equipment we were forced ;o
send them away and have casta
made and mounted.
! We aim to give Polk County a real
| newspaper and no measure will be
overlooked which will in our opinion
' increase the value of he periodical
t0 the community as a whole and toj
? mi r advertisiers and subscribers.
Advertisers local and foreign are
revues ed to get their copy into the
; NEWS office before Wednesday of
each week in order oo have it at_
tractlvely displayed. Last minute
copy ges last minnte position and
l mars appearance and value of the
1 advertising.
, Phone 99 or mall your copy the
? earlier par" of the week and you will
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get pleasing results. In order . to
i reach our readers in the outlying
districts we must be in the mail
Thursday af ernoon and the last
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run goes to press at 10 A. M. Thurs
day making it impossible for us to
i handle any advertising or news on
that date.
A CENTURY AND A HALF AGO
LEXINGTON MLN REPULSED
BRITISH IN FIRST AFFRAY
) At four o'clock in the morning on j
| the lltth of April 177 a century and I
j ;i half ago, Lieut. Col. Smith of his
I Majesty's Tenth Regiment^ com
i .nandinir a detachment of several
j hundred redcoats reached the vil
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i lage of Lexington, on his way to
I Concord. According to the report I
j of General Gage, Commander inchief j
i of the British forces in America the'
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little army found there a body of j
j country people drawn up under arms !
j on a green close to the road; and!
upon the King's troop.* marching up :
to them, in order to inquire the rea
son of their being so assembled^
(hey went off in great confusion, and
several guns were fired upon the
King's troops from behind a stone
wall and also from the meeting
house and other houses, by which
I one man was wounded and Major
I'itcairne's horse shot in two places.
In consequence of this attack by the
rebels, the troops returned the fire
and killed several of them after
which the detachment marched on
t0 Concord without any further hap_
polling.
After Lexington there could be no
turning back by either side. The
'ii<- had been cast) and the long
l niggle, which so disheartened Gen
? rar Washington^ had begun. An
other year was to elapse before for
mal independence was proclaimed.
Hut resentment against the Govern,
ment of England was too great to
be peaceably quelled. The ill-timed
desire of the British General to
"show his authontj" crystallized the
determination to resist King
George's Government and troops.
The news flashed across the fron
tier into the remote settlements cry
stallizing the feeling against King
George and his red-coated minions
and everywhere the colonists ex
pressed their deterinintion to resist
further tyranny. The Mecklenburg
declaration, Patrick Henry's Virgin
ia address, the arming of the border
settlements and the eventual over
throw of British dominion resulted
indirectly from this shot "heard
round the world/'
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Oh Lexington Ground as 150 Years Ago
With Gen. Pershing and Vice-President Dawes looking on,
modern Massachusetts minute- men . re-enacted the battle of Lexington
and Concord in the 150th anniversary of the historic battle. Adov?
is ? view of the Concord bridge today, showing the modern minute
Mi opening Am on the British m the Colonial* did April 18? 1875.
facile -octe x>bsb
;f a man had only ,
ONE PAIR OF SOCKS,
WHY WOULD THEY
HAVE TO E2 PURPLE?
DESPOILING FOREST
FLOWERS MARS SCENERY
'OF THE MOUNTAINS
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Flowers Make Mountain s Doubly
Attractive To Visitors In
Other Sections
The moun ain sides are white with
dogwood and other varieties of wild
flowers are blooming in profwsion
^hromo Ink^ the Chimney Rock pub
licity organ says in. a recent is me.
All of Wes ern North Carolina is
approaching the season of the
mountain blooms. / J
First come the dogwood} a little
,1a er the beautiful azalea, followed
by the laurel and rhododendron.
A myriad of other mountain
blooms make their appearance dur
ing the springy summer and fall.
The following essay on rhododen_
dron and laurel of the section has
been written by Margaret Sharp.
Western North Carolina has many
names ? n<.mes that are appropriate^
and names which suit her not at all.
but the names which more clearly
expreiiees and speaka^.*^. bc^ty Is
"The Land of ^thodoacndren."
There is not a more beautiful
flower in the world than these del
icate clusters of white, pink, carmine
or lilac colored bloom.
Their blooming season is in June
and July, although some blossoms
earlier; they flourish in a moist? well
drained soilf and the plant is some
times a tree from 40 to 60 feet in
height but more often it is a shrub
of about 20 feet. The twisted limbs
and thick dark, evergreen leaves
tapostry the damp walls of ravines
and hillsides in an exquisite pattern
even when the blooms are gone.
Growing side by side with the
rhododendron and closely rivaling it
in its beauty is the mountain laurel.
It is especially abundant in the
mountains of Carolina and Tennes -
see. It does not reach the great
height of the rhododendron-the site
varies from two to 20 feet. During
June and July it bears white or rose
flowers of such marvelous note
of color and bloom is never seen else_
where. The leaves are rather large
and lance shaped^ shining and leath.
ery. When tbe laurel is blooming
the ground beneath is a carpet of
white and rose and the plants them
selves form an arched corridor
above. 4
S range is it not that man cannot
enjoy a thing without the accom
panying, overpowering desire to pos_
sess it? Fruits on a tree money, or
the flowers by the wayside, it is the
same wi h them all. They must be
his ; and when, they are he no longer
wants them.
But it is a pity to destroy some
thing which cannot be restored;
worse than ;hat it is a crime. A
fruit may be plucked, next year there
will be another; money may be
spent, more may be earned; but
when flowers are broken from trees
or pulled up by the roots they will
no. grow again. Many flowers that
once grew here in abundance are
practically extinct, and if we thought
lessly pull the flowers and break the
limbs of the rhododendrent there
will soon be no rhododendron, and
so we would rob this sec ion of the
state of one of its most pictursque
j assets.
Many of the coun ry estates
around Tryon have been posted and
admittance refused bca se thought
less visitors insisted in destroying
he shrubbery and flowers. Mr. R.
C. Remick recently posted notices on
all of his Rocky Spur and Hog Back
property warning visitors against
destroying the natural beauty of the
scenery by gathering and destroying
wild flowers.
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Miss .Amelia Watson has &g her
guests Mr. andd Mrs. B, S. Burgess
form Yonkers N. Y.
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$1.50 a Year
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts
Offered Permanent Camp at Tryon
By Officials of Lake Lanier Co.
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Rutherford, Clevelend, Lincoln and Gaston
Counties In Piedmont Council With To
tal Membership Of over One Thousand
A tentative offer of several acres
of ground in the fast developing
Lake Lanier tract^ made by Mr.
Wright representing the real estate
department of the work receiv
ed with much satisfaction by the of
ficials of tlie Piedmont Council Boy
Scouts of America, at Gastonia.
Piedmont Counci^ comprising the
counties of * Rutherfordt Cleveland,
Lincoln and Gaston, was organized
January 1( 1924. At that time there
were but 60 registered scouts in the
in ihe four counties. Scout Execu
tive R. M. Schiele, of Augusta> Ga.
wa:) employed and under his direc
tion the council had grown in one
year, at the beginning of 1925 to
700 full registered scouts and 300 ac_
credited scoutmasters, assistants and
member of the official staff
Courts of honor are regularly held
at different points in the council
territory and hundreds of these
scouts have regularly been examined
and passed to the succeeding grades
of scout promotion^ several of them
thus becoming Ea^gle Scouts, the
highest rank in the organization.
All of the tests and examintions
must be successfully passed solely
upon merit.
I From the time a boy enters scout
ing by pledging himself to the scout
oathf "On my honor, I will do my
best to do my duty to God and my
;ountry to obey the scout laws, help
)ther people at all times^ and keep
nyself physically strong^ mentally
awake and morally straight^" until
retired by the age limit from active
service, he is continually upon his
individual honor in all the duties of
life. He learns from nature what
every boy should know concerning
woodcraft art science, bird and an
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:mal life, self protection^ self pre
servation vand dvity to his feljowmam.
Not another orgaxrfzatcc. in the
world so touches the boy life be
tween the ages of 13 and 18. in such
a conservative manner as does the
Boy Scouts of America. Every boy
in the wjrld, privileged and unpriv
ileged^ deserves a chance and that
is exactly what scouting offers every
boy. It appeals to his latent man
hood) it provides the means and me
thod to tide him over the sissy per
iod, moulding the future man, in the
process of making^ by putting within
his grasp the lessons of nature that
appeal to boyhood of the 'teen age.
No coercive or disciplinary me.
(hod.) are used rather all that is
good and true and noble in his na
ture is brought to the forefront, his
natural craving and ambition given
full range^ and he is permitted to
develop himself. And he does.
Lake Lanier offers an unsurpassed
site for a permanent summer o?mp
for 1000 manly boy3 and their offi
cers, and Tryon will extend a warm
and hearty welcome to the -sons of
her near neighbors. The site her*
offers wonderful opportunities and
privilege,- for such a camp and it is
to be hoped the offer will be accept
ed and that Piedmont Council will
Immediately begin operations in the
building of camp bungalows and
other necessary improvements
The officials of Piedmont Council
are; Fred L. Smyre, President, R. M.
Schiele, Scout Executive^ Rev. Geo.
R. Gillespie^ Scout Commissioner and
H. Prince Lineburgerf Treasurer.
Mr. Smyre, cotton mill ownef, Mr.
Gillespie^ Presbyterian minister and
H*' Lineburger, real estate dealer^ are
all of Gastonia.
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I TO HONOR GRANT'S
j BIRTH, APRIL 27
E ytt of (be nation will be turned
to the little village of Pleasant,
Ohio, on April 27th, the birthplace
of U. S. transformer President
and War hero * 'V "
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