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POLK COUNTY NEWS Publisted Weekly by Tiie Hi us Publis'iinj Cojijany H. A. SHANNON, Editor Entered at the postoffice at Tryon, N. C, as second class mail matter under act of Congress TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION On* Ywr 1.50 tlx Months l.OO Throo Months 75c DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATE Forty Cents Per Column Inch, Flat Ltgal Advertising, One cent Per Word Cash In Advance AND TIMES CHANGE A Saluda subscriber remarks that walking was at one time consid dered good for the healthy but th^t you find today that many pedestrian, are suffering from a run down condition. A POOR ALIBI The Polk County merchant who refuses to advertise on the grounds that "Everyone in the country knows me, i.nyhow" ought to remember that everyone in Chicago knows of Marshall Field and Company. BOOST AND BUILD Did you ever stop to think that when you sell the superior ^dvan_ tages of the Thermal Belt to a visitor that you are i.dding to Mie desir- j ability and value of your own property in this section of "The Land of , the Sky?" LAKE LANIER AN ASSET ''Lake Lanier is attracting a lot of attention in our town" said a ! Spartanburg business man," and you# have no idea how many people in | our city are considering the purchase of summer home sites in your moun_ | tains." True? my Spartan friend, but why "jour mountains?" Lake La- 1 nier Is located in South Carolina^ and surely Spartanburg people are en titled to say "our mountains." CHECK 'EM UP "If people would check up on the knocks, slams and little criti cisms that they send forth unthinkingly,, every day-, little* things lightly! said with no intentional sting to them but which roll back and forth from j tongue to tongue getting bigger and bigger as they move aimg,'' remark ed an eminent visitor^" they would realize that the criticism is uncalled for in most cases and leaves a bad taste in the mouth of the stranger in j your midst. You have a friendly town and I'd like to see a friendlier spirit between your business men and permanent residents. Don't waste \ all your good will on the stranger." WE HELPED 'EM SOYIE Cuba's war debt to the United States has been settled in full and i the Pearl of the Antilles is exceedingly prosperous. Wlijjn one can ily ! from New Cork to Havana to spend the week end, and while the mail 1 boats are carryingg full passenger complements we stop to wonder just i what part the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment has pluyed in Cuba's *>ast due war debt. MOTHER'S DAY She has probably grown old. Her eyes are a little dim, her hair is gray, and her life is being lived in memories of the past. At times she is lonesome with all her family scattered to the four corners or tl^e world. And a letter of remembrance on Mother's Day will do more than you can imagine to cheer her old soul. Think what she sacrificed for you. She gave you life at the risk of her own. She slaved, struggledf and worked constantly for your wel fare during your childhood years. She it is who moulded your character to which you owe any success you have achieved. She it is who taught you during those young^ impressionable years. She it is who always of fered encouragement in the face of discouragement, who believed in you when all the rest of the world may have doubted your ability or integrity. And now she is probably alone most of the timef wondering how you are getting along, pleased mor^than you are yourself with every suc cess or piece of good fortune that comes your way hurt more than you can be with every failure or misfortune you suffer. A better friend you can never have in this life. So above every thing remember Mother's Dey, next Sunday.? May 10. It will make her hapfjy and it will make you feel better toward yourself. CONSERVE THE FISHING Already the tackle boxes are dragged out of the garret aud the var ious kinds of lures Inspected in preparation for the coming season. The joints of the rod are being oiled; lines are being tested, and plans being made for the June vacation. ? * So it becomes time for the thousands of followers of lsaak Walton ! to think about ways of perpetuating this all important paa time or sport. Each year the fishing is becoming a little poorer. On every vacation you hear old timers tell how plentiful and big they used to be in years back and you must feel, at times^ the need of a better conservation program in this country. For there are other things besides the natural resources that bring profits and employment. They are the recreational resources. We hu mans are so constituted that we muot have diversion and recreation as well as enjoyable work if we are to succeed in life. And since fishing is a favorite sport of many thousands of our citizens, let's work* a little harder to keep it good for future generation. "A fishing license of at least one dollar a year should be required of every resident of the state and somewhat larger licenoe of all non-resi dentf" said J. T. Camp of Greens Creek to the editor the other day. ""What true sportsman,", he added^ "would object to a small license fee if he knew that the proceeds would all go into a fund to establish new hatcheriees and keep our lakes and streams well stocked?" This sounds like a pretty good suggestion to the Editor. Conserva tion work cannot be carried on successfully without money, and we feel that no new added burdens be put on the general taxpayer at this . time. But every sportsman will gladly pay a larger license fee if the money that he turns over can be devoted to the improvement of his tavorite sport. Every dollar spent to improve the fishing will mean a dollar less in expensive fish lures. O LIVING MEMORIALS Each recurring memorial day, to commemorate the fortitude and heroism of the men and women who made history for the South and for the entire civilized world, should be an object lesson to the younger generation. It should be a stimulant for life* as well as a memory of death, The boys and girls, the young men and young women of the South- these valiant soldiers in the strife for better and finer citizenship, who kne^ not the privations, the sufferings either of the body or of the spirit of those who remain ?can, by their strength of character and nobility of action, as suage the sorrow and become living memorials to the everlasting glory of the Southland. Truly, the dead can not here our eulogy. It is to the living that we must address our appeal. The memory of the soldiers who fell in battle and of the mothers who fell in sorrow and want, now finds its finest expression in the youth of our land, in the South's greatest and growing institutions, her schools and universities, her great highways and arteries of travel, her splendid citizenship, her commerce and general economic advancement. In a spirit of reverence these institutions and the people who have made them possible now strew the flowers upon the tombs of the departed whom we now honor, and from whces sacrifices the inspiration for noble achievements has arisen. FX GOVERNOR MORRISSON HEADS 1 CONFEDERATE COIN COMMISSION IN NORTH CAROLINA I ? Two and a Hall Million Memorial Coins Minted by the Government in Com memoration ol confederacy. ? Atlanta, Ga. May 6. ?The ap pointment of Cameron Morrbon^ for. 1 mor Governor, as chairman for North | Carolina in the nationwide distribu i tion of Confederate Memorial Hall Half Dollars, minted by the United I States go^lrnment in "honor of the j valor of the Southern soldier/' was announced today by Harvey J. Hill^ i Director General, of the coin distrL ' l>ution. I Under the direction of Mr. Morri | son a state-wide organization reach j ing into every county will be creat j ed^ having as its object the placing ! of one or more of the Memorial coins j in every family. Owing to the fact that there are | only 2,.r?00,000 coins of a special Con federate issue available it has been necessary, Director General Hill an < uneed to make official allotments to each stale based on population. The demand for the coins reaching national headquarters already indi. cate a large over subscription of the issue. Distribution, therefore, is to be made on the basis of coin certifi .ate; redeemable on July 3rd. Prior ;o that date coin certificates are be_ ng sold thro igh commercial banks and thn ugh volunteer sales organi zations organized in various commun ities With the appointment of Mr. Mor ri on in North Carolina popular or ^agnizntion in all states east of the Mississippi River has now been ef fectedf Mr. Hill declared. The organization erected in each tate have a quasi-official status f since state chairmen in each instance have been appointed by the gover nors, who have taken a deep personal Interest in making the coin distrib i. 'tion the greatest patriotic demon t ration that has taken place In the South since tho war. "To make money your farm must hnndle he most productive work in he least time^ with the least labor. ncrease your crop yield per acre ut down your labor costs. Diver fy. Plow more furrows as you go ? ?n>r. Cultivate more rows. Cut der swaths. Plant every hill full. ::ve extra pounds of bu ter fat by ose or.am separation. Spread ma : bv the load instead of by the <>.kful. Let tractor and engine pow r help you." o ScJe.'j to Defense w:;> - 1 ij t* of M*\ctis in j in Kn^ioli ? nun :vr??ntly. s?*v?>n j ?uiKi-trutes sat. on the IhmicIi, seven | ..-i"- relatiin; to the lighting <?i motor * ??! ii? ? i ??> en me before them, seven po | ii? ? ii.i ii pive evidep. ? seven letters j >\c.e read ; t ? 1 1 : i i 1 1 . ujj the offenses ; I ?seven defrnoniits . . ? ?-.? lined 111 sliiM '"i;s '?io'h : * n ? i ?><\eii iuint|ie> w ere re ?luired to ? 1 : | ? of 1 1 ; < ? '"uses. Hartnett Slugs *'Gabby" HartViett of the Chicago Cubs hit1 a home-run a <lay for the first six day* of the season ? and is piljn^ up a lead in circuit clouts wh;cii will be hard for the irnnrlity fiutM to overcome when he fieu> back iitio the &anie. " SPARTANBURG MUS'CAl EVENT RRAWS CROWDS FROM POLK COUNTY TOWNS. Miss Ethel West of Buffalo, S. C. was the charming week end guest of Mis; Clyde MetcaK at the home of her aunt, Mrs. W. C. Ward on Mel rose Avenue. Miss Metcalf who has been attending the Spartanb irg Bus. iness College since her grad lation from Tryon H:gh School last spring, has been very popu'ar with the younger set in that city^ and1 as a pretty compl ment to her visitor, en tertained her club last Saturday et j ening, the young people sixteen in ? number, coming in automobiles. The hospits. ble Ward home was 1 very attractive^ and under the direc- j tion of the hostess bios omed in pink and white, this color scheme being \ employed in all the appointments. | Pink and white roses were used in , the rooms In profusion, and the del icate tints were again shown in the cream, cakes and candies. Pun?h * ? was served throughout the evening from a huge punch bowl embedded I in a mass of roses on the dining room table. Mrs. Ward and another a :nt, Mrs. Florence Averill chaper_ j oned the merry crowd, and the hours passed away happily with dancing games,' and conversation. ?j O Clarinet'* Probable Origin Tlie clanne' is hp old instrument. J It was Invented by I. <\ Dennnr. a German, in 10!H.? and has Iteen a per- | manent member <>f the orchestra since then. It m?jj possibly have Kom?* con j nectlcn \. it h the ancient shawn. be cause the 'tigllsh *hawo and German schwltuey are closely le-rt-ed. This Week 8,000,000 MORE OF US. FORD'S FIRST AIR ROUTE. OUR POLO LACKEYS. YOU CAN'T JUDGE YOUTH. The population of the United States has increased by eight mil lions during the past five years. There STfc 113,000,000 of us now. When the ill-informed suggest that population will outgrow the coun try, don't worry. The State of Texas alone, under intensive cultivation, could feed easily two thousand million human beings about four hundred mil lions more than there are on earth now. ? .? As for the ignorant man who says "more population will reduce wages," ask him how it happens that, when there were only four million people in the United States, wages averaged less thun forty cents a day, whereas with one hundred millions they average close to four dollars? Henry Ford has started his first regular flying machine route. The first all metal monoplane of the yir route arrived from Dearborn in Chicago last week mnkihg the trip in two hours 50 minutes. Crowds cheered the arrival of the airship, and well they might. Having built that one, you con rely on llenrv Ford and his son to build 10,000 more. Those 10,000 airplanes will wake * capital, including capital invest ed in railroads. The American air ship prob'em will be solved and the country will have the protection it needs. J'.?stmaster General New an no :-.JCs that all the foreigners wiil be encouraged to organize fly in"- ? >jr' V> routes and allowed to can"' in;;:! und'-r Government con tract, us luiuouus cany it. TW is excellent news. Both the , Postmaster General and President Coclidge are to he congratulated on their effort to establish real fly ing in the I'nited Ctatcs. Flying machines owned by aliens will be barred by the Postoffice authorities, as we bar alien ships in coastwise trade. In Chicago, Robert Prggton, only twenty-one, jumps to his death in the lake. First he shot himself, and all because "life was a fail ure." The probability is that he was entirely mistaken. A little more patience and cour age might have brought him real success. Some of the ablest men, and most successful, have contem plated suicide at one time or an other. No man can say he is a failure until death comes and gets him, and even then he can't be sure. - Dying on the Island of St. Helena, Napoleon said that if he had had the good fortune to die in Russia, he would have been called one of the world's greatest generals, and a great success. He thought he was a failure, because he was the prisoner of England. Now everybody knows that he was the world's greatest general and a most extraordinary genius in the accomplishment of his desires. It Is all right for the Maharajah of Jodphur to bring native sol diers from his State to act as ser vants while he plays polo. But what does President Coolidge think of sending enlisted men from the United States army to play a lack ey's part in England? Is that what the farmers pay taxes for? Is that the work for which Ameri can young men are invited to en list? Chicago is trying to select among her boys one that can hope to be the most useful citizen of 1950. Such a selection is impos^i b'e. The boy with the best brain ii Chicago may seem' the dullest, least promising today. Newton, the greatest mathe matical mind ever born on earth, was called dull when, as a mere child, he was working out mathe matical problems that would have puzzled his teachers. Gibbon, before he wrote his great History of Rome, was con sidered a gluttonous, unpromising, semi-military person. Washington, as a young man, after he had undertaken important tasks, declared himself a failure. Demosthenes, greatest of orators, stuttered and stammered as a youth. BURGLARS BUST ACROSS STATE HUE LOOT LANDRUM AND CAMPOBELLO STORES t Postoflices and Stores B#rglari2etj,by Ex . perienced Cracksmen in South Carolina Towns Monday night, burglars evidence of professional Proclivities Invaded Landrum, and afer oo the postoffice, broke into-the office of the Moore Lumber Company and ! removed he cash which it contained , together with some diamonds placed the- for safe keeping. Continuing southward, apparently the same gang robbed the Campo^ bel'o postoffice of a small amount of ready cash. No trace of the burglars has been discovered, and officers o Spartanburg County believe it is e same outfit that robbed the Bel - McKnight store in Greer last Sun day night. , 0 Police officials of Spartanburg and Greenville counties have warned . I business men against leaving any I lirge amount of money in their stores d iring the night and state that all ready cash should be depos ited in the bank* dally, where it Is protected by adequate defense against such maurauders and ample insurance to cover possible losses. So far the depredations have been on the other side of the Carolina line, but Curt Sheehan, Tryon's guardian during the night has his gun we'l oi.ed and both eyes wide open in I case 'any of the festive gentry should stray across the imiginary boundry metes. Spartanburg's 30th annual Music Festive.' with a chorus numbering 350, with the artists. Os;ip Gabrilo_ 'witsch, Rosa Ponselle. Mario Cham lee and Mary Lou Kirby, the local child genius violinist, together with the children'.* chorus, which has ro captivated patrons of the event at evening and will continue through Friday evening, rendering five con certs in ail. The children's chorus, under the splendid direction of Mrs. B. L. Blackwell is well up to the standard tlfls year if not better than everf this being one of the outstanding features of the entire entertainment. The adu't chorus, which has long been an outtanding part of the fes tival trained by Prof. Frederick W. Wode.l, has been pronounced fir.it class in every way. Contrary to | former customs, it will be heard al so on artists' night Friday, when the ureat stirs Ponselle and Chamlee sing. * Th^ advance sa'e of tickets has been ? unusually heavy and many Polk County music.lovers are motor ing down for the events nightly and everyone who attended the ^ ednes. day performance appeared well nleased. o Before the Heat I* On "Tin* saddest hour." "ings the poet, "Is just after sunset." Evidently he doesn't have to get up at six o'clock In the morning in the winter time ? Boston Transcript. Uncle John If I was a modern bandit ? which of course I've never been ? I'd be takin' some extra chances of bein' too dead to skin. For the country's aroused here lately, the officers shootin' straight, ? when they settle with Mister Bandit, his remains is ready to crate! There aint no fool debatin' when the sergeant salutes a yegg, nor the sergeant aint got no notion of pluggin' him in " the leg. ? The safest crook's a dead one, accordin' to cap's decree ? which if I was a modern bandit, it wouldn't ap peal to me! There has been times I reckon, when robbery seemed to pay ? when the swag was well wuth takin' and twas easy to get away ? But, to run the resk of stoppin' a soft-nose forty-five, It seems to me that the hold-up bug aint right in line to thrive. So, if I was a modern bandit, as I hinted at heretofore, I'd, refrain from takin' chances on a trip to the evergreen shore. WHEN JED THOMPSONS BOY SAILED FOR EUROPE HE SOON LEARNED HE'COULO'NT EAT H15 CAKE ANP HAVE IT TOOZ FOREST WARDEN HOWES TAUsnt PREVENTION IN NOR!H C. I. Peterson, our District For. t Warden Mr. Bruner who is in tl ? Federal Forest Service and Mr. Howes our County Warden made a flying trip by auto, over Polk County on Thursday and Friday of 1; .>1 week visiting the Township Wardens discussing and advising them to work, and their duty as Forest War. dens, explaining the'nece.)Sity of re serving our forests for the benefit ci future generations and the best methods of doing so. Mr. Peterson and Mr. Bruner expressed them selves as much pleased with the con ditions in Polk County. The following letter has been sent out by the State Forestry Depart ment t0 all the District Wardens ex. plaining the financial conditions of our Forestry treasury fund. I want to add my plea to that of the depart ment for every one to fight tire.-. We are all benefited in the sain, degree by the conservation of our forests. Let everyone do to th forest fires as the Irish do when they get into a fight. Their motto is when they see a head, hit it re. gardless of whose head it is. When we get to the point where we will fight fires for the love of the fight we will be sure to win out. To All County, District and Deputy Forest Wardens: The fire fighting expenditures L<.r -the fall and spring fire seasons have been very heavy and we find that it will be impossible to finance any more work until after July 1st. It is necessary, therefore to advise all forest wardens that they are without authority to put in time or to inc.;r bills of any kind. Bills incurred on and after May 3 will not be approved unles.j specifically authorized by the District Forester and your County Warden. It is possible that some County and District Wardens will be allowed time to investigate and pros ecute law violation cases, but such work must be with the approval of the District Forester. *We regret very mucn that it is necessary to suspend fire fighting work and trujt that few fires will bum unattended after the receipt of i his letter. It should be remember ed', that the landowners themselves have some responsibility in this mat. ter. If opportunity is afforded^ it is suggested that each of you encour age the landowners to help one an. oher fight forest fires in their respec tive neighborhoods. I have been deeply impressed with the fact that most of our wardens have been identified with the forest fire protection work at considerable i sacrifice to themselves and I wish to 1 : ?' . It, rv "%l f *' r* * 111 4J> it Vj ' I'fi'.M ""I cr. . j, ' ?'' ''Ail ? ? j U' rec?,v i... " ? ? i ?cort hing? Here Ul| 4 ?. --:i| ?I ?*1 Ptt.Ilt- ; ' ; till. |?.il .""igt v. r turc jd ^ Ph< ? n'Jifmph Recori. K! T* a-)1 ut r .we -~ VS ... wr.fi ,i :? ' ,-h one -fcy iu r.ev. ? ? ? W<iar a JI'iwt f?r carnat i i: f. r th<- [xm whit.- oti" in r> -|| gone The Try n Ptira d? rin.' a 1 . ^ white carnation* ?.atei for e\ ? ry rr. n * as to fit: r.uly ob- r> lbs 5 * \Y. 1;. L1TT NOTARY FIB I ryon. N. C * ? * ?:?*+++ WE DO JOS PRIt and all of his BOARDING HOUSE MA? Read The Polk County Nefl Live News of the Thermal tid1 While it still is A $1.50 Yearly In Advance? Subscribe 0 . . . Wanted to rent small tm* nished house for suinmeI'?J year. Must have garage an shaded yard. L. J. P. The St**
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