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Tryon, N. C., June 4, 1925
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An Independent Weekly
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Will Look
If PRESIDENT
(JUKI AMERICA'S DEBTS
FROM FOREIGN NATIONS
. Minis Should Not Be Allowed I# Repudiate War Ti??
miss to America, Asserts Calvin Cooledie and ?3J
a! lie Entire Nation Is Needed To Whence Con
gress to Enforce Claias
iiy JOHN H. t'ERR Y
,,, .toenail. ft-sardlnw of politics, orgi? or religion ..
, J, sack of Fmndetu l'oolidge and Secretary In ^ "Uad
frauiv, and other t.uancially able forei? nation,,^
W the I'niteti States with something like reaaonabl ***
)fVrr>' American with red blood will resent the ? **?mptne8a
ellius; American jackasses, who, fawning at the
?m.0Di uud M-eial recognition at the hands of for?i p?3r*tty.
ready to deliver the pocketbooks of Amerioan *?v?nunent
, diplomatic tinkers to achieve their ftn^H Payers to be
jexit becruUU/ Mel
Biiie Lheir poMtions per- j
lYmice alone owes us '
: and hv6 billions of
Itrery ,-ciit oi which was Lak
tie poticis oi American tax
lniiiijns oi tins de&t was
act after the war, FresL
_ _ Mcliou warn ihi& mou
lt ipp cars, however, Lhat
ar uiurt* oi our ' leading
i out ui sympathy- with
iem and openly seek to
. :fieiiei to L'urope that the
, if caii only lor a handful
aad uot tor the people
, *keu tie calls the
.ok to account. James
termer Ambassador to
,.jrsc n'# v\ lckersham
i iikst reported as having
iUoiia and to have pot
S oa lie soft dad. Otto H. I
iic Citmnuuiiiil banker^ Is
live Apologized" m a speech
J ?'? r it-. attps> tak/.- 'i by fh6
It^rjLeni lOuKiiig to an un
la; :,r the collection of our
ia ..io ijiu J allies M. Beck
?Ju: *e cancel the French
ii ii uiiicer of the French
of Hocur ? he is a Command
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it Orcr: ui tile Crown, by
I > King 01 the Belgians,
is i.~ru wiiii the French So
ttj ut >r.re, so his sympa
lutadt- the French re-'
tay > : understood. Others,
I uvK A.;h vlviuus eyes on
; :oreuu favor. Your
s&. *L? dt'any loves a Lord
E'. - :hr S ciali.-t class com
& -r : raw iiu^ American syn
R5 wjj hp royal smile
t; their daughters presented
t or who seek to have their
4ecora:?-?l with a red ribbon
Ct :;c^ot cross that provides
1 sesame t0 circles of he
*toediv President Coolidge
totary Meii. >n are disgusted
brand of Americanism.
has no* paid one cent of
billions to America.
** has not paid even the in- 1
011 the money.
* Prance must pay this debt
'American taxpayers must pay I
it.
It is absurd to talk poverty la oou
aection wttfc our slater rapublls. -Sfc*
seems to hM enough tamvj W
maintain the greatest military ma
chine ever known in the history of
the world, a machine that stands to
day as a menace to the peace of Eu
rope. The fact is that France is
xattening on the spoils of war ?
more than four hundred thousand
miles of awarded territory. Alsace
Lorraine, and the untold wealth of
the Saar Valley Coal Fields, every
cent' of which was was won for her
by American blood and the outpour
ing of American treasure.
While American boys died to save
France, the Frenchmen collected toll
tor the very soil in which the Ameri
can dead were laid to rest. France
thanked God for America when her
back was to the wall. Now it begls
to look as if she thinks she does not
need to pay even her honest debts;
and when traveling Lord-worshlp
, ping Americans have the impertl
! nence to "apologize"^ for our Presi
dent because he takes a stand for his
own people 'it is time to let the
world and to' let the President know
where Americans stand.
Only a short time ago the press
was filled with smashing stories an
nouncing that France had finally de
; cided to pay her debt to America.
There was rejoicing throughout the
, land. It took only a few weeks how
I ever to find that this was palpable
Old Friends Meet Again
CAPTJUN T. D. JERVEY
OPENS MELROSE LODGE
TO TRYON VISITORS
Mrs. Juiqf Noted CuflMty Mist WW
PresMi Ow Mil's Diiiifr Hal. .
At last Tryon is going to hare a
boarding bouse, elegant in appoint,
ment, exclusive in atmosphere, but
with rates that will attract Instead of
forcing visitors to move on to other
mountain towns with fewer advanta
ges than our charming city offers.
It was good news to Tryon in gen
a host of prospective via.
4{0ff f|F particular, that Captain and
Mri. T. D. Jervey had taken over the
Kenworthy House on Melrose Ave
nue, and after building additional
rooms, equipping it in a thoroughly
modern way organizing a retinue of
perfectly trained employees, they will
announce the formal opening of "Mel
rose Lodge."
For the pest year the Jerveys have
conducted Tryon Lodge, with such
success that their fame as hosts rap
idly spread throughout communities
in other states where sometime
guests passed the word along that the
best beds and the choicest food could
other side to prepare the American
mind to form another flotation of
still anotther huge French bond is
sue.
When the ' real Americans who
read this newspaper come to sense
the actual facts In connection with
this debt situation, and when they
with the other twenty million Ameri
cans who read this article in
other newspapers write to the presi
dent expressing their views, it might
be well for them to openly protest
against any American buying a sin
gle bond issued by any froeign na.
tion that owes us any money until
such time as some satisfactory ar
rangement has been made for the j
payment of thfe debt.
be found at this house, and where
true Southern hospitality made them
comfortable and happy.
Melrose Lodge, when opened on
October 1, will be a first_class family
hotel in the heart of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Plans are for both sin
gle and double rooms with connect
ing baths, hot and cold running water
in every rooip, and other baths on
each floor. The rooms will be ele.
gantly furnished with the famous
Simmons Steel 'Furniture, thoroughly
modern and sanitary, and fitted with
the best mattrtoses and springs that
can be purchased.
The diningroom service will be in
keeping with the elegant appoint
ments through the entire house, per-,
sonally supenftiSiB by*Mra. Jerrey,
who is authority on the preparation
and serving of well balanced, delightr
fill meals.
Tryon is noted far and wide as the
"FYiendly Town," and lack of first
class accommodations during the
"filled up" season has kept scores of
desirable folk from our midst. In
Melrose Lodge may we hope to find
appreciative guests who will find
scenery and climate, and all the won
derful things we have, a lure suffici
ent to establish new homes, and
while keeping Tryon still an "Un
spoiled Paradise," add something to
its prestige as the town "Where peo_
pie speak to people, and God is over
all." ^
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VACATION READING CLUB
All children of the community are
invited to join the Vacation Reading
Club of the Tryon Public School
Library. Anyone may become a
member by registering his name
with the librarian. At the end of
will be placed after the name of each
child who has read as many as ten
books. There will be also a "Book
Party" given to the members of- the
club by the Library Committee.
The library will be open on Mon
day and Friday mornings from 10
to 11 o'clock.
PAUL BISHOP BADLY HURT I
WHEN CAR CRASHED
INTO EMBANKMENT
Elsey McClure and Howard Shields Cut
and Shaken up. Bishop Resting.
Numerous automobile accidents on
that stretch of highway between Try
on and Spartanburg should stress the
importance of careful driving if it
can be furdier stressed.
Sharp curves and steep grades ex
ist and motorists seem to think they
are out of the mountain country as
soon as they cross the 8tate line and
straightway step on t^e gas.
Some days ago Lindsey Smith gad
O. S. Bird of Columbufc narro*Sr "es
caped serious injury when a UBhar
laden truck side-swiped the Ford in
which they were riding, the truck
turning completely over and pinion
ing the driver under the load of lum
ber from which he fortunately re
ceived no serious injuries.
The latest accident happened Wed
nesday evening at about six o'clock
when Paul Bishop, operator of a ga
rage at Landrum was seriously in
jured and Howard Shields and Esley
McClure both of Landrum sustained |
severe scalp wounds.
Mr. Bishop, together with Elsey
McClure, restaurant owner and oper
ator of a U-t)rive-It business in the
same city, and Howard Shields,
school boy, who were also In the car
at t?e time of the accident, are in the
Tryon hospital recuperating. The
former's condition is deemed critical.
The car was a total wreck.
The three young men were driving
a Ford touring car toward Tryon to
give assistance to a car which was
broken down along the highway.
While going down the hill - toward
Tryon, they met another car and
crashed into the embankment in an
effort to pass it. The car was over
turned with .young Shields in it,
while McClure and Bishop were
thrown out'
CAPTAIN E. H. TOMUNSON
VETERAN OF TWO CAMPAIGNS
TYPICAL OF PAD FRONTIER
Following The Trail of Geroniao, Prospecting For Gold In Ootnf
the-way places, Hunting Oil in Mexico, Tnos and Arkansas,
Sorf Fishing in Florida, or Living Peacefully at Valhalla,
Veteran of Three Score and Tnn Knnps Bnsy
By Barry goelet
Larry Goelet, veteran of the late disturbance over-seas, carrying an
everlasting momento of active service in the shape of shrapnel wounds
which have been over-long in healing spends hi8 days in the Carolina aun
shine attempting to recover his normal health.
Prom time to time as the spirit moves him he ventures forth and
gathers certain data and facts which he weaves into interesting stories for
the NEWS. Captain E. H. Tomlinson and Larry fought under the same
flag under the same flag under widely varying conditions but under the
skin they are comrades*. Larry's story runs as U was written in his own
pet style : /
About two miles out ?* Try on, on
the main highway toward Henderson
ville, is an oddity which has not fail,
ed to arouse a great deal of consent
from beholders ever since it was
erected 7 or 8 years ^go. A sight
/ineets the approaching traveler for,
lo and behold; high and dry, with
dummy guns aiming promiscuously
into space, stands a wooden model of
a battleship done-up in war paint.
On its perch about twenty.five feet
above the road environed as it were
out of its environment, in a setting
of lofty ridges in which water is
made quite consplcous by its ab
sence, the ensemble makes me think
of a question my nephew (4 years
old) asked me last summer, "What
kind of fish lire in trees?" "Crazy
fish" I said and let it go at that
Last week 1 was privileged to inter
view Mr. E. H. Tomlinson, builder
and owner of this unusual domiciUL
%nf. .A' rather short-eta tured, graci
,oJI and dignified gentleman whose
age I placed at about 60 (I learned
since he is closer to 80) who treated
me with unaffected affability In
which homeliness and courtesy were
exquisitely blended. I learned from
him that the erection of the "Bat
tleship" was merely the commemora
tion of an incident in hie life? hie
presence at the raising of the battle
ship "Maine" from its watery grave
in the harbor at Havana, at which
he was a guest of the Captain in
charge of the dredging operations.
Prom the date of its completion, Mr.
TomlinBon has permitted from time
to time various organizations to use,
this land going "battleship" and sev
eral buildings which were subse
quently built. The Boy Scouts of
America used it for several seasons
but they raised "Merry Hell" as Mr.
Tomlinson termed it and were turned
out to make room for the Y. W. C. A.
of Spartanburg who; kept a summer
camp there. Some - of the Converse
College girls who had charg of the
Camp in the past have all married
with but one exception and it seems
that the battleship may not function
this year as previously. Therefore,
overtures have been made to Mr.
Tomlinson to secure rental of the
place for an open camp, not restrict
ed to any organization, but hitherto
nothing definite has been decided. ,
Mr. Tomlinson is the oldest tourist
who when the winter months are
nigh make St. Petersburg, Fla. the
Mecca of heir pilgrimage. For 3S
seasons he has been going there.
He remembers when St. Petersburg
was no larger than Tryon and per
haps no living person had more to do
with its sensational growth than he.
He contributed $10,000, for the erec
tion of an American Legion Club
?
house. Thousands of dollars he gave
to the various worthy causes in St.
Petersburg; the Red Cross, hospitals,
churches, for musical education of
the young, etc. His coming to St.
Petersburg each year is hailed as an
event ^nd seldom the year passes
that he is not presented with some
trophy in appreciation ot his welfare
work.
Mr, Tomlinson early in life prepar
ed to attend Yale University. The
Ci+f^War clatafc* him. a latir# and
resraem. of Canirettait; "Yankee
Town" to wear a blue uniform. At.
ter the war, it was hlB lot to be cast
with an expedition to quell the out
break of the Apache Indians. He
then returned to his home and ac
cepted a $60 a month clerkship In a
local bank. But juggling figures on
a high stool after soldiering and In.
dian fighting didn't mix ' very well
and the job was left for new fields of
adventure. From Alaska to the Gulf
of Mexico, Mr. Tomlinson, for forty
years pursued the all elusive shiny
metals, with mdre than the usual sue
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cess. Oil gushers too he dug for and
found. He has interests in Arkansas .
today yielding thousands of barrels
of oil monthly. A regular King Mi
das, he is. Everything he touches,
seems to turn into gQld. Real estate,
metal mines, oil lands, all yield up
their stores to him. Yet says Mr.
Tomlinson; "What good is money if
you can't do good with it." He pours
his wealth ^into channels of phllan.
thropy and gets almost as much joy
out of v giving it as the recipient or
object of his charity.
If Captain Tomlinson's interest in
Tryon could be aroused he could do
a lot to help it grow but out in Val
halla, as he expresses it "Is as far
from Tryon as Timbuctoo."
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