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XXX No. 47
An Independent Weekly
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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Tryonj N. C., July 16, 1925
Five Cents Per Copy
$1.50 a Year
0 COUNCIL BOY scours .
HAVE SPLENDID CAMP MEION
UPPER BEACHES OF LAKE LANIER1
Scheile, CafflP Director, Will Rigidly Enforce Sanitary Regula
rs Swimming to be Supervised by Qualified Life-Guards
r Units and Individuals Welcome
. .ri-rosity of Mr. P. L Wright. President of thei Tryon
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Ttr " .Iui those associated with this corporation, the
1 tuive receivedas a donation one of the most ideal
p Carolina. ^
v-.imp_site is located 011 an acpi of the new Lake
Lake Larnier will have some seven miles of
p ir 1 ?
t: ... ul the foot of a range of wonderful mountains,
?:I'1 lake shoresclose together, thereby offering un
Piedmont Scouts to camp in a location where
ituI. ian be studied,
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,, w f>' :.!>?untiiiu peaks
-irt'-''"
i u iv miming and
? _ ;Ji \il uuj where
H i'-*v
? .iii'! Scouting and
? ' ? .... i,.. t o:ul?iiU'd to give
? moat unique
i f r -nt; experiences
?V ? lv ij:,:- r stands alone
I.;.:
? tt:;i i ? operated by
B Ui--?
?u, I'oiiuuuiee composed of
?T c John -.on. C. S. Thomp
K'y Todd of Gastonia and S.
|B|ir, (,[ ^piiaiale. .Scout Ex
?7p_ M Soiiiele will serve as
B^jrp Dir-'t - t
?iK. M SclJiele will' serve as
fc, will .supervise the work
? professional cook and will be
Kp of the First Aid depart
?ifimffliflg" ?'il! "Be done at reg.
?ifinuniug pvriJds and super
I ky ^ualnit' J ? Li^? Guards.
?oiii rs ^1 Assistant Scout
Kb:c OunijLwitti troops will
Hgjolly become members o?
Hop Staff.
H (imp wijjl be conducted un
Br.- sanitary regulations and
Hilrguard for *tht, health and
Camper will be in force
Hp. quarters (until open cab
Hiiiistrucled ) will be large
H Seel cots with straw ticks
Hr finished.
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?Fta Aid .-quad with proper.
H:?: -ill organized to serve
:.i - a::d for minor cuts
Bci.v-r- An u.ito will be kept
i hiti medical aid can
?rtl.-' >n 'ir-d if needed. (Tryon
ft ::t n.ilt- distant on the Pied
? Jiv-t Camp Road.)
P-7 Tr op -ihould make an effort
??- i. i amp as a unit under
or assistant , Scoutmas_
Pttdtrih:p. This will give the
County Girls
Is Chimney Rock Camp
First Week In August
Pin County Between 12 and 18
Attend By Paying Small Fee.
Met Have Consent of Parents
ks H'jl<l> rb;ium, Home Dem_
P' r lor Pulk County announces
^ Mk i -uiity C.irls Encamp
*ili h? l.t this year at Chim
ku ai A \n u <' 4th to "tb in' I
i i in connection
liUih-iiur.l lounty girls. It
Y* t;r;; i!" 1- to 18 years
any wh?. wish to attend
;i'iv:iace to Miss Hoi- !
written consent j
r The cost to defray
:J.uu for each girl
? which must be
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a
' splnnijij opportun_
umer vacation
? :ijoyed by as
? ?1' It will be
:i as recreational,
- is anticipated !S
f\ Cutb Market
im to Tr^on
K federation Warehouse
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?n,,, 1 " ?> -Market will be
?if, "luinbus and will
? lit- ?
'?"tvi ij |U Tryon at the
, '""r :' :i :?uiidin? on ac_
? of telephone,
\f.A . ' i" Curb Market
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|br lfj 'l" and has never
aj-A," : week long be
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fertw' "? written Miss
iIvp :i K in advance will
?s *.m ' '' ' ! !|tionj and deli
of '* w' * ?*1' ?l by the best
F6' r"unty- Cottage
s iD(1 a" ''""'-made cakes,
**?1 tii/" ,'u" Proven among
^ b*Utr$
j Troop a wonderful opportunity of de
| veloping its organization and build
j ing a spirit which will strengthen
i the Troop in every way. Troops
! wil1 operate aa distinct units and
will be given every opportunity to
work out such programs as they be
j lievg best (or the interest and wed
| fare of the Troop.
Individual Scouta may come to
camp but preference will be given to
Troops coming in a body. 1
Scoutmasters are asked to register
for definite dates for camp as quick
ly as possible, ? giving number of
Scouts, leaders, etc. Effort will be
made to accommodate troops when
they desire to come to Camp but as
the capacity of the Camj) is limited
it may be necessary for Troops to
accept other dates suggested by the
Camp Director, The policy of first
come> first served, will be carried
out.
Arrangements may be made for
Scouts to remain longer periods than
their respective Troops, but this
matter should be taken up at an
early date.
The Camj> fee will bq one dollar
per day. This guarantees the Scout
splendid well cooked food, prepared
by a professional cook. The physi
cal operation of the Oaffip is financ
ed by the Scout Council, the camp
fee^Jwyrelf covering the ooet of the
food. This mokes it possible for
the Scout to enjoy a wonderful camp
at the smallest possible charge.
To insure the proper conduct of
the Camp, certain regulations will
( be necessary and will be enforced to
the letter. The use of tobacco by
Scouts will not be tolerated. No
| fire-arms will be allowed.
The Scout Oath and Law will be
| the guiding principle of the Camp.
Every Scout coming to Camp is
expected to be a real scout and
1 cheerfully participate in the activ
I itieg of the camp.
I Anyone not showing the proper
i
J spirit and willingness t0 co-operate
! and obey the necessary camp regu.
' lations will be immediately sent
' home. No, refunds will be made in
. such cases. i
The Camp will be operated under
a definite Scouting program. In
struction will be given in Swimming
Life Saving, Signaling, First Aid,
Archery, Marksmanship, Map-Making
Bird Study, Forestry, Pioneering,
Camp Sanitation, Trailing and Track
ing, Woodcraft and Athletics.
Games, hikes and big camp-fires
will help to insure every fellow hav
ing a wonderful experience and to
learn the way of the woods and cam
per.
Every effort will be made to give
! the Scout a real Scoutt. training and
i to have every Scout return home
' with a higher rank. r
A wonderful opportunity will be
open t0 Scouts iij pioneering and en
ineering as considerable work will
be done in building signal towers,
bridges and shelters of various de
scriptions.
Individuals will not be permitted
j tQ leave camp unless unusual circum
J stances. Groups will be allowed to
' visit Tryon under suitable leader
ship.
Every Scout in Camp over Sunday
i will be required to attend Church or
I Sunday School.
Scouts will not be detailed to wash
dishes other than his own. Each
Scout will be required to take care
of his own equipment.
The uniform recommended for camp
is the Scout "shorts" and summer
shirt. This is a serviceable, comfort
able and inexpensive outfit
Parents of Scouts and those con
nected with the Scout Movement will
permitted to visit Camp on < Wednes
day and Sunday afternoons* between
the hours of 2 p. m. and, 9 p: m. No
swimming or picnicing will be al
lowed on Sundays.
Mail addresses to Scouts at Camp
should be sent tq Scout ?
Piedmont Boy Scout Camp, Lake 1^
MRS. JOY SPEAKS OUT!
By A. B. CHAPIN
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I'LL H/fc/F YOU UNDERSTAND THIS SPORT SUIT 19 THE
VERY LATEST TWlNC? QuT j ^
MEN MAKE ME WEARY ? YOU THINK IT'S ALL
GOOP LOOKING- FLAPPER TO 1>OLL OP (*J THEM AMD YOU DOWT HESlTATP
Tb GET AM EYE FULL EVERY CHANCE YOU GET, BUT LET SOME WOMAN LIKE
WE DRESS SEWSiBLY FOR A TOUR AMD YOU PULL YOUR MOUTH DOWN xTiLL IT
LOOKS LIKE A OROQCET WICKET ? - 1Y*>/Ymv QiPm. Awn
8ESIDES ,THE SALES ? iRL SAID THEY MAKE ME LOOK UKE UOROWY fc?SK,AND.
i Guess she knows ? i don't care what you think, or say ?
i'm going- to wear vem akjd you'll have to Bear vem II
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Tea House and Beach 1
To Open at Lake Lanier
At an Early Date
!
Mrs. M. W. Burleson of Oklahoma City
to ftodact Tea Room. H. P. Suth
erlio ol I s Angeles and Chas. Good
year Employed Lifeguards
H. P. A. Sutherlin of Los Angeles
Calif., and Chas. Goodyear of Atlan
ta, Ga., have been employed as life i
fearers at Lake Lanier, * ? i
I The first basin of the lake, which J
has been filling for two weeks will
J be 62 feet deep at the dam. Today
J it is over one-third filled.
Despite efforts of the developers !
of Lake Lanier to keep bathers and j
swimmers out of the water during I
construction period, the lure of the
lake is too tempting and swimming
parties daily plunge into the cooling j
mountain waters
Messrs. Sutherlin and Goodyear, i
both holders of medals for life.sav
ing; were employed, ' therefore^ in
desperation by the Lake Lanier peo
ple who sense more keenly than
I
ever what a strong attraction the j
water is.
Three motor boats are enroute j
to Lake Lanier from Charleston. A J
boat-house is under construction and
on the third basin plan^are being
made for a bathing beach..
The Lake Lanier tea room will be
opened shortly under the manage
ment of Mrs. M.. W. Burleson of
Oklahoma City and Hendersonville.
The Lake Lanier sales organisation
being directed by Eisele Bros., re
ports that since the second week in
April more than 800 home and villa
sites have been sold, representing I
more than $720,000.
Coolidge Urges Cut
In Taxes Amounting
To Quarter Billion
Pres. Coolidge has told govern
jment officials that the revenues of
the country are now sufficient to
warrenf" cuttflng off another .$300^
000,000 from our taxes, and pprepar
ations are being made to reduce
them accordingly. We have no
means of knowing where the qut
will be made, but we are hoping that
the little fellow gets it first and
c|ee?pest. FYw eight long years we
haxe been paying dearly for the war
and even a few dollars relief comes
aB a blessing. It Isn't going to hurt
business any, either, t0 lop off a few
dollars on everyone's income tax?
because the money saved will be put
directly into 4tfe channels of trade.
Expertg figure" that revenues can be
reduced withqjut endangering the
government budget, so the president
is taking them at their word and of
is taking them at their word and or
that the cut be made in time to fur
nish relief for those who must step
up again next March and fill out an
income tax blank- Add this good
news to the fine crop reports reach
i ijjg Tryon lately, and it looks like
I we've got a lot to be thankful for. ^
Our Helen
Helen Wills, National and Ol
ympic singles champion, Is going
"great guns" again this year and
is favored' to retain her title. ShB
is typical American and is a prima
favon'.t with tennis fans.
Mail Order Houses
Will Retail Coal Where
Dealers Do Not Advertise
Local Merchants Must Fight Big Con
cerns on Their Own Ground Or Lose
Big Part of Their Business
j
Announcement has been broadcast
by the greatest mail-order house in
Chicago that it iB going into the
coal business and will take orders
for coal, the same as it does any
thing else under the sun. The coal
will be sold to lodges churches,
groujp of neighbors or any individu
al who can use it in carload lots^
and of course the claim is made that
the price cannot be met by regular
dealers. Slowly but surely mer
chants in towns like Tryon, Saluda
and Columbus are waking up to the
steadily inroads being made by mail
order houses, and now the coal
dealers in smaller communities are
going to feel the pinch. Sooner or
later they must take the advice that
this paper, and every other paper in
the country, has been giving them
for years ? sooner 0r later they must
realize that they've goj to stand to
gether, tell the people of their com
munity what they've got to sell^ and
then join hands with the papers in
showing those people that they are
disloyal tp their own community
when they tyade anywhere except
at home.
Sandhill Peach Show
At Hamlet Attracts
'
Visitors From Outside
Go*. McLean Will Formally Open Festi
val on 23rd. Gov. McLeod Guest of
Honor July 24th. Large Attend
ance is Expected
Autoists from every section of the
Carolinas and beyond have learned
to adjust their affairs so that they .
can head towards Hamlet for the I
mid-summer exhibits as put on by
the Carolinas Sandhill Peach Show. !
, This year the Peach Show . is go
ing to far surpass anythng previous
ly offered the public in this section.
On July 2i3rd the show will be for
mally opened by Governor Angus W.
McLean^ and a program of pleasure
and profit will follow each hour of
the day. On July 24th, the second
day of the show, Gov. Thomas G.
McLeod of South Carolina will be
the guest of honor and deliver the
main address.
On each of these days there will
be an exhibit evening and night of
the American Legion Circus, a six
act,, high class attraction; aeroplane
stunts, baseball games and plenty of
orchestra and brass band music.
As on former occasions of this nar
ture the Kiwanis Club will serve a
banquet for the visiing Kiwanians
and honor guests, so that none may
fear a lack of accommodation.
The peach exhibit itself will be
the most attractive-it has ever been
by reason of /the ideal weather con
ditions for developing perfect fruit
So a most cordial welcome is extend
ed the entire public to visit Hamlet
on#July 23rd and 24th f and help us
enjoy the attractions oil this annual
event. |
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Son of I. R. Home
Instantly Killed
By Fall in Well
One of the saddest and most tra
gic deaths that ever occured in the
vicinity was that which befell Alvin,
the little three_year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Home of Greens
Creek. -
Wednesday, the 8th of July^ the
little fellow was playffully helping
his sister draw st bucket of 1 water
from an open well. While holding
the rope, the bucket slipped and jerk
ed him upward. He fell into the well
striking against the wall a8 he fell
and death was instantaneous.
The funeral was held at Mill Creek |
July 9th and^was largely attended by
neighbors and friends. Lovely flow
ers were sent by a sympathetic com.
munity, and the services were made
doubly touching and beautiful in the
arrangements made by Mr. W. J.
isbell who selected a flower girl <o
lay the blossoms and decorate the
last resting place of this dear little
boy. The family hag the sympathy
of the entire county in their sad be
reavement 5
FRANCES CHRISTINE FISHER NOTED
FICTION WRITER OF SEVENTIES
NAMES "LAND OF THE SKY"
Authoress Visits Blue Ridge Mountains in 1876 and Coins Name
Which Becomes Famous. Authoress Cousin Mrs. Nelson Jackson
Jr. Old Wnod Cuts Embellish Volumes with By-Gone Styles
Beautiful name, and so singularly appropriate! Coined unconsci
' ously by lips that have long been mote. Coined, it would seem to the
present generation, to embellish every folder, publicity organ, railroad
guide, and every circular issuedin recent years to draw folk
hither.
This expressive title has variously been attributed to the late
George Vanderbilt; to the Southern Railway; to real estate promoters
! concerned with the habilitation of the Western portion of the Old North
State. Comparatively few ? especially thost> of the North, know its
real origin. ,
About fifty years ago, when bust
led and corseted ladies lolled in ham
mocks and sighed over their favor
ite novel an author native of North
! Carolina, produced a group of books
! of fictipu and charmed her readers
with vivid descriptions, her naive
methods of love-making, and the in
teresting thread of romance which
ran, like a silver floss, through each
succeeding chapter.
You older folk may remember
"Valerie Aylmer"; "Morton House";
"Mable Lee"; "Ebb*Tide;'' ''Nina's
Atonement and Other Stories"; A
daughter of Bphemia" "After Many
Days"; "Bonny Kate"; "A Summer
Idyl"; and in 1879 there issued from
the press of D# Appleton, Publishers^
,'The Land of the Sky^' or "Adven
tures in Mountain By-Ways"
The story, written in old-time ro
; mantic vein, is a true description of
a summer spent by a family in Bun
combe, Transylvania, and Hender
son counties. At the beginning^ the
party is laying plans to visit "that
wildernesn little known to the out
side world." Asheville was a village
of a few scattered houses, the sole
hotel being "The Eagle." Beau
catcher Mountain ? and the author
rebelled at the common name ? and a
fort that evidently surmounted it at
that period^ was elaborated upon.
"Battery Porter," probably Battery
Parkwas also accQUmed with 4paens
of rapture. An enlightening descrip
tion of their ascent to Mt. Mitchell
spoke of <'Such gigantic trees as
grow here cannot be matched, I am
sure, out of California ? the chestnuts
especially, exceed in girth and height
anything we have ever seen." This
was in that yesteryear, before com
mercial lumbering despoiled these
Chinas Four Billion i
With Backs to Wall
Will Fight For Rights
China Entitled to Square Deil Which
Other Nations Have Not Been In
clined to Give
Reading in -daily papers press dis- I
patches from China we get a fair
idea of the truthfulness of the old
adage that "chickens come home to
roost." For years the people of
other nations ? Americans along with
the rest ? have had their foot on the
necks of the Chinese. They lived
there without paying taxes to the
Chinese government, and refused to
be tried in Chinese courts. They
ran the part of the country they
lived in about as they y pleased, and
the Chinaman was treated as a poor
ignorant slave. But now the worm
has turned. She has seen the light
and America, England, France and
all the rest are observing the hand
writing on the wall. There' are 400,
000,000 people in China who can and
will fight for her rights. So that
makes it look like it's about time
for other nations t? order their med
dlers home and to give China the
square deal she has always been en
titled to ? but never got.
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Training School
7or Mountain Youths .
To Be At Bat Cave
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Announcement of the purchase of
50 acres of land, lying near Bat Cave
from Mrs. L. C. Oates by Dr. Julie
Stevenson, of Tampa, Fla.^ but who
for the past eight yearB has held a
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professorship In the Geneva Univer
sity, is made. Dr. Stevenson con
tinues to hold this ppost with the
University of Geneva and will make
a trip to Europe in the near future.
On er return It is stated that she
will erect one of the finest training
scools for mountain children f teach
ers and nurses. She is now at Bat
Cave . -
magnificent slopes and destroyed
the onward march of progress
(ever convenient alibi) that which
had taken centuries to grow to their
then present splendor.
Mt. Mitchell, it was said, was for
merly called "Negro Mountain," later,
"The Black Dome." The book was
written sixteen or seventeen years
following Prof. Mitchell's tragic
death at its summit^ and the author
was of the opinion that the name,
"Mt. Mitchell'' would endure. Wise
Prophetess! The world knows Mt.
Mitchell, whose scenic road is rival
ed only in splendor by the Hog Back
Trail near Tryon; the latter while
not so well known as yet, will be a
revelation to those who have motor
ed uP the Buncombe county grade.
The quaint pictures in this volume
from old wood cute bear out the old
timey text. Dress our free, athletic
girls today in sand-glass corsets and
"basques"; hump a hideous wire
contraption around this slendered
waist, then swathe her limbs in
multitudinous heavy, trailing skirts,
caught up in voluminous "polonaise"
fashion. Perk a saucer of 0. hat
| atop a mountain of netted hair, lift
her into a cumbersome side saddle ?
and how far would she get on our
mountain trails! Such ambition and
determination would be hard to con*
ceive in this day and age.
Vet accoutered thuif ourpajrty oTl
ladies and gentlemen engage in a
rousing deer hunt near Brevard,
where two or three deer e^ch day
is not an amazing bag, Chimnejj
Rock, Bridal Veil Falls, Hickory Nui
Gorge, Pisgah, every nook an<J
cranny so familiar with us todjty
was visited and brought forth rap?
tures. "Warm Springs" ? later thd
famous resort "Hot Springs" of 4
generation ago, was "far superior in
every way to White Sulphur Springs
of Virginia.". Flat Rock, we are
told, was magnificent for its hand
some homes, its landscape garden
ing and the foreign atmosphere
brought to*it by the old Charleeton
ians of noble blood who settled here
^ind made it their summer retreat.
Where now ia Flat Rock is that
! charming gray castle known in '7^
as "The Old Choiseul House" built
by old Baron Choiseul, and even
then deserted and neglected in tfs
magnificent sunken garden amidst
boxwood hedges? Does a trace of
this past magnificence still remain?
This little volume is fascinating.
One regrets that the summer outing
did not carry the party into Polk
County ? perhap8 the author intuii
ively knew that while she could
paint glowing word pictures of Bun
combe and Transylvania, and Hen
erson that her descriptive powere
would here be paralyzed into silence
We feel that the book should be pub
lished anew.
Right here the Editor reminds that
not one mention has been made (if
the author or her antecedents. On
the fly leaf of "The Land of the Sky"
.by "Christian Reid," is the following
legend: "The Authoress, Prances
Christine Fisher, daughter of Char
les Frederick Fisher of Salisbury, N.
C? Cdbnel of the 1st N. C. Regi
ment, $ was killed at the battle of
Mann&sas. She married James
Marqols Tierman, and died In Salls
bury,:|june 1909. Frances Christian
Fisher was a cousin of Col. William
C. Beard of Tallahassee Fla. and
of Mrs. Nelson Jackson, Jr, of Tryon
nee Miss Laura McMasters of the
old South Carolina family of that
name.
The NEV.'S, desiring to give due
credit to tl; authentic originator of
the phrase Land of the Sky" has
had some correspondence with Mr.
Beard, now to Philadelphia 'with
the result that he secured a copy pf
the book, now long out of print, ahd
sent it as a gift to Mr. Nelson Jack
son, Jr.
Through its perusal, we ha(\e
learned to our satisfaction tljut
"Christian Reid" was not only\aiitljor
of "The Land of the Sky/ but \slas
the original presa-agent for Western
North Carolina.