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An Independent Weekly I
Published in an inde
dendent part of these
United States* .
POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Five Cents Per Copy
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; No. -?
Tryon, N. C., July 30, 1925
$1.50 a Year
jf ?01 1 ON GOODS INDUSTRY
U STEADILY INCREASED . SINCE
THE INVENTION OF IhIN 1792
Coming South Because of Proximity to Source of
JL Abundance of Hrdro-Electric Power and Avail
f jile Wtii 13 Labor of American Extraction
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orgia,
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v hich gave
more land
.? . iir.ii iovty
the .uiw ut ol the
_vjc ra;>t\i in r t* South,
fRtle ? 'io practi
^j;v r.i't-r i . wool from
? u'i.'Ic uav a negro
j:; a j :us made i
jjftSN't tili!' i 'II i> [he i
fcji'.iord tti ;-u:vhase it. '
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*. at ton i li
ma ii could
a t o .s.illd poUUdS j
, ?f tii
ily existant
? ? : es which
ic :u
Of cJ2?:^Tci-il activity
it jro^i-r ? i lllk? plant
3,:urv i't the libre
:f jiMded. for cli
?Kp L?rt)\viug: ot the
%is luciiutd to the
DrOa-^e ul' the exten
ts, river valleys ex
s:.?? inland and the
?si seajJUs, agriculture
,zr honored pursuit,
s v.eutii'U Thous
hid Ir-.en brought in
s.:ce the first batch
??re Su id from a Dutch
2 161^ which marked
i A in the new
It r. represent
or.::?: arMoc ratic civll
IC-'-uc.-' slaves to shoul
e; i rviuh labor. seized
as being ideally
pijo X; inclination of
i : ?js a crop, above all
^.ila be produced by
T,r : labor with a mini
:? u iVrhaps due
dI uie negro at
? ^ ;act that convert
er:::.- mtu cloth requir
P? graie workman* the
t
i i-.'.'.izm contented him
Iskics riiMDg alone, making
iterate iu me manufac
* product
*?; to be uu activity which
1 Englander as no
2 ths hiHs were a hardy,
|Soci.'Tared amid bard work
I., tug spells
5iCt:v::y in tarm work be
& ? -r;-;. <>f their wln
led oh- ij, mbor for the
^ h Jtudded New
rif-. : the estab
,i:* *'J operation of
'? Island in
of commerce f
9tr> : u - in fact it
a- ???? < ^sentials for
KSSf"! ?
?: the textile
_ of the Civil
'* had 6^500,000
rtile ? th- ? ntir-j South
in 1875, New
? : to lu, 000, 000
36 Jor ? i , ,
orked but a
a "liilioa. It wp.8
unprofitable and im
th- mills to the
'?atr. : .
some unex
ictt a change
^'v Textile In.
from 1889-90
tasted heavi
of hundreds
section and
? r show the
' ' :'gagc in the
. * " ; liable to that
I :;'-h tty 1900,
, . " considerable
lit, ?r New Eng
w K pr 'portion, in
14^. Today
liSt' ' ; ut>0(000 spind
- ?->" cent of all
? ? ?i in the Unit
!': th" south.,
^ 1 r.--Hts are watch
It if."'.'. ' ^,lifting of the
^ tf. .jj I!1i'ire from New
, !;? o?;t Section of
? Uckijjj, r Uct?ry explana
almost over
' ^ c-f/rj- - 1 if try in a 8ec
'? bet " ' :s*- peple have
V eavj '' '! 1 ,J 'insulted by
for skiljv ,i ;in(l tempera
al enterprise
* ^Ck t - "<,Iru authorities
'' U^t-Q an unus
I . '-if, { f
^ the ? ' tton was pro
^ star '>ince in a cap
k, fcri.- ... . ,
5 of 8 a! " governed by
\0l f # '' a:,(J den*andf an
(CoQtin JrLlahed a large
Bued on Page g)
the chief wealth producing crop in
since the invention of the cotton
such tremendous impetus to cotton
was turned over to its cultivation
millions of pounds yearly. .
cotton Kin, but small quantities of
but even the practically negligible
cal method had been contrived for
the multitude of seeds it contained.
MABEL CLARB ORR
World's Only Woman Oil Weil Drilling Contractor
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Brings Big Hotel
To Hendersonville
Live Clamber Needed ia Try* to Sttau
Ute Towns Growth. Present Orpn
izetioa Foils To Function.
While secretary of the Henderson
ville Chamber of Commerce A. M.
McWhlrter interested the Stolts in
the possibilities of that city and now
Mac's work is bearing fruit. A sal
aried secretary earns every cent he
gets and his efforts are accumula
tive in value as has been proven in
this case. Tryon needs an up_and
going organization. The present
Chamber of Commerce does not
function.
A city or town that expects to
grow should have a strong Chamber
of Commerce. It is the one place
where public opinion can be mould
ed int0 direct ^d responsive action
for public welfare and without refer
ence to politics or factionalism.
Without some centraliaed body to
direct public activity th)ere would
be small chance of the various ideas
and opinions of individuals ever be
ing crystalized int0 form for action.
The compelling motive for action
of public officials is often the group
contact with the Chamber of Com
merce, Public officials have come
to recognize such an orgonization as
giving the non-official or semi-offi
cial expression of the community.
It is interesting to. note how in re
cent years Chambers of Commerce
have unconsciously assumed many of
the functions of govrnm^ent. This
is particularly ture in sections of the
West, where often county boards of
supervisors and city ? councils are
greatly influenced by actions of the
Chambers of Commerce.
The ideal situation would be where
every property owner aa well as
every business man or man in busi
ness belonged to his town's or his
city' Chamber of Commerce. If
things do not go to suit a citizen he
is not barred from getting into the
Chamber of Commerce and seeing
that they do. To cite instances of
the work these bodies have done to
develop their respective communi
ties would be to indict the intelli
gence of the readers of newspapers
of today. This 'being true, and is al
I so being true that the majority of
people want their community to
I grow and prosper, it follows that
membership and active work in a
Chamber of Commerce is one of the
finest expressions of community
spirit and loyalty. It helps to get
things done.
If Tryon grows it must have a
Chamber of Commerce that helps to
get things done and not a collection
of individuals who pull against each
other and against the growth of the
community, when they do meet
| which appears to b#onoe in a blue
moon.
MiVS NIGHTMARE ? After Canning Peaches All Day By A. B. CHAPiN j
Plain Facts Plainly Stated Concerning
The Polk County News and Its Value
As A Publicity Medium For The Community
A tetter by the Editor Addressed to All Those Who Are Really Interested in the Develop
ment of PolK County. Live Newspaper as Essential to Growth and Expansion
as Churches and Schools. Property Owners of Section Can Make Definite
Decision. To Be or Not To fie.
I came to Tryon a year ago believ
ing that Polk County needed, .and
would support a live progressive pa
per constructive in policy and impar
tial in its viewpoint.
Today, the NEWS favorably com
pares with any county weekly put)- j
lished in these United States. It has J
attained prestige and acquired real j
advertising value. It is liberally pat
ronized by those who watch advertis
ing returns closeJy and KNOW when
they get results.
Practically every home in the coun
ty gets the paper. It has conserva
tively 7,500 readers. Those readers
are the makers of the potential wealth
of this community.
When taking over the NEWS, I
found it had no accounting, advertis
ing or subscription departments. Its
mechanical equipment was in very in
efficient shape. It had no credit, no
visible assets and an accumulation of
debts#
During the past year its business
Lebanon Church Will
Have All Day Services
Sunday, August Ninth
On August 9th, which will be the
second Sunday in August, Lebanon
Methodist Church, in Cooper Gap
Township will have an all day meet
ing, the preliminary plans of which
are now being arranged.
In the place of the usual Sunday
School, there will be an old fashion
ed song service, with the good old
songs that people like to sing and
find inspiration in them.
Mr. A. A. Edwards will lead the
singing and the. Rock Spring choir
has been especially invited to attend
and contribute toward making the
singing a success.
Miss Cleo Young, a missionary
wh0 has 8P?nt eight years in Africa,
will make an address, and it prom
ises t0 bring a message of vital in
terest. Miss Young is an earnest
worker in the Lord's Vineyard, and
the entire community from far and
near should come to Lebanon to hear
her.
A lunch is planned for the noon
hour and everybody is invited to
bring their baskets, following which
the son g service will be continued.
has been tripled. Lack of capital has
prevented it being still greater. Sal- 1
aries have been paid and the out.
standing indebtedness somewhat re
duced. ?
A close analysis shows that the
NEWS is fast becominjg a valuable
newspaper property because of its
rapid increase in circulation and ad
vertising, but that it is and has been
insufficiently capitalized and is in dan
ger of being crushed by its past debts,
which I had no part in contracting.
My time, and the time of my wife
has 'been given to the upbuilding of
the property. We haven't the means
t0 finance it. Ten thousand dollars is
necessary.
If the NEWS continues to exist, ten
thousand dollars must be raised imme
diately. We shall issue preferred
stock in ten dollar shares, drawing 8
percent interest. We'd like to have
every reader own at least one share in
the paper, and with each four shares
of preferred stock we will issue one
share of common stock wlth Qo par
value.
Provision is made for the retirement
of the preferred stock before any divi
dends can be paid on common. When
the preferred stock has all been re- 1
tired the common stock will have a
real value ? and not until then.
I*referrod stockholders are fully
protected from loss by first lien oa
the property which will inventory
much more than the full ten thous
and dollars. !
I love a fight. I've had a fight to
make the NEWS a success. I'm
game to keep on fighting until Polk
County comes t0 its own, and after.
I have reasons to believe that my j
readers and friends are with me. ,
Those who are can PROVE it by1 i
buying stock in the NEWS and doing
it RIGHT NOW. Who will be first? J
Unless enough money is raised to
pay off the outstanding indebted
ness, and put the NEWS on a firm
financial business It wijl be forced
to btruggle for existence as it nas
done for the past thirty years.
Polk County needs the NEWS. It I
must have a fair and impartial yr
gan fighting for the best interests
of all of its people if it forges to the
front. The NEWS needs the sup
port of every reader, every business
man, every farmer, every n^prchant
in the county. Ten, twenty, thirty
dollars or a thousand dollars, any
amount will prove a and sane
investment drawing a good rate of
interest. ?
I'm not asktog for charity. I'm
well known in the newspaper field,
and have always been connected
with successful ventures. I'm offer
ing the people of Polk County an op
portunity to share in real profits In
a home enterprise, and one which
directly affects every resident and
tax-payer in the county.
Shall the NEWS continue as a
live wire weekly under my manage
ment, or will the people of the coun
ty ibe satisfied to see it slip back to
i lie place it once occupied if it man
ages to survive?
Money talks. Sympathy and good
will don't pay insistent credit men.
1 have fought them as best I oould
for a year, unassisted. OQd debits
must be paid, a line of credit estab
lished and enough capital placed in
the bank to insure successful opera
tion. It can be done. WilB YOU
help me do it?
1
Howard A. Shannon
Editor and Business Manager.
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William Jennings Bryan
Found Dead In Bed
In Dayton, Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan, three
times candidate for the presidency
and Secretary of State during the
earlier part of the Wilson adminis
tration was found dead in bed at [
Dayton, Tenn. on Sunday afternoon
three hours after he had eaten a
hearty, dinner.
The "Commoner" as he was called
in his native west, was sixty-five at
the time of his death and had acquir
ed a|pational reputation for his elo
quence being known as the "Silver
Tongued Orator of the Platte" dur
ing his campaign for the adaption of
the free coinage of silver.
Never colorless, William Jennings
Bryan played an important part in
Democratic political circtqp, for
years holding the balance power
at national conventions and ifractL.
? ?
cally dominating the selection of
presidential candidates. ? .> ;
For years a resident of Lincoln,
Nelbraska, Mr. Bryan recently acqniis
ed holdings in Florida Wlpfcll *ept
him there, and his home was in Mi
ami, at the time of his death.
POLK COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
OPENS IN COLUMBUS SATURDAY EVENING
AT BAPTIST CHURCH WITH DIG PROGRAM
Pennant to be Presented to Sunday School Having the Largest Rep
resentation at Convention. Noted Speakers to Address Crowd.
Fine Musical Program Completed.
Beginning at 8:00 o'clock Saturday night, August 1, and continuing
through Sunday, the Polk County Sunday School Convention will be held
at Columbus Baptist Church.
Participating in the cor ontlon program will be Miss Hose, New
Orleans, La., Educational Supermen dent New Orleans Council of Religi
ous Education, and Mr. D. W. Sims, Raleigh. Genera;! Superintendent
North Carolina Sunday School Association. Among the local county
workers wifl be Rev. S. A. Stroup, Rev. R. N. Hunter, Rev. M. C. Lums
ford, Dr. J. L. Justice, and Rev. J. B. Simpson.
MISS FREDA BOSE
Will Address Columbus Meeting
Streef Loafers No Asset
To Tryon Or Any Other
Progressive Community
Workless Wonders Annoy Passing Pedes
trians and Keep Women Off Streets
With Shady Slurs -
Every street loafer is a potent rtu
mischief maker and "tin-horn sport"
using the vernacular; but express
ing it exactly. Loafing is Little
Town business and Cheap Town
business As business it never
grows into anything worth while.
Any town that encourages loafing
by permitting it on the street cor
ners; any business that permits the
tired youth of the community to use
its front windows as a parking place
? 1 will never get much farther on its
Road to Progress.
In a near-by city noted for its re
cent influx of millionaire promoters,
therefore subsequent phenomenal
growth and development, a ? young
man established a drug store. It
was one of the finest in that city, as
he had staked his all on the develop
ment that was in progress. Every
thing in this big place smacked of
elegance and refinement. It was
splendidly patronized, and did a
flourishing business. The young
druggist was a good fellow. He was
good natured and friendly. These
qualities are fine assets t0 anyone,
but there are times when they can't
be mixed with business. This store
gradually became the loafing place
of the young bloods who sought re
laxation and recreation from their
arduous labors of doing nothing.
After a while the store became too
smail for the gang that accumulated
there morning, noon and night. It
become known as the "hangout ' for
"Drugstore Cowboys." They over
flowed" into the street and made sug
gestive remarks adbout the passing
throng.
When this place went "to pan" it
^as razzed in the local papers.
Tryon is a smail towD. It will
stay small unless a number of things
happen to distinguish it from the or
dinary "Cheap Little Town." One
of the first things it must abolish is
the loafing jbabit. Escortu. resent
having" the ladies of their party
ma| the subject of sub rosk re
marks by this element. Ladies
dread passing the street corners or
in front of business houses where
they congregate. In the vicinity of
the Government Post Office, the col
ored loafers congregate. From
there on down considerable space is
taken up by white yo..ng men whe
seem to have no further 'business
in life than using their legs for
props to lean on. We might add
here a fervent Thank God, for the
Boy Scout Movement, for from this
army of cjean cut, industrious youth
we f,Rri expect our future builders.
They are never developed from the
common street loafer, no* matter
what his parentage, education, or
advantages.
One feature of the Convention will
the prasentation of a beautiful pen
nant to the Snnday School having in
the Convention the largest number of
representatives^ sixteen years of age
and over, according to the number ot
miles traveled. The contest is open
to all Sunday Schools in the county.
The pennant will be pre.sc uted at Un
close ()f the session on Sunday after
noon.
An unusually larjje attendance 01
workers from the entire county is ex
pected. AH sessions of the Conven
tion are open to the public, aiijj all
who are interested in the advance
ment of the Sunday School, whether
they are active workers or not. are
invited t0 attend.
The full convention program is as
fallows;
Saturday Night, August 1
8:00 Song.
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Rev. S. A. Stroup.
Song.
8:15 Youth and the Church. Miss
Freda Bose, New Orleans, La.
Educational Supt., New Or
k leang Council of Religious Ed
i
ucation.
8 ;45 Song.
8:50 Trained Workers? Why and
How. Mr. D. W. Sims, Ra
leigh, General Superinten
I. -?? ? 4ant ? North Carolina Sunday
I . School Association
, Rect-ul of
9:30 Adjourn.
Sunday Morning, August 2
10:30 Souk.
Scripture Reading nnd Prayer.
Rev. R. N. Hunter,
Song.
10:45 The Sunday School organized
for service. Miss Freda Bose.
11:15 Business Period:
Reports of officers.
Appointment of Committees.
Recocd of attendance.
11:35 Song.
11 ;40 Better results Through Better
Co-operation. Mr. D. W. Sims.
12:10 Offering for Support of Coun
ty and State Sunday School
Associations.
12:25 Announcements.
12:30 Adjourn,
DINNER AT THE CHURCH.
Everybody Come and Bring a Basket
Sunday Afternoon^ August 2
2:00 Song
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Rev. M. C. Lumsford.
Song.
2:10 How to Make Missionary In
struction Effective in Uie Sira^
day School. Dr. J. L. Justice
2:30 Preparing and Telling a Story.
Miss Freda Bosp.
3:00 Song.
3:05 Lesson Preparation. Mr. D.
W. Sims.
3 j35 Suggestion and problem solv
ing Period, Everybody re
quested to present their sug
gestions and problems for
discussion.
3:50 Business Period:
Reports of Committees and
Election of Officers.
Place of next meeting.
Presentation of attendance
Pennant.
4:00 Adjourn.
Sunday Night, August 2
8:00 Song.
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Rev. J. B. Simpson.
Song.
8:15 Worship in the Sunday School
Miss Freda Bose.
8 : 50 Song .
8:55 Key t0 a Greater Sunday
Sch- ; Mr. D. W. Sims.
Special Notice
A pennant will be presented to the
Sunday School having in the Conven
tion tse largest number of representa
tives. Sixteen Years of age and over
according to the number of miles
traveled. Records will be taken at
each session of tthe Convention. The
pennant will be presented at the el se
of the session on Sunday aiternoo..
R. N. HUNTER, President.
ESTHER GIBBS, County Secy.
R. N. HUNTER, County Pres.