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POLK COUNTY ? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Tryon, N. C., August 6, 1925
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received more publicity, more favor
ed political circles more deeply than i
Thinking people everywhere can
taxes are unjust and unfair and in
German Synthetic Alcohol
Nearly as Deadly as Red
Devil lye or Methyl Spirits
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ap garts ttarart Mtoroi
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which iB now being made cheaply
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^Uar wood or methyl alc^l ?
spite claims that the foreign prodn*.
because of Us high purity^harm
less This is made by Dr
Ind 'Engineering Chemistry." follow
ing a of experiments. __
w ut. the German
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is those obtained with ^
alcohol obtained from dlstiUat,
says Dr. Hunt. "It can c?n?e^.
be predicted that the use ot the sy
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same disasterous such
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WHITE OAK CHURCH AT MILL
SPRING HASSTAHDMD S. S.
On last Sunday ""'went -over
j Spring Baptist C urc ; ^ ^ attain
this school hae .been reQulre(f by the
j the first Sunday School
! Southern B^"81 ,nt wa8 reach
Board ; and the las V" this
led last Sunday roor,>be^u8e 8he Is
; school rejoices n (g an up.to.
> first, but because ifJ proud
aate school. Of ^cmree ^ ^
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This school Is growing^ bpth^
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loyal support of 1U ?
I School means to Bta'
j a Standard Sunday Schoo . , a
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By A. B. CHAP1N
THE EDITOR
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its Short, not oven A column an' a half
AMD HASAN ELECTRO TO GO WITH IT ?
IT'S A PIPPIN AND TOUR READERS WILL 64T IT UP I
ITS all About twe east portico of the '
WHITE HOUSE AND WE WERE GOING TQ HA ME
THE PRESIDENT POSE FOR US, BUT H? HAP JUST
LEFT FOR. SwAMPSCOTT, SO WE HAD ONE OF OOft
MEN SUBSTITUTE R>R HIM To DEMONSTRATE OUR
KJEW, REVERSIBLE SELF-CLEANING" DOOR-MATS ?
You'll & iv/e it ?oop Position^ won't you <?
HAVE A OIG-Aft
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Cancer Fane
J. E. Barnard, wealthy London
hatter, whose hobby ia microscopic
lenses, has won great fame in
financing and making it possible
for Dr. Gyp to at last isolate the
cancer germ ? the first step toward
fi .iding a cure.
WILLIAM E6ERT0N NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH BY DROWNING
William Egerton Jr. sofa of well
known merchant of Mill Spring, had
a narrow escape from drowning last
Saturday. William had just been
baptized in Green River and remained
to Jake a swim. He got beyond bis
depth but was rescued and resuscitat
ed. He was afterward brought to
Tryon by his uncle, Mr. W. H. Led
better and son, Dan, of Uree, for med
ical examination, which proved him
to be out of danger.
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Southern Ops New
Traffic Office in ,
North Carolina
John W. Woodruff, Newly Appointed As
sistant Freight Traffic Manager for Sou- ,
them System will direct Business
Charlotte, N. C. August 1, ? John
M. Woodruff, newly appointed assist
ant freight traffic manager for the
Southern Railway System, opened
his office here today and will have
general supervision over the South
ern's freight traffic in the states of
North and South Carolina, The di
vision traffic officers at Greensboro,
Raleigh, Asheville^ Charlotte and
Columbia will report direct to Mr.
Woodruff and he in turn will report
to Brooks G. Brown, freight traffic
manager^ with office in Atlanta, in
charge of the Southern's entire
freight traffic service.
Vice President E. R. Oliver, in
charge of traffic, states that the es
tablishment of an assistant freight
traffic manager's office at Charlotte
is a further recognition of the neces
sities of the rapidly developing Indus
trial section throughout the Pied
mont region and ^stern and western
Carolina territory and in line with
the policy of the management of es
tablishing responsible traffic officers
in immediate contact with the manu
facturerg and shippers generally in
the various sections served.
Textile Courses At
State College Greatly
Enlarged This Year
Textile Manufacturing, Textile Engineering
Textile Chemistry aad Dyeing, with a
New Course Added.
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The Board of Trustees have en
larged the . Textile Department and !
made it into a separate administra
tive unit which will be known as*
the Textile School of the North Car
olina State College. Prof. Thomas
Nelson who has been director of the !
Textile Department for the past j
twenty years, has been named Dean
of the School.
There has been added to the Tex- j
tile School a Research. Department j
which will be directed by Mr. James>!
McDowell, cotton specialist with an j
international reputation. Mr. W. |
E. Shinn who has been a teacher in
the school will devote his entire
time to research problems. He is j
spending this summer in research |
laboratories ho as to become ac- ,
quainted witn all the various meth- 1
ods of textile testing.
J. E. Sirr ne & Company, Mill j
Engineers of ? reenville, S. C., hav.
drawn plans lor an addition to the ;
Textile School of North Carolina
State College -one of the best equip
ped textile schools in America for
cotton manufacturing.
For the seventeenth year the Nat
ional Association of Cqtton Manu
facturers has awarded the Student's
medal to this Textile School. The
medal is presented to the student
having the highest proficiency in his
work for four years. This associa
tion is composed of the leading Tex
tile manufacturers of America.
in addition to the regular courses
i offered in the school which are, Tex
tile Manufacturing^ Textile Engi
neering Textile Chemistry and Dye
ing, a new course in Textile Design
will be offered during the coming
year to those who wish to special
ize in the designing and weaving of j
fancy fabrics.
The Textile School also has a two
year course for University and Col
lege graduates who have selected
the Textile Industry as their voca
tion and who wish to supplement
their academic training with a thor
I ough textile education.
YEG6MAN FACE NEW PERU IN
. DEADLY GAS INVENTED BY LEWIS
Reports of the successful operation
of a smail flasfi of poison gas called
Lewisite (after it's inventor, Prof.
Lewis of Northwestern University)
give promise of its effectiveness in
foiling the efforts of safe-crackers
and other bandits.
Placed in the vault of the Citizens'
Bank of Elnora, Ind.^ the flask
broke as intended when burglars
worked at the combination, the ' re
lease gas forcing them to rush from
the place, leaving the job unfinished.
This most deadly gas was perfect
ed during the latter part of the World
War, but but not in time for use on
'the battlefield
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No Legal Killing
Vivian Pierce, executive sec
retary of the league which - is
campaigning to abolish the death
oenalty in. every state. National
Headquarters v are now open in
He w York and many national ?
leaders have Lined up in favor o I
:he move.
VERNON HALL AND FAMILY
TO TOUR SEVERAL STATES
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Vernon Hall and
baby of Inman passed through Tryon
Monday enroute to various points of
interest in Western North Carolina,
ah>?? Tennessee and Virginia. Mr.
Hall is one of Inman's popular mer
chants, and is on liis annual vacation,
Mrs. Hall is pleasantly remembered
as Easter Ford, daughter of Mf. and
Mrs. W. J. Ford, and was popular
wUjj the younger social set of Try
on .
Gets More Than
Million on Soft
, Collar Patent
John D. Bolton Textile Mill Superinten
dent Wins Suit Against Collar Kings
Netting Cool Million.
Great gobs of wealth many times
from very commonplace sources.
Lord Leverhulin amasses millions
by making soap. King C. Gillette
found a full grown fortune in help
ing men shave their faces. Frank
Woolworth glorified #the thin dime
and was rewarded with multi-mil
lions of dollars. And now comes the
story that John M. Van Housen, the
man who made the soft collar popu
lar is basking in the sunshine of
great, wealth. Men, weary of the
starchy and uncomfortable collar
brought his semi-soft affair in such
tremendous numbers that his profits
are estimated to have been .over
$60,000,000 during thf past two years
These facts recently came to the
surface through the courts in Phila
delphia. A Mr. John B. Bolton, su
perintendent of a textile mill, in that
story that John M. Van Heusen^ the
percent of the profits said to ^e due
him for the experimental weaving
and the making of the original Van
Heusen collar. The jury awarded
Mr. Bolton the' sum of $1,315,000.
After hearing the judgment render
ed in his favor, Mr. Bolton went
quietly back to work in the Philadel
phia textile mill. v
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THE PAYLEY4MRAINSKY BALLET RUSSE
BIG FEATURE IN ASHEVILLE GRAND OPERA
WEEK WRICHJE6INS NEXT MONDAY
"La Tosca" Starring Bianca Saroya Noted Prima Donna and Manuel
Salazar,^ Spanish Tenor will be Opening Number. Record Breaking
Advance Sales Indicate General Interest Throughout Western
North Carolina. Many Tryonites to Attend.
For the second time, Asheville is to stage what promises to be the
most successful musical attraction of the entire south when the famous
San Carlo Grand Opera Company be gins a week's engagement at the
City Auditorium there, next Monday evening, August 10th. Already the
sale of seats for the opera week has surpassed even last summer's record
breaking amount, when for the first time in the history of music in Amer
ica a city made several thousand dollars elear on its first presentation of
a week of big grand opera?
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County Sunday School
At Columbus Baptist i
Church Well Attended
Large Representation From Villages and
Towns of County Enjoy Wetl Balanced
Program. Mill Spring Wins
Pennant.
The first session of the Polk Coun- I
ly Sunday School Convention, which .
convened with Columbus Baptist;
church, was held Saturday night Aug
ust 1. Throughout the four sessions
which closed Sunday night; there
were three speakers, exclusive of
those who conducted the devotional
exercises each session. Mr. D. W.
Sims, of Raleigh, who is General Su
perintendent of North Carolina Sun
day School Association, spoke at each
meeting using these subjects re
spectively: "Trained Workers ? j
Why and How;" "Better Results
Through Better Co-operation;" "Key
to a Greater Sunday School," "Les
son p^rparation . " Miss Freda
Bose, of New Orleans, Educational
Superintendent, New Orlean3 Coun
cil of Religiouo Education^ used
the following subjects, "Youth and
the Church;" 'The Sunday School
organized for Service:" "Preparing
and Telling a Story;" "Worship in
the Sunday School:"
These two speakers represent ilie
association. On Sunday afternoon,
Dr. T. L. Justice of Tryon spoke o*
"How to make Missionary Instruc
tion Effective in the Sunday School"
Dr. Justice has spoken to the
Church people of Polk County be
fore. He is a splendid speaker and
never fails t0 carry to his hearers
something really worth while.
This is the fourth time Mr . Sims
has been in Polk County in these
Conventions. He is an able speak
er and never fails to pass on his hu
mor. To hear him is to have sever
al side-splitting laughs. However,
he never strays from his point ot
view .
This wa3 Miss Bose's first trip to
Polk County. She is with Mr. Sims
for only five weeks. We feel very ,
fortunate in having our Convention ;
when she was on the route. She
was fully equipped to Master her
subjects and did it in a very pleas
ing manner. Her tone of voice and
facial expression won the admira
tion of her hearers.
We feel that every one present
was greatly benefitted by attending
these meetings. If t{he hints and
suggestions given by the speakers J
will be put into practice, Polk Coun
ty's Sunday Schools will put on new
growth and live a new ^'e*
i Thirteen Churches were represent
ed. There were 10 superintendents,
6 pastor^ 56 teachers and assistants,
180 representatives from different
chjurches. The pennant offered to
the Sunday School haviag the great
est number of representatives 16 yrs
of age and over, was won by the
Mill Spring Methodist Church a very
large delegation came from this
church.
Tlie followng officers were elected
for next year. !
_ President, W. C. Hague; Vice
Pres. j. H. Gibbs; Secretary, Miss
Cathrine McChesney.
Township Leaders: Tryon; P. G.
Morris, Saluda; Mrs. E. M. Salley,
Columbus; R. H. Walker, Greens
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With the big productions, and with
a company of over 100 artists to sing
them, Asheville has something which
no other southern city has ever of
fered and an event which is attracting
thousands of ?ut of town visitors into
the Western Carolina playground cen
ter. The 'first days of ticket sale,
saw hundreds of applications pouring
into the offices of the Music Festival
Association, necessitating a special
staff of workers to handle the amount
of business.
The week's schedule of opera and
the artists to sing them is as follows:
Monday evening, ."Tosca" with
Mme. Bianca Saroya, noted prima
donna, Bernice Schalker, Macfiel
Salazer, noted Spanish tenor from
the Metropolitan, Opera Company,
Mario Valie, veteran San Carlo bar.
itone, and Natale Cervi .
Tuesday evening, "La Travlata ,
with Mme. Josephine Lucchese, the
sensational young Texaa coloratura
soprano, in her AsheviUe debut;
Mme. Schalker, Demetrio Onofrei.
the young Roumanian tenor, Gin
seppe Interrante, baritone, and Na
tale Cervi, basso.
Wednesday evening, "Must with
Louise Taylor of the Chicago Civic
Opera Company, Mme. Schalker, a (
Messrs. Onofrei, Valle and Henri
Scott of the Metropolitan Opera
Company.
Thur. day evening, "La Boheme,
with Mine. Saroya, Mme. Oiga Kar
gau, Mme. Coni and Ludovico To
i marchl^ tenor, Valfc, Henri
! Scott and others .
I Friday evening, "Rigoletto with
: Josephine Lucchese, Stella DeMette.
! Manuel Salazar, and Messrs. Inter,
rante, Scott and Cervi.
Saturday matinee; Martha with
Mme. Lucchese, Mme. Schalker, De
metrio Onofrei, Interrante, and Cer
V1 Saturday night the concluding
production will be the ever-favorite
"Id Trovatore" with Mme. Sarova,,
Mme. DeMette, lanuel Salazer and
others, including Scott. The musi
caft conductors fo. the operas will be
Maestro Carlo Peioni, recently di
rector for Mme. (Jeraldine Farrar,
and Adolphe Schmid, noted Euro,
pean director.
In addition 'to the opera produc
tions, Fortune Gallo the impresarrio
is bulging the entire. Pavley-Ouk
raitsky Ballet Russe with twenty
five noted dancers, which has just
returned from Paris where it scored
a sensational triumph. These art,
ists^ are an added attraction to the
opera and will offer dances udring
and after each of the opera produc
tions .
Thi3 is the first tiuie^ ii^ America
that these artists haje given their
new repertoire bet'orej opening iu
New York with the San Car,lo and in
Chicago Civic Opera Association
there .
The big company of over 100 art
tists with their full scenic ?equipment
and complete staff of musicians and
technical workers, will come direct
from New York on a special train
arriving in Asheville Sunday next.
They will be met by a big delegation
of prominent citizens who will drive
the artists to their various Hotels.
Creek; Rev. R. N. Hunter, White
Oak; E. H. Gibbs, Cooper Gap; W.
W. Step.
Division Superintendents: Adult;
Mrs. M. C. Lunsford, Young Peo
ple j W. J. Isbell, Children; Mrs. C.
W. Morgan; Administrative Supt.
E. W. S. Cohb.
The 1926 Convention will be held
with the Cooper Gap Baptist Church,
As a whole the Convention was a
splendid s:: ss. As our county
now star. ... l is 55 percent. The
greatest draw back now is the fail
ure of each township to hold an an
nual meeting. It is urged that each
leader go to work now and let, the
aim of the whole county be to gain
at least 20 more points. Then the
green ribbon on the map would be
changed to a red. There are o
two counties in N. C. that have iu ?
percent. By hard work and efiori
on the part of each church we could
attain such heights. Support your
township leader.