North Carolina Newspapers

fe^-aid'alV the v First, Sec T GROW ! 3 PAGES . \v.\ N'o. 52 \ oiunit News An Independent W Published in an inde dendent part of these United States. POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina Five Cents Per Copy Tryon, N. C., August 20, 1925 V $1.50 a Year I Polk County Fiddler, Invited ' jjppgar Before Recording Instruments Of Phonograph Company i juratory to Be Maintained in Aslterille by Okeli From Aug. y;'_-.;3!n Musicians Requested to Appear tor Test Com 11 and exploited fiddlin' loin Carsos ^ Contestants Should File Notice Now the Greens Cre< nig instrument: v,.. wLe. Fiddling r? have started tl is the first time; ru ral Phonograph the county is in :i Asheville and ..arge made (or the . ooalS $i>0. The i. aking an effort to rVl- tho old tunes Souih and bring A nt ion. i Tryon Piea rtij.iijii tf-io Km'" vjud 01 beauty -t?e Surroundings Give Town jpetsonaiiiy rtiiien <?pi?eajs to Wisuurs ume The tfews has ? , make an individual .:.vrsal appeal for a .1" in the matter of - -?d unsightly premis received a delightful ?aUu occupies a high _ v..u aud educational life ?iv. uio.s* as a change j ,..- -iud appeals, that we . jT u neater Tryon. .lit sammer where -wis and premises eyes, this subscri ; grated on me when 1 ; L papers and weeds v acaiit lots." . uuy uue thmg in a town . that attracts new res o a cleanly, well kept ap : lis streets^ lots, and by St cilia that there is a gooa ;a local Garden Club to do ay ji inprovement of condi i : .. j'd. of a similar condi t-Airied in a midwtstern :? ;Q and year out for - - ill- vacant lots next to . ? a ad those across the a -_n two brick buildings ?i a? a receptacle for waste ry go-rounds, tent shows, ?<-- and a suitable plot - . k- the town cows for ? -::.p Fire Girls formed ,-n tnd directed by their . i; i support and very - ut because 4'it ?. ne" they solicited :.i>, and vines and ; :;ng to improve places. The result ? ?i -uminer came, can spot where the had whistled; climb ? d the ragged pa t circus posters; ? i the* air with frag "ld cow had lowed, :i ? neral imparted a " i gave one pleasure "??'.MDg things that j to change the at i in Street? and the vhose business to?vn. a suggests n. We Girls in Tryon, i'arent-Teacher As - ' lub, and individ tud spirit to blot : *? spots on the ur charming moun 1 . s aud artists have j know Lfich about ng cheifly concern >. ' of keeping on sieater part of the ' ve're glad /to give ' 1 u s^nd-off, and i: ' ill don their ar thing through, t a Beautiful Tryon of type is set un li.i-nt. \SJaaE' WHiRoTiAKE ANltS MJMJTOS In TRYON V 50^. ia ir ., 1 of Malcom^ Iowa ' his son8j C. M. ttisele, sales direc l-iinier properties. ''"My impressed' with '' ' Kt??rn North Caro ' ? I'roud of the ac hi.s sons, who have !"1 work in devel u Uiuui tuiua. i'Uust lake projects 3 k Fiddler, has been requested to ap 9 (or Okeh rdcords when they -et up a John Carsop, Henry Whiter, Ernest heir careers through tests made in a traveling recording outfit ha8 been Company to make record tests. There is undoubtedly some rare talent in Polk County and in addi tion to giving the free test the Okeh management will present each par ticipant a sample record of his or her rendition without charge. After hearing the applicant perform the re cording drector will decide whether two or four tests shall be made. The Okeh Director says: "These tests will be actual master record ings, and, if in the opinion of our Sales Department, any of the records I have commercial value, we reserve ' the right to offer records for sale, j This will be the final trial of your 1 work, and if the sales results prove satisfactory, we will offer to the suc cessful parties regular artists con ! tracts to make Okeh records." f Usually, to make a test record it is necessary to g0 all the way to &ew York and pay a recording labor ? tory fee. But these test8 will be free and the laboratory will be set up in ! Asheville in answer to many requests ' from likely artistg who cannot af ? ford the expense of a trip to New j York. } Any person wishing to participate I in the tests may do so by notifying j the General Phonograph Corporation ; in Asheville stating what instrument 1 I 1 they will play and whether vocal se lections will be included so that ar rangements may be made to give the tests during the period between Aug I ust 18 and 28th. If. P. C. (I. Holds Eleventh Annual Convention at Merest Institute Seventy-five Delegates Entertained by Polk Couflty People During ComeaLoa Period. The eleventh annual Convention of the Young Peoples Christian Umon of North Caroiina met at Hillcrest institute August 1 and 13. There were seventy five delegates and vis* itors who were entertained at the institute and in the hospitable homes of the people of the communi ty. The meeting was called to order I Wednesday at 7:45 P. M. by the : president Miss Anna Lou Barkley of Gastonia who also had charge of the devotional. Miss Maiue A&rams of Hillcrest cordially greeted the Union .n behalf of the local Union and community ai# the response was made by Miss Grace Griffith of Charlotte. Dr. G. G. Parkinson, from the Theological Seminary at Due West, S. C. had charge of the Bible Study | at each service and used as his J theme, "Missionary Message of the Psalms.'' Hia addresses were force ful and inspiring. The theme of the convention was, "Thy Kingdom Come^" Dr. Ran son, Missionary to India (now on fur lough) delighted the audience with the following phrase and theme, "In india ? Why not today?" His ad dres8 was illustrated by stereoptican views re-lative to his work in India, which greatly intensified our inter est in the Mission field. After the devotional, on Thursday A. M. greetings were brought to the convention from the South Carolina Union by her president, Mr. Frank Plaxco. The Georgia Union sent greetings by wire. A conference upon "Greater effic iency in Young Peoples Work" was held by Mr. W. M. Boyce, Miss Ra chad Morrison and Rev. Carl S. Mil ler. Dr. E. N. Orr, in his usual happy manner brought echoes from the U. P. Convention which he attended as our representative at Silver Bay, N. Y. After a bountiful meal had been enten in the grove the convention re assembled for an afternoon session, j ^Dr. Kate Dale, our medical mis ! sionary to Mexico made a powerful I and touching appeal for a better un derstanding of our Mexican neigh ?- drawn from 20 BT1AKJNG INFO THE BIG LEAGUE THE T(AV RETOOK HlS F!??ST BLUE RIBBON ? * Bryan's God-Daughter Offers Thousand Dollars For Memorial Design Which Will Fitly Represent "Bryan And Faith" School Cluldrens' DiiusWill Ba Use! to Buili Inuosinj Miiuria! to Great Commoner W.iicli Will Be LocateJ in Florida to a/oiil Contro/ersy 0/er Site. National Connittea OrjaaiziJ-ti fljise ilj-jssary Fjajs ; Written Specially for The Polk Count) News BY PAULINE DESHA A nation wide movement for the erection of an extraordinary memor ial to Wiiliam Jennings Bryan, ai Clewiston, Florida, was announced in New York t?is week by Miss Diones sa Bryan Evans, goddaughter of the late Commoner. Miss Evans, whose home is at 3636 Carfield Avenue, Minneapolis, arrived at the Hotel Roosevelt, New York, to establish a permanent organization for the pro ject. There is to be a committee com posed of conspicuous leaders ot thought, industry and finance from all sections of the country. This in corporated committee will have gen eral charge of the enterprise. There is to be a contest for the most appropriate design for the me morial, and already Miss Evans has secured a donation of $1,000 from B. G. Dahlgerg of Chicago, to be award ed for this purpose. The funds for the erection of the monument are to be supplied by the children of the public and Sunday scnoois of the country In dime contributions. Char les F. Daly, President of the Liberty Natiaifal Bank in New York^ has promised the services of that institu tion as custodian of these funds. Miss Evans proposes that the me morial be built in Clewiston, Florida, on the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. . Miss Evans explains u >ears experiences among them con vinced us that they are a people worth saving. Rev. J. M. Bingham, Synodical Superintendent of Young Peoples Work gave a p/actical and helpidl ad dress on "A More Excellent Way". At the closing session Thursday P. M. the installation of officers for the coming year was an impressive ser vice. The banner won for the highest at tainment during the past^ year, ac cording to the standard of excellence was awarded t0 the Union of Pressly Memorial Church at Statesvine. Rev. J. A. Baird, of Charlotte^ spoke with eloquence on the "Coming of the Kingdom in Home Landst and ws followed a stirring and inspira tional appeal for "Christ Kingdom in Mexico." This addresB was deliver ed by Rev ,J. G. Dale, D. D. who has for twenty years labored in this J field and was Illustrated by stereop ticon views. '| V/ For Bryan Memorial Dionessa Bryan Evans of Min nesota, god-daughter of the late Wm. Jennings Bryan, is in New York organizing s national com mittee for a memorial to "Bryan? and Faith." It is to be erected fn Florida. Already a cash prise of $1,000 has been secured h be awarded for ttee best memorial de sign. ' i that she suiected Clewiston as the place for the monument of her late god-father, first because it is in the Commoner's adopted state and sec ond, because it is a beauty spot he favored. "The proposal has met with such enthusiastic approval as almost to swetp me off my feet," Miss Evans said. "It is true that when I propos ed Washington^ D. C. as the place for the memorial, I found a number of objections. Critics suggested that any effort to secure a site at the national capital woulrf produce a sug gestion of political significance. The monument; so great and broad in its conception and in its meaning, that 1 thought it would be folly to assume any hazards of politicaj controversy. Morever, the fear of" partisan objec tion brought forth the additional fear of sectarian discussion. "It was logical, therefore, to re move the undertaking from all poli tical, partisan, sectarian or other criticism. No one could possibly ob ject to the selection of Florida^ the state of the great Commoner's adop tion, as the site for the first memor ial to be erected to his "kiemory; and thus Florida was chosen.. "My vision of this memorial Is clear of any thought pf sect, or school, or party," Miss Evans said. "It is an expression of his love of j J that faith in others." Briefly, beside8 the general com mittee which will handle the estab ushment of the Memorial^ there will je a committee which will award the prize of a thousand dollars to the artist submitting the design which oest incorporates the idea of Bryan, Jie Faith. There will be a separate contest and a prize for the finest epitaph ex pressing that splendid faith by which iJryan lived, and there \yiil be com mittees to promote the contributions of dimes by school children. The announcement of the person nel of these committees will be made a8 soon as Miss Evans has applied tor the incorporation of the general committee in New York. The invitation for designs for the memorial will include the title "Bry an ? and Faith." Miss Evans' vision of granite structure includes a he roic effigy of Bryan, Biuie in hand, surrounded by a group of school chii dren. * In continuance Miss Evans said: "It is my uppermost desire in this un dertaking to exclude all controversy. A memorial linked to the story must aiways be associated with thw memory of a controversial subject." ',A monument to him as a tribute to his suprtme faith in religion and to his crusade for the inculcation of I that faith in school children can nev er take on any different meaning. Moreover, there can never be any dispute about religious faith as a spiritual element commanding the veneration . "There can never be any dispute about the supremacy above all other elements in the soul of William Jen nings Bryan of h.s faith in religion. "William Jennings Bryan ? faith? ^school children ? that is the shibo leth for our memorial. We want no complications with isms of any kind, with any sect or party.'* Miss Evans is the daughter of D. H. Evans, of Tracy^ Minn., an inter* nationally known political eco nomist, who was the life-long friend of Mr. Bryan and a Bryan delegate to every Democratic National Con vention, from 1896 to and including 1920. William Jennings Bryan at tended the christening of Miss Evans, who has adopted her father's work. She received degrees from the University of Minnesota, Syra cuse University and Columbia. Cincinnati Entertains Southern Merchants at Fall Fashion Pageant in September Local Retailers Invited to Attend Showing New Styles for Men and Woman on Liking Models. Frtiiitisr of Piece Goods, Jewelry and Other Merchandise to Featere Rene Wallack Dancers, Canadian froubadors, Cincinnati Sinner Orchestra, Jose MoJica, and Other Stars on Progran Retail merchants of Polk Count: quests of the manufacturers and whol on Pageant and Market Week to be J. A delegation is expected to go Columbus to spend at least part of i :he event in "the Qaeen City." The Pageant is t0 be staged !tt the J Sincinnatti Zoological Gardtns That the invitation is backed by j the entire community of Cincinnati! j is evidenced by the fact that those j who joined in extending it include | Mayor George P. Carrel, the Cincin- j natti Chamber of Cor merce, the Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso ciation, the Rotary Club, Kiwanis Black Bear Trail from Quebec to Miami Boosted by Ma: Rea Branch Through Tryun to Hendersonville W.tn uounectioii at Rjltutaraton OM Route 19. Mdfi Rea titoiis ?Rout? FeJerJized. Hugh Mac Rea of Wilmington, N. C. actively interested in the develop ment of the Linvilie-Blowing Rock territory a? a resort center, and a chief promoter of the Bear Trail, from Quebec to Miami is in Washing ton making a determined effort to nave the new route federalized. The Bear Trail follow8 the crest of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Moun tains. It enter8 North Cafo ina from Spartanburg, one branch going thru Tryon, Saluda and Henderson vilie to Ashe ville, and .. thrugh Burnsville, spruce Pine, to Boon|/an* the othor ing Rock to Boone, with Route 19 be tween Tryon and Columbas connect ing the twp. It proceeds from Boone into Virginia, up the celebrated v?' ley of Virginia by Winchester, Har per's Ferry then into Maryland by Fredericksburg and into Pennsylvan ia by Gettysburg, then into New jersey, by Morristown and Trenton, then up the Hudson, acrosss to Lake whampiian by Fort Ticonderoga and other historic revolutionary oatue rtelds, then on to Canada. One may go now from North Carolina to Que uec with every foot ot travel over aard surface highways. The trail south of North Carolina to Miami is aimost as complete, and within a very tew months will be completely hard surfaced. o popular Polk County Sisters CfluriiLi at BitaJay Party Misses Maggie Sue and Gilreath ?J lards icdCdftain JaiUi fYia-i-Js at Joint Birthday Party Misses Maggie Sue and Gilreath Edwards entertained Saturday night at their home near Coiumbus, Jie party being in celebration o? their birthdays, which occur on the x7th and 16th respectively.; A lartoe crowd of young men and women of Jxe community gathered vand the evening P^s^ed pleasantly with games and conversation until a ^te nour when refreshments, consiBting of brick ice cream and da iciuus home made cake and Polk County watermelons were served. Tueir nouse guests, Miss Ruby Moore of ^\>rest City, and Mrs. Tench C. Ed wards, lately of Boston, Mass., were 0uests of honor. About midnight the party broke up, all wishing their hostesses ' many more happy returns of the day. Those taking part in the pleasures of the evening were. Misses Anna Lynch, Pearl Mills, and her guest,, Miss Ethel Hill of Ruth erford ton, Blanche Feu van, Jeanette McFarland, Minnie Green, Pantha Edwards, Ruby Moore, the hostesses, and Mesdames H. A. Shannon and Tench C. Edwards, and Messrs. H.. A. Shannon, Grover Thompson, Max Feagan, Hanford Thompson, Guy Hill, Sidney Smith, Robert McFar land, Julian Lynch, John Lyles Ed wards, Fvank Green, Bennet Burnett Keither Thompson, Brodas Mills, Gurley Peattie, Rupert Arledge, Lew ia Feagan. r have received invitations to be jsalera of Cicinnatti at a Fall Fash tield there August 30 to September from Tryon, Saluda and possibly ;he nine-day period scheduled for Club, Gyro Club, Optimists Club, E?ectric Cltlb and Civitan Club. Not only retail merchants but the gen?r al public is Invited to attend the Pa geant. The principal features at the Par geant will be the showing of the new style8 for men and women for the coming fall and winter on living models, and an exhibition of piece goods, infants' wear, jewelry and other ntw merchandise, The retail merchant who wishes to keep hia stock up U) date will have an oppor- ( tunity to make his selections while he is enjoying the festive program that is being arranged for his enter tainment. No Broadway revue has ever been presented with a greater array of firqt clasg talent that the program that is planned for the entertainment of the visiting merchants at the Cin cinnati Zoo. Among them are Don Jose Mojica, famous Mexican tenor, who ha8 been the sensation of the Chicago Civic Opera CompW; ny Johansso^ internationally famous Swoedish premier danseuse j the Ha zel Wallack Dancers, a cotopany of charming girls in an extensive terp tiichortan repertoir, gorgeously cos tumed ; the Canadian Troubadour*; Van der Koor8 and hia trained duck, a comedy offering; Merrel 8chwarx, baritone, a star of the Keith Vaude ville Circuit and known to thousands of radio fane through bis song offer ingg via Siatioj^ Vv LW and WflAl; and the Cincinnati! J,3nlher Sym phony QrchfcStra. , o ? Death Rate in N. C. Shows Numerous Homicides Mostly Mings Typhoid Gives Way to Murder aid And trauies-MfiMiflidUl lUltftt Sull hounsn in I J hed Mil North Carolina contributed more than its quota to the crime ware of tue nation during the past year, ac cording to reports from Raleigh. zM deaths being designated as hom iciues in returns made on death ceP" taicaus filed with the State Board of Heaith for 19*4. Chicago, with a J record of more than a murder per uay ior the year, may have led the counny, but tms State rankg well up i in uie for^iront. Typhoid iever not so long ago was a lare,e iactor in the death rate of the btace. it has been one of the causes uf d?-ath against which both state and local health authorities have w?*ged a major offensive. Now mur der and a-itomooiie accidents each I levies a greater anual toll of human luf tnan aoes^ this once prevalent <*nd Uieaded disease. The records show more than dou ble the numuer of negro victims among the homicides as compared with tne whites. The distribution is SH white, 201 negro, and 4 Indian. The homicides are divided into four classifications. Of the totaJ, were killed with firearms, 47 by knives or other piercing instruments, 6 were babies killed ciosei/ following birth, and 11 were killed by other m^ans. o FLORENCE MOORE ENTERTAINS FRlENbS ON 13tb BIRTHDAY In response to the beautiful deco rated invi Ions, a group of little gii-ls gathc.ed last Thursday, August 13, at the home of Miss Florence Moore to assist in ceieorating her 13 ch birthday. After the lovely gifts I had been presented, games were p.ayed from four to six o'clock, when lemonade and small cakes were at tractively served, after which the birthday cake was cut and passed to each. It was a day long to be re membered and on departing all. wish ed Miss Florence many happy re turns.