ews 20 f'AGES An Independent Weekly 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 1925 $1.50 a Year News Begins "Thirty-first lt3[ as Weekly Newspaper With The Current Issue J . ?r> ? js Have Piloted ;t Through T e Stormy Seas Long Period ot Publication. Paper Has "foo*n roMiinuouslii Since the Very Beginning w iii this issue begins its thirty-first consecu ol To lk County, and according to historians of ahrrtd iv. ???' storms during that period than any 1,1 days i.;' sailing ships.' Under many captains ,.ii t (I by-wa >'s going forth to the out of way cor uintry carry ing its message of hope in the future, nditions. in , ist? and it undoubtedly has played a in spite of ? ' large part in the development of 'lair-'d to ex- I ! Polk County and its resources. lw ! L farming Country | of Polk County Lfwi. Will Kept HoraiS, j Lt^maki Lower end of E) [icipiionaiiy attractive I..... . is not all I. ; v discovered | [ ... ;v . ; d the nose of ? the uauticai K*. -turned our ? aad follow ML ? ? . . .itj where can- | I-,; vk drooping j li::r -*>' is deepest | mi:-.:. P*Pe from B_. \.;:h v'arulina rubs 1;.: .. o utturn sister, K : ? ? mi.-hip of Polk - -n contented ?t? -? SpcTOUS. I-W.- ? i: of the gar- ? v vu.uty. more no Hp^.o tii if particular sea ? tii. uplands have ?:;> the ghost. We B:.. tilled farms, R;..*: l v. beginning to Bfi>. Y\ aaw corn Ji^lds, fto- ' at- acres . tha* ?wlii t- more propitious ? vM- ii along and not Bx-- homes. modern B'~ .. .v it- fresh with i m -^au with evi- j B> - The mules j ? gamboled in} hurs.-s slaunch- j ??-, i: chard trees,1 B:- font lit. Cot B' . spoke the j *. Flowers in j -i . ated grasses j B J .. i>jvvs reveal- j f those who - hool, that | ?M.,ch has i it- r education I and which j ! standing, j a- along the in remind r many_ in -lvenesg ana i c tuhine to I :k County .:i measure ? xpressions j Serious i ? :r play? ancestors iirst rude new order 'he old, and h r with rowth and W Season Monday $?;teer Seie.it'a Tryon (jrad *??? ' . !.:i- morning ;ii . accord S.niU.rticr, '"IV ' l Students ; i! (Iraded mi is at> .Science Latai ? . . ;? -t.ory ?f ' 'a'.,;. .V,. fL' . ?V.N ? " ? I. .If !' ? '-.-.(Jf ! "rude Krade crude Since its beginning 30 year8 ago, it has bet u under the direction and management of many men, some able and efficient, others lacking that ? mething which makes for success as a small town publisher, and .the roll call of editors reads as fol'ows: Charles Fowles, founder and first ed itor James McDowell, Geo. F. Pope, Walter Vandiver, Will K. Jones, T. C. Crowther, C. H. WiUiams, John Carnegie, W. C. Corcoran, John H. Hogan. John Bierbsfum, John L. Smith. George B. Cobb, Frank Little, B. F. Copeland, Clarence Bush, Hume Fraser, and Howard A. Shan non. Many of the editors are now dead >thers have tired of the attempt to make two ends meet and sought fair er and more fertile fields, but the Polk County News continues as a pub lication, growing steadily in size, prestige and circulation if not in ma terial things. Many times when thoroughly dis couraged over the financial middle in which we found its affairs involv ed aud which we have as yet been unable to unravel, we have persisted because we. felt there was a neij for our (efforts, and that| the effJrt to boost and build would be appreciat ed an(i because we couldn't bear to see the pioneer work of those who preceeded u^, al$pðer wasted. ? They likt^(V Une n6W h?7 * completed . \ X Threatens! Elizabeth Ryan, of London, English champion threatens the national crown worn by our youthful Helen Wills. Miss Ryan, formerly lived in California. She defeated Miss Wills in special play last week in straight sets ? 6-2; 6-0.- Both are now worging up toward the annual tourney. Cities Threaten Secession from States - But Tail Can't Wag the Dog Baltimore, Chicago and New York Want to Es'ablish Separate States but Congress can't See Their Play Chicago is threatening to secede from Illinois and set | up her own state government BaHimore, too, it is said, feels herself growing out of sympathy with Maryland. New York City has long had a grievance at the state in which it is located, and other large centers are taking advantage of the present crime-wave agitation to explain their troubles. The talk of seccession is all non sense, of course. We have so many states now that our national govern [ ment is unwieldy, and it is childish to talk about witholding taxe8 and set ting up separate commonwealths just because the city politician do not agree, or because a governor threatens to call out a militia to stop crime that appears to him to have become too big a problem for for the city. We are proud of our big cities and their achievements, but they should not forget that they are populated and sustained and fed by the farms. However much over grown the tail may become, it can never wag the dog. Road System Spells Prosperity to Rural Populat on or H. C. Roadside Markets, Coupled W.tti Easy Cummunicauon with Tu?tns aim vi.Lgcs Wiiere a Moikdt ?x?sts m?ktf Prosperous farmers North Carolina farmers and tour ists now enjoy 235 mileg more of Fed eral-aid highways than they did a year ago, according to reports from tjie Highway Commission. This mil eage, completed in the year ending June 30? cost a total of $8^446,717, of which the federal governmant fur nished $3,069,696. Highway construc tion under this plan now under way in the state totals 217 miles, while the total mileage completed previous to last year was 8S4 milts. This additional mileage, while a convenience to the tourist in the state, is a godsend to the farmer, aa it is estimated that each and every farmer in this section of the country averages 19 tons of tarm products hauled to market and 8 tons of feed, luel fertilizer, machinery, supplies, j etc., from town. When good j^rnds make trucks feasible this is not very burdensome, but it represents a good mauy hoars' lobor where -horses and poor roads must be used. And so while the tourist finds inter-city roads mighty comfortaole to the farm er a good serviceable road from his tarm to the nearest market is a downright necessity. The expansion of hard road systems uoth in this and other states In re cent years has given the farmer an added inducement for going into business for himself. That he has not been slow to tLke advantage oi the opportunity is testified in the increasing number of roadside mar kets on the more frequented high ways. Figures show that each of these markets takes in fifteen to thirty dollars up to several hundred dohars a day, varying with the local ity, the preponderance of buyers be ing tourists driving through the vi cinity. Some of these are nothing more than stands of simple board construction while the more preten tious are housed in buildings which may be locked after the day's or the season's business. The most suc cessful of the markets are so placed as to have convenient parking facil itiea where prospective buyers may examine the articles of goods, which should be of good qua'ity yet moder ately priced and attractively display ed. Week End Visitors at Sattbslii^ i " The Battleship Inn had as guests last we6k end, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and family, Miss Jaunita Bail ey, Miss Inez Humphries of Spartan burg, Miss Merle Rotlrs of Greer, S C., Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Howington and Mr. Wisegarber. Mrs. J. W. John son and Miss Eloise Wall who spent the week end, remained over for the week. Miss Lucille Moore, one of Atlanta's popular teachers of music, who has heen enjoying her vacation with Miss Smith, left for Atlanta Wednesday to resume her teaching. Uncle Bill Stearns Happy As Saws Buzz and Hammers Clang and New Mimosa tomes Definite Shape Genial ?nd Popular Hotel Proprietor Watches Workmen Erecting New Mimosa While He Talks of Glories of Early Days In Tryon Back in the days when Polk j ness, Wm. H. Stearns, ran Mimosa ; came one of the ibest known and the j Western North Carolina. The old I America, as a place famous for the i its guest list was always filled. Then along came a fire; Mimosa ; went up in smoke. Uncle Bill appar jently lost heart. He was- wrapped up iJust Why A Flaring Red and Yellow Sign Says "Keep Out" Service to Our Advertisers and Custom ers Demands Service From Every Em ployee of the NEWS and We Don t Pay Salaries to Entertain Visitors Primarily, it means SERVICE, that flamboyant ( sign which decorates the door leading to the printing de partment of The NEWS. For a t'me a modest, but imperative "KEEP OUT" in b^ack letters on a white sq lare adorned the space, but its very modesty was the cause of its being ignored. Hence the flame-col ored back ground with circus red poster letters ? and even th?t has failed. It has -been an enlightening study of human nature to us to see men who wo ild scorn to step behind a counter where the drygoods clerk was giving him the best service possihje, tnd dictate how the piece of goods should be folded, or wrapped, rush back into the print shop ignoring the 3 top signal, and dictate to our print ers. Men who would never dream of following a prescription druggist be hind his counter and explain how to compound a prescription of which they were really ignorant, have over stepped the same line of etiquette in this shop. Just WHY a person who would think ten times before i step ping behind the wicket of a bank tnd give orders to the cashier would feel that he was committing no breach by doi^Lg virtually the same thing here, i8 something that has puzzled our en tire force. We employ an expert linotype op erator who is paid for the work turned out, and not to entertain vis itors who brav? the dead line in op position to all rules of business eti quette. Our printers are paid to set up the work th?t is given them, from shop orders turned in at the front oxfice , and not to listen to the wrangle or some customer who thinkg he can do a better job thiji a printer witn years of training. We have made enemies of a few i who supposedly stand for all that cul ture and graceful manners mean in social life, because we were forced to insist that they refrain from de moralizing the entire printing forct jy their wilfully ignoring this neceo s&ry sign, deliberately passing th?. gate, and making personal demandb instead of consulting the editor who also has years pf training to hl8 crtd it . . j As bexore stated, this sign stands *or SERVICE. Service to the ma jority of our friends who know thai oy giving their order in at the office lit will be taken care of promptly a. possible, and be much better in at p ?a ranee under the skilled fingers o? , our employees than if they themse. ves took a hi.nd in- the Job. We have tried patience ? have triec to be polite in thig matter ? but pa tience is long-suffering, and we will have to answer cradeness with crude ntss. True there are many printing plants in this section, but we have j never yet seen one where such liber ties could be taken and "got by with. We are always pleased to have visitors call and we will endeavor to make them welcome ? in the front office. News- items are appreciated, business is appreciated but the cost of operating the NEWS plant is approximately seven dollars an hour and we can't afford >f' stop the wheelg to entertain anjr uody at any time. That's business, too. We run a manufacturing plant, and it must operate on an efficiency basis or go out of business. And so FOR BETTER SERVICE to those who rea/Uy appreciate the best we can give them, which ig the best that can be detained anywhere, we respectfully repeat ? "Can You Read? No Admittance Means Keep OUT? This Means YOU! County was pretty much of a wilder Hotel, and ran it so well that he be best liked hotel proprietors in all of Mimosa was known . tlioroughout geriial hospitality of its host ? and in old Mimosa with its historic tra ditions, its subtle associations and its intimate appeal to those whom Uncle Bill had learned to call '"friends". For years he turned a deaf ear to !offers which might have resulted in I thG erection of a new Mimosa. j"There can never be another Mimo jsa," said Uncle B^ll with a shake of his head ? "Mimosa vis gone." B it as the years passed Uncle Bill missed the gay gathering which had made Mimosa famous. Friends urg ed him to rebuPd. The site is one of the finest in the "Land of the Sky" and Uncle Bill had many opportun ities to sell the property to others, but always held on. Today a new Mimosa is rising from the ashes of the old. The casino which adjoined the old hotel is being raised, remodeled and thoroughly | modernized. Every room will have its private bath. A large lobby, at tractive sun porches, and well ar ranged dining-room will offer induce ments to winter visitors. Steam heat will add- to their creature comforts when the tinge of frost is in the air. "Uncle Bill" is building a peacn of a kitchen. He has always prided himself on his ability to satisfy the cravings of particular palates, and he is personally supervising the erec tion of the chef's retreat. In order to eliminate obnoxious odors, he is building a special addition to house the food factory. It will have a cold storage plant, and every modem con venience for the kind of food that made Old Mimosa fanioup. Driveways are being graded, shrub bery trimmed, and the beautiful grounds made presentable. Uncle Bill expects t0 open by>- December first, and old friends are already uooking winter reservations. And Uncle Bill sits at his desk smoking a thick black cigar, watching i he busy carpenters, plumbers, and painters with a smile of satisfaction on his cheery face. "Glad to get back in the game?"? Uncle Bill smiled at the question and waved a noncommital hand in the di rection of the far away ridges of Old nog Back, "Don't the mountains look p.etty from here?" Glad? Sure he's glad. And New Mimosa we venture to say will prove jast as poplar as the famed resort hotel that helped put Tryon and Polk v-ounty on the map as a t(5urist cen ter. j The grounds where such well j known characters as Wade Hampton, j iidney Lanier, William Dean Howels, ohn Bjrroughs, William J Gillette, ilichard H. Edmonds and other fig ures of national importance in the lelds of art, literature, and science, oregathered in the old days, will jnce more become the Mecca of pii ,rims from the far corners of the arth, and Mimosa will ring again vith the happy laughter of bright yed girls and gallant youth. And in the midst of the gayety, Jnc'.e Bill will find happiness and ;ontentment, forgetting perhaps Old