.J.1 < ".^" i 7 - ? - f, '- y PAGE TWELVE The Polk C Published Weekly by The ''! ] LOUIS LEH Entered at the pustoffice ajt Tryon, N. act of TERMS OF S One Year L..." Six Months Three Months , 1 DISPLAY ADV Forty Cents Per Legal Advertising, One cei ^^^Sat^vSich makes a man great THE INCREASING There is a measure of ird obtain from the goveirnment mi and their ingenious attempts t1 the part of the newspapers tow; ever there is a raise in the cost always is placed on ttye back of plified quite recently! when the higher wage for the postal em] ovrvnnrl if 11 rO njlfi* HIC 1IIL I CApvmumi v higher rates of newspaper trail In the case of the postal en gitimate reason for the raise. e\ on the part of the publishers, with demands for a higher n then it is time to call a halt. We wonder how the public , requirements for postal service deliver their bundles to the car; the different zones, piut the bur pense and have them picked up destination. As a fact the Post no cost of handling, <|)tWer than The government pharges ai pounds for a haulage 01 iou mi roads and other carr ers compe rhtes ranging from 30 cents to the same distance. * NO cjoNFLICI Dr. Robert A. Millikah, not ner, and*David Starr Jordan, pr versity, both agree, in substance science and religion. This alone if religion is true, as |we believe are based upon facts, as we bel ligion and science ought to be Strictly speaking, there nt one truth and another. The fj harmonize the two. * A DIFFICULT And now a certain British such thing- as quoted in "The; series of books that came out * had to do with the officer's allt mans during the World War, in man military authorities, burm diers to obtain needed ingredi< After an expensive set of comes rather difficult to retrai the officer was misquoted, he ( war profit and loss and forget i way, and the best of; historians man now would entertain the b thorized any such procedure, alt have been shyed at had he not "beg pardon" is not due so mu quoted officer, as it is to the su tie witn tneir consciences in n either fact or fiction. + " A GO( We saw a good one the otl is dangerous if you let the otl "other fellow'' worried about w Therein lies the rub. Forcing your competitor advertises ma; law, and, by the way, it is a la\ business to permit that to be business alertness? Know thy know thyself. If your goods n and if they merit selling, the; IS a vital part of the process o When you were in school own football team or the visitii THon wViv nrp von not. l ust' as A ' / ? ?? - ?to see IT win? Dollars spenl your family and community 1 cleaned up on the other team, < games are forgotten, but a les home town leaves an indelible adverse to its prosperity. * Connecticut tobacco grow* to cultivate while the ground is wooden nutmegs? * . Mile. Hortenae Bildraille c her father because she ran aw; actress. . ' * , A cat and three kittens i shipped from Grand Rapids to . Vf ; ' ^ - * Robbers threw pepper intc "Rome and eseaped with his ba HiM i s jr' *? !rst - jr.I "* I ? | . ; ^ ounty News Hews Publishing Company MAN, Editor | C, as second clasp mail matter unde: Congress | SUBSCRIPTION . 1.5( : i;...75( ERTISING RATE ' Column Inch, Flat lit Per Word Cash In Advance . - i is the power t^/ give powi^^ OF POSTAL RATES. riy in efforts of the railroads to ore money for carrying the mails o enlist the favorable attitude or ards the project. As a fact whenof handling the mails the burder the newspapers. This was exem1 ? <* i r _ newspapers naving iougnt ior a ployees were rewarded by having ?ed on to them for payment, in sportation. nployees of course there was a leren though it did involve sacrifice but when the railroads step out ite for transporting publications would feel if it hid to meet the demanded of the publishers who s, each bundle Separated to re^ch idles in the cars at their own ex?bv their dealers at the points of office Department has practically what it pays to the railroads, e in excess of $1.70 per mundred les for newspapers, whereas railiting for similar shipments offer 90 cents per hundred pounds for i ' WITH TRUTH. :ed scientist and Nobel prize winesident emeritus of Stanford uni;, that there is no conflict between i does not settle the question, but : it is. and if scientific deductions ieve they should be, then both rereconciled as compatible. ;ver can be anji conflict befween rult has been merely a failure to * A I, "BEG PARDON." 1 officer says he never said any nvon+fni Vpirs." a hich-class several months ago. The story :ged propaganda against the Gerwhich it was stated that the Ger?d the bodies of their fallen sol;nts for war materials, books have been published, it beet any erroneous statements. If an well afford to put It down as t. War propaganda will have its ? often miss the m^rk. No sane elief that the (German people au,hough a few years ago one might ; been willing to believe it: The ich, if at all, to; the alleged misffering posterity who must wresjconciling the related incident as . . M I )D ONE. H?v Tt snid that, advertisine ler fellow do! it all. But is that 'hat you are doing or not doing 1 yourself into advertising because y be the working of an economic v that works, but is it really gooc the sole measuring stick of youi - business is as good a motto as lerit handling, they merit selling y merit advertising. Advertising f selling. j ' 1 * * or college, did you root for youi ng team? Silly question, isn't it anxious to boosjt your own towr t here mean a lot more to you anc :han whether that football tearr sven if it was more exciting. The sening of -your allegiance to youi impression upon| your communitj * jrs are seeking i substitute croj resting. What is the matter wit! * * )f Paris has^ been disinherited bj ay from a convent and became ai * * ~ . vere found in a car of furnitjur* New York. * * ~ * ) the eyes of a bank messenger ii g of gold. 1 ^ v ' ''rjf * - V ? *- " William Lorisch, a Swiss ci $50,000 offered him by a rich s ? i: * An odd combination of nam for speeding in St. Louis in oi r George Faster and John C. Slow Queeh Elizabeth of Belgiur | February, is letting it grow out e * 1 The cost of newspaper tra It has reached that point where affect the public. Surely it is t . by the government came to a s Ain't nature grand? All y< wright is to marry a ^ong writer gressnan she'll become a states * Tammany's rules are still e well Tammanyized police comm i vious! administration. Then the , i , i That Michigan woman whc l j Met" and dedicated the work to her generation. * ? The combined ages of foui 1 England, total 335 years. i About your Health Things You Should Know Controlling Your Weight There are at leastthree ways to acquire flesh: to eat too much, ti eliminate too little, and to rid# to erywhert tistead of walking, /toverse procedures if you would kM flesh. Eat less end excerclse matt^ if your adipose threatens. Fat people usually drink tot i rauch fluid at meals. Flufda All aid absorption. There are mflliant of absorbing' glands in the intetoine, and they are constantly to work, unless we may imagine th# Lymph-channels so full that they will hold no more. Fat people at>sorb too much?more than they con ' dispose of properly. SinAi^drj food absorbs more slowly and sparingly, Wyour stout lady should drink no fluid at mealtime nor soon after. Note that I say FLUIDS. J11 dilutehts must be excluded, tow milk, cotFee, and other prepared beverages are as harmful at meal* -as water. Excess of sugars and starchet should be avoided as well, also v. : 'i.e v, or. :. The six o'clock dinis the foe of long life. Avoid i:. indolent habits dispose one to . 'atr.ess. OVEi-.FLlk-'i.^s sluggish, inactive, weakened Ensues. Fat women have tolled, rolling on the floor, enduring Kurd sweats, submitting to mnul.i.g> of "massaged N ?all the while i .tiring down fluid* ' with meals, and eating six-cours% i six-o'clock dinners, taking "antifat" sure things, and wondering Ai-hi. ,,n north thov remain fall Here I way emphasize that drug* do not remove tne CAUSE. Neither will belts, pads, or "supporters" ! out-do rigorous absorptive apparatus, when the intake of absorbable foo-?s is pushed beyond all needs of the body.. ; NEXT WEEK*? "INFLUENZA". " j ? THE PI Did You Do Your Part? j Editor Polk County News: After attending the delightful (ses[ sion of the Drama Fortnightly i Club M?rt/lnoo asked one of those who took part if f he did not find it an arduous and thankless task. His reply was ; that, though the preparation did entail a good deal of work and the presenta" tion was a tax upon his nerves, he I felt fully compensated when people ! came to him as they sometimes did j and thanked him for the part he had taken to make it possible -for jthem ' to keep in touch with the best in the ' dramatic world. r This set me to thinking that perr haps some of us had been remiss in not making it a point to thank our hosts and hostesses for a pleasant and profitable evening. Of course if you were not there you ) don't know what you missed. But if j you were there you enjoyed yourself ?you couldn't have helped it! But did you manifest your enjoyment in a tangible way? j ! Many did, as was evidenced by sub7 stantial unsolicited Contributions, but 1 if |you didn't make It your duty to thank some or all of your entertainers| you missed an opportunity to do a gracious and kindly act and should ' avail yourself of the first chance you have to do so. Ideally this Dramatic Club is a most unusual organization. 1 'The members seem to be possessed by the remarkable delusion that it is f ,-v,, ^ I' - " " -v" r\ " 4 *. -i J .'.'/t " ; P " ?*; >? ' -J :jZ ; THE iPOLk COUNTY NEWS jstoma guard, refused a bribe of imuggler he had captured, y * * ies was found in three men fined ne day. fhey were Alex Staid, re. * r * o, who had her hair bobbed last again. # j * nsportation is already excessive. I i if it be increased it is likely to ime thus explotation of the press top. * ' 3U have to do to become a play'. Maybe if a girl marries a con;man. ? * I , " mforced. The first duty of any issioner i? to discredit the pre: public may get a look in. _ ? * > wrote "Dumb Animals I Have her husband evidently is wise in H * Sparbell brothers of Eversley, --- II - ? Editor*! Not*:? Through special aa> ramgomcnt with The Educational Book 0%, M. Y., this newspaper now offers its readtrs this interesting feature, "QUIZ", being extracts from that book, endorsed by Eo> gene C. Gibney, Director of Extension Activities, New York Board of EdnmQoa, These puzzles will be found Intellect)*! as MU U Instructive. ** * Puzzle No. 86 Buried Geography. Can you discover what towna an hidden ? 1. They marched in -JTurghen* dresa, to the courts of Justice. . 2. Remember lining one's pockets with money won't insure hap- j aj pin ess., 8, ' Doesn't joppa rise a little is in parts ? sn 4. Man, I tobacco never tooeh. , | wl Puzzle No. 87 lh Three English Town* 116 Enigmatically Expressed. th 1. An important part of a ship. ( ll 2. A part of the body, and water. 3. Masculine, a box, and an et- hi ">r. ro Puzzle No. 88 ^ Miscellaneous. * l0( la what town of England wai Shakespeare born ? _ j w' What la the Arctic mrciei " Who wrote "Parafllse Lost?" le; How many states surround Ohio 1 wi Name three books written by Victor Hugo. Who (flscovered the Pacific Ocean? fr Puzzle No. 39 th Word Transformations. Only one letter must be changed fa at a time, and a proper word raus' (.a be made at each change. 1. Change "sing" into "talk." wl 2. Change "rind" into "bark.' 8. Change "cold" into "heat." co ^T~ . Oil Solutions of Loot VTt*k'? Paria:? Puttie No. 82. One keep* the Uwa Wet, Pc 'he other koeps the; lawn dry (laundry). ?r " --1? No. 88, H'? fcot. Puttie No. 84, r frye*. SIM-.. Mont.. X. T. Punk) TO " *vt Stand, Wrath. + ++*+** * * 5 ++++*+++++****' 3 O P L Ej' S CO **M,+++++d*4"M,+,l? p * d"* *: ! their duty to do soimething to enter- tin I tain, amuse or instruct their fellow we citizens. They also have that even we [ more remarkable dielusion that they re; should work harder without compen-1 thi sation than they anyone else Would i ac do for pay. I [an Such altruistic ideas are certainly j T' refreshing in this day and age, and [ l)e entitle their possessors to considera- (li< tion and at least to honorable men- wl tion. rei It is my understanding that those su who avail themselves of the privileges of of the Drama Fortnightly Club are of also permitted, if they choose, to Pu contribute the sum of $1.00 per sea- se son toward paying the expenses of the W organization?the purchase of books, Cc etc. I hope that the time may come ml when sufficient funds may be made available to permit of a proper stag- wi ing of the plays presented. - ua Of the players themselves who par- D\ ticipated in t^ie last showing, it need m( only be saidi that Mrs. Wilson made 011 a most interesting and sympathetic stepmother, Dr. Palmer an amazing tel butler, and Mr. Harold Crandall gave m< an acceptable} picture of a young man 8a whn thnii?ht ithat tho Iaqo nf Mo ink CI ..?V - UQ?. vu?v vuv AVUk) Ul UIO JUU had made him "hard boiled," but whe f01 found that h< was mistaken. Pe In the second play Miss Mary Lindsey made an attractive and convinc- 1?' ing war bri< e. Mr. Julian Hester faithfully portrayed the philandering n'i profiteer, and Dr. Bishop's presenta- P'' tion of the soldier husband was exceedingly we 1 doqe. The audience tic was materially largfer than at the previous performance! possibly due to ' J ! . 1 . ) ' y ' i ' .r l DV DDT TOC D 1 UIVUVJU -' i By BRTJCB BARTON. Sleepless and bewildered bu, gloriously proud, the husband of Mary emerged from the stabl^ and made his way to the cent sus taker's booth. For it was the decree of ImperiaJ Rome, oij dering a general census, thai had brought ' them to Bethle)hem. The angels' song hunjimefj through his heart and timeijl hi$ steps with its rythm; his J fine; bronzed face was radiant witl^ the wonder of the night. Bu| enrollment blanks and reekont ings kept the census taker jusyf and all he saw was another peasant standing in the line, r "Name " he demanded n a routine tone. "Joseph, carpenter, of Nazareth, of the House of David." L "Married?"' "Yes." "Wife's name?" "Mary." "Children?" The sturdy young carpenter ! drew himself up. "One child," he ansverec proudly. "A son, Jesus, bori. lasi. night.'' Was there any comment? Di(j the petty governhient of'icialL who wrote for the first time th^ Dame was to^ be BIRDS A1 n m r n r? nnr ay HL,DCJI\ I Yesterday, January 8th, w< workejl 1 day setting out roses and vinejs 1 our garden, and last nigt t a soljt iow powdered the woods with liite. The pines and cedarn put oh | eir capes of ermine which were sb I iavy they h'umped their backs like e aged. The laurel bush is werp anged -to white gypsy teiits, and ' gh above us, in a coign in the , cks, hung a fir tree wi mantle [i lace as magical as a cobweb ant} , delicate as a spider's net that n6 < oni could spin. Up the m juntainp !1 sre long rows of spiral s airwayp [liter than the dawn, and1 the val- i ys were a fairy panorama that be(- I ldered the eye with its bedutyj J thic steeples with delecate tracery1, 1 nples more picturesque thjan Tusr 1 :iy, a forest of white spires and bel[ J es as enchanting and mji^ical a^ j1 ; Alhambra. Che birds began to call fpr breakj i t before we were up; |a blackj 1 . iped chickadee with a breaSh^as ! J "-i ' r \ ite as a primrose drummed. ?n ouf| < iidow. Their table in the tree "was ' i rered with snow, so I placed ah i t table Jgaf on the steps of thej ' i-ch and filled it with crumby and! c ain. First came those tiger-spar-| 1 h's, the bedouins of the wocjdp, who! v i irreled and fought over ' every r s I s j ;? % ;? ?; >; ;? >; <;? >;* ^ ^ < > { ;< < } < * ^ s .UMN v rv fn^r^nkln * U ? 11 L 1 cj tuvui auitj icipun ui iut> eAfeiicui j iy in which "The Age of Romance" 19 presented. Those who for any apon are unable to take part in ^ epe plays can materially aid the t^)rs by manifesting an appreciation d discerning interest in the work. ie best way to do this is to attend rsistently and consistently. I preit that the time is not far distant ion 11 win De necessary to1 make servations for these events to inre seats. Apparently there is need greater publicity as to the dates these events] Apparently it is the rpose of thos|e in authority to prent an attraction every second ednesday night. Possibly the Polk mnty News could be of value ^s a j ich needed press publicity agent. It is reported that the next play 11 be presented on Wednesday, Jan- ' ry 27th, under the direction of Mr. vight Smith and that it will be a >st ambitious effort even for Try's actors. > II In a previous article I called station to what I believe to be a ! >st important fact, that such an or- j nization as the Drama Fortnightly S ub offers a more potent argument j r securing an influx of the kind of I ople we want in Tryon than all of j 8 propaganda of all of the 50-foot. real estate boomers put together. 1 Let's get back of the Drama Fort- r ?htly Club and help it to accom- I sh even better things in the future, j le roitc County News is in a posin to help. Yours truly, A tfircr COMER. I ' ; I -^1! I If/I, , ? ;r Boy BARTON every name"?did he wonder as he wrot^? Probal ly not. It was just one moM* ns mo on the census roll, just another boy. What aughter would have rung throtigh Rome if someone had pointed to that nanje and said: "There s the beginning of the end of your empire and of all empires everywhere." Yet it would have been true. Democracy began, and thrones began to tdtter, when He said: "You are the isons of God." For if all man are sons of God. then all ar^ brothers and the poorest are erttitled to equal rights and priy-, lieges with the king. Romelvould have laughed, and Rome is dead. The influence of the Child lives on, uplifting the standards of action and thought Inspiring laws, enlisting the strong 11} service, to the needy and the | weak. We celebrated last month His birthday, and the festal of all children everywhere: They, not we, are the really important people of the earth. In cradles, and at the foot of Christmas trees, are the lives that are td* overthrow and rebuild all that we haVe built. Nothing is so powerful or so perfect that it cannot be transformed utterly by . the miracle of another girl. Or another boy. jP*! ?'< ' ' . ! __ ? 'j,, >. i .. -ni&bS- ' ? ?3H " TRYON L. KLKKY crumb, "^^n the ground robins or towhees with white aprons. pinned over their breasts, the cedar waxwings, with pointed crests and soft gray wings swung on the boughs of the dogwood and jfreened themselves, their gowns of brown and yellow velvet lookihg a^ if they had just come from a bbauty shop. A colony of juncos, snow breasted, filled their wallets with grain and frolicked, chirped and fluttered in the snow. A tufted titmouse with a black cap and yellow vest did not care much for our bill of fare, but the little sprite lorded around as if he wrere the host. . An hour later came the aristocrat of the woods, the cardinal with his irojan cap, h'is wings and breast red is a flame, and wearing a black necklac^ under his J)eak. He has slept late, having probably attended a royal banquet last night. His manners wejfc princely, and he said grace and waited -for his lady love to come be* 'ore beginnipg his meal. She wore a bodice of bright gold and tiptoed tround as daintily as a queen. Mr. Cardinal was very pompous and did he eating for both. After they had ;one there came ai scarlet taninger ;n brilliant cqlors; he must have :on|e straight from the costumer, he va^ so beautifully groomed, and his vinfes were such a jet black. He did lot | like eating at the second table, ind; with a stately bow left a tiny icarlet feather as a calling card and laid! he wou'd come again. Tpmorrow the beauty of the show rill have vanished, but the glory of he mountains and the charm of the alleys will remain, the stately pines rill lift their arms and the laurel rill be green again. The holly will rear her rubies and the mistletoe ier pearls;' Tryon will still be the ueen of the mountains. ALBERT L. BERRY. Tryon, N. C. j Pie Eating Champ j Rep C. McGregor ?f & T charged that Waahtng??T ?oe*? couldn't make good plea. t? pro*1! him wrong, a pie-eattag eanUp was staged ao^nere ia Oriagreaa man u&uubgrornery of "flj. ing his third pi* ' |] \ i? ,v i .: ; i THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 193, IThis Wep|| fli vSrm t W. ^jw A^ldi _3M ' TBy' Artfcrar' Hj The scientists that heard from a,I learned < hicago astronomer. M,,U]t B about th earth's proli.-hl- 'H million l)illion years, practically ^^B of It still ahead of us, heard aufl al-o .t the size of our corner of $pa(B our "galaxy" in which the ?un j's jj^B a grain of sand. It is shaped like a watch. p, ,^^B mensions are thirty thousand, ligv. H years through from fron; |Ja^H two hundred million light y^B through the wide way, across the faqfl fof the watchr To get tin listatg, I across our galaxy multiply th- nmjB ber of seconds in two hundred sand years by one hundred and eighty I six thousand miles, which will ;jTll you something over a quintriliion .1 miles, written with one, foi. ,.,j ,.^H eighteen zeros, according to r^B probably inaccurate figuring ,,n -,B edge of a newspaper. Let your little boy do the sum. I Hut remember there are in that pfl axy 'of ourai about one billion su^B 'many of them a million times B as our sun, which is a million timl ks big as our earth. And the billion suns move ai*^fl | like bees in a swarm. If two of th-fl come too close togetner, mo planed of both suns are instantly wiped 0;H of existence. That happens once in a billion years, on tin- at*! age. But it might happen any^iil therefore it is well to be always' pared with a clean slate. The "garter bouquet" of real fiot-H ers is announced in Philadelphia. for- I get-me-nots, presumably worn just be I low the knee. Women spent centuri* I hiding their legs even with dress* I sweeping microbes from the ground I Now they exhaust ingepuity callintB attention to their legs. Pink stock- H ings, strange garters, slippers that I look like a set of gold pony harness I 110 stockings, sometimes, high tide H skirts. It is puzzling, but you may be surI that back of it all usefulness and wisdom are at work. Man's dull dress evolution, is about over. Woman's is only stdfTting. Wise officials of Silesia order can as well as dogs muzzled. A good idea, but it isn't enough. Cats and dogs should he shaved, ^as well at muzzled, to make them safe for children that play with them. If i mother, allowing her child to play with a cat, had microscopic eyes, and could see the disease germs thai thrive in the cat's fur, she would shave that cat and wash it in a weak solution of carbolic acid. 't Philadelphia's Wistar Institute, 1 nart of tho TTnivpvaitv pf Ppnncvlva. specializes in breeding white rats, cousins of the gray rat, not ordinary sewer rats that carry plague. The rats live and breed in 'a special rat establishment costing f^O.OOO, and- are shipped all over the world, including Japan, that scientists may work on "standardized rats'' and com pare results satisfactorily. The' rats live, dje and submit to disease infection, knowing as little as human beings" know about the why or wherefore. Little do they dream that their tissues, structure, growth and digestive processes happen to re semble those of men, and that Uwy breed, live, die, only to save a higher race from death. Even so, they know as much as we do about prima! causes ,and final purposes. J Why arj we breeding and dying? A poor old woman, aged seventyone, is found dead in a wretched tenement, no furniture, a few dry crusts and six thousand dollars to her credit in three banks. Unjustly this old lady is called "Miser." Interest on six thousand dollars would give her 1?'H than eighty cents a day. You can't I.TVR on that althnmyh wah oon going if you rummage in garbage ins and pick up fruit dropped by peddlers as Mrs. Deutsch?r did. Oud standard of living has changed About-100 years ago only one workman in. the United States could earn $1 a day all the year round. Celestino Fabietti, marriage <' rk in Rome for twenty-three years, says marriage is an art. To know a man-, well watch him closely when he rr?' nounces the fatal "Yes." Men are more afraid of marriage than worn-r says Pabiette, and a child might km * that. Schopenhauer calls marriage a ftmale conspiracy to make every man support some one woman all her hi''That, says he, is why women are in*r' cilessly cruel to other women that .!'> not insist on marriage. Thp fact is that marriage is a training school for men; women are the professors, and progress Is slow. Hut since this world is to last as Prof'-* sor Mouiton of Chicago Universit1' says, 1,000,000,000,000,000 years mowthere will be plenty of time to train husbands.