K' THURSDAY JULY 12, 1222
F The Polk County News j
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY I
LOUIS LEHMAN, Editor |
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THE OITIMIST
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The optimist reckons this way; increase in population of his
home town means that new Mood, new money and new citizen-ship
has come into the community; decrease in population means
that only a few of the undesirables have left, leaving the rest of
us better of than before. Hut we are not all optimists.
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THE GAP IS BRIDGED ! ing
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The gap that used to separate the city man from the country
man has been bridged with strong supports of mutual confi!
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dence.. Added facilities of transportation and communication
have not been the only reasons for this change. Education, and
the Twentieth Century spirit of cooperation have been the
chief factors in the realization of genuine community interest.!
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EXTRADITION AND CRIME
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When a criminal escapes to another state or country than that ;
of the scene of his crime, it takes ten Philadelphia lawyers and , \'
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as many stenographers to bring hint back to tnai. 11 iinunu ;. j(
is in doubt of the highly technical phases of the extradition
process let hint ask the prosecuting1 officer of the district. Klimi-1
nation of much of the red tape in bringing felons across bound-!1.'
ary lines would help in the battle against crime. Mere legal fic-i'"1'
tions prevent justice being done to society.
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MA FERGUSON'S DEFEAT mr
The Texas 'Governor's defeat at the polls does not Indicate ^
that woman has no place in jublic office. Texas was torn by jn ,
factional strife. Women are no less individual than men and
they rise and fall by their own merit; or failing that, by the
fickle fortunes of politics. Even so, the advent of a .'53-year
old Attorney General into the Governor's chair will mark no less /
a sensation than the feminine entry last year. Texas has big tak
business to look after, and it is time he gets down to the business
of providing good government for her people as well as ^(
"vindications" for her favorite sons and daughters.
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IS DE.MPSEY TO FIGHT?
Whether the champion boxer likes head lines, whether he
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doubts himself, or whether the uncertainties ot management nas
delayed the climax, there is going to be a bout between Demp- j
sey and Gene Tunney in September if one more technical point ;i v
can be settled. The license committee of New York City has
not yet granted a permit for the fight; but as is the way of
New York, no doubt the license will be issued. Sport enthusiasts
look forward to the match with eagerness, while others so
all but wonder what it's all about. ?
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MORE A BOLT FRIENDLINESS ,>('(>
Two families living side by side are friendly neighbors. Sec- t '
on dfamilies, who live on either side of the first named families,
respectively, are neighbors to the said second families, and
son on and on. Calculation of this sort makes the "whole world (
kin," for. according to the geometrical truth, persons who are woi
friendly to the same third person are friendly to each other, on,
But because people are human and'not mathematical propositions,
somewhere along the line the chain of sympathy and ^ ^
good-will is broken. The job for each of us is to see that we
are not the breaker of the chain of human kindness.
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BETTER WORLD CONDITIONS the
To say that the entire world is not affected by the political ain'
moi
or financial upheaval of a nation as powerful as France is not
expressing opinion consistent with historical fact. Now that ?
Premier Raymond Poincarc has been given an overwhelming
vote of confidnce by the French chamber of deputies to restore
financial order, marked improvement in world trade and world
stability will be noticeable. Every wave of discontent has its Tl
corresponding effect in the adjustment of national disorder and Jiril
with respect to world tranquility. French stability will help 11 1
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France, Germany, England, and we are not so far away but that
American trade and commerce will feel relief. com
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WHY NOT A COUNTY PARK? ti
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Does Polk county need a county park, a recreation area where S]U>1
citizens of the entire county may meet for large gatherings, ed
picnics, reunions, conventions and celebrations? Suggestions pedc
often bear fruit. We believe it would be well for our county ligh
officials to give thought to such a movement. Statistics are not nnT|
at hand as to the number of counties in the country that own coni
parks, but it is known that many of them own such areas. If mon
cities and towns can ^ave parks there should be ho legal ob- Hon
stacle to a county-owned park. It is worth investigating. We the
are not offprintr anv emriroolinna ns to the location for such a g've
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park, altho several places come to mind, and the longer one tion
thinks of the plan the stronger the idea grows, t fore
* The parks areas in the cities and towns are free to the pub- traf
lie. as everyone knows; but there is always more or less hesita- And
tion on the part of the stranger or non-local resident to use their s a
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ficilities. But the county-park idea offers no such objection. a<.ci
Here all people of the county could meet on common ground. Ri0n
There would be no north and south Polk county, nor east and for
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THC POLK COUNTY NEW8
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t Polk county, but JUST ONE BIG BODY OF CITIZENS
ONE BIG POLK COUNTY, all playing and singing and eatand
resting together in the POLK COUNTY PARK THAT
HOPE IS TO RE. The park would he owned by all the
de, and this community of interest would bring results in
e wai's than one. ,
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ROBERT TODI) LINCOLN
lie young generation knows little of the late Robert Todd
coin, last surviving son of President Abraham Lincoln, whose
-ing at the age of 8.'> years ends a long and interesting
or. Tho unassuming, he attained the high office of sccreof
war in two presidential cabinets, and otherwise merited
presidency of the large and well known Pullman corporai.
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DC j'USSlllg <M <>llt" .SO l lOM'I.V IL'llUni HI mil .IIIOIII hiiiumh I
h:'s the heart of the people of the United States, directly]
I he decased and indirectly for his distinguished father.
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here will he crime waves so long as there is waving of]
ne.
lany a lovesick youth finds out too late that there is a trim
natrimony.
'<ace for the world starts at home.
ulvicc to young men: The eight-hour day is no license to
e a sixteen-hour night.
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)ne hope for humanity is that the idler at least trusts that
worker is doing his share of the world's work.
'he last payment you make on the car is the amount you pay
dealer to let you trade it in for nothing on a new one.
tadio performers are reviving the old songs, but they don't
nd natural without the thick tongues and whisky tenors.
'rohihition proves that you can now raise as much kale in
'. getable garden as you used to could Cain in a beer garden.
'o hear the politicians talk about the "corn belt" one would
ik they neither raise it nor drink it east of Pittsburg and
:h of Knoxville.
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Thus far we have not heard of anyone paying his bills by
mail."- lloston Shoe & Leather Reporter. No, but lots of
pie stall them bv hot-air mail.
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he to ai number of church members of all denominations in
United States is 17,000,000, which would make quite a salva1
army if they all worked together.
v - f Pun i imntrinn what n fplloW
Ill" ! II' III IMJUL* IjllKiinn . V'CHI j .. . ? ~ ? --
lid look like after having been backed up- turned down, set
beat to it, held up, shut out and then knocked cold?
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these precarious days of bobbed hair and equal rights it's
dcr for man to reach his turn in a barber's chair than it was
woman to get her seat in the affairs of government.
(
t is said that there are 28 ways of pronouncing Los Angeles,
lich includes Hollywood in its official environs) and all of
m are wrong. Here is the 29th, which is correct: "Law
jle us." Law, as in court; single, as in youth; us, as in martiiy.
HE STATE'S TRAFFIC TOLL one of the duties of the Highway
Commission.
(From The Ashoville Times) The Commission's summary has in
lore were 7F> deaths and GfiO in- it one encouraging feature: the mini's
on North Carolina highways her of deaths and injuries for the
he first six months of 1926 and first half of this year shows a
sive speed was the chief cause of marked improvement over the same
dents, says the State Highway period of 1925 when there were 1,imission's
semi-annual report on 1)72 accidents with 76 -deaths and
Way traffic. The total number of 886 injuries,
dents was 7(13.
lie summary or cieams ann rue wncn juautt 15
Ibuted causes are as follows: TOO EXPENSIVE
d, 20; carlessness, 12; intoxicat- Eight hoboes, extracted from a
drivers. 10; reckless driving, 9; freight train in the Asheville yards,
istrians on highways, 6; blinding drew sentences of 50 days each when
ts, 4; faulty cars, 2; cars parked they were haled before a Justice of
the highway, 2; unknown, 10. the Peace. Thirty days of each senile
primary causes are. then, ac- fence are to satisfy justice while the
ling to this summary for six other 20 days are thrown in for good
ths. speed, carelessness, intoxica- measure to liquidate the court costs.
, recklessness, carelessness on The defendants, no doubt, deserved
part of pedestrians, in the order the aggregate sentences which they
n. received but their cases raise a very
his report carries with It addi- interesting question in court expenal
argument for a Stnto nntrnl ana Isnt' ?? 1 .
? v ?"< juoiii/c ouiuunutti lupsiaea
e te watch over and regulate and a trifle too expensive when a
fic on the main thoroughfares, person convicted of a simple misone
of the duties of this con- demeanor in a Justice of the Peace
Hilary would be the filing of more court must do additional time to the
plete reports as to the causes of extent of 20 days just to meet the
dents than the Highway Commls- court costs?
probably has time and facilities
compiling. Police patrol la not READ THE POLK COUNTY NEWS
A Story Self
Indus tria
(From Manufacturers Record) ;
A Southern city noted long before !
the Civil War for its iron works and !
cot:on mills and other industries, !
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and a city which has not had a factory
failure in 60 days, and in which
many existing factories are being
enlarged and new ones located, can
furnish inspiration for all other cities
in the South whose people will study
the facts presented in this issue
about Columbus, Ga. It is a remt^rk-i.io
onnrtition that Secretary Rob
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erts of the New Industries Committee
of the Columbus Chamber of
Commerce has presented.
An equally important discussion of
the upbuilding of Southern cities is
given in a personal letter from Mr.
Roberts, presenting some facts which
should be carefully studied by the
Southern trade. Inthe course of his
otter sending his special article for
publication. Mr. Roberts writes:
"We are very proud of the expansion
sol forth, much of which you
saw actually',in progress. We regard
Hie prospect for the future as
very bright. Some big things are In
process of development, but are not
yet far enough along to be discussed
in print. (
"You will notice we have included
a brief outline of the policy which
governs the work om this committee,
bis is done in the hope that it may |
encourage other Southern comraunlies
to keep their feet on the ground,
thus saving the mmoney they can ill
afford to lose* and preventing bitter
dissappointments which 'will surely
tend to slow up development.
"The present enthusiasm over moving
factories to the South will stand
a large amount of debuinking. LftK
doubtedly it is being shamefully exploited
by a certain class, because,
in their frenzied competition, certain
communities - are not mounting the
<nst. Cool judgment is required. The
more experience I gain, the more
firmly I am convinced that Columluis
displayed a fine foresight when
her ambition along this line was
placed in the hands of thoughtful
business men who compose this committee.
These matter should bo
handled by a deliberate body, and
not a la mass-meeting.
"If you were to make a close investigation
of the deals by which
some factories ar,. now being removed
from the North, I believe that in
many instances ' it woudl be found
that the conditions imposed have ex- I
(ceded all bounds of reason or fair- j
ness; that some communities are i
committing themselves to meet demands
that are little short of absurd.
I know of two such cimmltments
that recently blew up under
a cool business analysis, but not until
after there had been a considerable.
amount of exploitation and rejoicing.
In these instances, fortunately,
only the pride of the communities
suffered.
"Manufacturers who ar<t willing to
set un a safe investment will get
what money is needed in Columbus,
but the committee insists that such
, proposals must be sound in constrution
and under the management of
|capable men. It does not fancy the'
indecision is ttie worst form ot
weakness because it is mental. Physical
weakness can be and is so often
oveconie that it is a waste of
breath and printer's Ink (to recite
the names of the Stevensons, the
Napoleons and Elizabeth Barrett
Brownings who conquered it by the
exercise of mental strength and left
their influence upon history.
. Mental weakness, when it is due
to an inherited incapacity, has in it
no element of blame. But the man
who does not act because he cannot
decide, has inefficiency in its most 1
violent and incurable form.
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The weakest man in the world is i
the one who is continually debating i
which of several good roads to take I
vi'Iim i a olutava Kniwrt""* * ?? 1
.t.ntv" umutu ucinccu IWU 1
opionions. He may know that either i
of two methods of doing a thing are I
good, but yet be so apprehensive of
selecting the method of lesser merit
thar time, the only capital of the i
poor, passes by and leaves him ex- j
ha usted at the plage where the roads 1
divide. I
The boy who is in love with two 1
girls and spends his evenigs debat- c
ing about which one to see, until 1
nine or ten o'clock finds both girls i
otherwise engaged, will turn out to e
be the man who hesitates so long ^
deciding which of two positions to i
accept that when he comes to a de
cision "both positions are gone. 1
Life is like that for all of us. s
There is hardly to be found any one t
so miserable as not to have before i
him a choice of places where he may t
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Help in V I
1 Development- I
idea of having our people tak.. ail
the risk. Most of our money <1 nu n
are manufacturers who are still in "
harness. They not only are willimi
tnonev. hut they eontrihul* I
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invaluable help in other ways tin
real friendly public spirit which has :
helped to build our great plants < r
today.
"Our campaign started with scv r- ,j(
al aims in view.' To induce plants j ,,
that are misfits in other Ioclilics toj,..,
come here if we offer theni more ad-i,^.
vantages; to interest capital audi,,
genius from other sections in the de-j.v, I
velopinent of opportunities which wt. j ( 'I
know exist here; to induce sound I
concerns operating In certain lines | ,Af<
to establish explorative plants lnj,|?
Columus, to be enlarged when ad j
vantages are proven; to encourage I Ul ,
our own manufacturers to expand |M I
and take on new lines and to stimii-1
late our home people to hraiu h our j
ill new manufactures. While we re I
eeive a large number of Santa Ciaus^.
letter and handle them as such, we ! I
are making progress along till lines I
, as you will see from the summary. I
(Jood concerns are finding that our (ji
people are ready to 'g0 down the
line' with them, and home people
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are hecomtng conscious of the close |(
guard that is being k< pt against un- ,'
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sound promotions.
"Personally I think that th,. real
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and greatest development of this
section is going to he done largely s
by Southern men and by capital and .
men from other sections attracted
her,. by the magnitude of our op- ,. ' I
portunities, and NOT by the removal
to our towns and cities, almost wbol- 1 ' 9
ly at our expense ,of old manufae- '
luring -jilants of doulitful efficeiicv.!'
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\ '.'The \rich industrial areas of the
North were not developed by competitive
bidding for debilitated i'.tc-j
tories in other sections, but by their | .
own people who saw and improved
opportunities.
"The depletion of opportunity in Wh
other sections as concerns certain of a
lines', by reason of various incurable sib!" H
causes, and the increasing reeognt- 1
tion of our advantages in these lines, sonn
makes THE SOl'TH'S HOUR ? seem I .lie
great opportunity for our own In Hi
factories to expand, for our own peo- ganiz- d
pie to build and for the capital and bulary if I
energy of the North to join us to govern!
their own great profit. 'In" a <
"Certain communities have noised I politico1 i H
it about that they have pooled con- "I'j' c': n I i
siderabl sums for the purpose of In- |ti"ii iducing
sone- factory to move there, itioim l"(
Not a doubt tint that they will be iicip.il. <: I
fully accommodated?but how much j tin" ,;,t
more businesslike and proftable to plenn lit
till concerned, including the com- function H
inunity, if they would put up a little ; local fn< a
more capital and establish and oper- c'0"'
atea new factory for their own bene- .demands i: t
fit! anthorii y v
"Industrial development, and in- "tret '
dustries tiitit arc worth having, are ' '
slow mnvnra Tht? nrudent lnnnufnr- ciclicx ol
Hirer will give every thought of a ti?>ne<l. t
new location full time for seasoning. I'l 4 :"1 ""
The enterprise that is doing well ati'"aI ' v! l'
home is not interested in moving, I,lllu l
but is sometimes ready to consider 1"^ sla,('
expansion. They are the sound kind, "
and patience must be exercised if l)"s,'s ' ?
municipal f :
. or ilea;
worker^
A* a n pell I 01
9^JHSufe^LH5S39LJ^&HS?l
dan fugene Read '
consltiid. : ;
national l
The Weakest Man in funic r
the World 11 u' '
which ? : o ' t
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live and of occupations in which he L | tii
may engage and it Is a peculiar |,|,,ssjn v ii !* ?a;i?
thing that we are more likely to he trtl--1,|,
down-cast over the necessity of mak*
f i>iti lit: I . ' i , ?
ins this choice than cheered by the ^-j,^ .
Ihousht that we have two or more ol||.
good things from which to select. ,,,
Stranger still is the fact that many ;o :
of the most unhappy people in the k m.-i: " . 4!
world are men and women who have n,,, , .
more money and property than the (()
average. The psychological basis of ,|,,.nJ v.> .. ' ' "", .yj
this strange misery is that it arises Jltjv?.,| i:
from indecision most deady enemy ,,
of happiness. W'hil, ; ; ' a*
Man is so constructed physically -Ihsm
and mentally that action is the safe-! ?(lll|,| 1,,
ty-valve of his emotions. Indecision 11|(. " ::"" p.; 1
in inaction. Worry dread enemy or t,rs ? ' .
peace, attacks the mind exposed to 0l?i??j-ri<-s v .. ~
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it by timidity and suspense. The full ]oc;ii
mind has no room in it for worry. ( ;1iis ih
'ear, and hate, those foes in the i;ni,u .-? ^ J
front-line trenches of the enemy. SU( u / v
Indecision is bad enough because ing "iii. gif *JM
t causes'delay; but that is only a officials. .J *W
small part of the story. A reso-1 yet. ? <>?*>'1
ute fighter delayed by sickness or' head con1;
)overty or temporary defeat, i^aslforc
ost nothing by time, which is at at^i wiih '
>nce the most important and the | . V - 9
east important factor. A weakling,] IVach s':'. '
leiayed by fear, has lost both tiirfn have sole.
ind strength. Imark't a'
It is the time that is wasted by tr- of aboin
esolution that is truly gone for-1 with
iVer. The ass in the fable, wavering is liar\?-vi : ' H
etween two bundles of hay until he els of <i":'!: ,H
itarves to death, is a fit symbol of
he man who is so afraid of select- Tom l > "
ng the wrong one of two benefits ! grow ill
hat he ends by seceuring neither, jhe needs 1
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