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pf R Y 0 IS (THOIVIE I cjl I T I 0 W| Subscribe to the h Vol. XXXI No. 5: COMMITTEE ON Committee Appoii Commerce To 'FIVE ON" q-[lt. [Viewing is a detailed repo isrr.:*h'''i i':i.'.s. J Lynch. on tl wa;,r si:i.aii<*n m Tryon. This cot mitt-? * -s ..nxdntt'd hy the Chai ,if Commerce at the request i tli. Mati r. alter so many complain teiy lodged against the water rati t&it ttffe put into effect last mont t take ear, of the recent bond test ,(| enlarge the water system 01 II town of Try on Th,> committee wi ftmp-'scd of five prominent citizer 0; Tryoti who were to try and r T15r ;h- meter rates that were co stJered v- ry high. August 14, 19i Mr. Chap J. Lynch. Pres., Chamber of Commerce. Tryon. North Carolina. P-a: Sir: ? The commltte> appointed by yc to consider th,. water-rating pro lrtti in it? application t0 Tryon, hi impartially canvassed all phases i th, situation, with a view to offerii a solution that will be equitable I all water users, and it respectful! submits the following as its findings The Mayor and Comissloners i Town of Tryon, realizing the watt supply was inadequate to meet tl Increasing needs of Tryon, submitte hrouzh publication (four weeks I the Polk County News) as require )r law. a proposition to advertif oil dispose of an ^Utlona) ?15< W.(W six p. rcent water bonds, to 1 sd in extending water lines to ne arees of water supply, in improv ect it and purchase of water right I laying linos, etc., as said Cor tesioners and the mayor deeme utessarv to provide a sufficiei wer supply; and also to anticipal Dture requirements. This issue i c:d> commanded a premium of $! !5.W Previous to the 1150,000.00 lssu u percent water bonds In the su >f 161,100.00 were outstanding, ma a* in all a present water bond ' tebt .ln. ss of $217,1000.00. Tie fixed annual interest char) is this bonded indebtedness 113.026.00 lie find from audit made by 11. Blanton f r fiscal year ending Jut 11*21. tbo sum of $1,SOO.OO mu ^ rais-d during this year for r 4eciptio:i ,,f water bonds. $1,8000.00 from th samt> audit it was asce tilled that th,- operating expense if water plant for the fiscal yei J ,i.i. i>t, 1D21 was $2,506. current year, superintendei "fter reading, incidentals, estimat I1.'X?'UU. Total, $20,332.50. F,;r th- purpose of comparisoi first present the schedule of tl Utter rates fixed by the Mayor ai '"QttUsioners: HI.OCK TL. W R. M GA !> iinn 9 nnn ti 11 *1 _ -,.v O.UVV **' .1,000 C.000 -83 W*i r..ou?? 11,000 -56 ith lip 'iftfi 21,000 -44 -'J.oOO r,0,000 -39 ?>.h -.o.oO't 100.000 -33 :0i All uwr IO0.000 .22 r mtic ml a revision of t Batiov.. meter rates and tnininnim c( BotttilMiiPh, ;lv follows: PIISiNESS IS PICKING I OP IN REALTY CWCli >!. the Polk Realty circ B'9 takiiu' .u,.w nfe from the B^l sale- reported by Blanton a BSl'ari' t ..I estate dealers of Colli N Tiny report the followi "In 'in.- week. Contracted for lulj 0> Mr and Mis. Oliver of Ja H >m ,1, |.-|, . wia(, purpose to est llsh a fiui: ::,. r y. M. C. A. colony View. 2, lots to Orady Ci W'1' Tiiermal View. Sold one ia '"H Spring l'ark for Mrs. M?' Martit;, t? li. c. Tarleton o't CI N. c. Mr. Tarleton is and expects to locate in """'"is at an early date. The s ' Indenting to W. Y. V tts' '"""ii- d near Columbus, N. "j1"1 ' M. Phillips who is sap, rintendeut at the Colt "s 1 utti,i, Mills I HAS A ^ The lews REPORTS WATER RATE Ited by Chamber of Makes Report f T T v* Vv JUJ'IICII COMMITTEE rt 1st 5,000 gal. per m. gal. .60 net te 2nd 5,000 gal. per in. gal. .50 net iv next 10,000 gal. per iu. gal. .40 net n- next 20,000 gal. per ra. gal. .25 net of next 60,000 gal. per. m. gal. .20 net ts next-all over 100,000 gallons .10 net Supplemental t0 the revised rates ^ per thousand gallons, we recommend le the following as the minimum charge le per month for water connections: Min. Gal. 18 Unsewered, spigot only $1.50 2,500 Sewered, spig. and toilet 2.00 3,333 Sewered, spig. t., bath 3.00 5,000 Boarding h., 5 rm. for. g. 5.00 9,000 Hotels 10.00 22,000 Above rates all subject to ten percent increase when water bills are not paid by loth of following month. Yotfr committee recommends fur u ther that no lower rates than* iabove b- revised rates be made and that no is concessions therefrom be granted to af anyone. tg We approve of the requiring from to each water user of a deposit of $4.50 ly as a minimum for securing closer col- ( lection of water bills, ft Water users living outside the t*l* t n w n limit a urn nnf u oiuauuH f... no v. tvnu 'ituivo ?*t uut aooooouu iui k"~*J >e ment of water bonds, and for that d. reason we approve of charging them In an advance of 50 percent over the , >d rates current within the town limits. ] ,e j We further recommend that each , 1 house be .<cunt'4 tg a separate user . >e in figuring tne minimum con- ( w sumption; that each apartment e- in au apartment house be j ts considered as an individual user, ( Q- with the proviso, that in case it is ( id j desired to use water for several it i apartments, it will be permissable to !e install one meter for all. For example I af Should 20 sewered connections with 1.- I bath be put on one meter, the minimum mouthy water bill would be j e. |60.00, with au allowance to the 20 tn houses or apartments of 100,000 galIt ions of water; any additional water | n- used to be charged for at the rates stpulated in the above revised schedule of rates, is While the revised and lowered ' water rates submitted, permit of a S. very appreciable increase in the mlnio imum of water that cau be used, it st is the firm opinion of your commit- 1 e- tee, after careful figuring, that these 1 i. rates will produce revenue equal to, >r- and more than likely in excess of 1 of the rates fixed by the Mayor and < ar Commissioners. 1 50 In conclusion we recommend that 1 it. the revised schedule of rates and :e, minimum consumption set forth above 1 be tried out for three months from 1 na A ..mint lot 1Q9.fi nnH hofnm anv Oth nuguoi *ov, avww, ? _ !te er method of raising the needed 1 id water revenues is adopted. > Yours very truly, i JULIAN CALHOUN, LS A. L. BERRY. 00 MAE I. FLENTYE, 1 75 W. R. MEHAFFEY, 50 Committee. 40 Mr. Nelson Jackson, Jr., was un 35 able to participate in the delibera30 tions of your committee, owing to 20 absence from the city. hp BLANTON AND STEARNS HAVE BOOTH AT THE OHIO STATE FAIR Mr D. C. Stearns of the firm of Blanton and Stearns of Columbus, N. '0 C., is in Ohio this week attending the Ohio State Fair where this concern have a large Real Estate Booth les advertising, Columbus, Tryon and the re- whole of Polk County. This display ,nd is being put on at a great expense im- and no doubt will be the means of ing attracting many people to this sec20 tion of the country, ck- Blanton and Steals are the most ab- exensive reaj estate advertisers in in Polk County and are considered one nd- of the most progressive concerns in lot the whole county. The firm used to J. be styled Blanton and Greene, but tar- recently changed to Blanton and an Stearns with the addition to the Co- firm of Mr. Stearns. Mr. Stearns ale pays a gTeat deal of attention to the Vll- business, and the selling end is handC., led by. C. R. Blanton who has been the making numbers of successful sales am- in this prosperous section of the country. ' .1 "EAR RCH Polk PUBLISHED EVE TRYON, N. C ? ? Pennsylvania's Con! Here la the Keyatone State'a bdl national Exposition at Philadelphia, pendenco. In this huge structure ! from the arrival of Penn to the pi handsomest on the big exposition p hundreds of thousands of people vhc magnificent exhibits established by world. The Exposition continues ni CHAMBER TO HOLD AN IMPORTANT MEETINC A meeting of much important will be held Friday night by thi Tryon, Chamber of Commerce at tht :-hamber headquarters on Trade St Many matters of great important will ho ,a|d before the members ant i full attendance is earnestly re Uicsteil by the president. The genera) public Is also invitct ;o attend this meeting. The muct talked of water situation will b< iiscussed WATERS IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS: NO ARREST VET MADE Little Hope for' Man Hit Over Heac Is Held at Hospital ^SSALIANTS IS STILL AT LARGE Little hope fnr the recovery of Wordburn Waters, 18-year-old Mel oso, N. 0., youth, who was hit ovoi :he head with a gun about 11 o'clocl Tuesday morning by a man, allege! (? be Claude Phillips, during a braw it Tryon, was expressed at the Gen jrai hospital last night. He has nevei regain.d consciousness. Information secured from thi sheriff of Polk county last night wai lo the effect that Phillips had noi yet been arrested in connection witl [he matter. Officers have not beei abl0 to find him, the sheriff salt adn it is feared that he had fled. The sheriff also stated that h< knew nothing about the alleged al teration between'the two men, oth er than that he had heard that tht incident occurred at Phillips' homi and that he had ordered Waters ou of the yard. Th? von:h was brought to thi "U - Genera] hospital about 9 o'clocl Tuesday night in an unconscioui condition and has remained that wa; ever since. AUTO ACCIDENT HAPPENS NEAR LANDRUR An automobile accident happenei near Landrum, S. C., yesterday mori ing about eleven o'clock, when i Ford touring car skidded and ra: into a car parked on the side of th road near Collins store. Both car were damaged, two young ladle from St. Petersburg, Fla., were slighi ly injured, who were driving the ca that skidded. MAYOR PUBLISHES NOTICE TO CITIZENS AND TAX PAYERS OF TRYOI j Mayor Greene has appearing 1 this weeks issue of the News a ni tice to the citizens and taxpayers c Tryon inviting the people to inspe< the annual appropriation ordinanc for the fiscal year beginning, Jun the 1st, 1926 for the town of Tryoi The public is invited to inspect th! ordinance and make such protests s they deem proper. ' fO "JND cum Coui ,1 RY WEEK IN THE " M .. THURSDAY AFTERNOON ' ribufion to the Sesqui i' ii. \MiU I ding at the great SeeW-Oaatennlal Intercelebrating ISO years of American IndePennaytrania la dlaplaylag her pujgreas eeent day. The balldlng la one of the -oonda and haa prond a rendexroua for hare come from near and far to aee the forty-three of the leading natlona of the ittl December L WALKING A LITTLE WAY WITH ONE WHO WA8 ' GOING HOME 1841?Mr?. 8. J. Barnes?1926 By CHAS. A BROWN 3 There can be nothing more beauti. ful than the peaceful ending of/ a j perfect summer day. 1 The fading glo* In the west; the - gathering shadowy the holy hush that i>? ecc'iies m.v u y ii.i tUc 1 imperceptible coming of the night i combine to make this the most im; pressive and the most mysterious of the twenty-four. The change is so gradual that one can not say just when the day ends and the night be-! , gins. The ending of some lives are j much the same. There is the reflect-1 ed glory of the sunset; the lengthen- j ing shadows?and then the night, and we say the person has died? I but that is not so as life is just beginning. A few days ago It was my privi. ledge to be present at a funeral service in the little town of Williamston tfjat was entirely different from r any I had ever attended. It was the most beautiful occasion of the kind r that ever came my way?and I c came near saying it was one of the 1 happiest! 1 There were none of the usual trap pings that we associate with death; r instead of crepe, a dusted of white flowers hung from the doorknob; 3 and instead of the usual black cas3 ket, this one was a shade of gray 1 that anyone might wear; and instead 1 0f weeping there the sounds of cheer1 ful converses of childhood. The ' smothering hush that usually broods over such gatherings was lacking and 3 instead of tears there were smiles, for tears had no place there. Of course, each one felt the irre3 parable loss sustained, and remem-1 3 bered that there would always be a 1 vacant chair?that a loved voice had stilled forever, and that the family 9 circle could never be the same 3 again, but somehow they had the 8 feeling that it was no place for grief r or regret but rather a time for thanksgiving and praise. Her life-work was finished?the capstone placed on the edifice, and I every chamber in order, and nothing ?4 *- nlnil. I remained except to itvcuB i"C F'">? i a dJt, "Well Done!" l" When the still form was carried to a its final resting place, there was 0 nothing to show that the Grim Reape er had passed that way; heaped up 8 roses took the place of freshly turn8 ed clay, and the pathetic gash In the breast of mother earth was hidden T by more flowers. And when the notes of that old refrain, "The Half Has Never Yet Been Told," throbbed and thrilled the words took on a meaning they ^ never had before and I felt as if I was standing on holy ground, seeing n over the edge of things and catching glimpses of the Great Beyond. As I rode home through the twilight I could not believe that I had been ie to a funeral but rather that I had 10 walked a little way with one who 1- was going Home. '8 Mrs. Barnes was the mother of 18 Mrs. C. T. Price, who is now living in Tryon, N. C. ".'f- If lTE equai ity N IOUNTAIN PARADISE AUGUST 26,1926 FANNIE HURST IS BEING SUED Was Visitor in Try on Last Winter Fannie Hurst who was a visitor in Tryon last winter, is being sued by W. Seymour charges that the play "Mannequin was taken from her sfory "Resemblance," And asks for an injunction restraining its further projection be issued. Miss Seymour names Fannie Hurst, Fomous Players Laskqy Film Corporation and Liberty Magazine, Inc. as defendants she asks that she be awarded damages to the sum of $600,000, and also asks the court that an accounting of all of the profits accuring from "the plays theatre showing. Awarded $25,000 Prizes From Liberty Magazine It will be remembered that Fannie Hurst received $25,000 from The Liberty Magazine for this prize winning story, in addition to this prize j Miss Hurst was awarded an additional sum of $25,000 for novelizing the story, and the Famous Players had paid her a royalty under the privlledges of filming It. The plaintiff alleged that in her bill of complaint that in May, 1925, she submitted to the defendant a story under the title "Resemblance" for consideration. She declares that the story was rejected and returned to her the following October. Shortly afterwards the picturized play called "Mannequin" was released throughout the entire world. Only by a card system can be kept an account of,the changes In the French government. Uncle Sam shouldn't let the religions fracas take his eye off the Mexican oil can, and be probably won't. THIS WEEK FARM NEWS. COUNTY NEWS. SOCIETY NEWS. WEATHER REPORTS. ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS SPORTING COMMENTS WEEKLY CARTOONS. FEATURE STORIES. WEEKLY COMICS. CHURCH NEWS STATE NEWS MUSCLE SHOALS IS OUTRANKED Plant On Susquehanna Will Be Third Larger When the new hydro-electric plant is completed four miles from the mouth of the Susquehanna river, 75 miles from Philadelphia, it will be the second largest power unit in the world, ranking next below Niagara. It will add 350,000 horsepower I to the inter connected pool of power In the havily populated coast sec-! tion and will save three-quarters of a million tons of coa] annually. It wil have a dam 300 feet longer than jtliat at Muscle Shoals and a generating capacity one-third greater. A village of two hundred people wllj be moved, as well as fifteen miles of railroad track, a wagon bridge and considerabe farm improvements to make room for 8,100 acres of reservoir. The project is being constructed by the Philadelphia Electric Power Company an dis fifteen mijes below a power plant that supplies Baltimore. These water powers are developed to supplement steam plants already operating. PRESBYTERIANS NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZED The Presbyterian congregation organized their new Sunday School the first Sunday in August with thirty-six enrolled. Last Sunday the attendance was forty-three. The officers and teachers are: Prof W. A. Schilletter, Supt., David Caldwell, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. W. A Schilletter, Supt. Cradle Roll and Beginner Dept. Mrs. A. S. Caldwell, Supt. Intermediate and Senior Dept., Supt Adult Dept., Mrs. A. L. Berry, teacher Men's Bible Class, Mrs. Davenport Supt. Home Dept. The Sunday School meets each Sunday at 10:00 a. m. in the Strand iTheatre. ; - J I ' "7*' * * ? ;<i. , TO THE I lews tt ... . - - - gg Fn TRYON SCHOO SEPTEM All Patrons and Frie: Present For tt Exerci The Tryon Graded School willjfai open its doors for th,. 1926-1927 ses- Nc sion on September Qth. All pupils 1 are asked to assemble in the school Or auditorium by nine o'clock on the j th, above date. We are especially in-1 thi viting all pa?rons and friends of | at our school to be present for the! 1 opening exercises. |th( Pupils are requested to bring their ' 1 green back song books to the open- j te< ing exercises so we may have a few 1 good snappy songs. La We are very glad to welcome into 1 our midst the following new faculty En members. Dr. B. C. von Kahlden, teacher. Mi and his pupils hav0 always been pre-1 pared to enter any of the leading Mi Eastern Universities. Mrs. E. M Preston. teacher of igri English and French. Mrs. Preston ! comes to us frpm the Saluda School j gn where she has made an excellent ! I relord for the last three years. ! gri Miss Lillah Hayne, tearher of \ Mathematics anrd History. Miss jgri Hayne is from Columbia, S. C.1 though she is familiar with thP North gr Carolina school system as she was j teacher of Mathamatlcs in the Fass-12n ifern School at Hendersonville, N. C. i last session. va Miss Addie Daniel, teacher of LIfth Grade. Miss Daniel has had gr five very successful years as |a teacher in the Fountain Inn School gr at Fountain Inn, S. C. Miss Leita Finch, teacher of First I er Grade. Miss Finch is a native of j wi Spartanburg, S. C. though she has in SOUTHERN R SHOWS Moved Huge Amount Past Six I During the first six months of dit 1926, Southern Railway System mov- SUl ed a volume of revenue freight mi equivalent to carrying 7,2.29,320,000 de tons a distance of one mile. This pr( immense tonnage?made up of agrf- pr( cultural products, raw materials and pa] finished goods?is the token of gen- tra eral prosperity in field and factory mi The total amount of business iar done by a railroad as a trans porta- rai tion machine is represented by the re, time known as '"gross operating rev- ra| enues. When a railroad continues to au receive large and increasiug reve- ^,]() nues, it is clear that there is an ex- ml tensive demand for transportation an service throughoul the territory ny which it serves. For the first six pr( months of 1926 the following large ity systems led in total operating reve- faj nues: cre First Half First Half inf Road 1926 1925 CV( (000 Omitted) jjr Penn. R. R $336,816 $317,799 ,at N. Y, Cent 192 1S2,S|16 ] Sou Pac 139,190 137,397 g , B. and 0 117,630 109,788 ** Southern < 110,288 103.01& raf Atchison 109,091 106,402 ^ The Pennsylvania Itaailrpad with f its heavy trunk line traffic, serving eg( the highly indusifi.-vlized state 'of ^ Pennsylvania and the steel and coal fra regions, stands first in gross operat- gQ1 ing revenues. New York Central, the pa second largest eastern trunk line, al- ^ so serving a thickly settled industrial nC( territory, stands next. Southern Pacific, covering the entire southwest fr?ra New Orleans to the Pacific Coast with over 13,000 miles of Ro line, stands third .Baltimore and Ohio another of the large trunk lines Pe serving the industrial east and N. carrying a heavy tonnage of coaj and So -a-.i fourth Firth in the B. BLCCI, lauao ?V?. ?. list comes the Southern Hdlway Sys- So tem serving the territory east oT the At Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers with over 9,000 Sy miles of road. Atchison, the second An largest trans-contential system with am about 12,000 miles of road, stands in th( sixth position. th< The amount earned by a railroad thi after the payment of all operating rai expenses, taxes and rent for equip- en ment hired from other roads, is tat known as "Net Railway Operating So Income." This amount, with the ad- It * -?. dly.. 1 A \ IIVIERA : in pages lU TODAY Thirty First Year re Cents Per Copy LS OPEN [BER SIXTH rids Invited to Be le Opening ses ight for several years in the irth Carolina Schools. Miss Mart Harper, teacher of First ade. Miss Harper is from ForsfGa., she has taught for the pass ee years In Sherrill's Ford School Sherill's Ford, N. C. Below is the complete faculty of ; Tryon Graded School. Mr. W. A. Schllleter, Principal and icher of Science. Dr. B. C. von Kahlden, teacher of tin Mrs. E. M. Preston, teacher of iglish and French. Miss Lillah Hayne, teacher of ithematicB and History. Mrs. Walter Jones, teacher of isic. Mrs. Lois Preston, teacher of 7th ade. Miss Lucy Monday, teacher of fith ade. Miss Pear) Keenan, teacher of Fith ade. Miss Addie Daniel, teacher of 4th ade. Mrs. Allen Jervey, teacher of 3rd ade. Mrs. Richard Watson, teacher of d grade. Miss Mary Harper, teacher of Adnse 1st grade. Miss Leita Finch, teacher of 1st ade. Mrs. C. W. Kittrell, teacher of 1st ade. We have an increase of two teachs over our last year faculty which is made necessary by the great crease of pupils in the Tryon I ill M. ! !< ,1. m mm OADS GROWTH of Freight During Months ion of other non-operating income ch as income from investment#, ist cover alj fixed charges and divinds, and provide a surplus for lm3vements and additions to the iperty. As general business exnds there is a growing demand for .nsportation service. The railroad ist provide more freight cars al>d ger locomotive to haul them. It ist build more freight yards and pair shops. It must install heavier 11 and ballast stronger bridges and tomatic signal systems. It must these things in order that it ty move a greater tonnage freely d without costly delays. The abilnf a railroad to make such im jvcments1 depends upon its abilto create a surplus and to pay r dividends and thus maintain its ;dit. And so "net railway operat; income" is of direct interest to ?ry shipper and every person who ectly or indirectly uses transporion service. . For the first half ot 1926, Pennvania and New York Central stand st and second respectively in net lway operating income. Southern ilway System ranks next to these 0 great eastern trunk lines thus ablishing its premier position In s business of furnishing good nsportation to the states of the uth Baltimore and Ohio, Southern cific and Atchison rank fourth, th and sixth respectively. The 1 railway operating income of 3se roads was as follows: First Half First Half ad 1926 1925 (000 Omitted) nil. R. R $44,568 $38,0Z3 Y. Cent 33,170 30,547 uthern 22,854 21,901 and 0 20,814 15,718 u. Pac 19,346 15,150 chson 19,008 15,385 rhis advance of Southern Railway stem Into the front rank of great lerican railroads has been steady d consistent. It tells the story of 3 awakening and lusty growth of > new South. The prosperity of 8 favored region and that of its lroads must go on together. Southi is furnishing the best transporion service In the history of the :4 uth because its earnings enable to "carry on." <#$>*. ^ -j \ . ... ' /itslfi'iaifl"rTi *1 4 M i.