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THE POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C. POLK COUNTrEWS .. AND THE TRYON BEE Consolidated Nov. 27, 1915. Publisher' Every Friday at TRYON P0LK COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA The Land of the Sky Saiuda Office In Saluda Pharmacy Building. VV. F. LITTLE, Managing Editor Entered as second-class matter April aS, 1915, at the post office at' Tryon, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1S79. suBSCKirrioN iutes Fayable In Advance, One Tear... ... .. $1.00 YVOL XXI NO, 34 FRIDAY DECEMBER 31, 1915. Get it right 1916. Lea'p year one day extra to listen to politcal dope. Now watch the paragraph era pull the leap year stuff. V . - " - Impossihilities are merely the half hearted efforts of quitters Her bert Kaufftn an. . The Charlotte Observer says thai on January first it will be "Tn order to talk state -'"politics. 'Why-- not makeit -the second because there is an extra day in February. Spartanburg has growing pains. It is passing from the town siage in to a little city. TO CORRESPONDENTS We regret very much to leave out several fine letters this week, owing to our shop being closed four days during the holiday season. ' They will appear next week. HERE'S HOPING Here is hoping that 1916 will keep us from thehorros "c;f war, bring National prohibition, thai each ' l.ndi vidual will lead a cleaner life, work harder, play more which means pros perity. Here is also hoping that Polk County will continue her pro gressive march to more and better schools, more good roads, a univers al county telephone service, a . farm demonstrator, a" spiritual awakening that will bring sectarian churches in to a united church. Voice Culture A few pupils desired that may wish instruction in voice culture, (speaking voice), elocution, good diction and in expression. Note: A work of genius recited by a person of fine taste, enthusiasm, and powers of elocution is a very Instructive and a high form of enter tainment. For terms etc., address D wight Smith, 32-4t adv. Tryon, N C. Small Farm Sold The realty firm of James Leonard & Co sold last week 30 acres of im proved land known as the Reed farm, near Lynn. Mr Alexander. Emery of Pennsylvania is the buyer and takes posesslon next-week. Mr Em ery intends to futher improve and de velop the. property. Dressed Poultry Fat Young Hens 19 cents . per pound. " Pen, fattened fryers and boil ers, 22 cents per pound. Young turk eys, 24 cents per pound. Tender ducks, 22.r;cents per pound. Deliver ed 'by parcel post, or express, pre paid, same day as ordered. Write for prices on eggs and' butter. Hotel and private family trade solicted. Saluda Poultry Farm, Saluda, N C.r Phone No 75, P O Box J. U WEATHER REPORT For Week Ending December 28 "1915 - Min. Max. Decj 22 fair 29 59 Dect 23 fair , , , 37 60 Dec 24 fair 48 66 Dec 25 cloudy ra!n p m 48 55 Decj 26 fair .1; 28 60 Dec 27 fair 33 GO Dec 28 cloudy with showers 46 52 Lynn - Married, Sunday December 26th. Henry Laughter and Ina . Foster squire R A Leonard bfriciatfW - Notice Having qualified as executor of the estate of Mrs Louisa E." Kennedy, de ceased, this is to notify . all per sons having claims against 5ald es tate to present them to the under signed executor on or "before the 26Ui day of November, 1916, or this notlco will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immedi ate payment. This November 26th, 1915. J W Kennedy Executor. Walter Jones, Attorney. 30-4 1 Notice of Sale Pursuant and obedient to an ordei of the Superior Court of Polk County n the Special proceeding entitled, Claud Scruggs and others against Cora Whitesides and husband, Ayden Whitesides, Mossie Wilson and hus band Nesbit Wilson Lizizie Nodine and husband A J Nodine, Mandy Parham and husband. J R Parham, John, J Jones, Robert Jones, May Jones and Hattie Jones, , the last named two being infants represented by their next best friend F M Bur gess, wherein the undersigned was appointed commissioner of the court to the lands hereinafter described foi partition; now therefore in obedience to said order the undersigned commit sioner will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at the court house door in Columbus Polk County on Monday the 7th day oi Febuary, 1916 at 11 o'clock A M, the following described parcel or tract of land: - J Being the, unsold part, containing 12 acres more or le3s, of that tract of land lying on the waters of Wal nut Creek, n Coopers Gap township, Polk County N C, known as the Land rum Humphries land, adjoining the lands of Joseph Dimsdale et al; it is the land described in a deed re corded in book 1 at page 341 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County. Th's the 30th day of Dec 1915. 34-4t A Y Arledge, Commissioner. Notice of Sale of Real Estate Under. Mortgage Under and by virtue of the power f sale contained in a certain mort gage executed to the undersigned by W B Smith, bearing date, April 5th, 1915 and of record in Book No 10 at page No 328 of the Records of Mortgages for Polk County, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, I will, therefore, -pursuant to the terms of said mortgage, on Saturday the 8th, day of January, 1916 at 10:- 30 o'clock a m, lat the court house door In Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following described land, to-wit: Situate, lying and being in Saluda Township, Polk County, North Car olina and knowned and describ ed as follows: Adjoining lands of AD Gilbert, J A Bishop and others. Beginning at a small white oak on, J A Bishop's line on the Green River Cove Road and running with Bishop's line North S3 degrees East 58 poles to A D Gil bert's corner; thence with Gilbert's liae South HT degrees East 10 poles to a stake in the branch; thence South 48 degrees East 6 poles to A D Gilbert's on said line, thence South 83 degrees West crossing the branch 59, 60 poles to a stake in the cove road, Merian Blackwell's line; thence with his line North 35 degrees West to the beginning, containing 6 acres, more or less and the same land bought of J E Pace' and of re cord in Book No 15 at page No 83 off the Records of Deeds for Polk County. This the 11th day of December 1915 J A Bishop, Mortgagee By J F Justice, Attorney 32-4t. A HOUSE OF FIVE, jtOOMS FOR . " " RENT ' In Tryon ; fairly furnished ; fruit, city water, well. For terms apply to REV B M BRADIN, tf Tuxedo, N C. Builders4 Hardware and General Hardware, Lime, Cement, Wagcns, Agricultural Tools GEO. A. GASH Barber Shop to Move I will move to the new Jackson Building, front room, up stairs, a bout " January 1st, where I will be glad to welcome all the trade. ' 33-2t L V Brown, The Barber. BUSINESS BUILDERS 0; F. TOfJEY Raw and Dressed Lumber Laths and Shingles TRYON, N. C. ROUTE 1 . A.L.HILL UNDERTAKING Over Swink-Hudson'a. F. K. McFarland, Mgr. TRYON, N. C. WANTED Your orders for flooring, ceiling, We manufacture this and can save you money. See us for lath, brick, loors and sash. TRYON LUMBER CO., Tryon, N. C. WALTER JONES ATTORNEY AT LAW Office up Stairs in Swink-Hudson Building Office Telephone Tryon N. C. Resident Telephone Call Saluda. JOHN P. LOCKHART Tryon, N. C. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Estimates Cheerfully Given. PHONE NO. 74. Fop Rent or Sale . ' 156 acres of land" in the Thermal Belt, slope of Tryon, -mt,v4 - miles from Tryon, on new Howard c Gap road. . 8 room cottage, running "water in house, bath; Barn and packing housed .... Addreas Box 175 Tryon N C. 32tf POCKET BILLIARDS and BOWLING ALLEY lasement Wilkins Bldg. Tryon, N. C. M. C. BUTLER, MANAGER. T. 17. BALLEIV Groceries, Fruit, Cigars, Tobacco And Soft Drinks.. ; YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. . TRYON, N. C, FOR SALE 12 acres good fertile land, large two story house in fair repair fine well, beautiful yalley and mountain view. Two miles from Tryon, near mountains. Will sell at a very low price within next few months. J. LEONARD & CO., Tryon. PENNY COLUMN Advertisements will be inserted in this oltimn and under this head at one cent a word each insertion. TURKEYS FOR -SALE alive black bronz turkeys, fine and healthy, 7 months old $2, hens or toms, 1 year old, weighing 20 to 25 pounds for $3. Write G Prichard, Route 1, Mill Springs, Polk County N C Jan-pd Crestwood is now open for guests. Well equipped , for service and com fort at reasonable rates. Fine loca tion otl Broadway. J O Rogers, Try on, N C- adv tf, For sale or trade: 1 ten-pin alley and 1 box ball alley and gasoline light plant. Will trade for anything of value, address Bowling Alley, Care News, Tryon N C. 32-tf For Sale: Dry pine' etove-wocd, by the load. Order from Geo B Cobb, Board of Trade room over Pes toff ice, Phone 97. For Sale or- Rent: New well built 6 room bungalow with bath and cellar. Henry" P Corwith, Saluda N C. 34-tv Salesmen, Wantedto solicit or ders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or commssion. Ad dress The Victor Oil, Co, Cleveland, 0. 24-lt pd 1 FOR RENT: Skyuka Inn on Tryon Mountan tor 1916, and two horse farm. Write for booklet. Apply to Arch B Calvert, Spartanburg, S C. FOR RENT Two bungalows, very Well furnshed, modem plumbing, e lectric lights. . Each has two bed rooms, bath, living room, kitchen and sunny porch. Apply to J, Foster WHY BOTHER WITH COAL OIL WOOD ELECTRICITY IS CHEAPER - ELECTRIC FLAT IRON $3.5oJp3.ft AN ELECTRIC STOVE , $5.00 Cooks an Entire Meal quickly and Economically CALL AND SEE THEM TRYON ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY - Notice of Sale by Receiver By virtue of authority vested in me by a decree entered Sep tember 23rd 1915, in the cause of the Western Un'.on Telegraph Company, vs the Green River Land Company depending in the Superior Court of Polk County, North Carolina, I will on Saturday, the 22nd day of ' Jan uary, 1916, at one o'clock p m at the residence now occupied by P G. Bris coe, on the premises of the .Green River Land Company in Polk County, N C, sell at public out-cry to the higest bidder for cash, the following live stock and personalty: 1 sorel mare and colt, 1 bay, riding horse, 2 pitch forks, 4 plow gear (hames and traces), citizens saddle, mole trap, 2 mattocks, ' 1 pick, 2 long handled shovels, 1 bush scythe, scoop shovel, post hole digger, mon key wrench, 7 4x4 porch columns, 10 10-inch strap hinges, double and single block for tackles, angle road scraper, 1 two-section steel double harrow, 1 "Gee Whiz" cultivator, No 13 Oliver chilled " plow, wooden beam double foot, Syracuse single hose plow, double shovel, 2 side harrows, iron double' tree, "Cole" guano distributer, "Comb" corn and cotton planter, two-horse wagon and bed, single buggy and single harness, 5 hoes (new), 4 hoes (old), 4 axe helves, grind stone and stand, weeder (or, cultivator), 1 pair wheels for riding plow, one pair wheels for riding plow, stock cutter, one-horse wagon (no body), large wheel barrow 2 large hamper baskets, W R Har rison Tornado Feed Cutter, "cant hook", si gle foot plow (or colter), table, black-smith forge, 100 lb an vil, sledge, 2 pound hammer, cleav er, tongs, rasp, and wheel barrow. -N . C Harris, Receiver for The Green River Land Company. 33-4t Notice of Sale 1 Pursuant to and by virtue of the power, of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed, executed by Miss Jennie Mulford Doughty to Mrs Fanny M Smith on the 4 th day of August 1914 and recorded in office of Register of Deeds for Polk county North Carolina ' in Book 8, page 263 to secure a debt of $300.00 and inter est, default having been made in the payment of said debt, the under signed will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at the court house door in Polk county, on Monday the 17th day of January 1916, at 12 o'clock-m, the , following described tract or parcel of land, situate In Tryon township, said county and State, conveyed under said mortgage, and described as fol lows: - Beginning iat North West corner of lot No 10, and running thence with line of lots Nos 12 and 13 North 7 degrees 27 minutes West 235 feet to the Erskine line, thence with the Erskine line North 74 degrees 45 minutes East 284 feet, thence South 7 degrees 27 minutes East 98 feet to the center of the right of way of proposed park road, the division line of lots 10 and 11, thence with said division line South 82 degrees 33 minutes West 321 feet to the beginning, this lot Is subject to one half the right of way of the proposed 30ft park road. As part of the ' consideration jof said mortgage party of the second part agrees to build road apposite l"ts 11 and 14 and agreed by party Of the first part that no residence shall be built on the said let to cost less than $1000.00, This December 18th 1915. Mrs Fanny M Smith, Mortgagee, Miss E S McFarland, owner, of debU By Walter Jones, , Attorney. 33-4t m FOR RENT The! Doubleday cottage ; furnished : $25.00 per month, apply to M.1ES LEONARD & COMPANY REAt ESTATE BROKERS - lryon, JNortn Carolina Property of all Description Bought and Shu t . y-i. v .. . . U'U lor oasn or on commission RENTING, LOANS AND INSURANCE PermaAent. advertisement TTMM M MT X uT S M M M M A M W A U LI I Ufly Are Charged off One By One" Rnilrl a' Rank Aprnnnt with vnn v HJl, ---- jvwi uuuetrs on? vy uiic. xue 4uil-jcu way ly niuepenaence aTi comfort is a Bank Account. It is easier to stW J Bank Account than to earn money and it seems easier 10 earn money wxien you nave a oanK Account Nnw is t.hp timp t.n st.arf. this 5iprmint .D..,.1 nation is the thief of time." 1 WE PAY 4 PER CENT ON TIME CERTIFICATES Carolina State Bank SALUDA, N. C. Heating Stoves We have a dandy little Wood Heater. Sale Price $1.25 Larger ones at propor tionate prices. Coal and wood stoves " at Bargain Prices. GASH HARDWARE CO. TRYON, N. C. r WE HAVE RESOLVED V barg i i. to make our store the aih center of Polk County for 1916. We wish pur friends and patrons a prosperous New Year. PHONE NO. 90 Swink-Hudson Co. XV. Y. Wilkins, Mgr. - , TRYON, N. C. .. . nuiiim "1 RLANDS - . . . FORDS' TTwo Icaciers, more for your money than any other car NOW ON ODSPLAY Can Make Immediate Delivery. Will be glad to demonstrate. U: Tiyom-Mbtor Co. 0 K n y Searles, Tryon, N C. 3 4-tf tf H. DOUBLEDAY
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