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VOL. XXIII NO. 38
TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, . . JANUARY 25, 1918.
WRITES TO HIS
sue
North Carolina Woman Writes
The Devil and Receives
v Prompt Reply.
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FROM DOR EBIEtlDSvJp- MSGOUNIY
$1.50 A YEAR
ASHAMED OF THE KAISER.
To His Satanic Majesty,
care The Kaiser,
"Anywhere in Germany"
Dear Satan For some time I have
been wanting to communicate with
you, but knowing that none of my let
ters could be delivered at your perma
nent address, I was at a loss as to
how I should reach you. I tried at
several stationers for some asbestos
paper, but was informed by a clerk of
neutral gender he had a tiny mus
tache and spoke in a feminine voice
that there was no such article. He
started a disseration on the fact that
one was incombustible and the others
inflairtmable, out i leu ner sun taiK-
ing.
Then I tried to find out the exact lo
cation of your abode. I have heard
all my life of people going to your
place, and I thought it would be easy
to find someone en route, but this
was the hardest task of all. No
hody knew its location, although ev
eryone had heard of it and everybody
averred he was going in the opposite
direction.
I could not find any of your agents
. (with whom I have a speaking ac
quaintance), and could not send a
message by them. I understand that
you have them all in Europe with the
exception of a few left in, America
who are looking rafter the anti-draft
elements Liberty loan dodgers, the
r generally unpatriotic and other trou
ble makers for Uncle Sam.
- Therefore, I am addressing you in
care of the Kaiser. Judging from
the things that have transpired since
this war began I feel contident that
he knows your whereabouts.
Before croing further, I want to
cast a boquet your wayr as I do not
expect to live . to., place j?ngi , on., .our
grave: 'YbuYhave a great ofgahiza-"
,tion, and one that shows untiring ef
forts. It is wonderful how you suc
ceed in making people work for
you, and some of those, too, who are
strongest in their denunciations of
you. If we could only get you to su
perintend a job of constructing some
thing, say, for instance, building a
road, a factory or something useful,
you would make these corporations
that construct cantonments, for sol
diers in a month ashamed of them
selves. Unlike your adversaries, you
work all the time. , You are unlike
them again, in that you seek all soci
eties, while many of your opponents
fear contamination with degraded
ones. And your energetic spirit will
' not let you remain idle. In fact, you
are a bit too active in this present
war, and it is along this line I wish
to caution you.
Your success in committing crimes
during thei past-three years seems to
have maddened you. If you keep it
up, I fear ' you wjll lose your reason
ing powers and be unfit for future
service. You are getting a pretty
bad name among all nations. 3 In fact,
it isconsiderably worse than ever be
fore; And here's what I wish to say:
You see my Uncle, Sam, who is a
veritable fire-eater when he starts,
has joined the Allies, and I have in
formation that they have a plan
whereby they are going to capture
the Kaiser and you, too, if you are
in Germany, so you better skip. If
they do, they will imprison you and
the Kaiser together. .
I trust you will receive this letter
and make a getaway before the Al
lies reach you. I suppose when the
Kaiser dies that'some of his inventive
subjects that we hear so jnuch about
who have invented clocks, while the
English discovered steam and f made
the -first steam engine and train, the
Italians the wireless and the Ameri
cans did practically all the other tig
inventions and discoveries, even the
submarine and airship will invent
an asbestos paper, and then business
matters between you and your agents
will be more facilitated.
Yours very respectfully,
LENA RIVERS SMYTH.
P. S.-Please i destroy this letter,
for. if it "should reach Uncle Sam I
would be hanged for a traitor.
- s F R. S.
..u.wuu u jfuu ever nope to gam
the confidence of men again. You
cannot reach the point where all men
.tt- But this pighead? "Bahli
Bah!! He excels all evil fools. It
will mean his ruin some day, and !
will be glad, for I hate him as men
hate rivals in business. I wish you
would please express to your Uncle
Sam that I hope, he will capture thei
Kaiser, although to be imprisoned
with him would be most distasteful
to .me. - i
Please pardon me if I have seemed
a bit rude, but even the devil may be
slandered. Respectfully,
SATAN! 1
Manufacturers Record.
PEA RIDGE.
last
on a five
Monday, i
a business
Some Items of
General Interest Gathered By Our .Correspondents Frw Various
Sections of Polk County ' M , "
FISHTOP.
COLUMBUS.
Misses Emma Denesta and Eva
Sheehan spent Wednesday night with
Misses Lizzie and Nellie Dalton.
There have been several cases, of
measles on Pea Ridge.
Mr. Jim -Phillips, has a vey sick
child.
Dr. A. R. Walden spent Thursday
night with Mr. E. G. Thompson.
Miss Iva Gosnell has returned
home after a long visit with relatives
in South Carolina.
Arthur Thompson was home
week from Camp Sevier,
days' furlough, returning
Mr. B. F. Gibbs made
trip to Tryon, Friday.
Mr. Witcher Moore has joined the
navy, and is visiting relatives in Try-;
on and Melrose before reaving for
duty.
born to Mr. and Mrs. General
Mathis, a baby boy.
A birthday dinner was given in
honor of Mrs. Jim Prichard, Saturday
last- She was 82 year ol,d. Quite a
crowd attended in spite of the bad
weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Garfied Prichard vis-
ited the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edney, near Melrose, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. Grady Edney spent the week
end with his sister, Mrs. G. Prichard.
Miss Reba Field spent Sunday with
Miss Bessie Thompson. j
Mr. Joe and Roscoe Hall were in
this part of the country Sunday.
Mr. W. K. Phillips spent Sunday
ternoon "wfth-Mr.E. G. Thompson;
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Gosnell were
visitors at Mr. E. G. Thompson's Sun
day. Mrs. J. B. Dalton spent Sunday af
ternoon with Mrs. B. F. Gibbs.
Mr. Geo. Briscoe spent Sunday
night with his brother, Mr. Philip
Briscoe.
Miss Nellie Dalton spent Sunday
with Mrs. John Foy.
It's a hard thing to whip the Kaiser;
It's a hard thing to do.
It's a hard thing to whip the Kaiser,
And the Allies know it, too.
Good-bye to little Russia, France and
Italy too;
No country can whip the Kaiser
But the red, white and blue.
The Countv Commissioners iir
having a public well dug on the court
nouse grounds.
After having snow with us for for
ty days we have become accustomed
to it. . ; - "-T.
, The Columbus High School students
are. proud of their new library,which
has just arrived. ' ,?J .
The Columbus Betterment ; Club
bought a sewing machine for the vise
of the Columbus High School. fK
Columbus is planning for a parent
teachers' association. We hope many
more will be organized in the schools
of our county before commenceraeni.
Mr. Brownlow Jackson, of Heiader
sonvile, was in town, on business, v.
Mr. Isham Mayberry, of Spartan
burg, was in town Tuesday. , r
Messrs. E; C. Shore and R. F. Mc
Farland, were in Spartanburg, Mon
day. . y
Messrs. Frank Elliott and Joe Hall,
from Camp Sevier, are spending! a
short time with home folks.
Mr. R.- E. Durfee, of Hendersonville
was in town last week. f
Mrs. Burton McGuinn and daughter
Pearl, were'olTthe sick list last week
We are glad to note the improvement
of Mr. Jas. Ridings, who is at the
Good Samaritan hospital, at Spartan
burg.
Miss May Mills is visiting in Spai
tanburg.
MELVJN HILL.
Another one;oi)Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Jones' .children $Jas scarlet vfever.
' Messrs. Jack liurnett and Loren
Johnson -have bqfaght .the JStacy mill,
and are operating same - in the Ran
dolph store building.
Mrs. Richard mcEntyre slipped- on
the f ice and felli one-lday last week,
and has been . ketjt indoors ever since.
, Mr. M. L." Comran, a photographer
from StJartanburk visited old friends
here, last week.!
The little, child; of Mr. and Mfs, T.
P.: Covington, Ms been quite sick of
pneumonia, but better now. y ;
Roads are 'insW very bad ! condition
in this part of, pe county, owing to
somuch snow .adid ice. , v
y There has beefpa great demand for
nre-wooQ mis vinter. .
Sunday schooti was very well at
tended here lastU Sunday, considering
4-1..... 4-1 4
tile wmuiim,' j.;, ;
Thef weather man is still busy, and
from all . appeaiances he - makes it
worse every tim he meddles with it.
We had one mjuHess day last week.
The roads ari so rough that pur
doctor can notrftn hisarbut has .to
riaenorseoacK jqw. t - : i?
Mr. !E. S. -Head made a business
tip to Double Bufanch gold-mine, Sat
urday. '' ' -. .
"Mr. A. Mod-is visited his mother,
who is sick, Sajrday,
Mr. -Foster JjLawter, of Cooley
Springs, contemplates' moving to Mel
vin .Hill soon. .
Mr. Elvie Hdfn visited friends at
Melvin Hill, Sunday.
Snow, and. then some more snow
eleven -to date, with more on the
ground now than at any previous
time this winter. But we have seen
more snow fall in a few hours than
has fallen all winter.
Miss Mill Spring Correspondent,
you made a slight mistake when you
said that Columbus Constant was the
son ; of Ruf us Constant, and that he
died at Camp Sevier. He was the
son of Govan Constant, and died at
Lamp Jackson.
Now that we have a srood -county pa
per, let's help to keep it gWl.. The
kind of a .paper we have depends a
great deal oh its patrons. The
NEWS needs more subscribers and a
few more correspondents, and' we
must give it our support in everp way
Davia Morrison was in this neigh
borhood, Sunday, and reports an epi-
uemic or soraeenmg liko measles
his section. .
T. E. Pace has been on the sick list
for a few days, with stomach trouble.
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TRYON ROUTE 1. '
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DON'T FORGET
A HOI
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GARDEN
W. C. Slate, Farmer Seedsman,
South Boston, Va., Gives
; Some Good Advice.
YOUR HOME GARDEN.
(Complaint in';Verse-)
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MILL SPRING ROUTE L
Our newspaper looked last week as
if Tryon Route 1 and Mill Spring had
had another examination, also Pea
Ridge. Don't be so forgetful.
Mr. W. E. Elliott- made a business
trip to near Sandy Plains, one day
last week.
Mr. J. T. Edwards went to Tryon,
Saturday.
Miss Dorcas Edwards was the guest
at' Mr. W. E. Elliott's Sunday night.
Mr. Bert Edwards made several
trips to Gilky. last week.
Mr. Sam Owhbey was over this
way Saturday afternoon, laying in
wood in anticipation of the snow
which came Saturday night.
A party of young folks were en
tertained Saturday night at the home
of Mr. A.' A. Edwards. The girls
were, Misses Odessa Mills, Annie
Wilson, Lizzie Williams, Mossie and
Dorcas Edwards. The boys, Messrs.
Johnie Waldrop, Frank Edwards,
Lewis Mills, - Terrell Taylor, DeWitt
Helton, Ralph and Bert Edwards. AH
to enjoy themselves very
We give you our service, you shut off pur beer.
But the slacker can drink till it ruii from his ear.
Wequit a good job to keep you from farm.
And the slacker goes by with a girljbn his arm.
The slacker rides around in a Ford of this own,
And charges a quarter to take us totown.
We're doing our duty, his liver is whijle,
Yet we have to leave the streets at en each night,
While he sticks around as long as he cres,
And laughs at the soldiers whenevef he dares.
Discipline, we know, is a thing that nust be;
But honest to goodness we fail to sie . - " .
If the soldier drinks nothing but soda -and pop,
Why the drinking of the slacker canr't be stopped,
If the slacker can dance it seems rather hard
That at all decent dances the unifoijmV barred.
WeVe shouldered our rifles and takenjjour places,
We'll go to our death with a smile in our faces.
But this is our honest appeal to you : i .
' 'Until we go over please give us oujr due."
Written by an enlisted' man: p. one
National Guard Cantonments. fl
"Let the snow come; we can cast our
anxious fears aside and. volunteer to
make a 1918 war garden. Let it be
patriotic, for there's victory in a gar-
denand back "yard full of home grown
ammunition.
Mr. George. Pack has returned to
Camp Sevier, after a week's stay with
home .folks.
Mr., Joe Hall, another Sammie, is at
home for. a few days.
; .Misses Myrtle and Octa Pack,
.came home from Saluda Seminary to
see $heir soldier brother, on Tuesday,
and returned Friday.
Mi. Beecher Green and wife, of Tex
as, returned; to make their home with
their father and mother, Mr; and Mrs.
Jas. Green. '
Mr. and. Mrs. Vandiver have ire
turned to their home in Oklahoma.
Walter Gilbert has moved on the
iarm of Mrs. Ida Hunt. ; .'
Mr. R.G. Hamilton was .painfully
hurt, but not seriously, from a fall
ing tree He is convalescent. I
Mr. .and Mrs.; S. B. Edwards were
pleasant -visitors at Walnut Grove,5
Monday;'.. ' -.. :' ... ' i.ii'.
the ice last Saturday, but with nc
serious results. .
Mr. Floyd Toney flipped and fell
on the frozen snow, and is now nurs
ing a sore arm.
Mr. Frank Edwards is home again.
Mr. Walter Edwards has returnee'
from a visit in the "Land of the
Sky."
Mr. F. B. Nance is at Spartanburg
at work among the Sammies, with
whom he is very much enchanted.
Hurrah for Tryon (North Pole-
Route 1. We have wheatless-meat
less, sweetless, heatless, eatless, oil-
less and every other kind of less
except sleetless days. Quite patri
otic, eh ?
of the.
seemed
much.
SANDY SPRINGS.
SALUDA ROUTE 1.
Dear Miss: "
Your letter received. 1 am not
RUNNING this; war.' If you would
use your brain; ! that f is if you have
any, and glance over the past wars,
all of which I took active part in, you
would know that a - different force
was working. I am NOT in Germany
neither are any of my agents. I have
given them ther first vacation, as J
do not need their services when the
Kaiser is in the field. .
I was in Germany when war was
declared because Wilhelm II was al
ways a favorite pupil: of mine, and I
had great hopes of him: I intended
to make him a great power if he
would have only listened to me and
let me run things, but he was so .con
ceited he wanted all the honor. He
soon reached the point' where he
knew more than I did, and I became
so disgusted with his pig-headed pol
icies that l left in disgust. I have
junflernana
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Staton visited
the latter's parents at Alexander, N.
f! last week. '
Mr. Jones, our mail man, is off, and
Hprhert E. Pace, his substitute, : is
mail carrier this week.
W. L. Davis is home from Fletcher,
Ttf. C where he has been teaching a
sin cine school.' '
- Our Sunday school at Mt. Page is
about snowed out. but when the
weather gets better it will
asrain, for we have some new singing
books.
The snow continues to fall. It
has Deen six weeks since the snow
first began to fall.
Hoyt McMurray came home from
Camp Sevier Sunday. He came to
stay five days. .
Mrs. John Tipton and niece, Miss
Carlie- Cantrell, went to Camp Se
vier, Saturday, to spend a few days
with "Mr. John Tipton. .
Mr. H. G. Flynn called on v Miss
Myrtle Cantrell, Sunday afternoon.
Owing to Sunday being another
roue-h weather day Rev. Barber failed
boom Jo fill his appointment at New Hope.
Jtie nas not Deen mere since ma w
tober appointment. He will seem
quite a stranger, we think, when he
comes again.
Rev. W. W. Davidson had an ap-
tanburg at Chsnee. On Wednesday
a corpse came p they did not open me
coffin until after services at the
church. Whemthey opened the coffin,
to their horro& they found that it
was not James, but some one they
had never seeit. Not knowing what
to dd they buried the corpse, and. Mr
Kiaings QoasoQa. me umu xui
hi. On Thursday they received a
telegram, ordering them to send back
the corpse sent mem. it was re
moved from tfce crrave and returned
to Columbia. fOn Friday the corpse
for which thefgrave was dug came
after havincr tben sent to Salt Lake
City. The DeRsavea iamny nave our
deepest sympathy. -
Lee Russell, who has been sick for
some time, is very low at this writing-
Miss Nell Garren and Delia Wade nointment to preach at Sandy Springs
htv rarrvine- on their school in spite LsnnHav afternoon, but we don't
of the snow and sleet.
Cheer up, Correspondents, and let's
send in news and help our editor.
News has been frozen out in my sec
tion for some time, but spring will
come some day, and we will have
news. Let us hear of your all-day
singings , and gatherings. We might
want to come.
LAST NOTICE.
All subscriptions not paid in
vance. on. or before next Friday,
never ; resorted to, W Wdropped from our ;list. This is
mewioas. . l always naa sense
to stop at the right place. This is' last paper you will receive.
iad-
Will
the
know whether he came or not the
weather being, so bad.
Mr. C O. Ridings and Miss Myrtle
Cantrell, teachers of the Green river
school, went to Columbus, Friday ,to
attend the teachers' meetinfrJ . -
Our school at New Hope is yet
without a teacher.
t James Ridings, of Rutherford
rountv. livincr iust across the line
from here, who went to Camp Jack
son a short time beforeT-t3hristmas",
HipH of mipumonia on Sundav. Janu
arv 13. His parents wanted him
brought home for burial. He was
hPt hurid at Arrowood cemetery.
Th irravfi was ducr I on" "Monday; his
people met all the trains from Spar
SILVER CREEK.
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LYNN.
then,
ThP many friends, of Mr. Mossie
Constant werejglad to see his smiling
face once mor(i He Is in this section
visiting frienys and relatives, tie
has been in 1 i ew Mexico and Cali
fornia about tf)n years, where he has
held good portions railroading.
Mr. N. B. pledge, who has been
very sick witji that dread disease,
jpeningitis, is improving, we under
standL He is Iptill at Spartanburg, at
last accounts,! at the home of MrvL
C. Arledge, f here he '. is boarding.
The house haji been quarantined-
Almough tKe -weather has been ex
tremely bad d the roads, almost im
Passable yeti jiuT mail carrier has noi
missed a a&yj - -.
"The north winds blow,
And we wil have snow.
What will the robin do
Poor thing. ,
It will sit in 'some barn
To keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing." j
The r)oor birds. Don't drive them
away from your barns and outhouses,
but feed them something: a little
bran, shorts or some grits This pro
tracted hard, cold weather is severe
on birds. Your correspondent has a
mocking bird that this makes his
third winter to make vines and shrub
bery about my yard his home, feed
ing wih the chickens. When spring
comes -he will amply reward us.
Misses Viola Rhodes and Katie
Panther visited in lnman, S. C, last
week-end.
DeWitt Cannon, of Spartanburg, is
in class -1, subject to call soon. He is
at home now, assisting his father, who
is somewhat indisposed.
R. Bryan and Harrison Cannon, J r4.
oft Spartanburg; visiteed home folks
Sunday.
W. F. Swan, who is with a fruit and
produce house in Spartanburg, spent
Monday at home.,.
Be kind to the little birds this cold
weather. They will amply reward
you. .
That garden talk in the NEWS last
week had the right Ting to it. Keep
it up. This reminds us; don't lose
sight of the Fair
.Lynn is still out of oil, and now
Hooverizing by keeping lightless
nights.
W. M. McKinney and T. W; Cannon,
of Converse, S. C, visited relatives
in bur village last week.
' Several of our boys are in class 1,
and ome have recently enlisted,
while others are applying. Very soon
Lynn will be quite well represented
in the various branches of the service.
Some of our people are on the
move. Earl Covil moved to Tryon
electric plant last week; Messr fam
ily moved to Chesnee; W. S. McCall
will move to East Flat Rock this
.week, .and . it is reported that Mr. J.
F Simmons and family will move to
Rutherfordton in a. few days. ' P .
What has the attention of our na
tion been' centered about for the past
year ? . The home garden. What
small piece of land yields the farmer
the greatest cash returns ? .The .home
garden. What is the most urgent .
need of our Southern f armQrs toway ?
A .HOME GARDEN. ;;: , y y ,
Are you spending your time cuss- '
ing the speculator for j raising the
cost of food to such an unreasonable "
figure or are, you doing some actual
work to reduce your living expenses?
The man who spends his time talking
about the speculator is : doing nothing
to better.,his condition..- It is the fel
low who gets , out and makes, his own
Living who strikes a real" blow' at the
high cost of living. ' - 5 - .
Farming has long been known as '
an independent life. Is yourS such or
are you tied down to the local grocer? 1
There is but one -means of making:
arming a free life and that is to pro
duce your own foed. , - y K '
a ne attention ox , our wnoie nation
has been called to . our urgent need
for more and better home gardens. .
America can produce in her home
.gardens almost -enough food ; to feed
her! people thereby allowing, the sur
plus food to go to our soldiers and
the European countries. Our gov
ernment has put forth its everv ef- -
fort to increase the number of nome
gardens, because in this manner only
an we expect to be of any material
assistance in feeding Europe. If you
not heed any other reason, can - you .
sit idle while your country calls for '
you to produce, your own living? -v 1
The home garden is the most val
uable piece of land you own.- It is
not; what we make but what we save "
that leads, to prosperity The home . .
ar4erwj.ll -save ypit. moreithanldout
oie its; acreage : can makej-n rne cost
)f living is mduntmg 'higher and
ligher. The cost of producing a
garden is practically the same as it
was four years ago. The increasing "
:ost of food will soon eat up the "
profits from any farm. No money will
je left with which to carry on the
farm workr Are you going to be
handicapped by lack of capital, more-V
ly because you do not think it worth v
while to care for a garden? For
years the most prosperous farmers in
America have been those who lived at
home. In coming years, the only
farmers in America' are going to be
those who live "at home. The other , -fellows
will be bankrupt and out of
business.
The most urgent need of the far
mer today is for a home supply of
food. The most urgent need of our
lation is for those who stay at'Iiome .
to produce their home food. There .
is a wonderful opportunity before our
I farmers , but they can never realize
the rewards of this opportunity un
less they prepare themselves for it by '
producing their own iood. When you
spend your profits for food, your .
year s work has been lost. Money
goes into the bank only after the nec
essities have been supplied. Supply :
them first.
Your garden is your greatest asset.
The business man who allows his as
sets to lie idle knows that hens court
ing ruin. In grasping your greatest
opportunity do not overlook your
mostvaluable asset. .
Make the determination to have
your garden this year and then7 fol
low that determination to a success
ful finish. Thousandstof gardens are
started each year only to end in the'
middle of summer a worthless
patch of weeds. This means that
your most valuable asset has turned
to a loss. You lhave not only lost its
benefits Taut have lost everything you
pdt into it." Cultivate your garden
with the same ' care that you work
your crops. It is the most important
crop you have and should receive your
first consideration. Plan a large gar
den one that" will take Care of
your needs throughout the summer
and produce a surplus . for canning,
.Jhe Federal. Government has as
signed Mr. J. R. Sams as emergency
farm demonstrator for. Polk county,
and he will serve without cost to Polk
county, from Feb. 1st to July 1st. It
is certainly to be hoped that Polk
county will arf anere to put on a farm
demonstrator - permanently by the
time Mr.' 'Sams'. time has expired.
Make your garden feed you both win
ter and summer; In this way; only
can the greatest good be accomplish
ed. It is equally important for the town
and city men to have, their gardens;
The high cost of living is felt even
more in their homes xand this is their
only successful means of fighting it.
Men who are barely making a living
now can with the. aid of a small gar
den put some of their wages in bank.
The necessity for more gardens is
evident. You have felt it long be
fore I write this. Now it remains
to you to heed the call of necessity.
None of us know what is in the fu
ture but the man with a good garden
can at, leas t predict that starvation
will not face him. You insure your
life. ,Why not your living?
If you haven't : purchased your
garden seeds for this year better do
it now, as there is a big shortage in
some kinds while the seed catalogues
tell us . there was afailure of 'certain
kinds of vegetables, and they'
hot supply them at "alt.
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