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THE POlKCQOimrHEWS ariilTRYQN BEE Consolidated Nov , 1915 Published every Friday at TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA Telephone 99 Entered as second-class matter April 28, 1915 fe at the post office at Tryon, North Carolina, un - der the act of March 3, 1879 B. F. COPELAND, - Editor BUSH, - Business Manager Subscription $1.50 per "Year OBITUARIES, CARDS OF THANKS, Resolutions of Respect, Church or Lodge Notices where an admission fee is charged, or for financ a' rain, will be charged regular advertising rates of fiv cents per line. THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, 225 iNest 89th Street, New York City, is our sole and exclusive Foreign Advertising Agent. "Long May It Wave." W. S. S. Work, Save Sacrifice. w. s. s. Have you bought those Thrift Stamps yet? w. s. S- If you have not yet. purchased your Thrift Stamtos do io NOW. - Why not loan Uncle Sam your mon ey? Surely f! you do npt think the se curity doubtful. W. S. S. Mr. Hoover says .we can eat pork on Saturday if we want to. Please pass the pork chops. W. S. S One thing the" present war has done brought prohibition about twenty years sooner than would have hap pened otherwise. . - W. S. s. - j Sentiment 1 against the sheep-killing dog is growing. As soon as the ques tion is thoroughly understood, it will j have many more converts. W. S. S. . Hindenburg will have to hurry if he arrives in Paris on schedule time, J unjess he gets there sooner than he - anticipatesas a prisoner of war. w. s. s " American troops are very much in evidence on the fighting front in France. Don't worry about what kind of an account they will give of , themselves, either. f-w. s. s. The 'political pot in Polk county is beginning to simmer a little around the edges. Don't be timid, boys. If you intend running, tell the people so through the NEWS. w. s. s. The republicans of Wisconsin have disowned LaFolette. Now if all the ; citizens of that state will do the sam& it-will go far toward putting itself ir . the good graces of the people of the United States. w. s. s Mr. Roosevelt has emerged from the hospital,-; but we are told will lose the hearing j of one ear. The many - admirers of the Colonel will regret tc hear of his- misfortune, but they arc thankful that his life has been spared. jW. S. S. '. "Men may come, and men may go,' says Tennyson, and we fully agree with him, yet two men in Americar. politics are lyet with us, and no two men in public life have as strong fol lowing as these Roosevelt and Bry an. I W. & S. - There is i no thought in the mind? of Germany's military leaders of evei letting up j until Germany has con 1 . quered the world, and now that Ger many has practically conquered Rus sia, it is impossible for any humar ...foresight to measure the dangerr ahead of us. We shall have to flghl for existence, and the sooner we rec- - ognize it the better, for if we do not promptly Recognize it fully and com pletely, we shall oe doomed to de struction in the nresent. war hv a n it patched-up peace. In fact, any peace not based on an unconditional sur render byj Germany would mean that "we shall certainly have to fight Ger many in the future, and no one car say who j will be Gemanv's nllv at . .that time,! in view of conditions in the Jiiast andim Russia. . 1 w. s. s. WILLIAM THE ACCURSED. Vie iron and steel man who wrote the poem 'entitled, "The Kaiser's Vis ion." published in out last icciio Vnt who would not give us the privilege of publishing his name, has given to Kaiser Wilhelm a name which will sXtSS throu?hthe centuries "William, jthe Accursed." Other men ha.v hoA-n 1m as by some name nffivpH fnrpvor - 1, Attilla, who through the ages has been known as "The Scourge of God." xil&oughi $he centuries of the future - William, t.ho Acpnreo" U- . designation which will forever stick um ivaiser vv uneim cannot, though he -shed oceans of blood to continue iu5 reign 01 terror, wipe from the an - nals "OT Insf at-v V, i n ,t known as r" William, the Accursed. -r rr--.fr-iiMFWi NOT A LI UNDER 8 IN POLAND ALL HAVE SUCCUMBED TO STAR VATION, WHICH WE COULD HAVE ALLEVIATED. CRYING FOR BREAD WE WASTE Editor Clarence Poe Sets Forth Need of Informing Our Rural Popula tion of True Conditions. (Clarence Poe in Progressive Farmer) She was a good woman and she talked much about how good the Lord had been to her and to her children. But at the same time she said: "No meatless and wheatless days for me! I've got wheat enough and I've got meat enough laid up in my pantry, and my children like it, and they are going to have it as often as they want it, and as much of it as they want." After hearing thia well-meaning woman talk, the writer picked up that night a European paper that comes to the home and read this paragraph: It is said that there is not a living child In Poland under eight years of age. "Not a living child in Poland under eight years of age!" With little bod ies unable to endure the hardships and starvation of a war-ruined land, they have died by thousands and tens of thousands. Thousands and tens of thousands of mothers as good as the woman who made this thoughtless re mark, mothers who loved their chil dren as much as this mother loved hers they with heart-breaking help lessness have seen their children slowly starve before their eyes, while American mothers say, "No, I will not even vary my diet in a harmless way, I will not even make substitu tions to save meat and wheat, in order that part of , it may save the lives of starving babies and little ones in Eu rope!" No, we don't mean that any Ameri can mother is saying this in words. Certainly the good woman of whom we write would not have said it or thought it and yet by her acts, that was what she was saying. If someone could have shown her a photograph of one starving Polish child, with wan, pinched fact and hollow eyes, crying tp Its mother for bread she did not have oh, how quickly this American mother would have said: "Yes, I have plenty of wheat and I hav; plenty of meat, and I'll gladly divide my last crust to save the lives of little ones like that!" With such picture before her eyes, how quick ly would this American mother hare called to mind , the Last Judgment's awful curse on all the uncaring and hard of heart, "I was an-huagered and ye gave me no meat!" But she didn't know. And thus again the Lord she tries to worship might lament as of old over His peo ple, "Israel doth not know! my peo ple doth not consider!" To this good woman the Hoover rules for meatless days and wheatless days were simply Government regulations simply offi- cial red tape. She didn't know they were meant to save the lives of little ones once as fair, as merry, as bright eyed, as love-inspiring as her own dear boys and girls! And today there are thousands of others like this mother who do not know! Well-intentioned people, good-' hearted people, God-fearing people! But they simply "do not know." Friends and readers, It is our duty to help these people know! Let us give of our money, but let us also give of our time and effort for a campaign of education in these matters to show the need of food regulation, War Savings Stamps, Liberty Bonds, Red Cross work, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. campaigns! We must save food for the starving; we must give money to protect the wounded and to provide wholesome moral recreation for our soldiers instead of unwholesome and immoral dissipation. And if our farmers as is so often charged have not supported these movements as they should, It is not because they are more. selfish, more hard-hearted, less patriotic, than city people. It is only because they have not been informed. And all of us who do really under stand must here and now resolve to help inform them. In every school, in every Sunday school, in every farm ers' club, in every farm woman's club, and even as a part of almost every church service, our men and women of light and leading must do their part to arouse rural America. In the Revolutionary war It was the "embat tled farmers" at Lexington who "fired the shot heard around the -world!" In the Civil War It was the stubborn courage of our farm men and the steadfastness of our country women that won the world's applause for Confederate heroism! Because this war is a little farther from our doors is no reason why we should play a less noble part. And there is little Jime to'lose. Many peo ple think that twelve months hence pecae will be in sight. Let us resolve therefore that during the coming year our rural people in every county will make a record of patriotism that our sons and grandsons will mention with pride even as we take pride In the ex pteits of our ancestors of the 0's. What we do In the next twelve months will fix our place In history. GUILD P0LK?C0UyTY NEW3. TBYOffrfK. C. GETTIN' .EAi, OLD. Gittin' 'em told is about the biggest iob the human race, has ever had, to tackle. Schools and colleges are es tablished all over this terrestial .ball for tne purpose of gettin' em told. The preacher for instance, studies the Bible for the purpose of gettin 'erri told about the here and the here after, and we flock to hear his mes sage then walje right out and forget what he said until the following Sun day when we go back and hear him try to get 'era told over again. He points out to us all how we ought to walk the straight and narrow path, but we turn a deaf ear and think the message is for the other fellow. The fond parent spends years trying to o-et his children told abouVthe snares tnd pitfalls of life, and how they should evade the broad way that al ways leads to ruin, but notwithstanding- all of his pleading and pa tience the dear child seems to drift n the wrong direction naturally. Every gink we meet tries his hand on gettin' us told, especially if he has a tale of woe he thinks we are just -razy-o hear it. It seems to be our job all through life to get each other told. Why should it be necessary for anyone to have to tell us that it is hazardous to swing a moving train? It seems a lunatic would know that it is very dangerous to try to board a moving train. Why should it be accessary to put up signs at railway crossings reading: "Railway Crossing Look Out For the Cars?1' It seems hat most any of us would know when we get to a railway crossing and that if we tried to beat a train over we would be liable to be jerked Into the sweet by and by. Why should it be necessary to post cross bone and skull signs along the high way reading: "Blow your horn, death awaits you just around the curve?" It seems that we would have fore thought enough to blow our horn and take it easy for a few feet knowing full well that death was staring us in the face. Why do people walk coo close to trains at stations- and have to be pulled back to keep the engine from knocking them forty tect in a jiffy? It seems a blind man would try to keep clear of moving trains. Why doivt we take a day off sometime and get wise to all the dan gers that await us down the line without having to be told? Gettin' em told is some job, and one 'that it takes all of us to hold whether Ve t?ver make a success of it or 'hot; we will have to keep on trying to gt 'em told for it takes all of us to take care of the rest of us. JAS. W. HEATHERLY. W. s. s. SALUDA. Mrs. Little, of Asheville, is t.e guest of her son, Dr. G. R. Little. Rev. Mr. Folger was in Asheville last week. Howard P. Locke, Jr., has returned to Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga.fl J1 - I ' 1 ! 1 . j 1 F Hiier spending a weeK witn nis motn cr, Mrs. H. P. Locke. The many friends of Miss Annie Waring will regret to Jam of her painful- injuries received in an auto mobile accident, while visiting friends in Summervflle, S. C. Miss Aggie Thompson formerly of here, but now of New York, is spend ing some time with her uncle, Mr. E. B. Thompson, and her aunt, Mrs. Jane Thompson, before sue sails for Fiance as a Red Cross nurse. Miss Eloise Harrison, of Fletcher, was the guest of hei aunt, Miss Jane Thompson, this week. Mesdames Henry B. Lane and-.Har-1 rv Lane and little daughter, were ac companied by Mrs. LaMotte to Hen dcrsonville Wednesday. Mr. Harold Thompson, of Fletcher visited relatives here this week. Mr. Moore will be at the Baptist church on Friday night to lecture ir. the interest of the Baptist Young Peoples Union. Mrs Stephens and little daughters spent last Friday in Hendersonville. Messrs. Paul and Jethro Pack, of Flat Rock, spent last week-end with their brother, Mr. H. L. Capps. Miss Bertha Foster, of Chimney Rock, who has been teaching at Friendship school for the past" two terms, has returned to her home, the school having closed. Mr. Clayton Pace has arrived in this country from the Panama Canal Zone. He will visit relatives in Sa luda and the surrounding community before returning to his work with the government. Mrs. Qrayton and daughter, of Washington, D. C, are the.iguests of Mrs. H. P. Locke. . - . Messrs Hugh Thompson and Jchr. W. Bell, of Campobello, visited the latter's sister, Mrs. E. R. Thompson, last week. The monthly meeting of the Wo mans' Auxiliary was held at the Church,' of the. Transfiguration last Friday afternoon. The meeting was well attended. The election of of REAL ESTATE. LOA 5 Uty and Farm Property Bought and Sold. Fu.nished and un furnished houses for rent. Property taken care of and rents eolleeted. Do not waste your time and tire yourself out lorking for a place. Our auto is at your service free. JAMES LEONARD, Tryon, IN. C. rr Carolina SALUDA. The Tact thatiour deposifs.are larger than thev we're on -the same date las year, in spite of the fact that a new bank hs been in operation in Saluda durine the past four months, is evidence of the good service we finish to our numerous XT' f,ndtheir abidig fai the safe aid ofservative mZ X which our Bank is managed. . . Deposits August 28th, 1917 . . . . .$39,185.85 Deposits August 28th, 1916 35,439 84 Increase in past year . . . $ 3.756.01 i t nr ni BimTOSlTDeM on tbe strenSl"D of facilities we afford Preside ' C R0BErTS0N Q- C. SONER, H. B. LANE ficers for the, coming year was held. Directress, Mrs. H. H. McKee; Vice Directress, Mrs. W. B. Allen; .Treas urer, Mrs., John . C Bushnell; . Secre tary, Miss Lucile Hazard. , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spratt, of Greenville, S. C Miss Spratt of Greenwood and Mr. Gordon Garling ton were the guests of Miss Eliza beth Killian last Sunday. , . v. s. s. SALUDA RED CROSS. Report of the Saluda branch of the Folk County Chapter of the Red Cross, for the quarter ending, March ?nd. Notwithstanding the unusual ly severe weather of the past three months, and the absence from Saluda for a part of hat time of so many ox the most active memoers of J;he branch, there have been only a few d"s that the regular meetings have not been held, with a few members present even when the weather was most severe, and. during that time the interest has not fiaggd, and many of those who were not able to get out, knitted nd sewed in their own homes for the good 01 the cause. We are glad to be able to report the re sult as follows: Cash expended for material and other expenses $103.98 Material used: domestic, 3 bolts; gauze, AVz bolts; outing, '7 bolts. Garnets made: pajamas, 46 suits; bed shirts, 13. Knitted articles: sweaters, 21; muf flers, 27; wristlets, 15; helmets, 6; socks, 8. Pillows made, 25; comfort kits, 12; Christmas packages, 14; handy bags, 20; surgical dressings and bandages, 1107. - W. S. S. MILL SPRING. Rev. J. M. Barber filled his regular appointment at the M. E. church, Sunday. Mr. King Gibbs and mother spent Saturday night at the home of Mr. J. H. Gibbs; also Mr. Geter Gibbs and sifter. The" infant of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dicus is very ill at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Arledge visited their daughter, Mrs. W. M. Walker, Sunday, Mrs. G. C. Brisco, who has been quite ill with roseola, is convalescent. A crowd of young folks started for a little mountain trip, Sunday, but it was so cold they did not go any far ther than Sunny Brook farm. James Williams, Eva and Mollie Egerton, were guests of their cousins, Katherine and Robert Elliott, Sunday. The farmers a,re taking advantage of the good roads by hauling in guano for their 1918 crop. 1 Messrs. Reece Arledge and Dewev "McMurray, who are at work at Camp Wadsworth, spent Saturday night and Sunday with their parents. Hurrah for the 22nd; let every body be preesent when our schools assem ble, : : -W. S. S. German soldiers say they do not like to come in close contact with American troops. Spaniards said the same thing during the Spanish-American war. Said that American sol diers did not know when to retreat; than when they expected them to re treat they always advanced. The German troopers are learning that the opinion of their officers regarding the fighting ability of Americans was somewhat wrong. W. s. s NOTICE. Pursuant to and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that cer tain mortgage deed executed by J. C. Buchanan and Nora Buchanan, his wife, to Jane Thompson on the 20th day of January, 1917, to secure a debt of $1250.00 and interest, said mort gage being of record in the office of Register of Deeds for Polk county in Book No. 11 at page 213, default hav ing been made in the payment of said debt and interest the undersigned will seU at public auction to the high est bidder, for cash, at the Court House door in Polk county on MONDAY, MARCH 25th, 1918, at 12 o'clock noon, the following de scribed tract or parcel of land con veyed by said mortgage, to wit: Situate in the Town of Saluda; County of Polk and State of North Carolina, beginning at a stake on the West side of Henderson Street at the Northeast corner of the lot known as the S. McMurray lot, -and running thence with the line of the said Mc Murray lot North 76 West 174 feet to a stake in W. C. Robertson's line (formerly Ballard's line); thence North 10 V2 East 74 feet to stsT. thence South 76 East 147 feet to a 4-l : TT 1 m j . i I tuft.t; m jTienuerson oureex; tnence with the East side of said street 10 West to the beginning, contain ing one fourth of an acre, more or less. -This 22nd day of February, 1918. JANE THOMPSON. Mnr I Walter Jones, Atty 43-4t-pd! State Bank N. C. i 1 INSURANCE 8 FOR ; E. A. CARLISLE PROPERTY j j Lot No. 1 and Yellcw Cottage $2,500. Lot No. 5 an j V-'W f V Vf V. ----- ; perty $buu. uasn. J W. T. LINDSEY, Sale Agent. ! TRYON, N. CV ' AncLhelp your win the war. to do this is to plies from us. wi; Successor of s wink-JnlMdlsoo --' ' J-l.rr Tt i'-- ' rr:- - - mi Hi ium i uju uj Everything in the ILLiNERV LONE can be found here. DRESS HATS SHIRTWAIST HATS UNTRIMMED SHAPES. Orders taken for Ladies' Suits and Skirts. We carry a nice line of drsess silks and wash goods MRS. E. RHODES, TRYON, N. C. Over Orr's Store. A Thrift Stamp gives you the right to q stand up when the Star Spangled Banner is played. An account at this bank classes you as one of the progressive and substantial citizens of your community. No better time than now to start that account. Come in and let's talk it over. . BANK Or TRYON W. T. LINDSEY Pres OOQOO& 3222 rn 'ii W HO JV He will tell you that there is no easy road to success and wealth. You must get into the game gnK back of you a DEPENDABLE BANK. o v$? aeieacty to S1 the right sort of man a lift ' to better himself. Bank with us. BANK ,bf B AILQJ OA ital $10,000.00 SALE . CJ -r ... J ' I ttl fV Uncle Sam to The best way buy your sup. Tr it. 4- Co. virm n jut mmm m m m mt i in i n o J. B. HESTER Cashier. 000008 HOWS CO. Man I r f. T- V i " vise rresiacDis ; uastu r V uiuxuci,urers Kecord. " ii
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