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POLK COUNTY NEWS. TEYON, N. 0. HEWS anHTRYOM BEE t- OonwHdAte 1 Nov 91 5' Published every Friday at TRYON5 NORTH CAROLINA Telephone 99 Entered at second-class matter April 28. 1915 t the post office at Tryon, North Carqjina. un der the act of March 3, 1879 B. F. COPELAND, . Editor C. 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 financial ain, will be charged regular advertising rate of fire cents per line. THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. 225 West 19th Street. New York City, is our sole and exclusive Foreign Advertising Agent. "Long May It Wave." Every War Savings Stamp you buy shortens the war that much. w. s. s General Pershing now has under his command the largest American Army ever raised. yy g g The ONE THING that we have to do is to win this war. YOU can help to do so by buying War Savings Stamps. w. s. s "Retreat Needed," German papers say. Well what are they kicking about? They are certainly getting what they need then. r w. s. s. "Hun Ambassador Steals to Mos cow," says the Asheville Times head lines. Why not? The Kaiser has stolen from Berlin to within sight of .rans. W. s. s. "On to Berlin" is still the motto of the allies. They have not yet been stopped in their winning streak, and every day sees a little more territory taken from the Huns. W. S. S The Germans complain that the Americans are using shot guns in their fighting. We expect it was some Western North Carolinian using his old squirrel rifle. W. S. 2S American soldiers in France arc fed on all-wheat bread, and do not have to eat saw dust and shavings. All right, boys, you are entitled tc the best, and we are glad you arc getting it. W. S. S. The new military law provides for the. conscription of every able bodied American between the ages of 18 ano 45. If you can't get enough at that age to whip the measly Huns, call or, some of we old ginks. W. S. S The German General staff thought it knew the road to Paris, but it seems to have missed the way. Kan sas City Star Their "gas" evidenth gave out. Asheville Times. Or els"( some ally has nunctured a tire w. s. s A young Jew was sentenced to 3C days on the road by an Asheville ' judge for writing insulting notes t young lady guests at a hotel in that city. You should have made it 3f - years, if possible, Judge. w. s. s- r Still, Mr. Hearst is not sufficiently Teutonized to refer to what happened to him at Saratoga "as a strategetis retirement. New York World. Whj not ? Asheville ' Citizen. Seems tc us as if Mr Hearst was retired "before he reached Saratoga. w. s. s. It is reported that several whe signed pledge cards to buy War Sav ings Stamps are not carrying out their pledges. No person can afford not to comply with their agreement now. You can buy the stamps froir. any bank in the county, any merchant or postoffice, or the rural mail carriei will bring them to you if you so de sire. w. s. s. The Kaiser's giving General Hell to Hid t-Hvn i.1 TIT , "' nwyo wi me western ront looks ft. a athe,r tafdy effort to compete with the allies. Philadelphia North American He is too late Asheville limes.- We suspect the Huns have been overfpH rm wn i, a,lies b serving up . uxoii 15 enougn to tire even a nun. W s One German Vina nw. v: Tf irf r 1 1C LU senses eral y?n Blume. In a recent savsT Wr iSJSF . .v- w icluii tnat tup Americans all in all, have doSe ve?y Smart. x7rvlr -i. i i . ? .? aim n wouia be a verv . S if German army liona .tu.e an army of mil lions. That is just what you are go mg:to have to do, General. w a : County Chairman B. L. Ballenger announces that he will give two clsh -school in WColumbusT faluda or Wl UUS III ai.nil PQPh rt-r. 4- 11 War qt7n,a rr ' aemng me most of' ?.ft?ps een now -and the rre5 ,cketfa speaking at Timn 4-1 . . HiH nil uie winning schools. mm county TANK CORPS GROWING Recruits Arrive Daily at Gettys burg Camp. Long Hikes in Heavy Marching Order Fit Men for Duty With Persh ing's Army. Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa. The American tank corps continues to grow and develop. Recruits are still com ing in and the men already 'here are being drilled to within an inch of their lives. This is the preliminary discip line and the physical drill which will fit the men for the strenuous life of a "tanker" overseas. Twenty-mile hikes In heavy marching order are almost daily occurrences. " Although the work is hard, the men like it. They realize their need of this heavy drill and exercise. Negotiat ing the gray steel monsters over No Man's Land is distinctly not a job for a man whose muscles are not almost as hard as steel itself. And for an erstwhile civilian's muscles to become sufficiently hardened takes time and training. . - , - The daily work, the fresh air, plen ty of sleep and the excellent daily ra tions are doing wonders in producing as fine a bunch of real fighting men as can be found anywhere. The officers' school will be continued indefinitely. As fast as men complete the prescribed course, others will take their places. From now on, all commissioned offi cers will be selected from the ranks. The tank corps is a progressive unit. Every once in a while a bat talion will disappear overnight, bound for ''somewhere." Recruits will fill their places and the work of training will move right along. New officers, trained simultaneously with the men, will command the disappearing bat talion. . . BEST SHOD FIGHTERS The men stationed at Camp Sher man will be among the best shod fight ers in the entire world. An experi mental test to find the average size and width of the shoes used and the amount of leather consumed showed that by using a device known as the Resco shoe-fitting device the shoes are made more comfortable for the men and leather is saved. Here is shown the device being put to practical use. Each man wears two pairs of wool socks when fitted for the shoes. SALUTES PHOTO OF PREMIER Instinctive Action of Officer Reveals Respect of French for M. Clemenceau. Paris. Little unconscious acts often reveal the real measure of the popu larity of a great leader. In the photographer's showcase not far from the fashionable Pare Mon ceau there is among other pictures an excellent almost life-size head of M. Clemenceau. A young French officer who was passing the shop the other day glanced casually at the showcase. Perceiving the picture of his chief he instinctively raised his hand to a sa lute and passed on unaware that his spontaneous tribute had been observed. In the early days of the long-range gun bombardment of Paris, says the Matin, it was. stated that the shells were made from a new type of steel alloyed with vanadium, which gave it exceptional properties. But analysis has shown that the shells are made of ordinary nickel and chrome steel, such as is in current use for- making guns both In France and Germany and whose properties -are well known. FAILS TO LOCATE BRAINS Correspondence Course In Occult Sci ence of No Help to This Man. San Francisco. Rushing up to Po liceman J. Connell In the city hall, Sam Sanko announced with hectic tones that some unprincipled thief had gone and stolen his brains. Sanko, who is an Austrian, declared that the robbery had taken place four years ago and that he had taken a corre spondence course in occult science in the hope of regaining the missing parts, but of no avail. Policeman Con nell concluded that Sanko had diag nosed his own case very well; and so escorted him to the detention hos- I A iPi m 1 1 ("Ml f OUR 'SAVED FOOD FED THE ALLIES Food Administrator Writes Presi dent America Conserved 141, 000,000 Bushels Wheat. CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN. Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by 844,600,000 Pounds. Conservation measures applied by the American people enabled the Unit ed States to ship to the Allied peoples and to our own forces overseas 141, 000,000 bushels of wheat and 844,600, 000 pounds of meat during the past year, valued In all at $1,400,000,000, This was accomplished in the face of a serious food shortage in this country, bespeaking the wholeheartedness and patriotism with which the American people have met the food crisis abroad, Food Administrator Hoover, in a let. ter to President Wilson, explains how the situation was met The voluptary conservation program fostered by the Food Administration enabled the piling up of the millions of bushels of wheat during 1917-18 and the shipment of meat during 1917-18. The total value of all food ship, meuts to Allied destinations amounted to $1,400,000,000, all this food being bought through or in collaboration with the Food Administration. These figures are all based on official reports and represent food exports for the harvest year that closed June 30, 1918, The shipments of meats and fats (Including meat products, dairy prod ucts, vegetable oils, etc.,) to Allied des tinations were as follows: Fiscal year 1916-17... .2466,500,000 lbs. Fiscal year 1917-13. . ..3,011,100,000 lbs. Increase 844,600,000 lbs. Our slaughterable animals at the be ginning of the last fiscal year were not appreciably larger than the year be fore and particularly in hogs; they were probably less. The Increase In shipments Is due to conservation and the extra weight of animals added by our farmers.. The full effect of these efforts began to bear their best results In the last half of the fiscal year, when the ex ports to the Allies were 2,133,100,000 pounds, as against 1,266,500,000 pounds in the same period of the year before. This compares with an average of 801,000,000 pounds of total exports for the? same half years In the three-year pre-war period. ; In cereals and cereal products re duced to terms of cereal bushels our shipments to Allied destinations have been: Fiscal year 1916-17.. 259,900,000 bushels Fiscal year 1917-18.. 340,800,000 bushels Increase 80,900,000 bushels Of these cereals our shipments of the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year 1917-18 to Allied destinations were: Wheat 131,000,000 bushels and of rye 13,900,000 bushels, a total of 114,900, 000 bushels. The exports to Allied destinations during the fiscal year 1916-17 were: Wheat 135,100,000 bushels and rye 2,300,000 bushels, a total of 137,400,000 bushels. In addition some 10000,000 bushels of 1917 wheat are now In port for Allied destinations or en route thereto. The total shipments to Allied countries from our last harvest of wheat will be therefore, about 141,000, 000 bushels, or a total of 154,900,000 bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad dition to this we have shipped some 10,000,000 bushels to neutrals depend ent upon us, and we have received some Imports from other quarters. "This accomplishment of our people in this matter stands out even more cltafly If we bear In mind that we had available In the fiscal year 1916-17 from net carry-over and as surplus over our normal consumption about 200,000,000 bushels of wheat which we were able to export that year without trenching on our home loaf," Mr. Hoover said. "This last year, however, owing to the large failure of the 1917 wheat crop, we had available from net carry-over and production and imports only Just about our normal consump tion. Therefore our wheat shipments to Allied destinations represent ap proximately savings from our own wheat bread. "These figures, however, do not fully convey the volume of the effort and sacrifice made during the past year by the whole American people. De spite the magnificent effort of our agri cultural population In planting a much Increased acreage in 1917, not only was there a very large failure in wheat, but also the corn failed to mature prop erly, and our corn is our dominant crop. "I am sure," Mr. Hoover wrote in concluding his report, "that all the millions of our people, agricultural as well as urban, who have contributed to these results should feel a very definite satisfaction that in a year of universal food shortages in the north ern hemisphere all of those people Joined together against Germany have come through Into sight of the coming harvest not only with wealth and strength fully maintained, ,but with only temporary periods of hardship. - "It is difficult to distinguish between various sections of our people the homes, public eating places, food trades, urban or agricultural popula tionsIn assessing credit for these re lults, but no one will deny the ddml oant part of the American women.M A hoarder is a man who is more tn terected in getting his bite than In eir bgtOsbU, p GIRL CUTS OFF TRESSES SO AS TO BUY W, S. S. Dayton,. O. Ouanita Dowell, eleven, cut off her beautiful chestnut curls to help win the war. She then notified an offi cer of the National Security league that she wished the hair to be sold in Portland, Ore., and that the money be used in buy- S ing War Savings stamps. Ger trude Atherton, the author, made the first bid on the tresses at $5. The child's explanatory letter is to be sold along with the hair to the highest bidder. Classified Advertisements. WANTED. Femaje nurse or attendant for a sanitarium for Nervous and Mental diseass. Salary $24.00 a' month with board and laundry. Address S. Lord' Stamford. Conn. for Sale. Two fresh milk cows. Apply to G. H. Holmes. Tea Room Mountain Industries, Saturdays, 4 to 6 p. m. Hot tea, iced tea, lemonade, cake. Special parties served on 24 hours no tice. Mountain Industries. FOR SALE 25 acres of standing timber, two miles from Tryon. On shares or by the cord. GRANT C. MILLER, Valhalla. For Sale Long bodied, one horse spring wagon. Excellent for haul ing fruit. Valhalla Fruit Farm. Buy your nursery stock of E. J. Bradley, Saluda, agent for the old reliable nursery company, of Pomna, N. C; He can save yoi money ami assist you in your selection of trees best adaptedt o your soil. SALE NOTICE. By virtue of the powed of sale con tained in a Deed of Trust from the' Pacolet Gold Mining Company to Harrison Crook and John G. Dudley on the 11th day of November 1914, and recorded in record No. 10 page 161, Registers office of Polk county, we will on the 7th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1918, at 12 o'clock M., at the court house door in Polk county, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate to-wit: Being part of Patent No. 1013 and including the land known as Double Branch Mine on the waters of Paco let and described as follows: Begin ning at a stone and pointers below Elias Cantrell's store house where the land of A. P. Henderson and M. A. Cornwell corners with Elias Can tress, and runs with Henderson's line south 3 deg. west 140 poles to a rock and pointers J. S. Morris' corner; thence with his line same course south 3 deg. west 40 poles to a stone, Morris' corner; thence with his line south 87 deg. east, 12 poles, crossing a small branch to a white oak his corner; thence with his line south 1 deg. west 57 poles and 20 links to a stone ami pointers on the east side of an old road, Weaver's corner; thence with Weaver's line south 10 deg. west. 20 poles to a stake by a large white oak, Weaver's corner; thence with Weaver's line north 75 deg. west 83 poles to a stake and pointers thence same course north 75 deg. west, 12polcs and 11 links to a stake and pointers in CornweHrs line of the W. A. Cannon tract; thence with the line of said tract north 13 deg., west 87 poles to a post oak; thence with said Cannon tract north, 89 deg. west 47 poles to a stake and pointers in the patent line; thence with said line north 4V2 deg. cast 84 poles to a stake and pointers in Mrs. Putman's line; thence with line south 73 deg. east" 80 poles to a pine, her cor ner; thence with her line north 3 deg. east 69 poles to a stake and pointers, M. A. Comwell's corner, thence with his line north 76 deg. east, 72 poles, to the beginning, containing One Hundred and fifty-six and one-half (l1) acres. This the 6th day of August 1918. Harrison Crook, John G. Dudley, Trustees. WOOD'S SEEDS. The Importance of Sowing ALFALFA Farmers everywhereshould make preparations to sow ALFALFA lib erally this Fall. Sown early It will yield full crops and make un der favorable conditions, four or five puttings of splendid nutritious hay the following season. It is especially desirable at this time for farmers to sow all the for age crops possible to make hay and feed so as to save grain for human consumption. Woods Trade Mark Brand AL FALFA SEED, is American-Grown and of high tested germination and purity. Write for prices, and WOOD'S FALL CATALOG, which gives full Information about ALFALFA, CRIM SON CLOVER and all Seeds for Fall Sowing. Mailed free upon request. T.W.WOOD & SONS SEEDSMETT - Richmond, Va. todk of Mew Goods Our stock of Groceries has arrived, and "we are doing business at our old stand. Our stock is new and fresh; as low as we can consistent ly sell them. Your trade is apprci 3 d. W1LKINS & CO. OOOOOOOOOOOOOO8OOOOO0QOOOQ 8 0 O A Thrift Stamp gives you the right to q O stand up when the Star Spangled Banner 0 is is played. O O O O O o o o o o 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 OF TRYON 0 o o W. T. LINDSEY Prea OOOOCOOOOOOOSOOOOOOOO0000 EVIDENCES OF Of course you know how Opportunity alwaj s comes to the prosperous man. ' Ever notice the EVIDENCES of Prosperity ? If you have, you have observed that an unfailing evi dence of Prosperity is A Bank Account with a sound bank like the Bank of Saluda. Your money is absolutely safe, and you can get it at any time. We will gladly extend any accommodation consistent with sound banking to-our depositors. BAN IK of ALU OA Capital $1 0,000.00 SaSucIa, N. C. HENRY P. CORWITH, Pres. JOHN B. 1 A Price or Two! i ! As we carry nothing but the best of all items in ! ! our line, we will simply quote a few prices that will i be good for the next two weeks. Better act at once asthe prices are good for only two weeks. 2 cakes Palmolive, 2 cakes Rose Bath Soap for 25 tents One-half gallon fairday Syrup for 40 cenns Fine Line Sunshine Biscuits We carry the beet line of Coffee in town. Get our prices on all kieds of Groceries and Country Pro' duce. H. PACE & "HONEST GOODS IT THE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. B. HESTER Cashier. 3S PROSPERITY! CANNON, V-Prcs. PRESTCN H. BAIltV, Cash. SON, SALUDA, N. C, MOST REASONABLE PRICE"
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