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1 : s pom county news, tbyon. n. ,-rt- . i . i. . -i i TRYON its first TU Lanier Club will have meeting next Thursday, KyM Mr. Geo. H. Holmesrattetided to business matters in Asheville, Monday.7 Nelson Jackson came up from Colum bia and spent Sunday his with parents in Tryon. ; - Mrs. R.G. Rankin, of Gastonia N. C., is Ae guest of Mr. and Mrs. J; B Reid. on Melrose avenue. ;v What has become of the Tryon Board of Trade? Seems to us that the time for the annual meeting is past due. Rev, H. Norwood Bowne and family came down from Biltmore, Monday, and spent a few days with Tryon friends. : Mrs. J. B. Rcid and daughter, Miss Beatrice, were in Spartanburg, Monday, where they went to help celebrate, the victory. " v.: ; ! . The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered after the sermon at the Congregational . church, Sabbath morning. v ; " Mrs-E. B. Moore, on her way1 from Asheville to her new home in . Atlanta, Ga, . stopped off here and visited rela ives, the McFees. Mrs. Chas. Cobb, of Hendersonville, spent Sunday in Tryon as the guest cf Ur husband s parents, Mr. and Mrs G?o. B.Cobb. Mrs. Lubeck has returned from a business trip to Chicago. It is no longer Capt. Lubeck, but Major Lubeck, if" you please. Congratulations, Major. Mrs. Henry Rankin, of Gastonia, N. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reid. Mr. Rankin is in the naval avia tion corps, and Mrs. Rankin will spend ome time in Tryon with Mr. and Mrs Reid her parents. Rev. C. W. Riggs, of Oberlin, Ohio, will speak at the Congregational church on Tuesday, Nov. 19th. at 4 p. m., on the topic, "Turkey as I Knew It," Mr. Riggs was born in Constantinople, and spent his earlier years in Turkey. Services at the Congregational church Sunday, will be held as follows: 10 a. m., Sunday school; public worship at 11 a. m. The first quarter hour will be de voted to a victory praise servicepatriotic music. The pastor will preach. Every bidy come. We wish to request our correspondents not to send any more poetry for publi cation. Ve have a cart load, more or less, lying around now, and no room for i it It is very troublesome to set, and un less of very high order is seldom read. e need the space for matters of more importance. ' - , " l he second trom 1 ryon to make the supreme sacrifice is Levi James Butler, who fell in the attack on the Hindenberg line. His father, Mr. James Butler, re ceived the tidings in a letter of sympathy from a relative also in the service. Further notice will be sriven when the Govern ment's official report is received. Mr. Bush is in receipt of a letter from Sgt. Ralph S. Jackson, from "Som were h France stating that he is in excellent health, and getting along fine Also that his friend Oliver is . still with Him. He says he would like to glance at a copy of the NEWS, and that a let ter fnm anybody in Polk county would be acceptable. We trust that it won't he long before Ralph is back in Trybrt His address is Sgt. Ralph S. Jackson, Battery B, 316th F. A., A. E. F, ' The telegraph optrators were granted their demands, Wednesday, and the strike averted. If the contentions of the operators were right they had a jus grievance. They claim that every other kind of railroad employee has had an advance in salasy, bnt that the station a gents and operators have had no in crease in salary for eight years. Such heing the case they were deserving an ncrease. John Early, the poor unfortunate leper who gained sajnuch notoriety -because of the prominence given the case by the AWille newspapers, has again disap peared, He is suDDOsed to have left Tryon about last Saturday. A he has often expressed a desire to sain ad- mittance to the leper's colony in Louis lana, it may be that he has gone there As the national or state governments re fused to have anything to 3o with the case, it is supposed that he did the bei mg, and that was to,take the matter in 3 own hands and go where he intended going in the first place. We suppose the Asheville papers will now give co! umn after column of rehashed stuff abou Messrs. B. L Ballenger, A. H. Hill and B. F. Copeland attended the War Sav ings meeting at Hendersonville Tuusday. iThU meungas fits cKetf tiled! for AckAtn'ltJ k!.. v : V. a'.f Jrj-. wuviui uui; uvymg io nuconauion was changed to Hendersonville. Is seemed for awhile as though there might not beany meeting at Hendersonville, as flu conditions at that place are bad, and no permit had been secured to hold the meeting. Ho wovcr the matter was overcome, and plans for the future of the War Savings cause were outlined to those present" One more of Polk county's christian young men has given his life for the cause of home " and . humanity. t Ziba, son of Mr. and Mrs.,T. N. Wilson, of Cooper Gap . township, was killed in battle, on Sept, 29th. It is earnestly to be hoped that no more of our boys have been called upon to give the supreme sacrifice. War, cruel war, is now over, and soon we may expect to see those who have escaped death come home. May Mr. and Mrs. Wilson look at their son's death as did Mr. and Mrs. Roose velt, when they said:" We have not lost a son; we have given one." Mr. W. F. Little has resigned as cashier of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co., to accept position as department mana ger with the State Trust Co., of Plain- field, N. J. Together with his family he will leave for his new post of duty within a few days. Mr. Little has a host of friends in Polk countv who re- oice with him in his good fortune in securing the position he has. He is an ffable and accomodating personage. and by these traits has placed the Peo ples Bank & Trust Co., in the enviable position it now occupies, It is the newest of four bank in Polk county, but in re sources is a very close second. NEWS readers will remember him best by his connection with this paper, being the immediate predecessor of the present management. His good wife has a hcst of friends in Tryon who hate very much o lose her. W. S. S. ' Report of the Condition of the BANK OF TRYON at Tryon, in the State of North Caro una, at the close of business, Novem ber 1st, 1918. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $88,089.82 Overdrafts ... 1,464.98 United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds 3,800.00 All other stocks, bonds anil mortgages 3,000,00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 4,920.50 Due from National banks.. 2,116.92 Gold 'coin 225.00 Silver coin, including: all minor coin currency. . 728.97 National Bank notes and . other U. S. notes. ... ' 5,487.00 Total $109,833.19 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $10,000.00 Surplus fund 10,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and tax es paid 1,992.02 Deposits subject to check. . 62,091.79 Time certificates of deposit 513.00 Savings deposits 24,082.85 Cashiers checks outstand ing 311.49 Due to National banks 842.04 Total .$109,833.19 State of North Carolina, Polk Countv. November 13. 1918 I. J. B. Hester. Cashier of the ab0 named bank, do solemnly swear that t.hp above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. B. HESTER, Cashitr. Correct Attest : B. L. Ballenger, W. T. Lindsey, J. B. Hester. . Directors. Subscribed and sworn to bef or me this 13th day of Nov. 1918. Geo. A. Gash, Notary Public S S- NOTICE OF LAND SALE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned by virtue of the powers contained in a certain mortgage dat ed 9th March, 1915, executed by ban ford Liles and wife Queen Liles to E D. Ezell will sell at the court house door at Columbus, N. C, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918 at 2 o'clock P. M., the following rea estate, to-wit: A tract of ten acres of land described as follows: Part of Pat. No. 1013, on the wa ters of Mill Creek, beginning on i black pum. Head's corner, and run ning thence south 80 east 65 1-3 poles tn a stone m Mose Shields' line Bar- nett's corner: thence with Shieds line south 46 w 18 poles to a sourwooa ms corner: thence with his line soutn bz west 24 noles to a stone, his corner; thence with his line south 49 west 19V Doles to a stake, his comer; thonro with bis line south 26 west 9 2-3 poles to a stake, Head's corner; thence with Head's line north 68 notes to" a stake in Cantrell's line; thonfo iwith his line north 30 east 23 k noles to a Spanish oak, his cor nor' tinenpe .with his line north 10 east 31 poles to the beginning. rontainincr 10 acres. Snip will he made to satisfy the aforesaid mortgage Terms: Cash on day of sale. F. D. Ezell, Mortgagee. M. Georgion Assignee. thcNEWSis m Somebody's Dollars Will Do It I Wonder if They'll Be Yours By Bruce Barton I WILL tell you what will happen some ' night this winter in France. Some night when its cold and dark. There will be a rustling through the front line trench, where our boys stand guard. And a heavy ladened Secretary will make his way along. In his hands will be great steaming pots: in his pockety chocolate and ciga rettes. From one man to another he will go, passing a cup full of hot coffee to hands that tremble with the cold ; bringing the comfort of a bit of sweet and a smoke. Men will hail him pheerily, slapping i mm on tne back; and when he has gone1 things will be a little, easier in that trench because he has passedvthat way. How much will it cost to make that trip, do you suppose? Counting the pittance that the Secretary is paid, and the cost of the chocolate and the ciga rettes and all? Five dollars? Twenty-five dollars? I do not know. But whether it is five dollars or twenty-five, Yd like to think that it is my five or twenty-five wouldn't you?. That some night when it's cold and lone some, my money and yours might send a Secretary out along that front line trench. Let's make up our minds that we are going to pay for a score of those trips. A score of the nights this winter shall be our nights nights when the boys greet joy ously the chocolate and cigarettes that our mbney provided; and are happier because our representative has passed. , United War Work Campaign For the Boys in the Service SERVICE THAT WINS : THE SOLDIER HEART Fred Lockley, Y. M. C. Av Tells ot u the Gratitude of the Boys l , at the Front. F' . 7- "One of the discoveries men are making over here," Fred Lockley, of the Y. IL C. A. and of Portland, Ore gon, writes from , London, "is that more pleasure can" be had out of giv ing than getting. Many a man who has spent money freely In the old days to buy pleasure is finding, that he gets more pleasure over here by the spend ing of one's self in the service of others. "A few months ago I went out with a fellow Y. M. C. A. secretary to hunt up out-Qf-rthe-way detachments of troops. A stable guard here, a ma chine gun company there, a platoon somewhere else. We carried our goods In an automobile. We had plenty of writing paper and envelopes for free distribution, and chocolate, cookies, chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco, cigarettes, razor blades, tooth paste and things of that kind for sale. American war service workers were busy everywhere. We found Sal vation Army lassies making doughnuts for the boys and K. of C. secretaries giving help. Books furnished by the American Library Association were to be seen on all sides. "Hearing firing at a distance, we drove down the road and found a score or so of men at machine gun practice.. The officer gave the men half an hour recess to buy goods. "At another place we came in sight of a lieutenant , drilling a platoon. I said to the lieutenant: 'How soon be fore you dismiss the company? We have Y. M. C. A. goods for sale.' "He said: 'Right now. Sergeant, dismiss the company!' "And ten seconds later the company was in line waiting to buy goods from our traveling 'Y.' Grateful is no name for It 3Che men can't do enough to show their gratitude." MERCY MUNITIONS NEEDED IN TRENCHES Lieut. Coningsby Dawson, Fight ing Author, Makes Stirring Appeal for Y. W. C. A. Why You Should Give Twice What You Did Before The government has fixed the sum needed for the care of the men In the service at $170,500,000. Unless Americans give twice as much as. ever before our soldiers, sailors and marines in 1919 may not enjoy their 8,600 recreation buildings 1,000 miles of movie films 100 stage stars 2,000 athletic directors 2,500 libraries supplying 3,000,000 books 85 hostess' houses 15,000 "Big Brother" sec- retarles KSliohs of dollars of home comforts T Gitc lx) maintain the morale that u winning the war. now . Lieut Coningsby Dawson, who wrote "Carry On," says of the war work which the Y. W. C. A. is doing: "You at home cannot fight with your lives, but you can fight with your mercy. The Y. W. a A. Is offering you just this chance. It garrls6s the women's support trenches, which lie behind the men's. It asks you to supply them with munitions of merby that they may be passed on to us. We need such supplies badly. . Give generously that we may the sooner defeat the Hun." What Lieut. Dawson says of the Y. W. C. A. he might have said of all the national organizations which are com ing together for the biggest financial campaign that organizations have ever headed. All. the $170,500,000 to be raised by the seven great national or ganizations the week of November 11 will be used to garrison and supply the support trenches behind the lines. They are the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the National Catholic War Coun cil, Jewish Welfare Board, American Library Association, War Camps Com munity Service and Salvation Army. American girls In various uniforms mingle strangely with picturesque Brittany costumes in France. The American Y. W. C. A. has a hostess house In Brittany where the Signal Corps women live and a hut where the nurses spend their free time. Both these centers are fitted with many of the comforts and conveniences of home. "At a tea given at the nurses' hut one Saturday afternoon," writes Miss Mabel Warner, of Salina, Kansas, Y. W. C. A. worker there, "there was an odd gathering one admiral, a bishop, a Presbyterian minister, a Roman Catholic priest, a doctor, an ensign, one civilian and myself." First Victory Boy's Work. "Say, Tm wise to you, all right," a Western Union messenger boy whis pered to one of the directors of the United War Work Campaign in the New York headquarters. The direc tor's desk had only just been moved in and the work of the big drive' had hardly begun. ' 'Tm onto your stunt," the boy went on as he swung a grimy fist over the desk ; "you're goin to give us, fellows ( that ain't old enough to go t" war a 1 chance to earn anflive to bact upra fighter an' help win the war1' Listen; Tm In on this." ' - The crumpled $5 bill he dropped on the desk made him the first of mit lion boys behind a million fighters' who are to be lined up as Victory' Boy during the week of the drive: There will be' a division of. Victory Girls, too, and -every boy and every girl enrolled, will have to earn every dollar he or she gives to the war work I T! You live in this county you believe in it you love it because hVsybnr county. Are you willing' for it to be listed as a SLACKER County? No! You are not. Then let's get right down to brass tacks and put it on the-honor roll. Its quota in War' Sav ings has not been reached; therefore we know you will pledge your full part to help remedy this con dition. There will be a wind-up war savings drive in this county during September. Canvassers, acting under authority of the Uni ted States Government will call upon you. You must pledge to buy every single War Savings Stamp you can to help save your county and your boys. ' Any further information will be cheerfully griven you by Mr. B. L. Ballenger, County Chairman of Polk County War Savings Association. This Space Contributed by THE BALLENGER CO, Did You Ever Have a Dollar Work for YOU? Buy War Savings Stamps and collect interest from the Government. $4.20 in vested now brings you $5.00 in 1923. PEOPLES BANK k TRUST CO. G. H. HOLMES President J. T. WALDROP Vice-Pret. TRYON, N. C. W. F. LITTLE Cashier This Bank is for Peope who Want to Improve their financial Condition. Will you let us serve you? A checking account is most convenient in the payment of bills. It is the safest receipt. A Savings account is the sure road to an eventual com petency. We solicit your account. CAROLINA STATE BANK. DAVID C. BARROW W C ROBERTSON, Q. C. SONNER H. B. LANE President Vice Presents Cashier Wo T. LSocflsey REAL ESTATE TRYON, N. C. FOR SALE AT A 11 If taken at once. Cash or reasosble terms. Two tenant houses well built, in colored tenement district. Store house and lot on Trade street. GEO. A. GASH; Agt. TTMIE BOS 66 OVER TD-OERE 99 want to know what is ' going on back home. 'Why not you; Send-thgfti the NEWS? 11 -t 4 1 J ! ': ,5 I I $3 per year -fund. . , . - - , n .g g ni-TXffTHnti-KTrrr-T . - this case. - .-' ' v -
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