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to. 0- M W Paper For the Hone AND THE TRYONi BEE VOL. XXIV NO. 30 TRYON, N. C.' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1918. jl County. to (1ft A VP AIT T a i . 1 . i ;. ; " ; : - MILLION RUSSIANS 111 ' STARVE TO DEATH THIS WINTER. tk of Transportation Will Prevent the United States from Rushing Food to People of that Stricken Unfortnate Nation. FROM 01 FRIENDS OIR IRE GOOIITY Spine Items of Gensral Intaiwst Gathered By Oar CorrponcIBU From Varini SeetMiia of Polk Comtj , LYNN. ABOLENE. lions of Children of Other European Nations Will Per ish Unless Furnished the Proper Kind of Food by the People of this Country, AMERICANS TO MAKE GREATER SACRIFICES. e had the pleasure of attending meeting of county food adminis- trs in Raleigh, last week. We met a large body of intelligent, rnnined, patriotic men and women, are devoting their time, money talent for the immense problem Ceding hungry Europe, tr. Franklin W. Fort, of Mr. Hoo- official family, was present, and ivered a talk full of advice, as well Containing facts which were abso- ily sensational. He told us that (ions of Russians would perish for want of food this winter This Id not be helped, on account of asportation. All thfe ocean har s are now frozen over, while the sheviki has ppsesion of the rail ds and will not permit anything to re to northern Russia. He also I us that all child life in Europe ;W perish if we did not go to the istance. He said that while we ex led eleven million tons of food to rope last year, that we would be npelled to export twenty million is this coming year if we prevented nost the extinction of those unhap and unfortunate people. lo do this means further and more xstic denials- on the part of the herican people. While we have de- d ourselves of portions of var;ious pd products in the pasty we are now led upon to give up entirely, three Jry important foods creamery but- f, bottled milk and cheese. The k part of this is that we can do it id not suffer. We will have to sub- on home made butter or oleomar- Jrine instead of butter, and fresh k instead of bottled milk. All child life is threatened with its Iry being, and unless large quanti- fi of bottled milk is sent to certain juntries over there, and not Ger Py at that , no children can survive winter. This is indeed a gloomy rture to hold up before our people, !t true one, nevertheless, and one cannot be erased. behave promised liberty and f ree- r t0 Poland, Serbia. Czecho-Slo- fkika, as well as many other small POOUS. Arp vp WS rrnin r tr Vrirnr --- v. gimg O 0 existence these countries only to !t the people die ? To the United 'Wes they look not onlv for guidance . i fm wip m establishing their house- I hold, but for life itself. To us is giv-en-the task, and it should be one of pleasure, of taking care of these peo ple, and preventing starvation. The American home, the American form of government, and in fact all that is American, is pointed to by the idealists of the world as their pattern. In the past we have felt very much flattered by such adoration, as it did not cost us anything, but when the rrau preacned in the chaDel Th flu 3 last Sunday at 3:30 p. m. This was munity. the first service in about two months. Mir. C. W. Davis' people were shop No notice having been given that ping in Bb&tie, Thursday, there would be any services resulted Mr. J. MDavis killed two nice hogs in there being no wood to fire up last week, one weighing 501. the with, and the chapel was not so com- other 315. fortable as it might have been. Miss Pauliae and Roy Wilkins The school is scheduled to open at spent Sunday wilt Miss Eva and this place, on or about the 9th of De- Haroid DavH cember. It is to be hoped that plen- Mr. Perry Ofttitrell ?.nd family ty of wood may be secured and the sneit Simdav with Mr C W T:iv id- house put in order by the time the son: ' school is to open so there will be no Mrs. M. J. Hiars srent Sunday af- hitch or hindrance when teachers ar- ternoon with Mrs. J. O. David. rive but to proceed with school Mr. J. T. H&ves' daughter Rffi is i The hosiery s people wiU observe very low at this writing. lhanksgiving day. Mr Bob Miiler passed through this It is to be hoped that some kind of yicinity Sunday .afternoon. Thanksgiving service will be held in Mr. Vadin Cal e-t and family, from the chapel by our people. We've Fmgerville, s;C, ..ited Mr. H. C. mucn zo oe tnaniciui tor. Calvert, Saturday and Sunday. ivir. iwuty inompson, Eugene Born to Mf. 4nd Mrs. E. L. Cudd; a "uii"o uumer Kjase naa a very j boy. narrow escape Irom death, last Sun day night, while they were in a Ford were happily married Sunday. We wish them much success. Mr. T. F. Rowland and family left Monday for their new home in Georgia. Miss bessie Thompson and sister, Exie, spent Sunday at Mr. A. A. Edwards'. Mr. E. S. Kibbie visited at Mr. P. G. Brisco's, Saturday and Sunday. We are glad to see the boys coming home from camp. Soon they will be coming from France. w. s. s. SUNNY VIEW. WHAT SHALL WE DO Red Mountain school closed Friday last. The hit of the entertainment was a dialogue between Miss Mary Arledge and ftM'ss Myi'tls Pack, the teachers. Sunny View school ctoscxl Saturday, with an evening entertainment pre pared by the pupils after school hours under the direction of Miss Clara Feagaa and Miss Bertha Dalton. Miss Dalton having taught at the old Burnett school, had many old friends amongst the pupils, and crying spells followed the program. An organ was loaned by Fred Gibbs, and A. F. Cor- GERMANY? II This Question is Puzzling the Minds of the People of all Allied Nations. NAVAL OFFICER'S OPINION. roadster and going to Columbus. The car came in contact with a calf roaming about on the highway. The time came to back up our idealism T- I fnr w. oii , Thompson, the driver, arm broken uvuuug eise, we aia nnH Gnma ni,0 m. xt vrvv-i initial miUliCS. Mr. J. C. Davis made 225 bushels of corn on 7 acres of common up-land. W. 8. 6-OLUMBUS. so, with the life of our boys, and bil lions of dollars of our money. Now that peace is in sight and many small nations are to be the outcome of it all, and all patterned after the ' United States, to whom they look for all that is good, are' we to deny them life it self when we can, by a little self-denial on our part, give them all that is necessary to start off in the family of nations ancf with fullTatomachs'?' We have never yet failed a friend, and God grant we never may. But if you cannot agree with us in Mrs. J. Ci'Shipman and children, of Hendersonville, spent a few days man somewhat shaken up. As to the withher fat?er' Mt"" J P' Arlede last weeK. m Miss Adeline Owens is absent from school thiswoek, on account of the flu. - Messrs. T; M. Johnson and E. T. calf, at this penciling we are not able to say whether it survived ' or succumbed. Question who should have damages. Mr. J. C. Rhodes and familv. of " 1 I - 1 , t j. -w -r i Whittier, N. C, are visiting home UCKer werc guesrs 01 mri?-donnson folks in Lvnn. Jens, rpnnrts rnnd We are giaa IO KnOW crops and business in Jackson county. Several of our citizens -are ''drilling some fine pOrkers this week. Messrs. Clayton Constant and Newman Bros., are on the list. Mallv Thnmrtsrtn ic rmvci'mr on , . . . . .. . I J A Willi, ... V ThlC miilir AT THa rtnnifinM nvtnnn 1 I " roT' wc aai tack of cold or grip or flluiser. It is to your selfish side. Even now an- to be hoped he will soon be out. that Mrs. West is improving after a a attack of the flu. :. . lAevX- jMi'ii V. a' few da8 with home folks, lvist week. He will go to Fiance as soon as he re turns to camp. Dr. H. H. Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Elliott visited friends at' sick :i:st this week. Mrs. T. W. Williamson weak in Asheville. Mrs. C. E. Shore was in Spartan- spent last archy, in all its vile4forms and ex- Q rn f f w.;,i Mil! Spring, Sunday. istence is rampant in certain sections t or tw weeks f OD Some of our people attended the of the world. Did you ever stop to re- eration .g reported M doing well and corn shucking given at Mrs. L. B. fleet that anarchy has its birth in wiU be able tQ retum home SQQIL McC:uinn's, last .Thursaay evening. hunger. Why, brother, bless your Mr R w Porlrpr i,9H a w,fV, ever one reports a good time. soul, your wife knows this, and when- hi F H qaturHv nitht Nr James and Ida Carnegie are on the ever sne imnss 01 maKing a toucn damage to the car sne always waits until tne masters Wp woniAr wuat vaH 1- ftf fi,A stornach is full, for she knows then L , . committe mavor that he is at peace with all the world. . a1HprT. Wp hear creat doal And that very condition prevails with f comT)laint about so mucn shootine. buru last Thursday. Mr. Arcnie reagan is very sick ax this writing. Mr. Bostic Page re'.arned home from Virginia, where he has been at work Mrs. J. A. Bailey, Misses Gladys, Grace and Sidney Smith are on the sick list this week. Messrs. A. L. McMurray and J. F. Ormond were in Cooper Gap, Monday on business. Mrs. Charles Davenport visited her mother, Mrs. Underwood, of Lynn, Sunday. W. S. S MILL SPRING. n 1 1 : 1 i x i. au nianiuau' wven pienty 10 cw especially on the street and near res- anarcny ana noisnevism win not sur- idenceg and laceg of business; Sec. vive long. And don t you imagine ti(m 13 of town ordfnances should be for a moment that we may not be enforced or repealed. piaguea witn xms very same scourge. At this writing Mr. J. Lee Fisher's Only a few days ago we read of a big condition is considered precarious. paraae in iew xorK, ixeaueu uy ieu H c Rhodes. iocated now at An- flag. We are now facing the most derson S. C, was visiting home folks critical situation that has arisen dur- last week-end, in Lynn. He looks as Sunt. Hammett will visit home folks on Thanksgiving day. w. s. s. MILL SPRING ROUTE 1. ing the whole of this great world's .f the climate agreed with him. war. i$ut it is one tnat can De met and solved to the entire satisfaction of mankind, but by one way only plenty of food. If we can feed the world through Jl A IV A 1- J - tne coming winter, tnen tne worst is Mr Sam .0wnby returned home over, for with the coming of spring from Camp gevier Saturday. All are the sowing 01 new crops win oegm, , d t have him back a in 1 ri ji . 1 j. I o ana azter tne next narvebt urupe Cpvoral from this section went to a will be in position to help herself. In . . in NooHImviIIp section. his Parents. the meantime don't stop saving food. Oo. ,0 vf Mr. and Mrs. C. 1). Elliott, of Co- Mr. Hubert H. Foster, of Camp Se vier spent Saturday and Sunday with MELVIN HILL. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hamn Gil- PjJast Monday, a girl. ' m- Simp Johnson visited at the ome of Mr. John Hayes, of Abolinel Irs- Alice Gilhprt liad the flu. Jt is ii-nnvA,.; t ''luins anu cmiuicn, ui rle Branca j 5 here- last week. ' sad intplH o vi.vv. 1 of the death of Mr. Dean B' last Saturday night. Mr. Ross .eU known 9 Hill, where he attended church Ma Y Scho1 for several years. wnpn Kn a i ;n , ki. , wok tne lniiueiiz. ,"cn. with or,;.;' v;e mv ""iiea with the Baptist (, years ago, and lived as a iStian tn fU J tt- . TO f leaves a k ' lather, mnrt t JfS and other relatives, to whom aeepest sympathy. annoyance, to say the least. Mr. C. G. Feagan had a big fat hog to die one night recently. School commences here next Mon day morning. Walter Reed got a little too far alre in his car' the other even" I said car refused to bring him Saturday night Miss Bessie Thompson and sister, Exie, spent Sunday with Miss Mossie Edwards lumbus, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. Egerton, Sunday. Quite a number from here went to Mr. Virgil Skipper is spending this the cotton picking at Mr. E R. Ed .J: wards' Fridav nierht. Evewbodv re- week at Fingerville, S. C. Mr. Walter Russell and son, Johnie, visited relatives at Cooper Gap Satur Mr. Epley's family, who have had day. the flu, have all about recovered. Mr. T. B. Jones, the singing teach er, was in this place, ' Saturday. The potato crop is exceptionally good in this vicinity. W. A. ReRed grew the finest irish potatoes nearly 80 bushels. Miss Eliza White was a caller at Mr. Ownby's, Sunday afternoon. Mr. George Champion was a caller on Uree Route 1, Sunday. W. S. s. NEW HOPE. Whoo we are having cold weather The up land com i, good, but the ; . small bottom land corn was damaged by the Mrs. Robert McEntyre visited Mrs. ports a nice time. Mr. Sam Cocherum is home again, from Virginia. Leader for Chris? iai Endeavor for next Sunday, ?Iiss Clara Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lewis, Claude and Melva, went to Uatherfordton, Sunday. School will begin, here next Mon day, with Miss Berth.! Dalton a.? teacher. Misses Pearl, Essie and Clara Ed wards, were guests of Mis3 Leha Barber, Sunday. Yes; Silver Creek, we realize that fcin assisted with his viola. Noah 4- Lynch appeared as a soldier, and Es ther Wilson, of Red Mountain, assist ed. The program included songs, "When We Gather Every Morning," and "The Boys of Sunny View," flag drills by the primary and senior girls, and an Indian play by the boys; pan tomimes "America" and the "Prison Call".; speaking by various children. The rooms were thrown together, a platform erected, and the walls deco rated witn Liberty Loan and Y. M. C. A posters. Plenty of green boughs v ere used in deco'-atiag, and all Hie work was done after school hours during the week, and met with the hearty approval of the parents who regret that funds aro not available ITorlrSBIitfflua Mrs. G. 3. Whiteside were judges in the writing contest, and awarded the prize to Uzzle Helton for the greatest improvmnt. Arkansas Jackson and Bessie Jane Helton attended every day during the four months term, fourth grade class in spelling did not miss a word during the term. Miss Feagan will open the Fishtop school next week, and Miss Dalton the at Mill Spring. The song Battle Hymn of the Re public, published in the POLK COUN TY NEWS last week, was used to the new words "The Boys of Sunny View" The shaped notes are appreciated by old and young. MJr. Bill Steppe, of Chase City Va., is visiting his brother, Mr. King Steppe. Misses Grace and Oma Gibbs were guests of Miss Maggie Jackson, Sun day. Misses Bertha Dalton, Lizzie Wil liams, Annie Wilson, Messrs. Uzzel Helton, John Bradley and Willie Mills were callers at Mr. Fred Gibbs' Sun day morning. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Coggins spent Saturday night with the latter's mother. Mrs. A. J. Dimsdale. Miss Maggie Jackson and Mr. Noah Lynch accompanied Miss Bertha Dal ton home Sunday. Mr. Terrell Taylor has returned home from Spartanburg S. C. j Mrs. G. L. Taylor was the guest of her sister Mrs. Ella Gibbs Sunday. , Mr. Ernest Ruff who is in the U. S. Navy has returned to Philadelphia from France. He reports all the boys are wanting, to come home so let's do everything we can to get them home and don't forget' to give to the War Campaign one more dol lar or so. Continue to send the POLK COUN 8Y NEWS to our brave lads in khaki "Over There." SILVER CREEK. j rofov ressie iimmpou.., j 1U uv aiifiii. I ... m 1 1 1 ' v 4. a .a u fflr-a'u iHU"'7" r " t thewar is over. C? ranneia iwvc auyj "uvu - noihted supenntenaent oi uic i r x r.o.;, v;c?f;. -w f9m ing their wnite cotton m una , vi.i. Hope Sunday school. May oa mess here at this writing i at iiq ail crivp i.nHMKX iaj viuu itiiv i t ' ikn maw wawt r i - . . , nimmvuBKuw. n.B. Little Kannie Walker who was bit givetn us uie vicwijt, vxxxjr was Zuo Dusneis ox qam msieau Thanksgiving day, but every day. 0f 103, that Mc .Thompson made w. s. ten by a mad dog' two weeks ago at the home of Dr. Wajdnat Lan- (Mr. John Tipton is getting along dnm g C t uking treatment 1 .Xt. m Allf llAIIAA I Thankseiving nicely with his new house turkey this year, just think of the Mr. Jolm C. Thompson, who is in millions of mothers in Europe beg- JNew iorK, is on nis jod agam. w ,nir with which to save the Mr. Weaver Scoggins made a busi lifp of their children. If that doesn't ness trip to Chesnee, S. C, Saturday. make you think, then we know nothing that will. W. 'S. 'S PEARIDGE. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Thompson-made a business tripto Rutherfordton Mon- of Best wishes to the news ana its tuy. readers, ' a fr 1 Parley Foy and Miss Nellie Dalton Farmers are very busy sowing wheat in this section, the most of them are done picking cotton, and some are holding their cotton for a better price. Mr. Clarence Justice was here on business, last week. Miss Charity Williams visited out on the route, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Arledge, mo tored up -from Spartanburg, Saturday night, returning home Sunday. ' Miss Mary Ann Bradley visited on the route Sunday. . We regret to hear that Mr. N. E. Arledger of -the Navy, who is statiori-ed-at Charleston, has Spanish influ- Just now the question as to what should be done with the Germans is the absorbing topic. There is no de nying the question but that German propogandists are busy attempting to manufacture sympathy favorable to that nation. The cry that has gone . out aboutshortage of provisions 'is said to be unfounded, and given out in an attempt to secure better jeace terms. In this connection the follow ing letter from Lieut. Copelajad to his father reflects the sentiment Of "the boys," and for that matter many of our citizens in private life: "And our altitude toward Germany, what will it be ? According to God, vengeance is His, and His the right to punish, alone; but in all His goodness, wisdom and mercy, may we not each one pray that to the Germany, that was He will send punishment, swift, severe in ex act accord with the severity, the dead- liness of her sins? I do not believe that it would be wrtmg for us to ask this. There still remains much to be done and. in spite of our heart felt thanks that battle has ceased, we must not for one moment lose sight of the fact that as yet, Germany is an enemy, to be thought of and treated as such. Our wonderful people, always quick to forgive, will, I hope, not be , too anxious to play the role of the gra cious father welcoming the return of the prodigal. To do this would be anoense4rderingvaciime? .. When we all think of pity for Ger- many, let us at the same time think of the thousands of American boys, dead, slain by the same pity seeking Germans; let us" think of other thous ands of our boys who are coming home, lives wrecked, .blind, maimed, torn and crazed by the hellish war fare of these degenerated disciples of satan then if .in our hearts we still have room for pity, let us put that virtue into practical use by making of it the human element which will en ter into the- God-sent punishment which is certain to be visited upon Germany. v We punish criminals in our awn na tion. Shall we then permit a whole nation of criminals, such as go to make up Germany, escape the black est crimes of all ages without the punishment such crimes deserve? Not a nation on top of this earth has escaped the suffering, in greater or less degree, which this terrible war has -caused. Should the people who caused such world-wide suffering be received back into the realm of humanity unpunish ed for its sins? These are questions we must answer, questions which can be but lightly dwelt upon by the coming peace conference, but each man wo man and child in the United States can, and will, answer these questions in their own way, and upon every liv ing person in this land rests the de gree of punishment which Germany will certainly receive. It is a fact that the punishment which first suggests itself to the pun isher is not always the proper meas ure to be adopted. Therefore, instead of adding to the suffering of the world by imposing physicaly impossible conditions when terms oi peace are arranged, let each of us under solemn oath to ourselves, avow to take Germany, in punish ment that which she so loves, and of which she so proudly has boasted Commerce. Merchants, farmers, manufacturers everybody, can hae a part in this, by simply refusing to buy, sell or use, any article which comes, or any part of any article which comes from Ger many. Let our business men so arrange their dealings that former German markets shall be forever closed .to German goods, arid when I say busi ness men, I include everybody from producer to exporter. Let us so despise German goods that there will never again be a mar ket in this country for any of them; let is never again be said that we are dependent upon the Germans for one single article which we use. In other words let us resolve to lit erally chase Germany fromthe mar kets of the entire world. It can oe done. Each of us 'will have a hand in it by so doing, in whatevr way pre sents itself, our part. V After all is said and done, what Germany fought- for was .commercial supremacy. Can a punishment more fitting be found than for us, in peace, to make it impossible for urermany to 1 i Al J l " -1- ' J 4 tenza and is quite Sick at this writing. mortal combat? attain the desire which caused her to plunge the world, most of it, into X :') '"-t X 4