I
j TRYON
Ir at thl school
Lot of hats at less
hodes. '
:mi .T B. Hester
Natives in Atlantaj
these Is" how to meet the Bol-
sheviki. The two great explosions in
house Saturday country within the past few days
haithefriyitir us'If theyand the
I-jWVgg; could; be , rounded up
anu prupeny pumsnea
than cost at Mrs.
is the
Ga.
guest 01
. TM jtlrnm si. tiB QnTlVpH
Miss Emma i-a.j;iiv .-'
i Tryon for the wfnter.
n H. Holmes made a short
fsit to Asheville, Wednesday.
the - world
would breathe easeirs
One . of the things ! brought out at
the Chamber of Commerc meeting
Wednesday night was the wretched
condition of our school house and
all, or at least as many of-tho citizens
of the town as coil no so, would meet
15 now $15 to $20 kit Mrs. Rhodes . morning and proceed to give the
scnooi nuusc ooi- i wuoie sne-oang a gooa cleaning.
rakes and shovels and an ample sup
ply of "elbow grease" tcT handle such
implements, and see what can be
35, now $15 to $2(f at- Mrs.
iWlill you be at th4
rdav morning: .. I . . - .
rnats that formerly soia av
i iJ:i ' tw? aone to improve the looks of tinners.
, - - rr'u l l Qnil till if ll tUt v- r w m . -
Ljttr..ii' .rtv ' relatives. Ane oy scouts are included in the
lich., are sue. - - . invitation. Be there.
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800 WOMEN NEEDED
BY SALVATION ARMY
Commander Evangeline Boolh
Says -War Relief Work
Must Be Extended.
"'. ' T' ' -- ,-'?' ' ; -1 - V it--.- r-
-sfc-' -j-i- -m -ttje . 1 '-
SUGAR SHOWED .
OUR; BAGKB0E4E
m -j Ant steelman, made a
;"T Asheville. last Tues-
Miss Marv Lindsely Mt for Atlanta
k Saturday to resume her studies
k needs a
Vhere :' Saturday
elp.
NEW TYPE.
i r -w -cinxr nnH Mrs. Lu-
trrafews in Asheville,
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his week.
. . ;
Mr v Y WilKirs visitea ms pr
nts at Cowpens, S..C, the fore -part
f the week. . ; . .
, Mr C W. Balleriger madea .busi
ness trip to Charlotte, the fore part of
he week. "' : , -
I Mrs L. V. Brown and little daugh
er visited ' Spartanburg - relatives
uesday. ; .
Mr and Mrs. -NeJson ' Jackson re-
nmoH tn their home in Columbia, b
v. Monday.
1919 is to be the banner year, for
Mimtf. What are you doing to
lelp the cause?,... : :
T. T. BaHenger, ifter a short busi-
Dfi: st.rv in Trvon. returned to At-
" - -.r J -ill-A..
We have replaced all tha type in
our . job deDartment with new. al so
good J adding several new type faces that
and we aia not nave.
We now have one of the most com
plete job departments of any small
plant in Western North Carolina
We' appreciate favors shown us
in that department, and hope to be
continued with same.
OAK HALL ARRIVALS.
i-
Among the late arrivals at Oak
Hall are: Mr. and MJrs. A. L. White,
Glen Cove L. I.; Mr. Wm. Thomas,
Charleston, S. C; Mrs. E. W. .Wood,
Livingston Manor, N. Y.; Mrs. A. B.
Cheswright, Livingston Manor, N. Y.;
Miss Sarah Purdy, Tryon: Mrs. Rich
ard Kirchrier and son, Tryon; Mrs. E.
B. Clark and son, Brooklyn.
POLK COUNTY
. FAIR ASSOCIATION.
anta, Ga., Monday
fy Hester have reentered the Univer- . . ... , , , of jrr!nllirnK-Q.
sity at Chapel Hill,
j The directors of !the Bank of Tryon
at their meeting thjis, week declared a
dividend of 8 per cent:
j Mrs. BT.F. Copeland .will, leave for
New Orleans shortly, where ship .will
n ffw weeks! wifh friends.
T .. : I cj o -
i Mr; andiMrs. MJ L. Taft will -leave I are requested to attend
for New .Orleans Tampa, Key West,
and other: southern points, shortly. :
Tea win be served at tne Mountain
Weather permitting, the annual
he Polk C
sociation will be held at Columbus,
Saturday, January 25th, at two
.o'clock.
The election of officers will take
place at this time, and other impor
tant matters .will , come before the
meeting. Everybody in Polk county
Having the good ; of the Fair at heart
American. Willingness to Give Up
Luxury Dtimpnstrated Na
tion's War Conscience.
Industrieson Wednesday and Satur
day afternoons, f 09m 3:30 to 6 o'clock
I -Sunday school at the Baptist church
next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Preach-
W. T. LINDSEY, President..
B. F. COPELAND, Secretary.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Commander Evangeline Booth, lead
er of the Salvation Army in the Unit
ed" States, has been suddenly called
upon to furnish 800 additional far
work women for France. The request
is contained in a report just, receiled
by her from Col. William A. Barter
Of the Salvationist forces, whom she
sent to France over a year ago to fes
tablish hutment and general war re ief
work with the American troops.
"We will do all w can to fill tills
demand," said Commander Booth wl en
discussing the approaching Uni ed
War I Work Campaign, "and the m ed
itself should impress the Amerii an
public all the more with the absolite
necessity for sustaining and enlarg ng
the war relief work of the seven or
ganizations, besides the noble Bed
Cross, now merged for a drive for
funds. Each Is a vital cog in a vlist
machine for human relief, and each! is
lndispensiDie, serving its particular
elements in its own way. .
I "The Salvation Army was born In
hardship, reared in privation and
trained to . every phase of human tais-
ery and how to cope with It. Perhips
that accounts in some degree for the
success our .work has attained auditor
which We are thankful.
; "We are of the common people, dnd
we toil on a practical basis. We learn
ed the lesson of how to do it fn tbe
Boer war, when we stood at the fade
of Britain's troops and weathered It
out to the end. We have been tised
by fire, and the mothers and. fatlfera
of America, as In other countries, tifust
the Salvation Army to do the tling
they would like to do for their mef if
they but had the chance.
. "With 1,210 trained workers', at
front.-operating from 420 huts
dugouts, the Salvation Army Is do
has done and will continue to do
best for the cause of humanity;
Liberty."
STAND mm THE ALLIES.
By Reducing Consumption Pcopld of -t
the United. States Averted a
Faminett Home In Splta
of jow Supplies.
ing service at 11
tor,
I Can you'hand'e
rake?
o'clock by the pas-
, The above title was given the or
ganization . perfected on Wedensday
ii.c:ht, which will take the place of the
Md Board of Trade. It seems the at
tendance at the Board of Trade meet
ings has never been enough to do
much good, hence the new organiza-
a shovel, v hoe . or
Then brink it with you Satur
day morning, at tbe school house, and jmuch goo
W it. '.;.-Vf 'f-4.7i-: --y--vil-'W.- iV.J tion.;v ...
Mrs." Robert Gaines and little h1" - Ai:u"'
.jamMw-sp . -wXriiaii,p.r; woman is eligible for member-
9. , , .!,. . .Airrn . I shin itr tno npw honv. arm tnpr is to
saiuraay alter a yisii wnn iryon rei- 1 r . . . ;
auiiiiooivu icw) livi cviijr viu.o
One of our colored, friends Walter fw .fi--, nf Mr a t. wjii oo p-oc
M lis, of, Mill Sm;ikig,ame in Monday ident. Mr. E. E. Missild'ine Vice Pres,
wwz- -S subsc5tptlon t0 the ident; Miss Emma, McFarland, Secre-j
NtiWb. . . tary- .Treasurer. Messrs. B. F. Cope
Mr. J. N. Jackson 'eft, Tuesday for land, Rev. Mr. J. H. Griffith and Mr.
a1 busineis trip to, St., Louis,. Chicago, W. T. Lindsey were chosen as an in
Cincinnaft, ' Buffalo, and other north- itation committee,
ern points. ' 'q ' V' : S: .' .1. ' , It is 'proposed to hold the regular
Miss Eva Missildine, after spending meetings of afternoons instead of
the holidays w thj home "folks, return- nights as formerly, so that the ladies
pd to her studies, at Spartanburg, of the town may be enabled to at-
t t 1 . Ai-
Monday,
Mr. aiijl Mrs. Henry Rankin ad ppn
Henry, lyr., aftr!a short isit idj rela
tives here, returned to their home in
Gastonia', '
Mr. and Mrs. Gray Gorham, of
Ashevilfe, are v spending the week in
Tiyon. ?Mr. Gorr.am is city editor of
Sthe Asheville Times.
Mr. H; P. Crwith, of Saluda, was
in Tryon, Monday, enroute to Colum
bus, to attend the meeting, of the
Beard 'cf County,, Commissioners.
tend, and their presence is urgen
requested.
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TRYON'S SCHOOL.
Mr. Editor: ; ;
Who are the school committee and
what are they-elected for? All this
cold weather there has . practically
been no heat in the school building,
and yet hundreds of dollars have been
expended since the , erection of that
You, missed something hy "not meet-' building for heating apparatuses.!
ing with the Chamber of Commerce The teachers are justly indignant and
last Wednesday night. Make it a have sent the children home, the
point to bp present at the next one. are so cold. they are also so
iLLfiM? damp that the pupils can not write on
vr'tiy." in will ue swiu yi .. M.l.k-'I- J
iiic uiat&uuarus. , xiici- is auppuacu
to be a ' janitor but he goes to build
the fire (when he does go) at the
same tim 'the .children go to school,
between half past eight and nine.
Talk about spending money to ad
vertise tTryon. It is advertised all
the
fend
ng,
its
and
PROVED SPIRIT
OF BEMOCRAi
Voluntary Basis of Food Saving
, Showed Heart of Americ
Beat True for Freedom.
The fact tfat the people of the
Cnited Stategwere able to reduce by
more than onp-half million tons their
July, August, September and October
consumption ftf sugar proves conclu
sively that tirjiir war conscience was
thoroughly affakened an,d that the
country as a hole stood ready, to fol
low the injunMibns of the Government.
Our normalconsumption of sugar in
the four-monb period beginning with
July has beeRl.400,000 tons per month,
a total of lffiOO.OOO for the quarter
ear. 1 ;
In July, wHen our sugar stringency
began to rean its height, consunjtion
was , reducedfto. 260,000 tons. In 'Au
gust only 32?,000 tons went Into dis
tribution andD in September only 279,
900 tons. Inl October the distribution
fell to 230,001; tons.
If the genfral public" had failed to
observe the injunctions of the Food
Administration this country would
have been ijj the throes of a sugar
famine befogs the end of August. Our
visible supples were so low as to bring
great anxlet;f to those familiar with
the sugar siiatlon. They feared that
it would beR absolutely Impossible to
reduce con saaption to a point where
sugar woul(3no longer be a mere lux
ury In the .erican-'diet , '
FfjW accomplishments of the Food
Administratfen will stand forth so pre-
domlnantly s this reduced consump-;
tlon of suga, By it we have been able
to bridge oVr the period of stringency
until the het4r beet and Louisiana can
sugar cropsvcre in sight. i- -: 1 1
Now the jfation is in a position so
that if we hoose we may return to
our normalj?home use of sugar, and
Europe, wit the release of ships to 0
far afield, vn maintain its recent re
stricted raraons. If, however, those
sac-the
the benefit' of the FJed Cross at -nub
lie auction on Saturday, January-2&,
at noon. ,
Season for quail closes January 15.
But the chicken ' season is " always
open, and Tryon has-about as fine col
lection of "chickens" as you want to
meet with. . f .-:". .
1 '
nations am to increase their use of
, Mrs. ' W. E. Hahkin : and : daughter I right enough. As - one man said :
will leaye for New Orleains, in a few "Tryon is famous for having thepoo--
uayH, wnere tney; win spend, tne re
mainder of th winter with relatives
f here. Mr. Rankin will ioin them
est school in the State"
If there was a school
here which
later
on.
was looked after like schools in other
There will be a public sale of I. C. I towns, Tryon would have a lot of wm-
ammais at Camp Sevier on Jan. 14,
1915. 57 Cav. horses, . 136 Art.
nqpses, 73 draft muleg, 1 pack mule.
Michael. J. Sulliyan,, 1st Lieut, Q. M.
C, Quartermaster. :
The Tryon' Grfde'd School B: ard re
quests that pa.tents , not.. . let 'their
children go to , school so early
m the mommg; Let -them arrive
there between 8:30 and -9 o'clock. By
staying Away a Uttliaterivcs more
t.me to heat thfe building.
ter guests with children who' could go
to school, and one family with two or
three children will spend a lot more
money in the community than a fam
ily of grown-ups. 1 !i
INDIGNANT PATRON.
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NOTICE OF SALE. :
t O
By virtue of and pursuant to an or
der of the Clerk of the Superior Court
-A J ' 4.1 1
a ' I- 1 01 -'oik county raaue in uie cwai
hi La mencai Library Association proceeding entitled "W: H. Newman
has made an urgent appeal to the La- s Rruton." the undrsined Com-
ier Ubrary forjgif-t of books for the m- ,0pr will ' at -ubiic flUction to
thehighest bidder, for cash, at the
Court House door of Polk county ! on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd,
( it beitjg the first Monday ' in Febru
ary) v at 12 o'clock, noon, the following
described tract or parcel of land sit
uate 'in the county of Polk, State of
use of wounded soldiers!
request isma dei that all
Amencan and free from
A special
books be
French, or
any other foreign language. 5 Leave
Tour boolcfs at
Tryon.
the Lanier Library,
The first
V? Tryn, did so "on last Monday night. North. Carolina, and in the town of
was from Dick Ballenger, in Tfyon and described as follows, to wit
France! to his broth.- r, Mr. C. W. Bal- Begrihin' at "a" -take on the north
jfgerjn Tryon. vlt-wa&in jgood, con-,, side of the road or street, known as
dition, there beinij no bullet hole iii'it Trade Street in the town of Tryon,
10 tsll whether 'thft war at was a cood i narlv onnosite the Chanel s: tSnce
norjth , 34 feet along a fence vi wegt
side of . Orchard lot 3.74 chains to a
stake at fence corner; thence along
the Speculation line north 3? west 1
chain; thence south 34 west parallel
with first line .3.25 chains to a stake
oh Trade' Street ; thence south 60
east along north side of said street 75
1 A ' , X
cnains 10 piace 01. Degranmg, contain
ing by estimation 31-100' of an acre.
Known as the Ben Bruton Homestead.
This SI .day of December, 1918.
WALTER JONES, Comm-as.oncr.
German
n account of havircr to move I am
compjifd to sell my; chickens. Have
l;?f pullets iand young r hens which
sell for $1.00 each u taken at
once. Also, have' three Rhode v Island
ea cockerels' which I will sell at a
bargain. I B. F. COPELAND.
, . Ane peace conference has a much i
bigger job on it nds thaw the ay-
questions are to be solved, and not the
To the voluntary service and sacri
fice of the American people mus be
attributed the continued . health,
strength and morale of the Allied ar
mies and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit of service and
rifice will depend Europe's fate in
months to come. In the past year we
have . carried out an export progf am,
the magnitude of . which is almost be
yond comprehension. But with! the
new demands that have come; with
the liberation of nations freed from
German oppression, j our exports must
be almost doubled. Instead of 11,820,
000 tons, we must ship twenty miflion
tons of food, to Europe In the coming
year as much as can be pulhe
through our ports, j
If the Allies had not been fee by
America, it would have been in pos
sible for them to maintain their de
.fense against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a pi relj
voluntary basis, the American people
have conclusively proved that de noe
racy Is a success ana that in tims of
need it will rise to Its own defense.
If there were no i other accomplish
ment to its credit the very fact that it
has shown the strength of democracy
has lit itself more than justified I the
existence of the Food Administration
in the eyes of the world.
Less than four months after
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet Ameri
food problem on a basis of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
that awakened democracy would prove
Irresistible. j
"Many thinking Americans," said
Mr. Hoover, "and the whole World
havfc been watching anxiously the last
four months in the -fear that dsmo
cratlc America could not organis e to
meet autocratic Germany. Germany
has been confident1 that it could nit be
done. Contrary proof is immediately
at our door, and pur people havje al
ready demonstrated their abilitjy to
mobilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efl-clently in many di
rections and upon the mere word of
inspiration aside from the remarkable
assemblage of our Army and finances."
The history of the Food Administra
tion has clearly shown that the trust
of those who put their faith In demoo
racy has not been misplaced. '
sugar very . (Considerably it must be by
our continued sharing with them
through; Inciting our own consump
tion. : .-jr. ! ..
AMERICAJi SPIRIT
i 1 :relied on to win.
v'
In the 'liht of succeeding events it
Is Interesting; to recall the confidence
with which; the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out
look ln;Julif of 1917, when this coun
try had be$b in the war for less than
four mpntjs and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer- andnearer to Paris. '
"Even though the situation in , Eu
rope may Ipe! glQomy today," he de
clared In' a j public statement, "no
American f hb has knowledge, of the
results already obtained in every di
rection neijd have one atom of fear
that democracy will, not defend itself
lu these United States." : f
the
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o Be
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L- ; J
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o- . -
"No
if it is cold if you are warmly dressed. We
have the underwear, suits and overcoats and
. heavy caps and gloves. Some of our suits are
at lower prieesi
We have an assoriment of ladies' shoes in small
sizes we are selling at reduction. Good values
$3.50 for $2.59
$2.50 for $1.59
We Kave lot of enamelware and crockery
at before the war prices and a few
-special pieces of furniture.
$1.25 Work Shirts... . . ..... . .V. ; . .... . . . .89c
$2.50 Derails for:. ;. . . . . . . ... ..... .:. . . . . $t.89
3oc and 35c Ginghams. . .-. . . . .... .25c
Flour, per barrel, . . . . . . . . . . . ... .$12.00
C. S. Meal, Shorts ancfother feed stuffs at lowest
"prices. i
THE BALLENGER CO.
For Everything
iiig loney Is a Habit
. When o nee established will make saving easier
than spending. Regularity is what counts in sav-
II ing. , Deposit a stipulated sum every weekjor month
and watch it grow.' In time you will have a sum
sufficient to realize that cherished ambition.
4 per cent. Interest Compounded Semiannually
PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO.
TRYON, N. C.
3T
The POLK COUNTY
NEWS--$2.00 per year
and "worth the money
A paper morally clean
enough for every mem
ber. of the family to read
NOTIETO DELINQUENT TAX
k: PAYERS, r
"'9,
Notice" ite hereby snvei to the par
ties givem betow &tA all p(irons who
may be c&nceeuo.d as mortgagees that
the undersigned liurchasei at a de
linquent fax sale at' Columbus, Polk
county, li C, on the 6th day of May,
1918, Tanj listed and described as fol
lows: 0$e lot less one foot on the
back in te Town of Tryon, N. C,
listed in 1ie nameof Georgia Williams
for the' yf ar 1917 one lot in the Town
of Tryon&Tryon township, less l.foot
on back feted in the name of Mrs. R.
E. McKel, taxed for the year 1917;
one townlot m the town of Tryon,
Tryon -toinship, listed in the name of
Richard Jackson taxed lor .the year
1917; thffty-one acres-- in Columbus
townshiWfPolk county. N C. listed in
the namlof J. F. Page taxed for the,
year 19f ; eighty-five , acres of land
in WhitJ Oak township, listed in4 the
name of -Wade Head heirs, taxed for
the veaR 1917: ? forty-nine acres of
land in Cooper Gap township, Polk
county. M. C. listed m the name
T. M . Thompson, taxed for . the , year
1917. fv-iv i
NoticeH is further given that appli
cation- wIl be made to the sheriif of
Polk' city, N; C , by the undesign
ed for (feds for said propert alter
the 6th -ay of May, 19 n t
- W. S. Com; Purchrir.
. This, lnuary 6th, 1919,.
t. TJijslBank is for Peope who
Want to Improve their financial Condition.
r 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.
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15AVID C. BARROW W C ROBERTSON, Q. C. SONNER H. B. LANE
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argam. .
I Wi, L0 NOSEY, Tryoo.
FOR
SALE AT A
BARIA
If taken at once. Cash or reasosble
:'; '.: 'iJl'r terms.1 ' - ' .i 'r'-A
Two tenant houses, well built, in colored
tenement district. Store house and lot on
Trade street. GEO. A. GASH, Agtl
MAS
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A SPECIAL CHRIST
with a discount of $ 0.00 on the cost of our V regular Full Commercial
' Course. One of these Scholarships Would be a gift of inestimable value.
If yoiV are interested for yourself oir for someone else, call or write and let
us give you details in regards to courses and rates. , .
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