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uRYON, NORH; CAROLINA
Telephone 99
,'Bntered aa second-class matter April 28, 1915
at the post toffice at Tryon, North Carolina, un
to Hbm act of March 3, 1879 v a
B. FV COPEL AND.; f-. : Editor
C BUSH. - Business Manager
- - Subscription $2.00 per JY ear
OBITUAfclfcS. CARDS OF THANKS,
ft solutions of Respect,Church 6r Lodge Notices
where an admission fee is charged, or for financia
rain, will be charged regular advertising rates of
fire cents per line. ' .
THE: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION,
X23 i West 39th Street, New York City, is our sole
and exclusive Foreign Advertising Agent.
"Long May It Wave."
THRIFTY YANKS STEAL
MARCH ON GOVERNMENT
Find That Fresh Water and Soap
Save Army's Sunken
Cargo. -
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- Fishing shirts, vests, soldiers1
kins lesrsrinsrs. comfort bags and
er clothing from the ocean's bottom
has been the latest kind of work for
the fisher folk at Vineyard Haven,
Mass. But the government has stepped
in and spoiled all the fun and all the
profit as well. ; A ,
, When the steamship Port Hunter,
carrying 6,000,000 ' Worth of clothing
to Uncle Sam's soldiers overseas, was
wrecked off the Cape it was found that
salvaged clothing rotted two days af
ter it had been taken from the salt
sea. - xut tne innny uuu lugcuwua
Yankees here found that by washing
the clothing in fresh water as soon as
it was brought ashore it was as good
as new. j " ' ;v-. ;
So the fishermen forgot their trawls
aud lines and each day a small fleet
put to sea equipped with grappling
hooks on the ends of long poles. At
night the fleet would sail home laden
AN ORDINANCE
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with all sorts of clothing.
On the
;: We heard a fellow say that he could
smile upon a funeral. Bet he never
ried it on his own.
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Trotzky has discarded his red neck
tie. so news dispatches say It will
be his 'head if he doesn't daangje , his.
habits.
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Official renorts sdve the- size of the
American army on November 11th at
'3.703.273 officers and men. JSot so
twoTse eh?
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Buncombe county has ordered al
i the' dogs in that county to be muzzled
' for eleven days. Better make it
H eleven years.
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The national bank resources are the
k greatest in the history of the nation,
having, passed the twenty billior:
mark. They have more than doubled
since 1911. , - .. . : -V
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. Secretary Daniels . announces that
.5 the Navy Department is working out
a plan whereby the bodies of all slain
, American solders wiirbe returned if
Jr their relatives so will it. '
beach, with washtubs filled with fresh
water and soap were the thrifty house
wives. Next morning almost every
sort of a piece of clothing found on
a soldier or in his kit was flapping
from the clothesline.
Everything was going fine with the
fisher people until a! few days ago
when the government at Washington,
which had previously given up the
work of salvage, suddenly came to
the realization that washing with fresh
water prevented the clothing from rot
ting. The war department promptly
issued an order to the headquarters of
the department of the northeast In
Rnstnn instructing an immediate in
vestigation of the Port Hunter and the
possibility and advisability of making
an attempt to salvage, the cargo. Mean
While, the ; amiy ? officers were ordered
to stop "petty pilfering" of ' the ' ship's
One Possibility. .
He "Nothing could ever come be
tween us, could it, dear?" She "I
?an't think of a single thing, unless I
should happen to become engaged to
ome other man before we get mar
ried." Pearson's Week Iv,
NOTICE.
- ,,-G"ermany has become insolent to
. ward1 the "allies so press dispatches
iell us. Better be careful; the Amer
ican troops are still oyer there in big
jnumbers, and 'not very 'far frornBer-
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t rNdw itLis -announced- that Trotzky
dreams of becoming the Czar of Russia.:-
He'd better heed the fate of the
one who wore that title at the begin
ningof the war. He may suffer the
same end. .
An election was ordered in Sunny
View school district, . Cooper Gap
owhship) to be held on March 11th,
1919, to submit to the voters the ques
tion of special tax for said district,
tot to exceed 30 cents on $100.00 val
iationof property, and 90 cents on
he poll according to petition filed
ind recorded with the county commis-
uon for the purpose of supplementing
;he school fund allowed said district
iy the .county j school board. 'V.' D.
:Ieltonwas appointed registry, and
O. P. Williams land N: fE. Williams
'udges. ' . , ! '
- By order of; the county commission,
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F. M. BURGESS, .
Clerk B. C. C.
NOTICE.
4 The. League of Nations is malcng
i.tisfactory headway at the confer
- encc 'so, we are told. With the les
sons of the; great war so fresh in the
minds of all humanity we cannot see
"Why it -should not be successful.
There is no dansrer of Bolshevism
taking hold of America than there is
of the Kaiser entering Washington,"
says Secretary Daniels. Not : if the
American navy , can prevent it, any
A newspaper reporter once asked
r the late Robert G. Ingersor to give
' one reason why he believed in life in-.1-
surance. "I don't believe it would
. . make my wife smile on my corpse.
:? but it might "some Other fellow," re
v. plied the Colonel.
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- : At: a luncheon the other dav thr
editor of a . publication that has a cir
culation of 1,800.000 said that for out
his spring issues he had $892,000
' net of advertising in hand. That per
- ibdical is not published in Western
., North Carolina, Mabel. .
An election was ordered m Lynn
school district for March 11th, 1919,
it Lynn, to ascertain whether or nor
;hey shall have a special school tax
to supplement the county fund allow -?d
said district, of an amount not tc
exceed 50 cents on the $100.00 valua
;ion of property; and $1.50 on each
3oll. 1 Bdundary specified on the rec
ords of county commissioners,accord
;ng to petition on file.
John Panther was appointed as reg
istrar of said election and Grayson
Newman and Silas Fowler, Judges.
Done Feb. 3rd, by order of the
:ounty commissioners.
F. M. BURGESS,
Clerk to V.. C. C.
To provide forthe Issuance of Euid
. . ing : Bonds fori the Town of Salu'dfi,;
. .and for the Payment of the Prind
..pal and Interest Thereof. !
WHEREAS, The Town of Saluda
is indebted to S. H. Slaughter and
Carolina State Bank in the sum of
Three Thousand Dollars, as evidenced
by promissory notes-ofsaid f Town,
which said indebtedness warcurred
for necessary expenses of said Town
and the notes issued for same on
the 13th day of December 1913 and
on the 26 days of June, 1915" and 1916
And whereas, there are no funds
available to pay said indebtedness 'and
it is necessary that bonds oi the said
Town be issued , for the payment," the
said indebtedness being now due and
demand having been, made for payr
ment of the same. V
Now. therefore, the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of Saluda do
ordain. . x . f "
Section 1. That for the purpose of
providing f unds for the payment of
the outstanding indebtedness of the
Town of Saluda, as set fortrjm the
preamble above, negotiable senal cou
pon bonds of the town of Saluda, to be
designated as Funding Bonds, be is
sued in a sum not to exceed Three
Thousand Dollars,' bearing , interest
at a rate not to exceed sixper cent
per annum, atid maturing Within the
maximum period of ten years.
Section 2. , That the shortest per
iod in which the debt can be finally
paid without making it unduly bur
densome on the tax payers of the
municipality is ten years.
Section 3. That in each year
while any of said bonds shall be out
standing, a tax shall be levied and
collected in accordance wth law to
pay the principal and interest of said
bonds as the same shall; fall due. ... .
Section 4. That a statement, of the
debt of the Town of Saluda has been
filed with the Clerk 7 of said Town,
pursuant to the Municipal Finance
Act of 1917, and is now open to in
spection. Section 5. That the average as
sesed valuation of property subject to
taxation bv the Town of Saluda for
the three fiscal years in which taxes
were last levied, being the years 1916, i
1917 and 1918, as shown by statement
filed with said Clerk, is $280,276.33.
Section 6. r That the amount of
said municipal debt of said munici
pality, authorized or tb.be authorized
as shown by said statement is 524,-
500.00. 5
Section 7. That the bonds when is
sued shall be signed by" the Mayor and
Clerk of said Town and shall be issued
in such denominations as the , Board
of Commissioners shall by resolution
provide. i .
Section 8. That this ordinance
shall be passed at three separate
readings, on three, separate days, and
shall be in effect upon its passage,
and shall not be submitted to the' vot
ers of the Town;
I, G. R. Little, propose the adoption
of the foregoing ordinance, this' the
7th day of January, 1919. -'.
G. R. Little, Commissioner.
The foregoing ordinance was pro
posed by G. R. Little on the 7th day
of January, 1919, at a meeting of the
.Doara oi commissioners oi tne J. own
of Saluda on said date, present, M. A.
Pace, Mayor,. and G. R. Little, J. O.
Hooper R. F. Robertson and T: H.
Ward, Commissioners, and unani
mously adopted by the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of Saluda at
three separate readiners. the firdi on
the 7th day of January, 1919, the sec
ond on the 8th day of January, 1919,
and the third on the 16th day of Tan
s - tt ii ;
uary. tne ioiiowin voptip; m
the affirmative, G. R. ''Little, J.
Hooper, R. F. Kob?.cu ami P. 11.
Ward; in the negative, none.
Notice of the passu je of this ordi
nance having been pnbJUhei in the
Polk County News - four . successive
weeks, beginning with tha issue pub
lished the 7th day of Februarv, 1919.
Any action or proceeding quest ion
mg. tne vanaity oi tms orci-nunco
must be commenced wi thin thirty
days after its last publication.
Approved::
M. A. PACE, Mayor.
JAS. A. PACE Clerk.
,Domt wait:
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Influfenza or pneumonia. ;
Kill it quick'.
CAStARft QUININE
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col J rriiedy for 20 years in table
f orra-fe, r--c, o opiates breaks up a cold
In SSSiri-relieves grip in 3 days. Mcney
back i f it fails. The genuine box bes a Red top
dth Mr. Hill s picture. At AU Druj Stares.
WOOD'S AKW?VERSARy
NOTICE OF SALE.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge deliv
ered a scholarly oration at -the !ioose--velt
memorial services - in Washing-
wii oasu ' ounuay. rossioiy no man
was better able to do it, for but f ew
men knew Col. Roosevelt as intimate
ly as -did Senior Lodge; v
Columbia, S C, going 'to "blow in"
5 thirty thousand dollars on the Thir
tieth when it arrivesthere from , de--
mobilization. If they haven't lowev-
ed prices any since we were there last
that amount of money won't go far
with that number of men.
The disgraceful conduct of the na
tional woman's party, part of whom
rcstQd j n , Washington Sunday,
irpMsidfeh in effigy. In,
inrigfvyf
ever be denied
rire'make converts to ttheir causer
; ',"Any, suggestion that we have ask-
ea payment for trenches or burial
i places of your ' brave soldiers is
atrocious. For all future ages the
graves' of American soldi pra will ha !n
the tender and - sacred keeping of ourH
r-ALm people' says M. Clemenceau
s 'the- French premier. ' Another Hun
m nailed.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain mort
gage deed executed by Morris Robert
son on September 7th, 1916 to Geo.
A. Smith, in the sum of $840.00 to se
cure the balance of the purchase mpn
jy due on the lands hereinafter de
scribed, and of record in Book No. 11,
page 167 of the records ' for mort
gage deeds for Polk county, N. C,
and default having been made in the
payment of the principal and. a part
of tne interest due thereon, the un
iersigned will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, at the
court house door , of ; Polk county,
North uarolma, on
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919;
at 12 o'clock, noon, the following do
scribed parcel and tract of land con
veyed in said mortsrasre. to wit:v
Beginning at a stake on the Cleve
land Road and running thence south
39 deg. 52 min. east, 73 ft. to a
stake; thence south 61 deg. 25 min.
3ast. it. to a stake: thence 46.6
't.'to a stake, northwest corner of lot
t ot the Geo. A. Smith second subdi
vision in the town of Tryon, thence 9
utg. nun. east 144.0 feet to
take, southwest corner of lot
No. 2;, thence- north; 69 degrees
. minutes west 14U feet to
6 min.
t&tettalldfe thpV: HKhnM-aKei Jence north 13deg
ed it. Such conduct will PS" ft. to the place of beginning.
emff lot JNo. 1 of Geo. A ' Smlfli1
Second Subdivision n the eastern
part ot lryon, N. C, as ' shown on
map maae by Wm. E. Strong, Civil
engineer, m September, 1910.
This
February, 5th. 1919.
Geo. A. Smith, .Mortgagee.
Geo. A. . Gash, Assigaee of
- Mortgage
Bank of Tryon, Owner of
: . ;note secured by said mort
gage
Pacific Deepest Ocean.
It Is believed that the Pacific is fully
a mile deeper than any other ocean.
Classified Advertisements.
Gives the fullest and most
up-to-date information, not
onlyjibout Seeds that can be
planed to advantage, but
also about crops that prom
ise to give the largest profits
during the coming year.
and en: equipment that Is .'unsup
paassd frl this country, giva us un
cqualled advantaoes for supplying
' 1 J, THE BEST OF
Farai and Garden Seeds
Write for Catalog arid Prices cf
GRASS and CLOVER S5EDS,
SEED OATS, SEED CORM
1 ahd SEED POTATOES.
Catalog Mailed Free cn. Request. -
T. W. Wood & Sons,
' SEEDScVSEHI, - P.ic'.imor.d, Va.
Fop the Rest of Cardans,
PLANT VJOOD'S SEEDS.
'V .WE SOLICIT,
Your orders for Flooring, Ceiling,
Siding Finish, Mouldings, Framing;
We manufacture this and can , save
you mney. See us for lath, brick,
doors and sash. ,
T. GEEN LUMBER-COMI ANY'.
I , WALTER JONES.
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I' OffJca up Stair In
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Millinery s Dress Malting
All Work Guaranteed
'A
irt floor Wilkins store
MRS. E. RHODES.
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Is There
An
Eleetric
Flat Iron.
In Your Home
For Rent: One five room cottage
on Whitney avenue. Apply to Sam
P. Hill, Pisgah Forest, N. C. S614t
I have buyers for a few small im
proved farms near Columbus. Write
me what you have "-price and terms.
G. W. Justice, Hendersonville, N. C.
Lost: Package containing 6 tubes
of yellow and green paints of especial
value to owner. Finder please leave
the paints if still in good condition
with the Tryon i postmaster and re
ceive $2.00 reward. No questions
asked. 39-2t
For Sale: "Carolina Harmony" a
Music book, for which we have flat
tering testimonials from music teach
ers who use it for pupils ready to
play simple pieces; and from boards
of education, Superintenaents and
teachers of public schools. It con
tains more than 100 songs for public
schools, patriotic and Sunday school
songs and scripture anthems. Send
for testimonials, or send twelve 3c
stamps for sample copy. Leonard i
anf Organ and Phonograph Agency,
J. S. Leonard, Mgr., Salisbury, N. C.
NOTICE.
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Price $ 5.50
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In our large stock of General Merchandise you
will fino! almost everything you need in your home.
You .won -t find anything- at "less tian cost, " be
cause we can't sell it that way. But you will find
many rare values in Honest Goods. (Another thing
you will find is that every article you! buy is worth
every, cent you pay. We ask you to compare our
goods and prices with those bf any other house, and
we will cheerfully-abide by your .finding. We are
here to serve you honestly and . faithfully, and on
this basis solicit your trade.
Willins
Tryon j N. G.
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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.
.Gome in arid let's talk it over.
ANK OIP TRYON
W. T. LINDSEY Pres
J. 6. HESTER Cashier.
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Collections a specialty. . Deeds
andfMortgages prepared, and
Contracts written at reasonable
prices.
TRYON, N. C.
These Essentials of Sound Banking
are embodies in this institution.
YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED
of ALU OA
Capital $16,600.00
HENRY P. CORWlTli, Pres. JOHN B. CANNON, V-Prcs. PRESTON H. BAILEY, Cash.
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City and Farm Property Bought and Sold. Furnished and ui- '
furnished houses for rent. Property taken care of and rents
eolleeted. Do npt waste your tene and tire yourself out looking
for a place. Our auto is at your service free. Notary Public.
JAIV2ES LEONARb, Tryon, N. C.
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To the citizens of Jorth Carolina
and Polk county of aiv appiication for
pardon; -' '. - ...vi-..r
Notice is hereby gi oi that .a peti
tion is being circulated and that ap
plication will, be mart to the Governor
cf North Carotiiu for the pardon of
-ndy Laugher,-who was onvktcd t?i
ttie fall term: .19 1 1, of the:: Superior
Court of Polk county of murder in the
second degree and sentenced to twen
ty years in the State's prison.-
-AU persons opposing the granting
of said pardon : are requested to for
ward their objection to" the (Jovemor
without delay. ,
Thii 7th day of February 1 V P.
: MAGGIE BAVMKrJRGEH
Wei Have the Right Prices
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t Kentd.of Materials
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t6 do your . building. Full stock
Boors, Windows, Siding, Flooring
Geili fipr.V Shingles.- Lotns, Interi()r
Finish and Moulding, Roughand
Dressd Lumber. : Carry, complete
STOCK OFTEEDS
v HEARON LUMBER-CO."
SALTJDA, N. C,
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You II need neither a hatchat nor a stick of dynamite.' A
good, ordinary set of molars will easily dispose of "
;A Fine Tenderloin Steak J .
' An Extra Porterhouse Steak ..'' .
A Lu scious Round Steak
A Nutritious Roast -
. . ' T , 7 - .
A Dish of Pork Chops ' -
If you havn"t any teeth' we have sausage that will -fairly:
"jmelt iri your mouth. : - -' Af i':: ) -'
. . at our meab. ;Cood for your stomach, v: -
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Also rarit to buy good teef cattle, hogs
and chickens, for which I will pay the high
est Market! price. ; v
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