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EDUCATIONAL LETTER NO. 5.
other and for the, discussion of com7
mon problems will mean a more full
and free cooperation of these forces
in the solution of these problems is
the purpose that I have in calling ev
ery interested citizen in Polk County
to meet at Columbus, Saturday in ov
ember 8th, 10:30 A. M. ""Come and
let us reason together" f or "In the
multitude of counsellors tjiere is
safety." '
E. W. S. COBB, County Supt.
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SILTEE GREEK.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hill of Idaho,
are spending a few days . at the Hill
farm near Silver Creek.
Mr. G. H. Arledge and wife made a
business trip to Gowansville one day
last week. , '
Rev. B. Jackson preached at Mr. Eli
Bradley's in Green River Cove, last
Sunday. -
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green were
afternoon guests at Mt. View Farm
Sunday.
Mr. C'. R. Bradley and wife were
dining guests at Mr. H. V. Arledge's
last Sunday.
Miss Velma Constant is attending
school at Saluda Seminary.
Mflss Jessie Green is spending
some time with her sister Mrs. . Roy
Jones on Pea Ridge. .
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Splawn spent
'Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Arledge.
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iflUKNY TMT7.
Mr. F. R. Coggins finished painting
the school building and is now ready
for school to open next Monday. Hope
to have good attandance
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Wilson took din
ner with his mother, Mrs. S. J. Helton
on last Sunday.
INFLUENZA
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Money back it it tails, me
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he had loaned the Government during
the camp stay.
Mrs. S. B. Edwards F. B. Nance R.
G. Hamilton and Miss Sallije Car
penter were visitors of the sick Sun
day. - . " , .
COLUMBUS
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Consultation free. Phone
write or call
Miss Esther Wilson was a welcome
A fourth method in making the guest of the Misses Gibbs on last Sun-
school a social centre and meeting I day. -
place for the community is by. organ-I Misses Lizzie and Mattie WilliamsJ COme back:
izing the farmers in the school district I were dinner g'uests of Mrs. A. H. Dr. Frank P. Bachman of the.U. S.
into a live farmers club. iThc pur
pose of which is the study of farm
and market problems and an intelli
gent and cooperative discussion of
these problems. In this way each far
Lynch on last Sunday.
Mr Frank Ledbeter of Route
very low with influenza and
monia.
Mr. U. R.
2, is
pneu-
Helton "is having his
mer can contribute very materially to dwelling house repaired this week,
better farming and marketing condij- Mr. J. R. Sams spent Thursday
tions in his district, and ultimately iiji night at Mr. W. D. Helton's,
the county as a whole. Mr Ralph Edwards was a caller on
The women of the district, should route 2 Sunday evening,
organize themselves into an active Mr. Harbart Whjteside and grand
Woman's Betterment Society which mother spent Sunday at Mr. J. B.
shall take into account not only how Wilson's. ,
they may be helpful in adding Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Whiteside vis
to the attractiveness of the school ited mother, Mrs.' U. W.. Gibbs,
building and grounds, but to Sunday last.
that of the individual homes Andy McGuinn and Dewit
in the community as well. This Helton are attending the W. O. W.
society can also select special celebration near Hendersonville this
courses in reading ' and have each week.
member of the society report on a Mr. Jay Ruff and Children of Hen
book that she has read. The kind of dersonville visited in this section Sun
books that are read In the community day.
wiH influence the-ife of that commun- Mrs. W. D. Helton and children vis-
lty to a far greater extent than we ited her sister Mrs. Mark Laughter on
doubtless think. fast Sunday.
The fifth and last method, that a Mr. Willie MiUs who has a posinon
shall menbon, m making the school a in Spartanburg visited home folks
social center is through cooperation jast week.
IWxxiC aim me scnooi, De- Mr oianH jkaav waa- mst of
tween the teacher nd the pupils on
the one side, and parents and tax
payers on the other side. Parents not
infrequently complain that the school
is a sort-of- mill or machine, into
which their children are placed and
turned out just so fast, 1 and in just
such condition. Where this is the
case,' it certainly is in part, the fault
Mr. Noah Lynch on last Sunday.
Mr. A. J. Dimsdale has been on the
sick list for a few days.
The peope here are busy digging
sweet potatoes this week. "There's
some" potatoes, too.
Miss Esther Wilson visited her sis-
t ter in Columbus last week.
Mr. M. H. Gilbert and Mesdames
Messrs. R. F. McFarland and C. D.
Elliott attended court at Ruther
fordton last week.
Mr. Ray Arledge left for Charlotte
Sunday where he has a position.
Mrs. N. T. Mills spent last week in
Spartanburg with her mother who is
very sick. j '
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Elliott were
shopping inTryon last Saturday.
Mrs. T. F. Williamson and daughter
Doris, were at home a few jiays this
week. a
Mrs. Ray Edwards, nee Miss Sue
Gibbs and Mliss Clara Edwards were
callers at the Dormitory Monday.
A crowd of young people from here
spent Sunday afternoon on the moun
tains. "
Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Mills are expect
ing their son Claude home on the 10th
he was in the first division, he was one
of the first to go over and the last to
Dept. of Education, who is making an
educational survey of N. C. was in
specting the Polk County schools
Monday ; -
Mrs. Lindsey Smith entertained
Monday evening at an opossum sup
per two of the high school teachers,
Miss Emma McNynch and Miss Ber
tha Pendergast.
Miss Gladys Smith, one of the
teachers of the Lynn school spent the
week-end with home folks.
Mr. and -Airs. Luther Edwards
attended church here Sunday. Mr.
Edwards made a very interesting
talk on The Baptist seventy five mil
lion campaign.
The new bank building is progress
ing nicely.
Wa F. LITTLE
TRYON, N. C.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as executrix of
the estate of B. D. Wiliams, deceased,
late of Polk County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased to present them to the under
signed executrix for payment within
one year from this date or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
estate will, please make immediate
payment.
This 16th day of October 1919.
EMMA C. WILLIAMS
" ' Executrix.
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I at your door when you have accumulated a b
5 count, even though it be small. anlc ac
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Deaf and dumb Lanquage.
The Encyclopedia Britnnhica says:
"We have conversed by signs wl :h
deaf people from all parts of the Brit
ish Isles, from France, from Norway
and Sweden, Poland, Finland, Italy,
Russia. Turkey, the UnltedtStates and
found that they are Indeed a world
wide means of communication . i .
Deaf people In America converse with
Red Indians with ease, thereby show
ing how naHu-al the generality of even
del EDee si&ms are."
, of the parents who do not keeD in
close enough touch with the work of E. Williams and Ocie Gilbert were
the school. It is not that pare'nts are visitor's at Mr. A. H. Lynche's Sun
not interested in their children, but day-
rather that they look at the school as Come on every "correspondent' let's
something seperate from the ordi- make the NEWS more newsy Seems
nary affairs of life. Now nothing can that every one has gone to the "land
be more necessary than that this of nod"
notion be done away with. There
me viuBcui, couuerauon i r
y, . louses tot uivorce.
oetween the home and the school. Desertion ranks first as a cause for
Howvcan this cooperation be brought divorce, cruelty second, adultery third.
about.' frequently parents are urged
tO VlSlt the Schools. Tli& ia all ThpP Bato WniiMnt T?o THt TJM
right and proper, but it is not enough. .Grains." Says Fred Lamb.v
there must be a closer relation than Tf,c t,q , A . - ,
thic Tho i. i Its hard to keep rats out of a feed
V eer must know more store. Tried or years. A neighbor-
aoout the home life of the pupils, and ing store sold me 'some RAT-SNAP.
the narents must Vnnw ' I It worked wonders: ClufhoyoA nn
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Sex Differences.
When it is a man getting a set of
false teeth, he is afraid he is not go
ing to be able to eat with them ; if it
Is a woman, she Is afraid she. will not
be able to talk. Houston Post.
Wanted In Green river cove, 8
miles northeast' of Saluda to prepare
land for stock raising and fruit. WiU
sell the timber on 300 acres of virgin
forest for immediate removal, either
as a whole or in sections. Usual va
rietiesmostly oak, pine, chestnut,
etc. Lumbermen will do well to in
vestigate at jonce. E. J. Bradley &
Sons. . " f "
HISTORIC 'CHURCH TO , PASS
Apartment Hotel to Occupy Site -of
First Episcopal Church
New York.
New Tork The historic First Re
formed Episcopal church, Madison
avenue and Fifty-fifth street, is to be
torn down. The Supreme court has
just 'ratified the covenant of its sale.
A large apartment hotel will occupy
the site. ' The congregation will re
tain possession of the building until
November. Mhen a building in the
vicinity will, be leased and the activi
ties of, the parish will be reorganized
along broader lines than at present.
The rectorship of the church was
made 'vacant by the death in France
of Rev. Dr. William Dubose Stevens,
who was ; serving as a Red Cross
chaplain, f No effort will be made et
this time -to fill his place.
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Find Ocean ''Dusty.
New York. -Is . the ocean dusty?
Marines aboard the U. S. S. Pennsyl
vania, now In port here, will say it is.
fThe-salt ,ln the air crystallizes on
the decks and bulkheads," Corporal
William H. Allen explained to a re
porter. It is then ground under foot
and becomes dusty, so that, although
we throw overboard a couple of cans
of dust, there is the same amount the
next time we sweep down." f
TRYON R, 1.
about the whole tmso vrj-f oo dead l rate every- morning. Bought
I well as th TnpfhnH V-f v. iT i a more RAT-SNAP. Haven't a rat
well as the method of the school. A now. They wouldn't eat my best
great deal of good has been .done by grain when I threw RAT-SNAP
the joint meetine! of teaprs-nrl r,f. around."' Three sizes. 25c 50c. 21.00.
fleers Such meetings are good, and d !f!rMte.?.a"en?.e.r
.v.,i, up. uui vwe most I q
promising developments along this
line are the meetings of school teach-
tLZt :r.;-f;-:,;Sch report of Jack Frost, why does he
"- '"'" eon- tarry? guess he heard some crumb
toSSU I -,"8 :e the line about his late stay in the spring.
niiv Ti,n -a' ' ; ls gomg to maKe good this fall,
ally They disperse fogs of misun- Some on the route say's' it
cooMrtTC'lr t squire the good habit
yra- of irettinir eniovmot l!f
' go along" by taking a whole day on
the mountains for full receation.
SoTTl P Cif ttiK nlnilAiMm -i
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hrtnwL Tf tT are di worth-while things, storing
iie interest of the en- nwnv 4.
pathy. They are sure to brin the
teacher into ! closer touch with com
munity life and the social problems
of the homes.
tire communitv. r,of W in Za ??y hlckry nuts, walnuts, and pea-
as an institute d n the poss ibli- mnvJT 0W Mr:
ties of the work it may do. but alio Tt JlLT ,
in the work of the individual teacher r,t wli 2 d gentlemen from
Feeling, as I do, that the .rmSng SSfi ? uWalnut
of the educational forcea of th ,LI the .?.ther of the party
ty for a better acqW-nce with each tof ti": T ?f more bales of coU
' wuu eaca ton than, he had acres in on ia
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