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p ori-.K. :t g:;o Sifi PSr A live, Gaza '-.-.',KRBEp-..;.'; ,:j rpr tnsuicine w - J AND THE TRYON BEE umfl mm miriinOr niirn mr ...... . -. .: 1 . niwr. - ;j jv:-- 1 , p uun rnicHuo uvtn TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER .14, 1919. $2.00 A YEAR THE COUNTY ,t4fll 0r -3-r. jr ar torre.pondeuU From Variou.4 Section tt P.IL. r - r '""vu ' warn WOliniJ, SILVER CREEK. j B. Arledge preached an in- mon at Silver Creek Sun- yr.o rTrav beeran teacninc Z.l .UIIU1". w. o P3 .. "I 1. 1 i. HT J at' Silver VreeK. iasi muuuay. Bona, Teel and rat Arledge Jessrs. fded the fair at Spartanburg, last Jt the weeK-enu-wim urcn aioii-, Alice Green. j Jeter Bradley, of Tryon, spent LvatE. W. Bradley's. , and Mrs. rl. f. Arledge and j c. Arledge, were business L in Columbus, last Saturday. , T Walter Green and wile were of the Bradley family on the Sunday. . Bvnum Hill was a guest at W. Len's last Sunday. . o if not quite. . Green River school was delayed in opening one week on account of white cotton patches, but will open Mon day morning with C. O. Ridmgs and J. E. Ridings as teachers. We are expecting a good school. v Miss Edith Miller, who is teaching school in Saluda, N. C, visited her parents, Saturday and Sunday. v ' Mr. Oland Wilkins and Miss Pau line Wilkins, who hav been going to school at Hillcrest Institute this fall, had to stay at home last week on ac count, of sickness, but will return to school Monday. Mr. M. F. Wilkins is all smiles, for it is a boy. V 1 FISHTOP. COLUMBUS, number of the Columbus people aded the fair and ..circus at Spar- krg last Wednesday and Ihurs their certificates which they are very proud to recieve. ; Miss Alice Wilson entered Steams high school Monday. Ralph Moore and wife spent last Sunday at Mrs. E. .Taylors. Mr. E; G. Thompson has bought him a Avery tractor plow which does the work of four" mules. MILL SPRING. The Educa'tional Rallywas held at Columbus Jm; last Saturday. Quite a number of the teachers from all over he county was - resent and the ex- ercises were pteresung anm inspiring. Just watch old Polk countv CT0W II A.' . - it I .- .... ------ w ne meeting was opened witn prayer We are iearnino- at laRt bow to vrtto. Dy Kev.-iuraidwen,. alter :wnicn ffether and then wp wiin w to rof. Cobb outlined the program, and Utick. and then there will ne some- he ; object ot the meeting; especially thing doing sure en0ugh. JNow winter seems to be getting nearer but has not landed yet, for we have not even had a frost yet. Misses Pearl and Bertha Laughter visited in the Brights Creek section Saturday and Sunlay. We have two Occidents to report this week. C. C." Jones, while hauling 1 J A 1 f and Mrs. M. H Whiteside Mr. .""w wagon ana Mrs W. H. Ledbetter and Mr. G. a s ocaxea ms rignt arm at the eiDOW TkitPsidP were in Columbus last x"wuiaa l WIllie on niS way to i t't i . . . . . anver vreeK cnurcn - Sunday, had his mule to fall with him, breaking his collor bone in two places otherwise not hurt much. Mrs. N. A. ..Price visited T. C. Laughter's family, one day last week Preaching still going on at Friend- snip and quite a number oi young people have been attending. Newton Case hauled a load of cab bage I to SDartanbur last week - V A O W . , v : Miss' Beulah Bradley "came in on' a &rs. Annie Philips- and daughter visit or afew ys, Sunday. She rioDDW;m Dandrum. last Fri- came irom new iorK. " .1 rt ml 1 - 1. -1 oorae oi tne ooys are caicnmg . , l 4-i i4-:..i Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cloud visited , y dre ' k Cloud's parents, last week. krsday. r jlr. Bill Guffey has returned to his b in Rutherfordton. Miss Odessa Mills one of the teacfe of the Mill Spring school, took her work Monday. VissesEva and Millie Hill, of idiiw A'b ' r " I with home folks. ; ; niest of Mrs. J. G. Hughes. Sun- Farmers have begun gathering corn and sowing grain. v. Walt Burgess passed through this section Monday on his way to Mel rose to work on the road with his team. ,' Now Brother Lynn, you must ex cuse me for not replying last week as, my copy of the NEWS got mis placed and I failed to read the cor- Miss Alice Wilson and Mr. Gray despondence week before last 41 al- ways icau uie tuiicsu:iucutc nt.su. Rev. E. J. Jones filled his- appoint ment at the Baptist church Sunday. Mr. Sam Cochran of Lumpkin Ga., is spending a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Cochran. Miss Arkansas Arledge was a cal ler at "Sunny Brook" Saturday. . - Several from here were in Colum bus Monday. Miss Gertrude Ledbetter near Rutherfordton spent last week-end with Miss Esther Gibbs. A few of the members of the Bap- ust cnurcn met mere Sunday p. m. to organize for the campaign. - When you are asked by one of the captains to sign the Sunday School pledge, read carefully the card and you will find it is all as simple as can be. Sign and come to Sunday school. If you want to know what we are doing at our schurch, come and see. Messers, J. H. Gibbs, Sam Coch ran, Mesdames J. H. Gibbs and J. H. Cochran motored to Spartanburg Tuesday. " . -': v ; .We hear the new Methodist minis ter will be here this week to begin his work Sunday. School opens at Mill Spring next Monday Nov. 10 Children: be there the first day and make up your mind to beat the other person. Dr. Smith is kept busy most all the time. ... . ' .' Several relatives of 'Rutherfordton were at-the home of Mr. G. C. Brisco Sunday. " Mis-Alma Cochran was the guest of Miss Annie Lee Gibbs, Sunday., School begins at Red Mountain Monday Nov. 10. We hope all the the children of school age will Nbe present the first day. emphasizing.; thd importanc of coop eration between teachers and patrons. Rev. E. J. Jones was the first speaker and in a short address stressed " the idea of the teacher striving after the Tinnl flftfr Vpin or aKsont o mnntVi The work on the court grounds is pressing nicely. Minnie Arledge is at work in Je new bank. Mrs. Pittman and family spent away at their old home place' at SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION THE EDUCATIONAL RALLY. POLK COUflTY FARM AfiD HOME DEPARTT.1ENT Edited by J. R. Sams, County Agent. " i The last thing to organize in Polk i county is a Hampshire Swine Breed !ers Association. - At a meeting' of Polk county far- t mers toerether with Jude-e J J. Gen- best possible ideals in " their pupils, try,-the 'subject of growing pure-bred Rev. Caldwell followed in; a -forceful hoes in Polk countv was discussed al- address illustrating in a very fine way most - to ; the frazzle end. The ; Berk- the idea. pf: growth ;Mr. Melton, of shire was thoruoghly ventilated and the Tryon Graded School, -Mr. Can- an hisi good ; and . evil . propensities non from Green ' River Prof. Nichol- wp K,. ' t,o w.nn; son, firom Saluda,;and several pothers Jersey the Poland China. TamwortK gave very t interesting : iaiKS. ivir. and HamnshiresJ all fnr their tmnA Sams the youthful farm demonstra- and poor Qualities, and after full dis tor of folic county followed with a cussion each one' present began to very interesting talk," pointing out the give up 'some minor differencs, until importance, oi-tne . teacner Knowing at last all unanimously ; aereed to the pupil in order to accomplish the adopt the Hampshire as the breed of best results from :t school life. Prof. tWp;r fm. ty, 5 Acoiw Cobb then at some, length explained Their articles of - organization Vr have the school budget as . recently . pub- n6t been drawn up yet; but all have lished in the i NEWS. The Public Welfare officer: of "the county was ence, and have agreed to take this one present and explained, the nature and breed and stick to it and ask all ether methods of his i work. This being a hog growers in Polk county, N C;, new office recently created and the and Spartaburg county, S. C, to as nature of the work largely unknown, far as convenient, cooperate with his explanation of the work was very thrm i Stindnvrfivino. .,r fnV th twe counties , instructive. This . meeting, is the" forerunner! of others to follow, . and Prof.1 Cobbf expects to see some. bene ficial results follow :r this effort . to unify and promote the educational interests of Polk, county. COLUMBUS BAPTIST CHURCH. At. this meeting Mr W. J. Scriv- ens was elected , president of the .Polk County Hampshire ; Breeders " Asso ciation, Judge Jf J. Gentry, vice. pres ident and Mtv Chariest J. Lynch, seq- The aim of this Association lis- to breed and keep only pure-brer, Hampshire hogs at least till they are fully convinced that they are not the best. . Then they mean to ascertain, andradopt: the. best methods There was one Holstein cow at the show tjiat was worth the expense of going a long way and losing two days to see; if there had been noth ing else. There were, a few Hol-v steins worthy of this great breed of cattle. There were " some well bred and handsome Ayershires; but I was disappointed with the exhibits of oth er breeds. Berkshire and ,0. I." C. hogs and poultry . ranked -up pretty . well, especially ; Rhode Island Red, Buff Rock anQ White Leghorns.. There were a few lots. of cornt but ' most all the ; corn "showed lack " of seed selection and consequently low standardization. Sweet potatoes "and " cotton showed up well as far as the sfiow .went." . While the - agricultural exhibits were of excellence ; sufficient to show 'what can be done with Dixie '. soil under good treatment;; they fell woefully in the background, when compared to the attractions that call ed the young minds away from agri cultural pursuits. ;! shall , rue the day when I see at Columbus,: a fair that has the moral effect on the young people of Polk county that .this fair had on the young who -attended. Doubtless the rgate . receipts were a success, but according to my thinking, a county fair should have for its main object the development of agriculture , which brings the highest blessings t the whole people and to the town as well. Now let. every farmer and bus iness man in Polk county roll up his sleeves and let .. us make Polk - County fair, next year: the BEST FAIR in North Carolina in every sense of the word.- : - entered school Monday. ,.' Mr, Lafayette Davenporfand fam f, of Horseshoe, visited Mr. and Mrs. p Davenport, last week. . . ' . lr- A. L. McMurray and . Mrs. Z. Thomson were callers of Mrs. C. Constance Sunday afternoon. . C. D. Elliott and daughter, H spent a few davs in Ruther on last week. . W. H. Ledbetter visited Mrs. -H- Elliott, Thursday. : taking them as they come) and will say I guess the rattlers afe all dead or gone to their winter quarters too; and as for sending you a few apples and chestnuts, would be glad to send them to you and all the correspon dents as for that but not as a debt, as you infer, for I don't consider that I owe you anything. On the contrary I believe you are at' least a neck be hind in this race, and am willing : to leave it to the readers and our noble band of correspondents to say who is behind for you asked for snake and coon news and I save it to you in Miss Mary Thomas returned to such doses as I thought would be after bavins- conducted a' verv healthy for you until you squealed w w - fUC(:essfu two weeks course in home and said you had enough, leaving on HILLGREST. F&g, at Hillcrest Institute. S Julia AbrarYia sne-nf t.lie week :dat home. ' . ' : A ge number of our citizens at ULea the bier show in Snartanhnre-: " x ' week. Rev dayj K- . Hunter ' spent - several s W Charlnffo 1.. ,vv, laoii VCCIW Alio, T . j - p, Afxcifiii was caueu tv w'otte last iici inoiner. v- Mr. CalHwoii ins, Sunday. After the service 5d Mrs. Bacon and Mr. Brown t Trvon . u" m behalf 0f the Red Cross. r. 5nl Hf. m i4 iiii ; v i r r a . i h, . - ""o.. i. u voxe nave re- J'cea to c.An "vuai xiuis pianiauon, alter hand a considerable amount of snake (but coon had run rather short)as one man said, he believed that in a cer tain field about ten acres, there were enough black snakes to fence it nine rails high, - PEARIDGE. Wlai 5 days in Asheville. The A BO LINE NEWS People in this section have Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jolly of Chesriee. S. C motored up to W. R. Turner's, Sunday, and spent the day. Miss Nettie Davis spent Saturday night with Miss Myrtle Taylor. Mr. Will Biggerstaff, Misses Min nie Brisco and Myrtle Taylor attend ed, the fair at Spartanburg, Friday. . Mrs. Willie Turner spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Terrell Williams.- ' . "Mrs. Jennie Splawh and Mrs. Dora Arledge spent last Sunday with Mrs. E. G. Thompson. Miss Allie Conner spent bunday i Waif i: ailmg; and watrhiTic fnr some , 8 to be done t tw nnKiiV' Tafl Liti. M!sa Bessie Thompson 'Or tK i "" f ...... : -c n ias two years but there is Mr. Otis Wilson, oi wiumoia, c. , "e yet vve who gave the spent the last wee. wim - wi, lax, expectea some Mrs. ueipma, thv. to. tl. lav. Hlwu8n it driited into an "u land, and we nre cfill rmwl- Tl Public Hes and climbing ad-f ii ges that look more like a --v.iC i a soiiieLiiinir wruiiK O - . . - flieh- ' Dut we happen to know in Asheville. Mr. James Melton and family made a shopping trip to Landrum rnay. E. G. Thompson made a business trip to Columbus Saturday. Mr. Wi M. Russell spent last week tW ills ore money, and we beg that . Misses Bessie Thompson Lizzie CSe just Httle in -fixing the Dalton and Louise Mills who took the iuch are almost impassaolo, I horn nurse training nave v Havinff been appointed -by the Green River Association .v with J. P Arledge Esq. of Columbus to develop and encourage and build up the Sun day schools of Polk county and be lieving that the first step towards this end would be the better organiz ing of the Sunday school forces of the county we have decided to call a convention of all the Sunday schools in the county (as far as practical) to be held at Columbus Baptist church on the first Sunda-"' in November for the purpose of organizing the Polk Courity Sunday School .Association; electing officers for the year and adopting a more constructive form of Sunday . school work. Every church in the county is requested to send six or more delegates as representatives from their schools. A comprehen sive and attractive and interesting program will be arranged and : we hope by this means to arouse to the highest-state of efficiency the Sunday schools oi our county, l ne neea is greater than ever- before that the Sunday school should play a more im portant part in lifes program. Let us. get together and put the Sunday schools of Polk county over the top. "' E. J. JONES. Sunday ? school 10 : o'clock. Preaching service 2nd and 4th Sun- Splendid reports were received last possible to grow hogs ) at the - least Sunday from our team workers, and expense. Jiyery member of the asso the reports indicate a spirit of co- ciation pledges himself to purchase ;a pure ored gilt this tail, ready, ored. Then at the proper time a pure bred boarto serve the others of the Asso ciation and on and on to keep up registration papers, and never breed their boar except . to pure bred sows of the same breed. , Charles J. Lynch is to purchase the first boar and all operation and faithfulness that is en couraging. o- MILL SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH. MEETING OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS POLK COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION. Inportant meeting of officers and directors of the Polk County Fair As sociation at the Bank of Tryon 3 P. M. November 19 for the purpose of com pleting, the business of the Associa tion for the year 1919. , , W. T. jlINDSEY . - u President. COMMUNITY SERVICES AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Rev. W. A. . Black, announces a series of Sunday afternoon commun ity services an the Congregational church at 4 o'clock at which he will deliver a few brief lectures on vital topics of the day.. He wishes it to be understood that these are in no sense r, denominational services. But will" be on subjects A public interest and helpfulness. ; ' His . theme for next Sunday . after noon is "Tools .and -How to Use Them.M . . " Gooii music. Everybody invited. Sunday school 10:30. Preaching services Saturday aften noon 2:5.0 also Sunday morning 11:30. agree to take their share of keeping Especial invitation extended to all pure bred boars. The meting .was the people to attend the Sunday adjournd till Tuesday, November 18, school and preaching service as the eleven o'clock a. m.. to meet at my church is making a determined effort to increase the interest and attend ance upon its services. A hearty welcome to all THIRD ROLL CALL The drive in Polk County., for- the Third 'Roll Call for membership of mously agreed that it office in Columbus to complete ' this Association and to discuss and if pos sible to organize an' association to breed and keep better cattle, in Polk county. Now there have been con flicting opinions as to the best J breed of hogs arid cattle for this county. After -a full discussion it was unani- of ; far was Red Cross Yor 1920, although not completed at this date, has made fair ly good showing. There has ; been reported so far, about 325 memberships, .? renewals to the Red Cross Magazine, and $57.25 for the Fifteen Million Dollar Fund There are .many quarters to be heard from yet; but it is astonishing how greater importance to agree on one breed arid stick to and develop that breed; than to discuss and try all breeds and develop . nothing. ., So we have crossed the bridge so lar as breeds are concerned and burned the bridge behind us, and so far as our organization is concerned, . we will stick to the beautiful ..belted fellow the Red Cross is looked Upon by some until it is proven that he won't grow of the citizens of Polk County. They in Polk county as well as any other little appreciate the value of the work breed. Now we put it up to breeders of the organization in the County in I of other breeds to meet us next year its program to safeguard health, and with pigs at the townshir and county some of the replies to. canvassers fairs and show that you have better were positely insulting. pigs and more of them than we can Thanks are clue to the following show. who eave their time in the canvass. POLK r COUNTY HAMPSHIRE AS Messrs Bacon, - Gray Holmes, Oliver Andrews, Little, WSlcox, and Brown lee; Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Bacon, Mrs. Steele, Mrsv Wilson, and the; Misses Flentye, Livingston, Bray, Lindsey, SOCIATION. Comment by J. R. Saras Co. Agt. I am much encouraged at this' evi- Flizabeth and Ruth Bowne. Gradv. dence of oroeress alone the line of Austin vvilcox and . Fernande Poppe. growing hogs in Pollc county. There is too little difference in . the leading breeds of hogs to split up over. The man, woman' or boy behind the hog is vastly more than the difference , be tween breeds. But it is all important for farmers to drop little diferences and preferences for certain breeds and standardize the hogs of the coun ty and then grow them in quanties sufficient to ship in car lots. So "trust, as this association -has been formed ; that enough farmers will see as these do and fall in line and stand ardize Polk county hogs. They deserve much credit. When Tobacco Was Taboo. - In 1638 the Massachusetts general court ordered, a writer comments, "thatno man shall take any tobacco within 20 poles of any house, or so near as may endanger the same." In 179S an net was passed forbidding the carrying of fire through the streets ex cept in a covered vessel, smoking, or having in one's possession "any.ligbtedr pipe or segar". in the streets or on the wharves. The penalty was $2. If the offender 'was in a ropewalk, the pen alty was from $5 to $100. This pro hibition of 1708 was not repealed until 1SS0. ' Delicate Anemone. Anemone means "windflower, and Is so called because It is so delicately poised that it sways with the lightest motion nf th frnofinhara TEe fair again. It was. my pleas jure to visit the Spartanburg fair on i Wednesday and Thursday. In nany ways it was a success, and in others I regard it as a great jfoilure. It was a success because it did have ai little of the agricultural feature . about it. There . is being : bought in .. Polk countyvjaLJrator5-.jriu5Ais ,taH right where the. farm is suitable and in . proper condition and furthermore the tractor is properly cared for and sheltered when not in use. All the stumps and large rocks should be re moved before trying to operate the ' tractor. Then it is a very complex piece of machinery, and some pTarts very delicate andnot hard to get out of fix and, sometimes hard to " fix when thus out of fix. Then there .are many parts that must be oiled often, and if neglected will in a short time make trouble. Then if left standing in the field when not in use, in the sun, wind and rain, the rust will soon damage the tractor more , than a long. ime run. v - '.;.v The tractor should be hailed as a revolutonizer. ftVhile a i costly - piece of farm machinery, it ought-to have several good effects on farming in Polk county. 1st, from the very fact of its cost, it should make farmers -more careful to house their farm ma chinery be it little or much. 2nd, it will open a new deep plowing era in Polk county -in fact is is difficult to do anything but deep plowing with a good tractor 3rd it can operate in dry weather and do its s best work, when the land is too hard for the team to operate. 4th, the plowing can be done so much more rapidly, and if necessary can run both day, and night in a great strain. 5th, the work becomes fascinating, and calls for higher intelligence to do it; therefore bringing farming - onto a higher plane. 6th, it will! be inclined to keep the bright thoughtful boy on the farm, and there are many other t good things that it shoud bring to the farm. , ut in conclusion, let me again remind everyone who buys a' tractor that it is a high-priced com plicated piece of machinery and should not be run by one who has little or no experience with such ma chinery. 1 jWhen in Columbus, just go over , to the High School building and walk out across the lot in front , of this building and see if blue grass ' and clover will grow in Polk "county This lot was sown qne .year ago. -t Then go to Mr. Pins: Williams' in Cooper Gap township and ask him if grass will grow in Polk county and if you can't take his word; gust look around and see for your own satisfaction. . Then take , a little swing through' Greens Creek township circling by way of W. B. McSwain's and get vision of what a man can do when ht (Continued on last page)