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0L- XXV NO. 36
TRYON, N. CFIUDAY, JANUARY; 9, 1920.
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OUR
FRIENDS
OVER
THE COOtlTf
Soma Item o
General Interest Gathered By Our Correspondent From V
Sections of Polk County
iiill spQiif a
arious
LANDRUM ROUTE 3
FISHTOP.
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. v- . -nr,v took advantage of iwmuar voice of Kev. J. M.
A great ' , - , . n,. Barber was heard at Bethlehem Sun.
A pleasant Christmas in evey way
was' last. ' - ' -: '
W. C. "face conveyed his sister, Miss
Miyrtle Pace, to Cooley Grove Stfnda
where she is teaching school, i" V
Luther Pace spent Sunday here on
a visit. ! . . , '
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and Linwood T Pattertatu Bessie Son-
ner, Lois Pace, MinJiie and Hazel
Cullipher, Mr and M k Fred Robert-
son,Messrs John T. jJoates, Jr.fFred
Bailey, - Roy - Wardi! Mills ..- Nabors.
Doran Fisher' and LCJceWarL After
the guests' paid them compliments to
the hostess they wenftto. the churches
where they rang thep
Mr. and Mrs. P.;
$2.00 A YEAH
POLK COUHTY MB MID HOHE BEPMIEIIF
Edited by J. R. Sami, County Agent
bells to cele-
1 -t ! j. I Sermon and linnmmmicNr xirannA Viwi . : .-1
M vVolie ana emiaren are 1 . 1 -umc uuioi ma wmci is ucumg sujiic.-
few days with her par- I "e1" ' We were in iSaluda Friday JRnd sawJ tamed at a dinner -iarty given at
Bailey enter-
u Tifnl weather during Christ-ai uer was neard at JBethlehem Sun- We saw Wm. Morgan a few days brate the going of ttk old, and com-
.a: 1 'uuuv ciijuyea ms smenaia-i aco and tu seems tn rA m hup sninta nir-flf the 'Nw -vo-
! . A V1S1UUK. I . . 1 " " .:
Mrs. T.
mrr R levy - - l TT i , I - ff.;v
f" 5 other relatives at Inman. ve nave aa splendid weather for lofficers dit up a fine copper itUl. . their home, Thurs. - A splendid
nts ana , i Christmas, and evervhnHv appmpH tn I w j "RmjIW wao Q KicmaDcV,noun ,a ji:nitiii.. . j
Soring section last hav! a merry time but nw we must itor in TryonJ Saturday. t highly enjoyed by ttfV guests. Those
f" : . auout tne new year ana resoive r Mont Jones, postmaster at Serconia, present were: Mr. aftd Mrs. J. B.
eeK. ... m I to do hettpr tVinn pvpt- . Wnrp Wp Itios a tramr ci'nV I -..n:T . 1 j . . 1
Wilma Livingsfcon, oi irypn, ...uu.o c tnuu. . , . 1 vtunpiicr auu uaugu jers, minme ana
e:
I
I Miss
sDent CI
It m,-q Ruth Sharpe,
and familv. of
I I t. last Thursday at W. Several from here atttended
xanaruH., j Christmas tree at Red Mountain last
(
Mae
. . 1 si . 1 n w n m n m n v.k i i iv i - a. 1 - r - I w l - i v . .
I 1. nvv;cfrmas day here, the guest A14 14CW I1U nave A. neiiucrwn is taxing ercise reg- nazei -e,unipner. Mriiss L.ila
spent I more to be thankful for than ever be- lularlv. vrmtr harlr nrA -fn-riyt t bpo nia I rimVo Mnc TaVI(P;-.p.. t-
1 i .. I J-T. w.f
lore. I vouncr -wife, who refuses tn JfvA with I Wno-Vi Worrl QrA V-rtdA
T O -- I HilU 1(11 UOUCJI,
the I him. : - I Amoner the nartii civen Hnrino-
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j ,,, i " v.x. ,v luvuuwuu iiv . mc uwuu iiioai pxrxtc jiicai, a xc w i me noiiaays. was a ueusrntiui one
O. ou . . . .i v I WetlneSflaV. .All PtlinVPH tho . nlavs. Hatre o crrv oi-rl nwinfnj Intnm iitV.it I I : 1,J i - -r'
n Tnpav afternoon 01 tne z-ra.. i . " J w J i " . i given a umuay. evening Dy iviisses
iW nnils of Morgan school were ae- I J piw.w bu mgxi. ne swu uwt. jyunnie ana nazes u vuiiipner.-- me
r-r i line DeaUUIUl tre wnirh .was niUIPYl thPro harf hPPn mnva hnm IHITaH in I ij'il..- iL. j
r.Vitfiillv or should we say pamxui- I -w gucaw were Kwtiy, me iwo yuung
ignuuu, down With Dresents for all the school I PnlV ti-nA TTenHersoTi than ViaH Wn hnj;An nj -j.,-!:.
(considering tne Diancneu ia.ces ox .... -i uico auu- whuuu w uic nuuk
' . . ...r I LilllUlCU.
number of the little ones) surpris
fd when Santa, unexpectedly, entered
ft cU rooni with a pack on his January 5.
Our school reopend after the holi
jfor 15 years and there was no reason ro0m where all . jp)ied in plaving
i- I for such high pries. - .iV,." 1 frames and mnsir. : uThe omesu were
FOR POLK CONTY FARMERS.
Miss Leona Egerton, of Asheville
TRYON R, 1.
ent claimed a goodptime. Mr.. J. T.
Coates, Jr., was toaf master, and ap
propriate toasts : weje given by sev
eral of the youn t ten. : The guests
high pries. . I eames and music. VfcThe sruests were
Mice H lftrfl Krari pv , vicit-Arl Ilr I j t . , e i
v,o chrol room Wltn a paCK on ms - " I j ... serveu &eveu cuujcb i reirvaa
Iv ;,. nrv nroved to to be candy mT- ana mrs- - U1CS 01 ual" ndsey, ot ingerviiie, s. on pro- ments during the" ening. All pres-
V ' .viph were distributed lney i-" spent, a few days with her fessional business.
ana omn, -imMur M T. n r.,.Ku0
tv,e "miDils and a few chance r
. ?x i.U. Vonnened in lust after
visitor, nuv - school, and brother James, of Mars
,, t w Ario-e snent Msndav i ""v "i wic "jfo xnc wwjiuuuicwci Cgi0ljcu vww were seatea m tne ?yoiiowing oraer:
iUrb. J. I their Tiarenta Mr and Mrc W fi T!or. I rtarrwmo KpIaw nrn tViies mArni'nrr Ktn I -. m " , iHJ . n.
There seems to be several families " . ... T - i i Ponner mr iiisDors : ana miss
. D.H. t Mr. and Mrs. Lionl Bnsco, of Ruth, - Mrs. Jessie Rice is in Canton clerk- Marvin Patterson ilr . Rov Ward and
moving, some leaving im. w uiutbUt 'i 4. i j. i -xi. i - r 1. i. i ir tt! vi I
into Spartanburg county, while oth- "v. nu .wv. , AV uwn, j xaiss ijiia mae uuice iyir. nugn vvara
iers from Spartanburg take the places
I just vacated in Polk,
J. A. Arledge was in -Columbus,
Tuesday on business.
MT. LEBANON.
and Miss. Minnie; Cullipher, Mr. Fred
Mr. J R: Foster's house is going up Mr. F. B. Nance is in Spartanburg Bailey and Miss Hal fel Cullipher, Mr.
very rapidly, une more house added I this week helping to get his .deceased Loice Ward and Mits Lois Pace, Mr.
to our little village. iWatch us grow! father's business arranged, I Doran Fisher anct lVnss'Linwood Pat-
Some timejn the near future we will! Miss Bessie Hamilton -ha$ returned J terson. Mrs. J. B. tCullipher. -chap-
have a Masonic hall and still other I to her school work at Hickory Grove. crone hc aftemoat was delightful-
improvements. Se if we don't come p 'Miss Clara Feagan spent last Sat- hv massed nlavine' gxiines with cards.
to the fronts lurday night with Miss S.allie Carpen- I a verv elaborate Minner Tiartv was
Rev. J. M. Barber and wife, of iter, enroute to her school- at Bunny riven by Mr. John C. Coates, Jr.. at
Wilkesboro, Miss Jetha, Barber and j view, . miss bailie gave hr a party iia home on . Fridayi aftrnoon. Plates
We have had some fine weather for
Xmas It's not common for it to be so
nic Hnrintr Xmas times.
The boys have been bbit'htmtingj.1'f-th their
n ht tho n fnr- tno laat weeV.' iatner j . lvi. oarDer.
rother :dward, - Westminster whicixali yTJD H?tV : Lwere placed forfifJteen tersons. The
Misses .earl .bdwards and Letha .ards used finished lots' of
An Outline of What To Do This Sear.
1st The soil is fundamental and
no matter how, fertile we get it, the
first crop removed from it leaves it
poorer, hence soil building will be an
everlasting necessity; and the cheap
est and best mode is to grow legume
crops, such as cow peas, soy beans,
velvet beans, etc., . and the vetches
and clovers., alfalfa, etc.
2nd. We must, after building up
our soil, learn a crop rotation that
will keep the soil up when once built
up. ' ,
3rd. Permanent pastures is just
as essential to good farming as good
corn fields and cotton fields.
4th. When good pastures are es
tablished-then comes good live stock.
cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry to
consume these good pastures.
5th. Last yearrwe undertook
pure bred poultry project, by which
we desire to free Polk county from
scrub chickens. This we want to push
with all our might this year."
6th. We have undertaken the im
provement of swine growing, and s
Hampshire Swine Breeders Associa
tion has been organized, and we want
as many farmers as possible to join
this movement and by so doinsr
standardize the hogs of Polk, county.
7th. We want to do more commun
ity organization - work. A farmers
club at every school 'house in the
county would be a good thing and is
perfectly practical.
8th. We want to do the best Fair
work of any county in N. C, by hav
ing a Community; Faiir in every town-
Messrs. Hoyt and Regan Thompson Mf- G E; Wilsonand family jpent
b X- o J ... J w T TT P:i,k
who have a position in Virginia, with ".wuu
thp Western Tinr, Tpipnh Messrs. Bee and Otho Lewis, of
have returned home to spend Xmas Greenville, spent a few days with
tneir Darents. ivir. ana ivirH. i. in.
Lewis.
Miss Edith Gibbs, of Atlanta, Ga., moved to Spindale,-N.C.
is snendine a , few days with her
mother, Mrs. L. C. Gibbs.
Mr. Will iWalker, of Lumpkin, Ga.,
is here for a few days.
with home folks.
jir-. j. a. inompson called to see
aunt Emily Constant Sunday after
noon, who is very feeble at present.
Miss Virginia Sherfey spent Xmas
with home folks. -
anta Claus gave all the school
children a good scare Wednesday af
ternoon. Rev. E. J. Jones filled his aDDoint-
All the young people enjoyed a ment at the Baptist church Sunday.
singing and lots of fun on Xmas day His very interesting sermon was en-
at the home of Rev" Joel Sherf ev. joyed by every one present. Some of
Misses Mamie and Etta Thompson the members treated him with dif-
were the guests of Miss Orpha New-ferent useful articles for his table.
man bunday af trnoon. " We regret all the members did not
Messrs Hoyt, Raean. and Harman learn of the plans, but probably Mr.
Thompson, spent Sundav with Mr. Jones understands our "purpose is
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vance lhompson. good.
Mr., and .Mrs. U. O.. Jones and Miss Leona Ecrerton and Mr. James
children of i Saluda visited at the have returned to their respective
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Constant schools last week.
Sunday. Miss Esther Gibbs returned to her
Mr. and Mrs. - Whitney Williams school at Red Mountain Sunday.
vianea relatives at Sa1iufo .Qahmiav School opened here Monday morn
ing.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Barber, re
turned to their home last week. Miss
Leatha Barber and Mr. Edward re
turned to their school at Westmin
ister.
Bane returned to Brevard school.
Miss Bane spent a happy Christ
mas on the route where she gained
many friends.. - "
Miss Gftara Edwards returned to
her school in Charlotte, this-week.
Mr. Otis Ruppe and Family have
amusement for the Jruests, in finding
their places at the fable. After they
were seated the fallowing courses
were served:
, Tomajo Soup
Asparagus &n Toast -Broiled
Chickwi on Toast"
Creamed Potato, Green Peas
Rice andftiravy
Creamed Brains ont?Toast
" ' pineapple Fritters
Chicken Salad, OljVes and Saltines
Peaches aifd Cake. '
Mr. A. R. ParloifJ has recently ad
ded a large cook itfbm on : the first
floor of Ingleside, Ridding to the con
e is visiting
and Sunday.
Messrs John and Frank Price spent
Christmas with home folV
. I1- and Mrs- Fred Arledge and
7w SKed the lattrs parents Mr.
ivirs. ureen Sunda -Mr..
Spurgisee Arleds?,
home folks-
tt Despise No One.
noiDert and RirH Constant Tr.'HrinT nmntur mon nne must not
epent Sunday afternoon at the home despise any personalities, no matter
Je lhompson. how really debased, miserable or ludi-
Mr t. W. Bradley will sing again
-uanon hrst Sunday in January.
---" iioibert was in Saluda
-"turoay shopping.
Messrs. Po, ,
tto, n ""6mi ana noit Thompson
T! CaJIf " at e home of Mr. W. B.
-uS5 last week.
Mr. Jesse McGraw. and family have
moved near Jackson's Grove, S. C.
Mrs. Will Egerton and baby, little
Wdllie, and Miss Leona spent New
Year's day afternoon atew Walnut
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Edwards arei-e
joicine over their new girlie, Santa
We areVorry to report thj death of venience of the nicefarge house. The
the 'color! preacher's girl, Gorgie original cook roomjin the basement
Mills, who died on New Year's night: can oe useo . n -uewre. i
Hope we are not too late to wish the DU111 some cmna cis m u uy
NEWS the ; most" prosperous New room and expects fc make some ad-
Year ever, joiuun to ouui.v
ur. csmitn is piaiwimg to ounu
lartr frame, or oosliblv brick, house
SALUDA in connection with is baby hospital,
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I as his business ha& completely out-
mi t 1 1 I ....
ine yung ioiks nave Deen ""y lo-rown his accommodations, he is
during the holdays. Wednesday 1 rapidly increasing .ie value of ad
ternoon Mrs. y. u bonner entertam- j0inmff property .
ed a few girls from 4:15 to 5:JU. Mr A R parl0r ny build a bunga
Delicious refreshments were t served. low on his vacant tei adjoining Ingle
Dancing and convrsation made theLide jt is a nice s5dy lot, and a de-
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aiternoon complete, liio&e prescui. i sirable location.
were Mrs. Mrs. h,. B. iLrUice and j. Leland has p0 a few more ap-
daughter, Miss L,ila Mae uice. miss- i pje trees on the lovf?r side of his lot,
es Lois Pace, Minnie and Hazel Cul Mr. P. H. Bailey, eur hustling bank-
j l i
crous. Schopenhauer.
lipher and Miss Bessie Sonner, the
charming daughter of the hostess.
Miss Lfla Mae Guice was hostess
Wednesday evening at a New Year
watch party, given at her home.
The evening wasr spent in playing
cards, dancing and singing nifty
songs, which always' suit a jolly
crowd of young folks. During the
Real Conquest.
The man who, being insulted, can
i i.i i l 't ri nnTTinnsnrp nnd
:ZL "u r -55 evening, delightful punch.: and cake
.t rnnnuest In ufe. were served. Among those , present
Genevio-Lan.
Misses Annie
Marvin serVed.
er and business man, .has made ex
tensive improvemen;S on the house
and grounds of th Bolich property
that he recently ptjj-chased, and has
moved into" his new!;home .
Mrs. Frank B Stevens and Mrs.
Ethel W. Loveland ltertained friends
over at Rvder HallJ-on last Friday
evening. Quite a niunber of young
people . being prfsent, ana - xne
evening was eniovtd bv all. The
games were carriedj out successfully,
Two courses of refreshments were
hip in the county. j - v
9th. We want to -do the best year.
of Boys' corn and other club work we
have ever done in the county.
10th. We want to do the best
ROUSEMENT work ever done in
Polk county. Now some, may not
know just what kind of work this is.
Well, if you don't, .just think of
something that ought to be done to
help make Polk the best county in
North Carolina and lay hold and do
the thing with all your might and
you will be doing your part of the
ROUSEMENT.
Now ali these things enumerated
especially we want to push, - and . a
thousand other things not named. Of,
these things mentioned, the two most
important are Soil Building and Con
servation and Permanent ' Pastures.
When the soil is made rich and lota
of good pastures built up, then old
Polk will cease to be Poke, and will -
go at a lively pace. . We must quit
making a -joke of ourselves and act in
a way that outside people will quit
also. The good law-abiding people ;
of Polk county plead with all who are
engagd in blockading and all other
forms of lawlessness to quit and join
with us in constructive farming and
other legitimate work which will make
Polk county famous for its good crops
its fine soil and her fine people which
is the best of all crops. -God did not
make man to be a lawless man. He
made him in His own image, and He
Expects him to stay in His image and
act to some extent like unto Him.
So in this blessed 1920 do our best
to make Polk the -cleanest and best
place on earth to live.
J. R. SAMS. County Agent
CAPT. JOHN W. WILCOX.
A long; familiar, figure passed out
from among us here at Saluda, when
Captain John W. Wilcox answered
the sudden summons of death on
New Year's night. He had passed a
happy evening with the members of
his family, and retired early as was
his custom, waving a smiling good
night to his sons (who have been
spending the holidays with their sis
ter, Mrs. Clifford Wilcox) and and a
few minutes later had passed into the
great beyond.
John Wesley Wilcox was born in
New Orleans, August 4th, 1840. He
served in -the war between the
states as a member of the Washing
ton Artillery, a famous New Orleans
organization. He was ; married after
the war to Miss Anna Holmes, of
Charleston, S. ,C. He is survived by
his widow and eight children; Mrs.
Louis J. Anderson, of Milledgeville
Ga Miss L. Clifford Wilcox, of Sa
lulda; Arthur D. Wilcox, of Ensley,
Ala.; Commander John W. Wilcox, of
the U. S. Navy, Mrs. Arthur Tufts,
of Atlanta, Ga.; and Louis D. Wilcox
of Baltimore. -
Captain Wilcox followed the pro
fession of engineering for a greater
part of his life, (having been for years
city engineer of Macon, Ga. For a
short time in his young manhood he
iperated a locomotive, and in his de
clining years the 7 great engines that
thunder up the grade into Saluda had
a peculiar fascination for him, many
a summer resident of Saluda having
witnessed the sight of a white-haired
old gentleman standing near the track
at the top of the grade, waving his
hat to the man at the throttle "of the
straining monster as it passed up the
road, a symbol of the thought that he
has made the grade and passed on' to
better things.
MOUNTAIN" VTEWr
Cold wejaher still prevails, with
plenty of hard wind and a little snow.
Glad to note that our school opens
today with Miss Hettie Harris
teacher.
Mr. Fred Corn and Miss Roxie
Walker were happily married last
Tuesday December 30th. - We wish
for them a long and happy life.
Arthur Jackson was the play visitor
of Braudus McCrain Sunday P. M.
Mr. Willie Gilbert and mother
spent last Monday with the tatter's
daugher Mrs, H. H. McCrain.
Mr. L. B. McGraw moved to Spart
anburg, last week. . .
Barnett MtCrain is visiting hia
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. L. D.
Gilbert.
Self-Control.
If, taxed by obnoxious affairs, you
feel like giving away to anger or re
volt, then hasten to get away from
your own . self and do not yield to
impressions that are liable to rob you
of your self-possession. The more
we exercise our will in maintaining
our mental equipoise, the' easier this
control becomes for us. Marcus Au
relius. I
Insidious Malice.
Malice, in its false witness, pro
motes its tale with so cunning a con
fusion, so mingles truths with false
hoods, surmises - with certainties,
causes of no moment with matters
capital, that the accused can absolute
ly neither grant nor deny, plead nor
confess guilt. Sir Philip Sidney. .
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Where Time does Fast.
Do you want the' 'time -to slip by
real fast? Put your name down on
two or three short time promissory
notes.
IE3S
KID,
To Fat to Fifiht!
ftCY L. CROODYl
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