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Jt ts . if? POLK COtJNTY imt7a. .TSg.,tiC3,ni CMSQLBIA Notice to deliquent tax. listed in the name of Mrs. C. P. El lerbe for th year 1918; one . town lot Statement 4f ths Ownership 'lagement, Etc aj ... - PAYERS, VV totice is hereby riven to ihe parties ed below and aU persons that may beteonecrhed 'at. mortgagees, that the undersigned purchased at a sale of property of : ideliquettt tax payers, in Ctf$mbus, Polk County on the 4th day of pay, 191$, land listed anddescnb ed;s follows: . ' -7 :" ffighteeh acres of land m Columbus Td jmshlpr listed in the name of F. iri the Town of Saluda, less one iooi oft the back, listed in the name of E. L.Mbore; f or - the year 1918;; one hundred and- twenty-nine, acres of vwiicx tuiu uuDiisner o Tryon, N. C. L land in White Oak Township listed in the name of W. M. Sentell estate for the year 1918; seventy-two acres of land listed in the name of A. B. Green, forty-nine, acres in Coopera Gap Township listed in, the name of Grant Walker for the year 1918. Notice is futher given that application will be made to the sheriff of Polk County by the undersigned for deeds of said pro perty after-the 4th day of May 1920.. L. L. TALtAN T, Bush Known bondholders, ni0H and other security holder tf. i per cent.or more of total km' bonds, mortgages or other ? 0? C. W. Ballenglr, E. E MiS- H. Holmes, (fee.' E. Mo5Sld,M GEint for. the year 1918; one lot in the Hester, Trustee r ' J- I Tom of vTryon, less forty feet . on bai. listed in the name of A.- Smith- 4 C Bush. PnVl;. i Rwoftrto and subscribe w , 16th dav nf Jannaw Vnn? Ore FINISH OLD NATIONAL ROAD ftojJ&SS , uju i;-t-w4 iVi fVa tiam "R T. MeCall mr w-F: u1' My commissi expires Marti Completion of Highway Now Undtr for3 the year 1918; one lot in the Town Jan. 23, 20. 3-time Purchaser. Contemplation After. Laps of of Saluda, - less one foot- on the back, Nearly Century, of the Polk County News ari flee, published weekly at TW October, 1919. ' 1 2i t J . . iiy Bring them through in a month's less time. Get prime young hogs to market from 20 to 30 days earlier ths year, and secure top market prices, by using Purina Pig Chow With forage, Purina P; Chow insures quickest gains all around, because it is rich in elements that make large, strong frames as well as fat. . ' ' Purina Pig Chow fed half and half with corn, middlings or other feeds produces frcm 25 to 409k more live hog than is ohtained by the same number of pounds -of other feeds. Get your sccft of Pig Chew from llearon Lumber Co., Saluda, III i ii I f r l (Prepared by the United State Depart- - xnent of Agricuiiure.; i . A project under the federal aid road act, 'filed with the bureau , of public roads, United State9 department - of agriculture, which will undoubtedly hold the record for length and cost for some time to come, is of unusual In terest aside from its great length and cost. It contemplates, after the lapse of nearly a century, the completion of the Old National road, extending from the Potomac to the Mississippi, which already has been largely improved aa I far west as the Indiana line. rThe: Illi nois improvement will extend from East St Louis across the state to the Indiana line, traversing SL ClairMad Ison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, Cum berland and Clark counties. - The proposed; type of surface la monolithic brick and concrete: pave ment, the average cost of. which is about $30,000 per mile. The proposed improvement Includes also the con struction of 40 bridge structures, of lengths ranging from 22 feet to .300. feet. At" present the. uncompleted por tion of the highway is generally an un improved earth road, 'which becomes T Duirafftt Days . ARE REAL DAYS The time for saving and getting ahead in the game of life is NOW. With a Bank Account started and steadily growing you will experience a pleasure'.of accomplishment in saving that comes from naught else. The best way is to come in and start an account to day. Don't delay on account of the amount you have for the start. BAN IK. Of SALQJOA Capital $10,000.00 Saluda, N. C. . OUN B. CANNON, Pres. PRESTON tl. BAILEY, Cash. ORDEit AND NOTICE ELECTION OF Whereas, in accordance -with pro visions of Chap. 532 of the Publ Local Laws cf 1919, a petition has been presented to the Board of Coun ty , Commissioners of Polk County, signed by twenty-five per cent of the Qualified voters of the county, for order of an election to ascertain the will of the voters as to whether bonds of the county shall be issued and sold for the purpose of building and equip- ing.a County Home for the aged and infirm:. Now, therefore, it is ordered by the Board of County Commiss ioners-of Polk" County,that an elec tion be held in laid county at the various election precincts on Tuesday, the 20th day of April, 1920, under the same rules and regulations, ana m the same manner as elections for members of the General Assembly, at which tiiae the question of issuing and selling bonds in the amount of S15.Q00 for the purpose stated above and the levy of a tax sufficent to pay the interest on said bonds and create a sinking, fund for .their retirement shall be - aubmitted to the voters of the county qualified to vote at the preceding general t'ection for mem bersofthe General Assembly, at which election those favoring the is- suence and sale of 'said bonds shal cast ballots on which ahall be printed or written words "For County Home Bonds" and those opposed shall -cast baliotj on which shall be printed written tn words "Against NOTICE DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS ! - V ' 7 1 t "X .'XT' S Notice is hereby given to the -par ties named below, and to all other persons who may be concerned as mortgagees, that the undersigned purchased at a sale of property of de linquent tax payers, in Columbus, Polk County. N. C, on the 5th day of May, 1919, land listed and described as follows: 10 acres of Land in , Greens Creek Township, listed in the name of San ford Liles, for the year 1918. .Notice is hereby given that appli cation will be made to the sheriff of Polk County. N. C, by the under signed ier deeds of said property af ter the 5th day of May, 1920. This uec. lZtft, BEN LILES, Purchaser. MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF LAND Earth. Road Which Becomes Nearly Impassable at- Certain. Seasons of the Year. nearly impassable at certain seasons of the year. There. are, however, near some of - the villages, short stretches of macadam pavement, generally in very poor condition. The local traffic consists of approximately 60 ; trucks, 700 motor vehicles and 50 horse-drawn vehicles per day, to which is added during the summer months a through traffic of about 20 trucks and 200 pas senger motor vehicles. GET some today! You're going to call Lucky Strikes just right. Because i Lucky Strike ciga rettes give you the good, wholesome flavor of toasted Burley tobacco, t 07 Ousranteed by Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned by virture of the . powers contained in , a mortgage executed to him on the 24th dav of November. 1916. by Grant Walker and wife. Tina Walker will sell at public auction for cash at the Court house door in Co lumbus, Polk County, . North Carolina, on MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9th. 1920. Between the hours of 12 o'clock M. and 2 o'clock P. M., the following de scribed real estate: Beginning in Eliza Jackson's line on a small white oak: thence in straight line tq a black oak; thence a straight line to a white oak: thence a straight line to a white oak thence or a straight line to a dead locust full of County grapt vines, in a conditional line be- liome uonds". That this order shall tween Z. V. ThomDson's and D. H be notice of said election and shall be Thompson's; thence with said line to posted in one or more places in each Z V. Thompson's stone corner; thence election, precinct of the county and published in the Polk County News for three months next immediately preceding th time, fixed for said election. It is futher ordered that the follow ing named be and are herebv appoint ed to act as poll holders in the various election precincts of the county:TCo lumbus. ,W. B, Arledge, registrar, J. W. Newman and J: F: Ormand, judges, Tryon: J. G. Monroe., reir- lstrar, J. C. Fieher and W. F. Swann, judges. Saluda: C. L. Pace, registrar. R. M. Hall and J. C. Metcalf, judges, -Jackson's I Mill, D. H. Thompson, registrar, T. C. Lawter and M. A: Jaclcson. ludires. Bier Level: W. W. "vk,,! . ictuui, i . j, ruwm ana Jerry Jackson, judges,, Pea Ridge: J. E. Carswellregistrar O. W. Ponder and u. MOore, judges, Green's Creek: G. C. Feaean. reo-istrar. J. T. Greenway and Walt Feagan judges. Done by the Board of Countv commi li steners of Polk County on the 6th day uj. wanuary, izu, at a meeting - ad- juu'"cu xrum ,me. am, oay ot said month and year, at which meeting there were , present Charles Da- enport, Chairman George A. Painter .ana Jb. inompson, commissioners. .CHARLES DAVENPORT ; Chairman GEORGE A. PAINTER, . . G. L. THOMPSON, i' ' Commisioners PLANT TREES IN MICHIGAN Cteck to Be Distributed at Nominal Cost by State Agricultural In stitution. A law was recently passed fey the Michigan legislature for the encour agement of the planting of fruit and nut-bearing trees along, the highways, of that state. Stock is to be distrib uted at nominal cost by the state ag ricultural college to local officials and private individuals who will set it out, under the supervision of the state highway commission. Whoever-has traveled over the tree lined highroads of Europe will greet with satisfaction this measure as the beginning of a policy of combining es thetic and economic values- In our methods of road-building. 11 -1 III I south 20 W. 18 poles to a stake in a path, m or near Edwards' line; thence south 58 . 74 poles to a Po. at the road in the -Eliza Jackson line; . ;v : j t: x . ii i . biiciiwv wjui saiu line to xne Degin- ning, containing 40 acres, more or ess. The above sale will b mad for cash to satisfy the mortgage men tioned aDove,' there having been a forfeiture of same. THOMAS THOMPSON and WIFE, NOTICE A meeting of the Pollr nnnnf sol diers Memorial - Association is hereby called to meet at Columbus, on Sat- uruay, r e d. 7, io :30 a. m., for the purpose of hearing reports of the scnoois as to what they have done in regard, to raising funds for the raem- unai. x urge all who are interested m this work to attend, especially the board of directors, as we wish to reach some conclusion as to the-kind of memorial, cost, etc., adopt plans for rushing to completion the work. T. C, MILLo, Pres. r o- : TOWNSEND BILL IS FAVORED Measure Introduced by Senator From Michigan Calls for Appropriation . of $425,000,000. Of forty or more bills on various i.i : ' . ... . uigu ways pians mtrooucecL in con gress, the most important Is that in troduced in the senate by Senator Charles E. Townsend of Michigan, chairman of the senate post office and post roads committee. It calls for an appropriation of $425,000,000, for the" construction of a federal highways sys tem, providing, that .within five years 25,000 miles of federal highways shall be constructed, to which the highways systems of the various states and counties can connect To carry on this ambitious project it provides fdr a nonpartisan commission of experts to be appointed by the president Economic Value Is Great. The economic value of i improved highways is far greater than their mUitary importance. This fact was conclusively demonstrated while we were engaged In the war. , : " FEETM r M M - - TRADE MARR ft "Have stood the test" of time, because they have always first stood the test of our ex pert chemists. 3 great laboratories test all material entering Royster brands so that nothing harmful to crops can pass. Then the practical experience of 35 years, the vigorous and progressive methods, and splendid manufacturing facilities are ad ditional reasons why Roysters Fertilizers stood the test." Few Words of Truth. "Sooner or later," sata Uncle Eb'en, "dem dat keeps takin' de bit in delr teeth is s'tenter hab to sea de deiast," Tractors Do Fin. Work.' .Gasoline ' tractors jMtched- to ro4 machinery 'do fine work , cheaply and qalckly. ' -', ' ' ' F.S..ROYS HKGUKNQ COMPANY New a Valuable Citizen. ' " A good highway man is now a ral able citizen - N0U u?ond, Va. Lynchburg Va. - Tarbora, N. C Charlotte, N. C Cohnxibia, & C . waahingtorN.C SpartanburK, S. C Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga.. Columbus, Ga. - wuuuiBiy, nuuc oainxnore, Md. Tolado, Ohio - (3 . , . - . i j