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NO. 5
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Lecdmpte,
. Snartanbdrc. S. C. I
, TI11. and flOn.
if- A. lJ. A"" " '
MJ?:-i; Rose, fla vhere she ; wis
ieo 3 ,-cv nAtt ' from Friday
til Tuesday . m
Mrs ! Hiil and daughter. . Jose
ine spent saiuruaj wi ivaw
hhe public schools of Try on closed,
Viday, after a successful year's
iwrtion of the new plant .of The
has arriveu ana s wusj i
Lii-h n the new q;iarters. :
i Thp Trvon Paper liox Co., recently
Timed, have been receiving some new
arhinerv this weeK.
Mr and Mrs. Harry A. wiuue. ana
rs. Helen Wing and little son who
ve been here operating rine urefit
n durinc the winter seasori,. left
uesday for Castle Park Mlch.i rhere
hey conduct a big sunnner resort.
PAGE
OPPOSITION ALABHED
, i , i ,i i i 1 mm i - - - -
Becoming alarmed' at- the rapid
growth" of' Mr. Page's candidacy all
over the state Bomo partisans of the
other candidates are repeating the old
slander, that "he deserted the Presi
dent."'" -
Read Mr. Page's reply : "
For some mouths there was whis
pered about North Carolina a charge
concerning my puhuc record, to
which I could not reply publicly.. . Be
cently a. irery x distinguished , gentle
man; making a speech In one of the
Havinc auajiiied as administrator
tkh will annexed of the estate, j of
k. T. Giles, deceased, all person! mind having been & part of my Tec-
porter of the Administratis to table
uxeiresoiuiion.
..:;At't&e'ta I tidtlcl tl people of
the Seventh. Coflgresdonal iDisjbrlct
that I would not be a. candidate for
renomlnatlon, the only stress that
the Administration was I In was that
of keeplhg the country out- of vy ar.
ab iate asme iaii or iyit, thcmgn not
myself a candidate for office, I -made
speeches all over the State, from
Bufnsvillo in the west to Belhaven
tin' the east, traveling for six weeks.
largest, citiesv of the fateradwcatln?: ah, in every
the nomination and election of one ' 8P?ech I made during that campaign
oi. uioe opposing me, publicly made urgeujiue rt?-eiecnou qi rresiaeni
the statement that I had "In tf ttaTOonjiiiecause; "he kepf 'us dut of
of i stress desertedthe AdministratioU i?aifar asI knowV every other
I had been honin? vprv ; mnrh ' ' Dethdcrattc sneaker in" that camnaira
montns , mat some gentleman would empnasipca tnis pnrase in urging tne
have the courage to make this -charge rec01i ; Mr. Wilson . . v
publicly. It was not only so .made. ntmno aw r.nV rL -.
ut puolished the next morning In on "'r""" "v" ,
the most widely circulated new hixii ai44iwxkatiu
papers of the State. . Since-this charge has been jnade, I
: Nowr, If this charge were true 'I hafe I gone, carefully over' my record
warand I-am willing thit iay. Tecord
Ehitf berieasured by that, of any
ojer dtUa.. -4' . .
(Signed i jtawtv
-7 " 1IAPLE GBQTE r
Mc Claud Williams and Miss Qma
GWbbs were, happily married last Sun-;
dky.- Mf?Ftirmah Jackson performed
the ceremdny
iMr.iand Mrs. Fred Olbbs ylsited
his brother; V. SGibbs Sunday. . ti
NOTICE
ifli glad to have: the opportcaitr to
: answer it, and my answer shall not
;be merely the' placing pf 'my word
against mat of the. gentleman tt Ao
made the charges The - matter 8, in
aviuc claims against said estate are
enuested to present theiaccountto
lie within twelve months ronv. date.
r bar by sutute wm ue pieaa. - ah
Wsons indebted to said estate , will
jnake payment to me without further
Ltice of settlement f .
This 23 day of April, 1S20. . , ; r
MBS. N. Ts GIVES,
Administratrix
ord as a member of 'Congress, I shall
fuote the record. . t H
PIBSOT BESIGN : ' . y
SEAT IN CONOBESS
A The incident he had in mind was
fay , notification )io:?ihe pe?plej6f jCie
Seventh Congressional District v . that
I would not be a candidate for re.
nomination. to Congress. This state
I announce my candidacy tor Com
taissioner of Labor ano Frmting in
he June state-wide primary to suc-
eed Hon. M. L. Shlpman, incumbent,
nd will appreciate your yote - and
lupnort at the polls. Ask any wpo
bow of my labors in and about the
Wislature Since" 1909. , ... . ,..
DAVII P. DElUNGSa
astonia. N. C. Aprlr22i M20
sentatives'-; from the ,-ay the- first; gun
.n U ' WTt.fi-l
tath date -of my retirement, on
Marcjl 4; ajri the record " will
show that' upon" erery measure sub-
ni$tted,td the Houstf by the .Adminisr-5
t ration, Whether in the earlier stages
ot 'Xhe :Pfy the - purpose . being . to
keep us out of war, or later when en-r
trance intd the conflict was inevitable,
I to prepare us for irar. but veto Is re-
cvruca wiui ' use Atuamisirauon upon
ei Cry. flsjle measure, I , Invite the
closest 4acrutmy ,or my record ' as a
representative trem North Carolina
and .do not ask that my word hs tak-
Mr. andt?Mn -Jennie Lannin Tiait
ed at the Aome of Mr. E. U McGuinn .
S-unday. " - " '
The Sunday School Is improving
nicely at Cane Creek. . There: were
liS there- Sunday. Everybody come
that can. '
Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Burnett andOasa;
ily passed 'through this, section Scxt-r
day.v ;
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Williams vis
ited., her . mother, Mrs. Elda Gibbs
last , Wednesday. , ' - - - .
veiroodylv There is 'to be an all
day singing at Whiteside ' Valley tHe
Fifth Sunday- tat' Hay; Lt every ooa? -
J'fisy Grhc? Glbbs spent last Thurs
day; uight" with; her grandmother.. ,.
Bequlred by Act of Cersrsssr eAr.
ust 24, 112, 2 C-ar Ccs5! ,
Published weekly at -Tryea Nr"C,
katcmentr'for Apri; 1S2 -Before
me a notary, puMiC, in and
en -as against the .charge made" asainst
ms - state-1 k u vi u
wiarwranrtraf . a x .-.-, A - - t-I mtv, cf . . Polk.
perB0xialry"ftpare4 6; Busb "wliot hav-
imr hfn dnlr . sworn accbrdln to
lawdeposcivanxif-says inac..- an v
owner of The Polk County News, and
manager and editor: and that tne se
curity holders are C. "W, Ballenger,
Tryon. N. C- and J. B. Hester; ttns-
NOTICE OF B05B SALE
Whereas, at an ' election held in
Greens Creek High School District
No. 20, on the 36th day of March, lbiO,
more thatf a year; before a declaration'
of war; was "made : against Germany.
Jihas 'been said' thatM resigned my
seat in Congress, As a matter of tact.
Iraofved for the ..full, term toi which
X olecUS; and reared on the 4th
of March, 11 17. There ...were many
i things . leading s up "to. my retirement
Xroin Congress, most of them being
or a. purely personal character. The
fucident this gentleman and others
ftaye; (n ;min6'Jia have been mak
ing thee statements, grew but bf the
introduction in the House of a reso
lution by Mr McLemore, a member
from the State of Texas, in which he
updertook to direct the Executive De
partment of the Government to refuse''
the issuance -.of. passports to Amerl.
cans desiring to take passage 10 Eu.-':
rope : on armed vessels of belligerenii
nationsv A newspaper man called
CONBTJef DIJBlNC? WAR
tf Pnringthelatter part of. 1917,iind
r0flca)ly' all of ,.1918,' as a member
tsfVhe State Counci of Defense, a3
chairman ' for; my- county ir-diatrict
during the. various- tihertx Loan Cam
paigns, and; as "Vice- Director for ithe
State in the: War Savings Stamp
Campaign,' I save practically my whole
time .to the . service of those things
that t.were'j for the promotion of the
activities necessary because of .the
tee, Tryon, ft C. ? '
iSigned) a BUSH.
Sworn ttf and? subscribed before e
thte the-Ufc-day of May; 1S20.
v.- WM. F; LITTLE.,
W he provisions of pter qs resolution to my attention
oi me i-uuiiu wiw mg me . wnat my attitude : towarur: it
Session 115 and the acts amendatory was. I told him that it was a matr
thereof, a majority of the qualified ter with which the Congresa of the
. . , m)(i autrirt vftted United States had absolutely nothing
jvoters registered in said dstr yoted ,0 do tne Constitatlon havinr plaQ
in favor of an is3ue ot S3.000.00 jpon the President this responsibility
Dondg fox the purpose of building ad bttt should "the resolution come to a
'wiuiDninc with suitable furniture ind vote, the; TresponsiMllty being shifted
fivf .iunrv and Arricultttr-1 ttxyesa the President tp the Houser'ct
7 u rrv Hfirh Bepresentatives at a time wheirw!
kl building for the Greens Creek High I ' . n. . . r. .Jl)
School; the said bonds to .run ?lor 1 other branches t th Gorernrncni;
twenty years, and to bear iatresM were being exerted to keep thi coun-
the rate not to exceed six per centum I try put ot. war, I -shtfuld vote to pro-?
I ... --'ltJ ' -;ilhibit anvmiTjatflotic American who
per annum, interest ' Pay-; 1 5,1 , "V: trm avi
annuallv. . - - - rr I passage on the armed vessels- of" any
Notice is rereby given that tne WAot the belUgerents. -
dftrRiened Board of Jfiducation Fealiner . verv stronelv that tb
olk County will receive -eaia? wo 1 House' of Bepresentatives should " not
nr co1 Vtnnila flf thOir OmCe Ul t-AJ t Inta.fat-A In a mirftar a thtd anW l
unihim. Polk Countvl Nortlt Carolina, I fntrnK 'tni'n ih WAn
he purchaser to lurnisa 4egaI opTibody in the President of the? United
ion and to pay tne expense wi I States, not only as ouchine the mat-
ng bonds.. Each bid is to be ca-fter nnder Jcontroversn butas to
ranied with a, certified chwx otheii.:iiiatter.ajladthftlMcl3e-
dollars, and.' aaUVDids to-1 -moii-vjgoibi, - tcom-vbefore f the
Ugs..S3r'ii L - ' - ,
wOI
This bank issueOrtlcatof Dcvjoait
bearing A per ttiii'tef&tty time desiiti
ms!scx"aafe and Vofifablifi- in vest merit
for idle funds. Mkny Polk County folktt
aie leaking theif;fnoney .vqtkcior fhem
-thns thif inediurf Issued in anyjumr
froxrr $50.00 upAyard.
The bank HtH a conscihce.'
sum of fifty
, , - - i-r- -jm- -XI.V ,1WJU4UM1I ywiMV. PWVW'' r
F4ucation,.Columbus,-I..q2t?94u it bfltl It-was
right is reserved to-Teject fW Ufn Affairs wi irmmedatidn
all bids this the 19th. day of Aril, m -- tabU;v Tne effect 1i
1920- . ' ,: oi,r tils bei: to rerefer the ,hole matr
Board of Education of PoltCouMy. ..eenjtW;
Lrvvl167' DTf' longed, L voted -l ivery otherup-
b. w. s. Cobb, Clerk. , .
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f JahK & Trdst Co.
G. q. HpLUES, Pr T. VYALDROPV.P
i WALTER JONES. V. P. r- v -
vrr4.rfTLE,cji. y. a. clAtu, Atov.
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