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oh,me XXVI No. 19 ; ; ' . Try, NLOcfober 29, 1920. . . . ; - , , - $2,00 a Year
OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPAOTMENT i
Some Timely Talks to Polk ounty Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub
jexts, by County Agent,
Won That $25.00 Prize?
$ the townships did well; but
everyone could have done much
letter. It is always the best
within us that we should , strive
jor Of course some of the
townships did better than others,
and there was a chance for either
one to win at the county fair.
I so informed the secretary of
each township fair. This prize
of $25.00 was given mainly, to
stimulate and make more success-
not
that
a,i thP rountv fair. As waded I
w the indires. ludffinc the' cnm. hogs graze them. .These steep
mmutv fairs they were all trrad- hin
ed close to gether, a kind of ' 'Nip annually and terraced, and held
and tuck" affair. This is why I wrcunumuu cruppmg. xne grass
wrote each .secretary that any sod for permanent pasture is the
imp of the townships could win only thing that will saye them.
t nt rWv fairs. And here Pen shall we begin to make
vuv r i xll
iesthe secret of success of the "eiorm i mgnt now- w nat
m-nninir townshiD. In orffanizinff
six townshiD fairs it occurs to alreadyWashed awayT We can
n,. to trv out a little idea that
struck me in these days of women Pure reDuiiainemior us. ine
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movements. So in Columbus
tmmsYtin T haA annointed an pti-
outfit of women to run tliat
wmmnnitv fair, resident: vice
president, treasurer, executive
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a ;,n,M rv,r,;ff a oil
were women. When the secre-
tary of Columbus township fair
received my circular letter stat-
inathat an v town shin hv a hard
UiU UliailVC VVlllUllbVf OilU Oil
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effort could win out at county
fair, these womenx went after
the thing like so -many . "Beav-
air
en" and thp mn lnv rlftwn nn
itejob. So the women' amdTI,QUi
m out and the $25.00 cash prize
Iroesto the women managed 1
fair of Columbus township. It
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gives me great pleasure to make
this Mtitri hntinn ta t,o winnimtr
township; believing as I do that ?f
this nrizA hut miirii tnHo in
making the county fair- the bril-
Bant success- it was. I only
n,,.i t it . . .
v w e.,,.
eacn 01 the other townships but
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heart, fplf oryofifna ta . owowr
I Hm nrT I nun -i- Itt .nt-iiv.n mn
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"hi anu wuinan in roiK. county
who contributed in the least to
make the fairs what they were,
and the glory is yours, not mine.
Soil Erosion or Soil Destruction
if 1 were asked
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mter drain annually on Polkrwoys vtex
countv fame t oii
erosion, or simply the washing
"imo. i w uuiu oay own i
awav u ;i
Pvw . . . .T-. ....i.:
lain tnat comes tnat maKe
the branches, creeks and rivers
even slightly muddy, means soil
leaviner the farm nnri nn its -wav
1 Ward the ocean never to return.
But the greatest drain is when
foe storms of rain and hail come
When Vi J 4-1,
ienvn .v, u t..;;
ess for me to tell; yet per-
sin my simple way of express-
myself, I maybe able to make
eone think with me for a:
oment, we all know what hap
s. Those beautiful (?)ter
raceswe have piled up around
hfll sides begin to fill up with
surplus water until they can
no more. The ton one
break in through to a half
uZen nlaoes
The next one m
ice as moi
many places carrying
lIle best top soil down-the hill
" mi by the time the lower ter-
?ce is reached, almost all the
ava nl.i-i . ... .
-muie loose son has been car
y away and lodged in the road
posited in the bottom land,
wie bottom
or nver, causing these
ms to overflow and : render
wttom land worthless.; Now
rr"i this be remeded? If so
1st nnd when should we begin?
rernaps it cannot all be
For
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remedied. There will always be
storms and wash outs that can- "
be provided; against But For
constant drain by ordinary
and even severe rains can be
taken care of by proper manage
ment." The first thing to aid in j
soil conservatioa in Polk county
is to cease cultivating the steep
branch, creek and river hills in
corn, cotton and other cultivated
crops, rut them in permanent
grass sods for pasture arid let a
ood grade of cattle sheep and
lands cannot be cultivated
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n we QO witn xnose, mil siaes
ult turhmg them up and let
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a, guinea pine neia can be cnop-
aown ana. ie pmes, bushes
briars cut and put in gulhes!
anfl on ganea ana naKea places,
Wlien u 13 1S v "5
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Japan ciover wm soon come ana
coveJ the grouna. Keep the
weeds and briars down and sow
a !le and J1 cloYer
seed and ma few years these
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Clovers 4 win put pun nixrogen
from the air and humus from the
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and humus : in the soil ; arid
then any: or the cuitivatea grass-
- i s iv
w"' reDU,K; WIt" scarcely any .
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Have. excellent pastoes on your.
own lani onH - Viof TTToaViinrr I
ovc? u
away.of your land will be a thing
Pastand your farm will
oeajoy anaoeauty iorever, ana
vou will earn the praise of your
neignoors .wq ju i ,wu BA
wav.i .hist. ta.Ke uiie acre ui tiic
0-0t.0Wfl-viflT11i ftT, vmir
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anTcXneTairby <ne
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farm nnrt tir snon as vour corn
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bovs on the place and the
wife
and little girls-and say come
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aiong ana lets nave Bum xuxi tu-
day, a real picnic-And find the
worst acre . ior guiues on uie
place ana get Dusy picKing . up
piace ana get uusy pxuxK up
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nature has aone ior you ana you
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80 -Hrae ,l? "Vr?:
mature is so kiiiu auu ixcixui
t.i ' j 3 ll-P,-,!
to
evervone who tries just a
little.
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waiit rno Timo ot vpht 1.11 11 nnivK
the farm in this way.is right now
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here-bo aqn:t anowany tmng
to side track you; but get busy
on every farm m Polk county
that has a single gully ana stop
it, ana stop it nuw. iuw uunv
think that 1 am talking at some
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you, you who has a single old
ed ugly scar of a gully on your
farm: .This talk is not for the
poor fellow who has no t land of
his own, for I can't blame him so
much lor not stopping someDoay
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else gullies. I am talking right
at the man who owns 10, 50, 100,
500, or 1000 acres of land. Neith
er an I confining my remarks to
Polk county residents; but I mean
those gentlemen of wealth and
leisure who own large holdings
m
Polk' county but reside in
towns out side and allow tenants
to rip and butcher your lands and
prepare jnem irom oemg wasueu
away .Now if this little sermon
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will only cause a few gullies to
aua rifi,ir, fine nevi: few
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weeks it will repay the.preacher
a thousand times for the effort,
And r serve notice that until
every gully, is hllea ana niceiy
Republican Ticliet
Republican Congressional Ballot
Represeutative in the- Sixtv-
seventn Congressr-Tenth District
, L. L. JENKINS
Republican County Ballot
State Senate--32nd Senate-
rial District.
C.-J..EDNEY
of Henderson County
MACK P. SPEARS
of Polk County
For. louse of Representatives r
JOHN W. WALKER
: For Sheriff;
WILLIAM" C. ROBERTSON
For Register of Deeds : .
WILLIAM F. SWANN
For Coroner r
WILLIAM T. HEAD
For Surveyor
JOSEPH R. BLANTON
For Member County Board of
Education
. JAMES JACKSON
- For County Commissioners ;
LAFAYETTE G THOMPSON
: ELAZER A. ARLEDQE
WALTER D. WESTBRhOK
Republican Township Ballot '
For Constable:
S.-F. FOWLER
For Justice of the Peace;
Political Advertisement
f Boy Scouts.
Tr ..hhnTrf:ftf TXrVint annn, m Total t
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wwwuau oAium wic.ii wccm
New 4 I wish to tett the patiiits
f ew o the benefits and
pleasures that a boy scout
cdfeW We-as scouts,-try to the
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best of our ability to live up-to
.h tWPiVA Rpnt iflwfl onrl mth
m g() doing, our first duty
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it strikes me, that the first
law, a scout, is "Trustworthy"
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in the whole list, ana we should
Su?S daV 6 Sybe
come up every aay. it may oe
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that some parents, do not know
our gcout lawS and wha they
mean to a otherwise more
boys would be; wearing the scout
badge.
- a s there is nof room here to
roil n M thQt wp wnnlrt Hire wa
cordially invite you to attend our
w wnivh is hriA Fri.
--'-"o
day evening at 7:30, you will find!
us a happy, jolly crowd. After
devotional exercises we play
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vnnnns tramee nnrl have PYPr.
cises which builds up our strength
and fitg us forthe tasks of life,
Wo tnn ; na ; mani0ninvoni0
hik& over the mountains and to
places of interest.
we inust not iorget tne many
pleasant evenings and bounteous
suppers which r are enjoyed by
the scouts at the expense of our
many friends, in whom we trust,
and we as scouts, are following
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this example well, here we go:
The hov .von van tmst
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, Substitutes for Jade.
Recognition of the Wious rise In
the cost of Jade is shown In the sub
stitutes that are being made for It
The best of these , Is a composition Id
which crystal with other minerals Is
used, and a beautiful material of a
beautiful, clear shade of green, is the
result "There are l imitations, with
pendants In the . form ' of Jade orna
ments, made of celluloid, colored a
deeo creen. "
healed over with gooa soa, you,
will hear from me because as
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statea - m tne Deginmng, tne
washing away of the soil is the
greatest agricultural sm m the
iedmont south if persisted
in; will be agricultural damnation
to all this section of the whole
1 south
Dsinocratic Ticket ,
Democratic Rational Ballot
Electors at Large
ALBERT L. COX
w, a. self;
' District Electors
t . Fijist District
: E. L. STEWART
Second District J
J. PAUL FRIZZLE
Third District
v J. L. BARHAM
, Fourth District
B.T.; BOLDER-
Fifth District
;-D. G. BRUMMITT -
i - Sixth District
THOMAS L. JOHNSON
rV Seventh District
:- R. L. BURNS :
Eighth District
A. C HONEYCUTT
. Ninth District
T.; A. ADAMS '
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Tenth District
J FELIX E. ALLEY
- Democratic State Ballot
For United States Senator
' 1 LEE S. OVERMAN
f For Governor
CAMERON MORRISON
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For Lieutenant Governor
: w. b; coopfiR
; For Secretary of State
; J. BRYAN GRIMES '
For State Auditor
BAXTER DURHAM
For State Treasurer;.
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Hnr aunerintenfiGnt ot uqd ic
Instruction
E C. BROOKS .
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JAMES S M ANNINIt
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For Commissioner of Labor and
s Printing ;
MITCHELL LEE SHIPMAN
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
W. A. GRAHAM
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rui"wuumsaiuuwul niauioiiuc.
STAGEY W. WADE
For Member of Corporation Com-
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mission:
1 A. -J. MAXWELL -
For Associate Justices of The
Supreme Court: s
W. A. HOKE
W.T. STACY
For Judge Superior Court
Fifth District:
J. LOYD HORTO
For Judge Superior Court
Eighth District:
E. H. CRANMER
For Judge Superior Court
Eighteenth District:
J. BIS RAY ' -
Democratic Congressional Ballot
For RenresentAive Tn The Siytv-
geventh Congress-Tenth Dis-
Atrict
ZEBULON WEAVER
Democratic County Ballot
For Senate 32nd Senatorial
' V : District:
SOLOMON GALLERT
of Rutherford County
ROBERT M. dATES
Of Henderson County
For House of Representatives:
- For Sheriff: .
FRANK JACKSON .
v For Register of Deeds
WILLIAM C. HAGUE
For Coroner;
R. B. WILLIAMS '
For Surveyor:
J; B. LIVINGSTON J
For County Commissioners :
CH AS. DAVENPORT
W.Y.WILKINS
B. E. HINSDALE X
Political Advertisement , J
FROM OUR RllENK
Items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Pcjk County, by Our
Corps of Faithfulorrespondents.
Hill Spring "
People iet's wake ud. and pet
on the job to keep our Sunday,
school going. ,
W. G. Egerton. wife and little
son, Mrs. J. M. Lewis, son and
little daughter, took a motor trip
to MarsHill Sunday to visit the
fprmer's daughter at Asheville
Normal and Home school, and
also their son at Mars Hill college.
Mrs. L. C. Gibbs and daugh-
ter, were-dinner guests of Gar-
ence Elliott Sunday. t t 1
Misses Mabel Pack, Letha and visited the latter's parents A. A. Carrie
Barber, spent Sunday Edwards and wife Sunday. "
with Lebanon friends. Ralph Edwards and wife, made
Let's; not forget the Sunday
school convention at Greens Creek
Sunday , r ' ' . C
Miss Letha Barber has accept-
ed the position as teacher of the
Lebanon school for this year,
School will open Monday.
John and Miss Sallie Carpent-
er, were dinner guests of J. T.
Barber Sunday.
What's the matter with our
community club? It seems to be
on a strike. ' . t . '
We wilt wait patiently and wel
come the News when it comes,
v rf Lynn.
Revs. Pratt and Caldwell filled
their appointments here lasSun-
day. ' . - - : . :'
RevrTftittrrreports that- the
sash and doors - will be shipped
this week for the new church,
The steam heating plant for
the school building here failed to
materialize for this year. ,
From the patrons 'view point
our schools seem to be doing the
best work of any previous school,
1 T. A. Rippey of Columbia
run up and spent" the week-end
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whu iu xaunij.
-i .o amHn s r.
was in Lynn last Sunday
a if tt
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A. M. Hammett, of Inman,
spent last week-end with his son
Walter T. Hammett. -
Miss uana Jones leit iorsne-
r t- i r m ri . m .
ville one.day last week where she
has a position as stenographer.
:W. A. Cannon and wife, , will
attend the great western N. C.
Apple Show at Asheville this
week.
Postmaster Cloud of Columbus,
will be temperary postmaster
at Lynn while postmaster Can- j
non is visiting the apple show.
J. R. Pintuff of Spartanburg,
and A. B. Carter, of- Greenville,
were in Lynn last Monday.
John T. Panther is "trying his
hand at the carpenter trade at
Lockhart S. C, while the mill
is shut down. -.' , -
Misses;Mary Hilton , and 'Fay
Randall have gone to Bryson
City to worb in ihe mill for a
while. ,
Ben E. Bladkwell has been a
little indisposed for the last few
days.
Sidney Cairnes has been
iittie indisposed for a few days.
Grey Thompson purchased a
horse7at the horse sale last sSat-
j urday, and sold it Monday. Gray
will trade. " ;C &
Kill Spring Rcirte L
A large crowd was present to
! hear the interesting sermon at
Big Level' Sunday, which was
delivered by Rev. John Arledge.
Miss Ellen Edwards one
i the Brevard students spent
the
week-end at home. ; ' "
Misses Bessie and. v Francis
IN THE COUNTRY
Lynch, of near Rutherfordton,
visited their grand parents R. L.
D - GUbert and wife last Sunday.
Little Melville Powell is suffer-
ing from a broken collar bone.
We hope he will soon be fwell
agam-
Misses . Mattie Mae Williams
was the dinner guest of Miss
Maggie Sue Edwards Sunday.
Noah Lynch of route 2 was an
afternoon caller at R. Gilberts
Sunday. :-
Arthur Thompson and wife,
a shopping trip to Rutherfordton
last Saturday. -
- Dexter Thompson attended the
services at Big Level Sunday.
L. A. Shejhan, of Inman, S. C,
spent Saturday night at A. A.
Edward's.
Miss Zadie Ingle who has been
visiting relatives in this section,
has returned to her home at Fair
View, N. C.
Alberta Edwardsis sick ,at this
writing.
Hey! Sunny View tell s more
about the wedding.
Red Mountain
Several from here went to Big5
Level Sunday. Sure was. a good
sermon preached. .
James Lawter andwife visit-
ed J. B! Wilson and wife, Sunday.?
' Misses Mamie Gilbert" and
Mandy Lynch visited Mrs. Lee
Corn Sunday,
Earnest Corn visited ' Elbert
Wilson Sunday,
': Eprn to Clyde Wilson and wife
a lovely little girl, October 23.
Noah Huggins called at J. B.
Wilson's Sunday. ' "
mis lizzie wiison went alter
W errand mntr Sno.
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Mrs. J. B. Wilson is getting
along very, nicely.
' ; jay Corn was in this district
Sundav. ' - -
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miss Esther Wilson called to
see Bessie Jane Helton las't week,
We have our school house-
painted and it sure looks good.
Misses ' Oladvn--' WiW' anH
Uartha Jackson called to see Miss '
I Mattie Mae Wiljiams Sunday.
r Success to the News.
Mountain View
We have been having some fine
weather for the past few weeks,
and farmers have been busy
gathering their crops.
- Rev. J. T. Ruppe filled his
regular appointment here Satur-
day and Sunday,
. . Barnett, Braudus and Barney
I McCrain were ; play visitors' 'of
Arthur J ackson feunUay.
Rev? J. T. Ruppe was a dinner
guest of H. H. , McCrain Satur
day. ''
. Messrs. Dennis and Johnie
Jackson have purchased new
wagons. , ;t
Columbus Burgess, Johnie Mar
tin and others from Inman at-
tended church here Saturday.
, uiaa to say that li 1. . Mc
Crain who has . been sick is bet
ter. , - ' -
J-,Snccess to the News.
r. .. How It Sounded to Him. A -.
At a big raUway station a four-year-old
youngster wonderingly watched th
man step put on the balcony and call
the stations " of the outgoing tral9
- through a megaphone. . When the an
nouncer finished and resumed bis ttxt.
the youngster tolled at hU cctlert
i hand. . 'Oh, ninnrni," be cold. mczlx
; the man to sing another ccssr
of
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