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C. BUSH, Publisher
Volume XXVII No. 45
OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
Some Timely Talks to Polk County Fanners, and others, on Timely Sub
jects, bv County Agent, i Saras.
To Polk County Farmers
Why don't you listen? Why
don't you grow that which is in
demand? Why not produce hay
and put on the market after
feeding your own stock, instead
of buying inferior hay, paying
$15 per ton freight, to say noth
ing of the price of the hay , that
can be produced in Polk county
cheaper than in the county where
it is shipped from? You have
the soil, the rain fall and sun
shine to produce as fine hay as
can be grown on the earth. You
have an unlimited : market at
present for all the hay you can
grow. You have an unlimited
list of hay plants to select from,
that will make the finest quality
of hay. Alfalfa, sweet clover,
mammoth clover, red clover, al
sike clover, etc. Then you have
the cow pea, velvet -bean, soy
bean, vetch with rye, wheat
oats or barley, soudan grass, sor
ghum, orchard ':' grass, tall oat
grass, meadow fescue, dallas
grass, timothy, red top, and ma
ny other grasses to select from;
or a dozen combinations of these
grasses and legumes may be
formed to produce the most "nu
tritious feeds. When I came to
Polk county I was confronted
by almost everyone that grasses
would not grow in Polk county.
At this time no intelligent man
or woman will question the mat
ter, if some lime is used -with
Learn About the Farmer.
Back of all legislation mus :
stand united public opinion which
always is to be trusted in this
nation when the people have
intelligent understanding. Most
of our troubles come from imper
fect knowledge-and consequent
lack of interest in public ques
tions. For years this has been
the case with the American far
mer whose situation and impor
tance until lately has not been
even measurably sensed. As
soon as the people generally in
the great cities as well as in the
smaller communities come to
realize how much of the nation's
prosperity depends .on the farm
then the wheels of reform will
begin to turn with rapidity, and
all the people will benefit.
Almost half our population is
rural, living on six and one half '
millions of farms which employ
approximately thirteen millions
f workers. The value of the
annual production of these men
ls $19, 176, 015, 000 which is great
er than that of mining or any
branch of manufacturing.
What a sad commentary it is
uPon our legislative intelligence
when we realize that in ; spite of
these stupendous and important
figures, the income of each farm
louwyor farm " mine, which
ever way we. choose to visualize
averages only $2,793.
The province of government is
create prosperity, the great
est good for the greatest number,
IV v niZe the laW Under
wnich we live so that reward
aall come to the people in rela
n to their service. There are
between the City Hall in New
I0Jk and -the Battery Wall-a
"ance that can be walked in
n minutes thousands of high
2Vn the world of : specula
ho f ? have-never done an
"est day's work in their lives,
QtitlT maeoften in aday and
mUpi .7UCiU'y in a weeK' as
av ' u. not , more than the
Tf :ldee tarmer makes in a vear.
getting time for the public
Th3 Gr.!y
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alfalfa and the clovers, and some
nitrogen and humus for : the
grasses. Why not grow that for
which there is a demand? If
you don't believe there is a de
mand for hay; just go to any
freight depot or fanners ware
house in almost any section of
tho South 'and see the s fanners
load their wagons with hay, payl
ing $12.50 to $15 per ton freight
and for the. hay beside. I ap
peal to every farmer - in Polk
county to begin, to think now
about growing hay for next sum
mer. Sow sudan grass and peas
or sorghum cane without peas.
Then in September sow oats and
vetch or wheat and vetch for
hay next spring. Don't be caught
again next spring hauling hay
back from the railroad. . Let the
hay hauling be the other way.
It is a serious reflection on the
good horse sense of every far
mer of Polk county to haul hay
from the railroad to his farm
when the possibilities of growing
hay here are so great, and the
labor of hay making so small
compared to cotton and other
crops grown in the county. Any
one who doubts what I have writ
ten, just go over Pacolet bridge
and ask Grant Miller, whether or
not I am lying. See his grasses
and clovers growing. Ask him
the lick which brings such re
sults and then go and do like
wise.
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not only to seeK miormation re
garding the farmer, but to insist
upon having it. When this de
mand is felt the information will
be forthcoming, and who it is,
equitable legislation for the far
mer will lead a business devel
opment the like of which this
country,- great as it is, has never
known.
The Wheels of Industry are Moving.
Reprinted from Manufacturers
Record, Baltimore, Md., May 11,
1922
Railroads are ordering mater
ial to a greater extent than for
a good many years, Building
contractors are finding an in
creating and almost an incessant
demand for their work. Build-
in er materials are tending to
higher prices and to an increas
ing scarcity of supply. The de
mand for lumber grows apace
and the trend of prices is up
ward. In some sections the sup
ply of skilled labor is scarcely
equal to v the demand, though
there is still a large amount of
unskilled labor out of employ
ment.
Highway improvement is pro
ceeding at a rate which must
soon tax the facilities of highway
contractors and the people who
supply road-building equipment.
With the certainly that the coun
try has entered upon and era of
highway building, of .which as
yet we have seen only the be
ginning, there is a vast volume
of business ahead for- highway
workers.
The demand for pig iron, long
dormant to such an extent that
the industry seemed almost dead
is increasing, and the advance
in steel and pig iron has.not les
sened the demand for these ma
terials. Indeed, people always
buy on a risings market and cease
to buy on a declining market
No sooner had the county come
to a full realization of i the fact
announced many months ago by
the Manufacturers Record that
the entire f financial policy of the
Pcyer Published In Pclk County'
Tryon, N. C.,
ra
- Let's Have a June Wedding
One Hundred and Eighty-three;
Only Eight Against the Bonds.
At the election held on Tuesday to vote on a propo-
sition to issue $60,000 in bonds for the purchase of a site
and erection of a new school building the vote was 183 1 in
favor of issuing the
This result shows beyond a doubt that
on believe in education arid progress. -
erected will have eleven class rooms,
superintendent's ' office, cloak rooms, toilets, heating plant,
and will be un-to-date in every way:
and most approved
The contract for the erection of the building will be
let soon, and it. is hoped to "be able to
building this fall.
"Now watch Tryon grow! With our new streets and
sidewalks, the State
Will be the best residential town in this part of the coun
try. : ; ' ) ; ::. :: ;-V: r
country had been reversed, and
that President Harding's boast
that lowering discount rates and
thus stimulating the credit facil
ities of the country was one of
the most important actions of his
administration, then the far-seeing
people of the county began to
get ready for business.
With every decrease in interest
rates there has come an advance
in the price of government bonds
and in the general security mar
ket, fulfilling in that respect
every statement which the Manu
facturers Record has made dur
ing the past two years The de
mand for new securities has been
so tremendous as to astonish the
county and sow the enormous
buying . power of the American
people.
Co-incident with the lowering
of discount rates and the stock
and bond market has come a bet
terment in farm conditions with
higher prices for agricultural
products. ; The , War Finance
Corporation has continued its
active operation of lending money
to assist farmers and livestock
raisers, and in many cases the
Very .fact that this corportion
was prepared to advancemoney
for these purposes has caused
A Live Clsan Paper for the Home
June, '8, 1922
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Votes Cast in Favor
bonds and 8 against the proposition.
type of school building will be ours.
highway and up - to
local banks to loosen up in their
credits, and thus the money ac
tually loaned by the War Finance
Corporation has been one of the
benefits derived from its opera
tions, v ; ' ;
Business is not yet by any
means at full tide, but it is mov-
ing forward rapidly, and wheniable employment for the day
it reaches full tide every trans
portation facility in the country
will be heavily overtaxed-with
a larger volume of freight than
can be handled, and the manu
facturing interests and the build
ing and consturction work of. the
country will likewise be fully
taxed. " - ' ' ' "V:::-
All of this condition can be
hastened by a lowering of freight
rates which would stimulate the
volume of traffic exactly as. the
lowering of discount rates stim
ulated the revival of confidence
and building operations. . High
discount rates and high freight
rates-have been a burden on bus
iness, f
The tide las turned. The surge
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is on. But if we would reap a
full measure oT prosperity .we
must hasten the : passage . ot a
tariff bill; hasten the plans for
better financing of the agricul
tural interests on a safer ! and
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of the Proposition and
the people of Try-
The building to be
large auditorium,
in fact, the latest
occupy the new
- date school, Tryon
broader foundationjhan agricul
ture has ever had before; hasten
the lowering of freight and pas
senger rates. And when these
thihfes haye been accomplished
we shall go forward with a stride
of seven league boots to a pros
perity which will furnish profit
laborer and the mechanic, for
the capital of the country and
for profitable production in agri
culture, in manufactures and in
mineral operations. " ' .
Glory be, a change has come,
and the wheels are moving!
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Administrators Notice
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of James
Gosnell, deceased, late of Polk
county, North; Carolina, this is
to notify all persons haying
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or bef ore the 8th
day of June, 1923, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery, ah persons nmeutcu
tn said estate will Dlease make
immediate payment.
This 8th day of June, 1922.
W.,J. Wilson, Administrator.
The tlens, $2 a yc-ir
CARRY
Price 5 Cents
$2.00 a Year
LOCAL.
J. L. Black was in "Snartan- .
burg Thursday. ;
Mrs. Clarence Bush was "in
Spartanburg Thursday.
Miss Loraine Stone spent Wed-
nesday in Spartanburg.
C. Bush tranacted business in
Hendersonville, Saturday.
W. B. McSwain, of Greens
Creek, was in Tryon Monday.
The Misses Nash were shop
ping in Spartanburg Thursday.
Mrs. Georgiana LetJount was
a Spartaaburg visitor Thursday.
W. B. Stone, left Friday for
Chicago for a visit of a couple
weeks. . ,
DuPre Watson of Mississippi
was a recent visitor to his moth-
erhere.
M. Early transacted busi
ness in Asheville Fridav and
Saturday. "
Mrs J as. Jackson left Satur
day for Woford, S. C, to visit ,
ner sister. 4 . ,
Miss Amelia Watson left Wed-'
nesday for Connecticut to spend
the summer at her former home. v
Mrs: Florence Averill was call
ed to Asheville Wednesday on
account of the illness of. her '
niece. . - ; - ''.-u
Mrs. Sallie Watson, Mrs. Milli
ken and children, Bobbie, and
Sarah were in Spartanburg Sat-
urday..-; ,- ;--:v-
MrjiJl
'AsAevin,nday' and - Saturday ' ;
visiting her sister who is in a
hospital there. f -
A series of meetings is in pro
gress at the Methodist , church,
conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. Mr. Fike. , ,
The Southern Ry., this week
completed a switch for unloading
purposes for the contractors of
our treets and highway.
R. M. McCown and. wife left
Tuesday by automobile for their
former home in Florence, S. C,
to be gone for about ten days -
visiting relatives.
Material is being placed on the '
ground for the erection of an ad ;
dition to the Mountain Industries ;
when completed it will increase
the size of the building nearly
100 percent. 7 v
Frank C. Cain and wiie a r-
rived Saturday from St. Mat
thew, S. C. are occupying their
Tryon home for the summer.
They were accompanied by his
brother and family. N ' ,.
Chief Wilson and a good force
of laborers are, busily engaged in -laying
new and larger water
mains, getting ready for the con
struction of our system of hard
serf ace streets and walks, grad
ing for which is being done in
various parts of town.
Miss Padgetta County Home . "
Demonstration Agent, who has
been on a prospecting tour thru
Polk County for three weeks,
went to Raleigh for a two weeks'
stay. It is to be hoped she may
return to the county for regular .
work. The matter , will be de-
cided within a short time.
Children's Day, will be appro
priately observed at the Congre
gational Church onJSunday morn
ing. At ten o'clock and interest
ing program The, Lord's Prayer
interpreted, will take the place .
of the regular Sunday School.
At the time of the regular morn
ing worship the minister will
give an address to the boys and y
girls who are requested to occupy .
reserved seats. W. A. Black, ,
Pastor. Y