C. BUSH, Publisher
Volume XXVIII No. 21
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The Only Paper Published in Polk. jCoufty A live Clean Paperffor the Heme -
Price 5 Cents
Tryon, N. C;> January 18, 4923
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OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT.
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Smm Timely Talks to Poik County Farmers, and otters, on Timely Sub
jects, bv Connty Agent, J. R. Sams.
Columbus, N- C.
^ Jan. 13, 1923
Mr. B. L. Bailenger,
Chairman Presentation Com-,
* Try on, N. C.
Dear Mr. Bailenger; I take
this opportunity of trying in a
very limited timely way to ex
press my gratitude to you ; to
The Board of Trade of Tryon,
The citizens of Tryon, Saluda,
Columbus, and Mill Spriife, and
other citizens of Polk County
who contribued a single cent to
ward paying for the splendid
little coupe which is rendering
my work so much easier, and
rapid.
Perhaps there are but few
counties in the whole United1
States that hav? shown such
liberal appreciation of Farm
Extension work ; and again
perhaps there are but few if
any other county in North
Carolina, in which the towns
have shown such evidence of
willingness to cooperate with
their brothers and sisters in
the Rural Communities in a way
to help them to better their
home life by cooperating more
fully in the future with the
Farm Extension workers, and
with the towns for progress
and betterment all around.
Again thanking every one
from the depth of a sincere
heart, I am yours truly,
J. R. SAMS,
County Agent
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To The Farmers of Polk Co.
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The time of year is here for
every farmer; big and .little- to
plan to the least detail whit he
intends to do this year in the
way of making a crop; for crop
of some time must be made or
wife and children must go
hungry and bare clothing next
year- Some farmers have
fruit such as apples, peaches,
figs, grapes, and etc. which all
should have. These need at
tention now, in the way of
pruining and spraying.
Then the most important
thing to consider just now is; is
how much cotton will I plant
this year- Cotton is now
bringing a good price and will
do so next year, and the next
right on and on provided far
mers -will plant and grow all
home supplies of food for fam
ily and hay and other feeds for
stock on every farm.
So in your planning the crop
year keep this constantly in
mind. Plant less cotton, ferti
lize it better, prepare land bet
ter, cultivate better and rapidly
Use poison if necesssary.
Read best methods of combat
ting the boll weevil.
Plant a good garden and
plant it early, then c^re for it
neglect the sorgham patch for
syrup as well as for feed.
Then the Irish and sweet pota
toes should be planned for. be
side these crops mentioned are
many smaller crops th^t should
have attention. And now if
the time to look out f6r seeds
of all kind, if you failed to savr
th?m last fall as you should
have done. Then in all your
planning of grains, cotton and
other crops; Don't forget that
permanant pastures are men
tioned, and all know that a fam
ily of children, to sa/ nothing
of the needs of grown 1 people
must be met and should be done
at least cost possible. So let !
us all all be up and .doing, al-?.
ways on the look out for bet
ter ways and means of doing
our wo$.
Respectfully,
J. R. SAMS,
County Agent.
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HOW TOM PACE GOT RUN
ING WATER IN HIS
- HOUSE
This is a little story that
could be told in just a few
words; and perhaps everybody
who reads this, does not know
Tom Pace and where he lives
So I will introduce Tom in his
own language a few years ago,
as being the worst "Hen Peck
ed Man" in North Carolina. Be
that as it may. He lives in
Green River Cove, which is in
Saluda Township, Polk County
N. C-,ancf about seven or eight
miles north east of the townof
Saluda. To get there you go
out across the Saluda Plateau
two or three milfs where you
will come to' perimiter of a
vortex, or something that looks
like a tremendous hole in the
earth with a water course run
ning across the bottom of it;
and in order to get down to
this water course, you make
twenty-one ziz zag switch locks
and forth and back which will
bring you to a beautiful stream
of clear racing water, and you
realize that you are in Green
River Cove. follow tjiis
stream about two miles down
ward apd just up a slight em
inence to the left is an old
fashioned dwelling house and
there is where Tom Pace lives.
Now about the water in his
house. Well he had lived
here something like forty years
and raised some twelve or
thirteen fine sons and daugh
ters who have gone out as
teachers and otfier useful cit
izens . All this time the home
water supply was a spring, one
hundred and fifty yards, about
a ten per cent down grade- Of
course while Tom's children
were growing up and^rith him,
he thought little of how that
water came up that hill for culi
?*ry purposes, sad dhMtiaos*.
therefore things rocked along
until the time came when Ihe
baby girl graduated from Col
umbus High School and saw
proper to get married to a well
to-do farmer in an adjoining
county, which left the Pace
home some what shy of folks
to "Tote" water up the long
hill leading down to that moun
tain spring. So one morning
before day light, when Tom de
manded an early breakfast in
order to get off t<^ town on
some urgent business, he re
ceived orders from higher up,
there would be no breakfast
until some water was brought
up from that mountain reser
voir one hundred and fifty j
yards d6wn a dark way: 3o
Tom struck off dotfn through
the darkness withj a three gal
Ion zinc bucket c|n each arm
and when they were filled with
water and he started back;, he
realized for the nrst time that
"Toten" two buckets of water
150 yards up hill and in the
darkness of night was real
sure enough work. So i a
thought kept growing ev*ry
\ime Tom went for a load of
| water, until finilly he believed
it would be* a fat idea to get
some galvanized piping and
connect the house by gravity
line with a spring eight hun
dred feet way on the moun
tain side; to which Mrs. . p?e!
I readily agreed, and futher .
agreed to finance the project
out of her private funds. So
to cut a long story short, that
spring of sparkling mountain
water is delivering its constant
blessing right iinto Tom Pace*p
house and he is delivered from
the bondage and slavery of
"Toting" water uup that long
slope, and Mrs. Pace enjoys
the feeling that she has water
on tap every moment day and
night, and Tom don't feel half |
so much that he is "Hen Peck- '
ed'\ Now why not every well- !
to-do farmer in Polk County !
go to work and do like- wise 7
of course every farmer has not
a spring that he can manage
this way: but "there are other
waya to kill a dog^than choak
ing him on butter". So think
out the way. j
Respectfully J- R. Sams.
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The report of Mrs- Jane S.j
McKimmon, of the Home Dem
onstration Division of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service
shows a remarkable period of
progress for this work during
:the past year.Most of the jEggk,
has been done with: organBfea
^bodies this year rather than I
with individuals as in the past, j
Fifty-three agents were at |
work in as many counties, re j
ports Mrs. McKimmon, and |
their program includes nutri
tion, the care, preparation and
preservation of food, clothing,
household management, house
hold furnishings, beautifica
tion of the homestead, poultry
work, gardening and recreat
ion.
In food preservation, the or
ganized women and girls filled j
1,720, 905 containers at a total
value of $371,905 saved to the
State. The total value of cur
ed meats, lard and other by
products put up and prepared
by these women amounted ? to
$616,582.70- The total value
of all poultry products produc
ed by these club members
reached 4 something over $444,
261. The demonstrators mak
ing better butter report 514,
462 .pounds made at a total val
ue of $180,061 of which they
sold $22,342 worth in addition
to cream, sweet milk and but
termilk. In the gardens pro
moted by home agents, the
demonstrators sold fresh vege
tables to the amount of $249,
345.68 and fruit to the amount
of $98,241. The curb markets
and stalls established by the
home agents also helped the
farm women to dispose of a
great number of otner things
to the value of about $15,000.
The report? shows also how
the farm women* are helping
out with the farm income now
?at the boll weevil is over the j
State, how they are making
jetter clothes, feeding their
children better balanced ra
,ions and in every way render
ng active service in making the
ural life of North Carolina
jrogressive, refreshing, and
enumerative. ;
Tax Sale Notice1*
~ Notice is hereby given to
parties named below, aifd all
persons that may have a lien
on the land hereby: described,
that the undersigned1 pur-,
chased at a deliquent tax sale 1
in Columbuus, Polk -County,
North Carolina, on the 1st day
of May 1922, land listed for
tax and described as follows:
13 2 acres less 1 acre in Col
umbus township listed for
taxes in the name of Lionell
pfi anr?e> taxes for the year 1921
ice is given that appli- i
wiJU* made to the WK
dersigned .to the iniriff flf
Polk County for deeds to said
lands after the 1st, day of May,
1923, the date when time of re
demption will expire;
J. W. NEWMAN, Purchaser,
Preachin^by the Methodist
pastor at the' TryOn M. E.
Church, South on
First Sunday of very month
at 11 :Q a. m.
Second Sunday of each month
at 7:00 p. m.
Third Sunday 'of each month
at 11:00 a. m. .
Fourth Sunday of each month
at 7 :00 p. m.
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R. P. Fikes
* Pastor.
" Yoe Gam Em joy Thm Perse Frotectioe '
SHAKESPEARE wrote the greatest of all advertising. truths
when through his character of Cassio he said : tl Good name
in man or woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of the
soul"
The greatest properties in the world have been built on the
foundation of good name. Reputation and honor bring more ?
interest than any capital that can be invested in business.
More important still, they form an absolute guarantee for the
Buyer.
There are single words, single names, that today are worth
untold millions of dollars. Sheffield suggests cutlery of quality.
Dresden brings chinaware to mind. Venice visualizes glass
ware, Nottingham pictures laces, and Paris ? well, Paris fashions
have become Jin international by-word.
These are the names of cities whose workmen have built char- ?
acter by living up to reputation.
Does any man question Gobelin tapestry, the Damascus blade,
the violin of Cremona, or of more recent times, the product of
Tiffany I
Business men and private individuals interested in the value
Ho them of the art of advertising will do well to remember these
Tacts. They were brought out forcefully in * speech delivered
recently in Atlantic City by Earl D. Babst. Mr. Babst explained
that reputations of value attach to localities as much as to indi
viduaband corporations.
"The greatest asset in the world is good will," said Mr.
Babst. ?
"Good wiD, in the simple terms of American business, is
'good reputation.' "
The average citizen who buys, but does not manufacture or
advert" v may my: "Advertising is all ve?r well for the
SELLER. It makes HIM known, it makes HIM rich, it increases
HIS business. But what good does advertising do ME f "
Advertising Is more valuable even to the buyer than to the
seller. For in a business established by advertising that has cost
millions a business has established a NAME worth more than
all its factories, machinery and money, and it MUST PROTECT
THAT NAME *
The 0DJ7 way to protect a NAME is to protect the PROD
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'iiiiiiimiiiin imiiwyiiiiiw? ? ? ?
UCT, by keeping up its QUALITY, by nuking good THE
PROMISES of the' ADVERTISING, by doing nothing to injure
the chief asset, which is GOOD REPUTATION, GOOD WILL.
A man owning factories or other buildings will not set fire
to them and burn them down if he can help it ? especially if
they are not insured. ?
The good will, the reputation back of a name, is a property
that CANNOT BE INSURED. The good wilT of the public is
the only insurance.
Having built up such a name, it must be KEPT UP. To
let it fall, to deceive the public, to diminish quality for the
sake of extra temporary prat, ift as foolish and destructive as
it would be to set fire to uninsured buildings. *
ONCE TORN DOWN, A NAME CANNOT BE BUILT
AGAIN.
Buyers protetftlhemsehres when they learn to test the prom
ises and the fulfilments of advertisers, the value of a NAME
ON A PACKAGE or a product of any kind.
A buyer has in his power constantly the standing, the life
or death of any advertised product* Onee the BUYER aban
dons it, it is gone.
Buyers should know, many manufacturers, business
men of good character with good products' should know, more
than they do know about advertising power, its meaning, its
value to the producer AND MUCH* GREATER VALUE TO
THE CONSUMER.
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, There are advertised articles in which amounts w great
as fifty millions and more have been invested, MWU8LY -TO
BUILD JJP THE NAME. It is not likely that the owner of
such a name, with his millkffls inverted in it, would for the.
sake of temporary profit jeopardize the great capital that the
name represents. .
The business man who has not learned what advertising
caif do for him, locally akd nationally, might write to Earl D.
Babst, No. 117 Wall Stmt, New Yoik (Sty, for a cogy of his .
speech. * . ;
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ARTISTS TO APPEAR AT
LANIER LIBRARY TRYON
EVENING. OF JAN
UARY 24th. ,
An unsual musical program
will be given by two Chi
cago artists, Helen Wing and
Grace Holverscheid at the
Lanier Library on Wednesday
evening January 24th. at 8:15.
These gifted young ladies
have given two programmes in
IYyon, one last year and one
the previous year, and those
who flfeard them on these oc
casions will look forward with
delight to the treat in store on
January, 24th.
It seems that Mrs. Holver
scheid's voice is broadening in
range and becoming sweeter in
tone each time she appears in
public'
We have permission to copy
What a Freeport, Illinois critic !
wrote after one of her recent
appearances in concert in that 1
city; "Mrs. Holverscheid is
superb singer She is gifted ,
with a lovely voice ; has nc- 1
quired a very fine method, & '
clear cut enunciation, and the ,
beautiful phrasing onfe ex
pacts of an artist. That is 1
what she is; an artist. ^Her i
nuances in interpretation are
a delight to observe. She re
veals the thoughts as well as
the music of her songs. Each '
of her solos was a gem."
Mrs. Wiing is well-known as
a composer and accompanist,
having appeared before Tryon
audiences on many occasions,
muck- to their delight. Since
appearing with Mrs-* Holver
scheid in a programme here a
year ago, she (has composed a
number of new songs that will
be given at the coming con
cert. She has also written
mm I vtrses that have been
Imblished in magazines. Thes*
she will read by special request
during the programme.
On Thursday January 11th
Mrs, 'Holverschied and Mrs.
Wing sang for the Asheville
Rotary Club, and on Tuesday
January 16th., for the Rotary
Club of Spartanourg.
It is hoped that everyone in
Tryon, Spartanburg, and Hen
derson and other surrounding
cities, who loves good music
will hear these artists on WedM
nesday evening Jan. 24th
COMMITTEE
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Mr. Walter Edwards spent
Sunday in Greenville with his
sister Mrs. Henry Shankle.
i Local 'I
lUPPEMNGq
Miss Vance was a Asheville
visitor Saturday.
Miss Sallie Strefidwick spent
the week-end in Asheville with
friends.
Mr. J W- Thurston of Char
leston arrived in Tryon and will
spend some time- at Tryon ,
Lodge
Mrs. W. Y. Wilkins and son
Billy spent from Friday until
Monday with relatives in Spar
tanburg.
Mrs. W. T. Lindsey who has
been visiting her son and
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Lindsey at Chapel Hill has re
turned home
Mr- Stryker of Duluth, Minn,
spent the week-eiid with his
daughters, Mrs. Sprague and
Miss Stryker who are at Mostly
Hall for the winter.
Mrs. James Vernor Jr., en
tertained with a dinner party
last Saturday night for 12, in
honor of Mrs. Helen Wing and
Mrs. Grace Holversqheid.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frost,
arrived in Tryon last week
from Europe and are occupy
ing Mrs. D. W. William's cot
tage on Melrose Ave We wel
come them to Tryon.
Mr- Anthony Belue, brother
of our townsmen Mr. Frank
Belue died at his home in Spar
tanburg Saturday- His re
mains were brought to Campo
bello for burial Sunday.
Miss Virginia Sherfey spent
Satrday night in Tryon with
jher friend Miss Maggie Sue
Edwards. Miss Sherfey left
Sunday night for Florida <
where she wQl spend some time
a guest of her sister.
.Two prisoners, one white and
one colored, escaped from the
County Jail at Columbus Tues
day night by locking the jailer
| in when he took them their
j supper. Up to the time of go
to press they were still at
large
Mr. and Mrs. A- L. Hill spent
Saturday and Sunday in Ruther
fordton with Mr. Hill's parents.
Miss Loraine Stone gave a
Tea at the Mountain Industries
Tea #oom for 20 guests, in
honor of Mrs. Helen Wing and
Mrs. Grace Holverscheid.
Words Of Wisdom.
A Hen is the only living
critter that can set still and
poduce dividends. ? f
About the time ?you think
you make both ends meet,
somebody moves ; the ends. ? ;
Exchange. t
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Prosperity will come when
men watch their work instead
of# watching the clock work. ?
The Beehive.
Never imagine that only
facts matter. Sentiment is tf
fact too, and an important one.
? Edward Golbeck. -
Our grand business un
doubtedly is, not io see what
lies dimily at a distance, but to
do what lies clearly at hand.?
Carlyle. .
It would be an unspeakable
advantage if men would con
sider the great truth that no
man is wise or safe but him
that is honest ? Walter Ral
eigh.
A business organization
must resemble a cobweb; a
straight and direct connection
must lead from each point to
the center ? Edward Goldbeck.
COLUMBUS PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School at 10 o'clock
Christian Endeavor at 1:16 p. m.
Worship at 7:00 p. m.
The people of the town and com
munity are heartily invited to at
tend these services.