8f?t? C. BUSH, Publisher **<-?14* '"'^1 The Only Paper Published in Polk County , A Live Clean Paperjfortie Home Price 5 Cents Volume XXV1I1 No. 25 fryon, N. C., February J.5, 1928 $2.00 a Year Legionnaires, City Council and School Board Meet to Discuss Purchase of Present School FIRST RADIO CONCERT PLEASES GATHERING . . 1 City fathers, the school board and the Butler^Lewis Post No 83 of the American Legion met in joint session Monday night at 8:00 o'clock in Missildine Hall to discuss the purchase of the present school house for use as a municipal building. Following a brief business session of the Legion, the meet ing was turned into a general discussion on the part of mem bers of the city council, the school board and members of of the legion. The majority of the opinions- advanced by various speakers indicated that sentiment in so far as those present at the meeting was concerned favored' the purchase of the old schooT building. The present city hall, ac cording to various speakers has already become inadequate for Tryon's needs. At the present time, and for the past year, the present building has been used but very little. The present city council have found it more convenient to meet elsewhere, where better heat ing arrangements can be found during the winter, months. One argument of special in terest to Tryon was advanced to the effect that with the pur chase of the school building and the subsequent placing of the lire apparatus ^ therein, there would undoubtly be p large saving to buildings threatened by fire. Under the present system, it was pointed out, that the fire truck has the steep grade on Maple Street to climb with a cold motor before it can be in position to gather THE TRYON GRADED SCHOOL Professor D. W. Simmons Gives a Message for the Patrons and Pupils. Declaring that lack of ap plication on the part of stu dents during the past school term is to blame to a large ex tent for the low grade average of the Tryon Graded School following the recent examina tion schedule, D. W. Simmons, superintendent of the schoc7 gave out the following state ment for the consideration of pai'ents and guardians. At the beginning of the new term of our school year I wis1, ? to have a personal heart-t^ heart talk with every parent and patron of the school ; there fore T resort to the columns or our town paper. After yor have read this, if you will senr1 your copy to me, I can send V on to some friends who do not subscribe to the paper. Did you ever take the time kind friends, to consider what it costs to run a school? Why even in a small community like Tryon, there is a daily e.xpen diture of from $60 to $75 r day, something like $1,500 r month or $14,000 a year. Let us further consider who paT* this large amount of money At once any school boy or gir1 will answer, "It is paid by th.p taxes of the people." Now since these people are paying our burdens, (Joes it not reflect great discredit, lack of appre ciation and eyen disgrace upon us if we do not use this money to the best advantage by pre paring the - minds of these young people to meet the de mands of modern society? On the other hand, what are we doing? Although I have the speed necessary to fire ap paratus for effecient work. With the location in the school building there would be ample opportunity for good speed to ue maintained direct from the station to the fire. it was also pointed out that there would be an ultimate sav ings to the citizens of Tryon of approximately $20,000 in the purchase of the school building. Tiie\ speakers pointed out the fact that Tryon can at this lime purchase the school build ing at a cost of about one-fifth of the amount it would take to erect a similar building. With the passing of the school house into the hands of some one in-, dividual or a company, the op portunity to purchase a build ing suitable for a city hall at such a figure would never re peat itself. The loss to Tryon would amount to in the neigh borhood of $20, 000.00. The old school building has good heating \ facilities and would tiius make a splendid gathering place for various mu nicipal or private social or bus iness gatherings. It was further pointed out that with the purchase of the building, this property abut ting on the main highway be tween Asheville and Spartan burg would never become an eye-sore or a detriment to the community. School chilth^n. from two sides of Tryon will pass the site of the old school house twice daily. It is planned that within the next few days petitions will be circulated among the tax pay ers of Tryon for their approval of the project. 1 I urged the parents time and j again to see that their child iren stay at home week-night? 'to study their lessons, yet I know that a large number of those who are doing poor work are loafing on the street cor ners, or visiting when they l need the home study. i In the examinations through ! which we have recently passed, 'a large per cent, of the pupils | failed. I do not believe this is because of lack of ability, but lack of real application. It has long since been an exploded fact that school is play. Or the other hand, we try to con vince the students that schoo1 work is real work, that we wil1 be happy when we succeed, anr" miserable when we fail. Won't you help us to convince these boys and girls that they arc treating very frivolously, r most serious side of life? There is so much good, even looking at it in a selfish way. to be derived from the mastery of these text books, to say , nothing of the most excellent 'training which comes from gaining power to think. How can the coming generation solve the problems of life, if the problems of young life, or let me say preparation are over looked? I am sincerely interested in the progress of this school, and I shall be glad to have your co operate with us in bringing the coming men of America into g full realization of their duty. When we succeed in that, most of them will pass on all exami nations. Otherwise we may grow from bad to worse. | The honor roll will be pub lished next week. You'll Like This One Tourist in R. R. Restraurant ? Two ham sandwiches, please, to take with me. Waiter (yelling to kitchen) - Traveling pigs ? a pair. BOOSt TRYON 1 The majority of the people living in Tryon to day came here from some other part of the coun J * - try? North, East, South or West. Why did they stay? ? What did they do to better their personal N property conditions, to make their home attractive. Tryon is just as much their personal property as their own home and yard. Make it a better | Tryon, a more congenial Tryon. Tryon has a wide reputation for its congenial spirit and its democracy. i? Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, write to these friends and acquaintances telling them why you like to live in Tryon. TRYON ROUTE ONE Valentine Greetings to * all. ' Lets not forget to plant sweet : I peas this month. "Say it with | sweet \peas." I "You betcha," some of our i folks made a business trip to Rutherfordton Saturday, that ! almost disappeared in a cloud | of mud," realized the need of ! the new German invention a walking car. Many on route attended church Sunday. ? Misses Sallie Carpenter . Grace' Hamilton, Mi^i Otis Pack and children called at the .home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry , Childress Sunday afternoon. The women, girls and school (children enjoyed Thursday af- : i/ternoon at Fox Mountain, huge ly laughing over our biscuit1 'prospects of the various prem iums etc. We hear Miss Lela Thomp- ! son recently got married, don't i know the name of whom she ; married but a fellow from | "Sunny Tenneesee," is the I news. Misses Pearl and Essie Ed . wards, teachers of Melvin Hill, spent the week-end at home. j Misses Thelma andy Jettie |Heague spent the Sabbath af ternoon hours with some of < | their chums think t'was the ! Misses Feagan. Success to the News and the road work. o "THE VIRGINA HEROINE" "The Virginia Heroine" to be given at Stearns High School. Eleven of the girls of the Philathea Class, of the Colum bus Baptist Church will give a thre-act play entitled, "The Virginia Heroine/' Friday Feb. 16th, 7:30 P. M. at the Stearns High School, Columbus, N. C. The proceeds of the play will go to help pay for the piano at tfre church. Th* admission fee for chfMrai nj 15c, adults 25c. Public cordially invited. K OF P'S ATTENTION. Dear Brother : ? , I wil be in Tryon Monday morning, February 19th, at nine o'clock, and wish to meet you, and every member of Try on Lodge No. 118, K. of P. in the drug store for a conference as to the status and future of Tryon Lodge. ? Please arrange so you can be there! for about one hours time, as I must catch the noon train for Henderson ville. Please give this pub licity among the members, and let's have a conference over the situation. Yours fraternally, W. M. LYLES. ADS PAY! Mr. Editor: * The many letters I receive proposing to take my faithful friend "Dixie," s^ows that the Polk Coun ty News is a good medium for advertising. I had tried by personal offer and by letters to dispose of "Dixie," but got no response. The one lit tle notice in your paper brought stacks of offers to take and treat her well. And now I desire to thank every one who so kindly offered to provide a home for "Dixie," but only one could have this pleasure, and Mrs. J. T. Camp, Landrum Route 4 ? first responded, and consequently got "Dixie." "Dixie" and I' have been friends long and true. I never had cause to give her a short word In emergencies, and they came, she appeared to have more sense than I, and > some times knew better what to do t^an I. On ladt Wed nesday as I turned her over to Mrs. Camp, I stroked her mane and put my arm over her neck and with a gentle pat on the cheek said good bye, "Dixie;" and w e parted, the best of friends, as we had lived for the last seven years. Respectfully, J. R. SAMS, County Agent. ? ' . I ; , P. S. I am getting phone calls and ! letters from Spartanburg to Saluda, and round about; all from that little notice in the Polk County News. J. R. S. Tryon Country Club Begins Campaign Club Opens Active Drive to Increase Their Membership. Carrying on the spirit of "Boost Tryon, the Tryon Country Club has begun a new drive for members. The repu tation for a splendid golf course of the Tryon Club has spread over a large part of the coun try and to such an extent that it is felt that the club should in crease to such an extent as to warrant the addition of new attracting features for the en tertainment of its increasing membership. This according to officials to the club can only be done by an "every-member get-a-member- campaign." "Any person who has given the matter the least thought, must realize the great value to any community of a good golf course, "declared H. A. Wilkie, of the membership committeee. "This is especially true of Try on, for liere gather people from every part of the United States ,for rest and recreation. The Board of Trade, the Town Clerk, the hotels and boarding houses say that one of the most important questions asked . by prospective visitors is "Have you a good golf course?" Hun dreds have come here be cause the above question could be answered in the affirmative. Some have remained but a few week8, ?tt?er? haye remain#} for good or returned another season to become property owners, but all have spent money here no matter whether the stay was a long or short one. s ? ' "The Tryon Country Club at it's recent Annual Meeting elected new officers who are taking hold of it's affairs in earnest and are out for mem bers, for they realize that to make the Club the success it deserves, a greater interest must be taken in it by all our citizens whether they play golf o t not. "We are informed on good authority that Tryon really never began to grow in the best sense until the advent of the Country Club, and since it's or ganization the property values have increased very much and through no special force nor reason than because of good golf being offered as a pre-^ requisite to prospective visitors or citizens. "Those to whom the Mem bership Committee have writ ten, setting forth the value of 'increased membership both to ! them and the town, should re spond whole-heartedly by join | ing? not only from civic pride j but for the selfish reason, if you will, of making the citizenship and their property of greater1 value. "Under a new ruling of the Board of Directors dues may be paid quarterly. ,J ^^Let us all $et behind and help those who are giving of ^ their time and efforts, and boost this project which is of vital interest to everybody in in Tryon." Temptation Great to Show to the Winds The sign of the times are all mighty good, and everybody is optimistic over the future outlook. An^ everything is going to turn out all right, pro vided we face the facts as they are and act accordingly. In the face of high price cot ton at planting time and what looks like good prices this fall, it is going to take more than ordinary courage to do the sen sible thing, and yet we must do that or ultimately go down to defeat. There was never greater temptation to sow to the winds thai* confronts the j Southern farmer this year. Therefore, every man ought to sit down and calmly figure out a plan that will make him safe. This should be done irrespec tive of what any other man in the South is going to do. . If j each will meet the demands of J good farming, the promise of j good times was never brighter. If on the other hand we throw reason to the winds, we are go to suffer the consequences. Reason demands that we grow a living at home, and then all the cotton that can be ferti lized, cultivated and poisoned well. Our people all love cotton. It is the South's greatest crop. Indeed, it is the world's great est crop, and it can be made to serve the South as a wonder-* ful blessing. It has cursed the South, however, because we have not backed it up with a living at home. The end of any one-crop system is poverty ? poverty of the land and poverty of the people, as we have al ready. seen. Even in the face of this, a fact known to us all, a lot of people are going ^ to plunge. In this connection, however, we might keep in mind the fact that the crop of 1922, while one of the smallest on record, has outsold every crop in history except four. DR. JUSTICE COMING Will Arrive in Tryon Today and Preach at the Baptist Church Sunday Services will be conducted Sunday morning, February 18, at the Tryon Baptist Church by the Reverend Thomas L. Justice, D. D. Newly appoint ed pastor. Dr. Justice and Mrs. Justice will arrive today and will make their residence in the Jones house on Godshaw Hill. . The new Baptist pastor is a descendant of the well known Justice family of North Caro lina, distinguished in legal and ministerial work. It will be remembered that Dr. 'Justice was pastor of the local church about a quarter of century ago. Dr. Justice is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, and received his training and subsequent Doctors degree at the Moody School of Theology, Chicago. He has been called here from the Enfield Baptist Church, Enfield, N. C. ? o Holy Cross Episcopal Church Rev. C. P. Burnett rector. . Lenten Services : Sunday : Holy Communion 8 A. M. Morning prayer and sermon# 11 A. M. Evening song 5:30 P. M. Week Days Wednesdays Evening prayer and address 4:30 P. M. Fridays, Litany, address and intercessions for the sick 4:30 P. M. Confirmation instruction, Thursday 4 P. M. All are cordially invited. * / ;:1 -i ? . i'l

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