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Volume XXV1I1 No. 26
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Tryon, N. C., February 22, 1923
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an earnest appeal.
Last week, I went into detail
with regard to the amount of
money necessary to conduct
this school, and what I consid
er the proper use of it. This
week, I feel that I must make
a desperate effort to save our
own necks as it were.
In the High School, our at
tendance has grown from ar
average of 14 in 1921 to 46 in
1022-1923. Thus we are al
lowed two teachers in that de
partment. In the elementary
school, we have grown from
K>0 to 215. In this we are en
titled to two teachers more
However, to my very great sur
prise, Supt. Cobb informed mf
last Saturday, that, unless wp
maintain these teachers for
six months, the State will pos
itively refuse to pay them
next year. In other words, we
must voluntarily show our wil
' lingness to help ourselves, be
fore the State will help us.
In the first place I will state
that there are not sufficient
funds in the school treasury
to meet these demands. Then
the question will be asked
how can we get these funds.
Let me insist that where there
is a will, there is a way, espec
ially in Tryon. Never yet
have I seen any good cause
launched here, but that it came
out triumphantly over the top
The only man, who has been
approached on this subject,
readily responded that he
would help us out to the ex
tent of $30.00. That together
with my donation of $30 makes
a fairly good start. He and I
are doing this as patrons of
the school. Both of us fully
appreciate the improvement
that has been made in al1
grades since the addition of
this seventh teacher.
You, good business men, arc
being benefitted by this school
even more than you realize
By giving you a successfu1
school, new tourists tfill be in .
duced to come here, and in that
* way your patronage will natu
rally grow. Since the event
ful moment has come, may we
not ask you for a generous do
.nation? I truly feel that you
will be helping a most worthy
cause, and will never * regret
your generosity. Everybody
will see the advisability of ou*
spending enough money tc
build up for ourselves a school
which will be worthy of our |
town. By spending$1500 we
will save many times that
amount in the future. Whr
will be the first man to call me
up with a liberal donation?
The News is intensely inter
ested in our schools and while
not able to ? give much toward
the education of our children,
we are going to make this offer.
During the time our school it
trying to raise the needed
funds we will give as our part
one- half of all money paid in
on subscription to the News
let the amount be large or smal'
as our people wish to make it
There are absolutely no condi
tiaons to this offer, our only
'lesire being to do all in our
power to help our young people
get a good education. ? ED.
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HONOR ROLL 5th MONTH
After checking up the re
ports for examinations, I am
&lad to inform the friends of
the school that the students in
general came out as well as if
r^>t better than I had expected
However we have buckled down
to hard work, in order that we
ma y come our successfully at
end.
First Grade.
Elsie Mills
Bertha Palmer
Talbot Bradley.
Second Grade.
Mary Fisher
James Brock
Fred Swann
Mamie Cantrell
Mary Foster
Cornelia Williams
Third Grade
Elizabeth Avant
Sarah Milliken
Viola Lindsey
Fourth Grade
Roy Blackwell
Jean Beatson
Janet Durham
Bonnie Fisher
William Fisher
Mary McFarland
Florence Moore
Naomie Whitmire
Sixth Grade
David Caldwell ^
John Kittrell 1
Virginia Simmons
David Strong
Seventh Grade
Franklin Little
Josephine Hill
Polly Screven
Geraldine Sayre
High School
Miriam Strong
Betty Doubleday ,
Carolyn Simmons
Examination Honor Roll .
To stimulate those who were
required to take mid-year ex
: animations, I announced that
| those who averaged 95 on these
would be considered Honoi
| Roll students. However, 1
jmust say in defense of our best
j students, that many of them
were exempt from these ex
aminations.
Second Grade
Mary Fisher, Fred Swann
Mamie Cantrell, James Brock
Mary Foster, Cornelia Williams
! Marion Palmer, Ida Woody.
Fourth Grade
Roy Blackwell, Bonnie Fish
er, Jean Beatson.
Sixth Grade
David Caldwell, John Kit
trell, Virginia Simmons, David
Strong.
Seventh Grade
Geraldine Sayre, Josephine
Hill.
High School
Betty Doubleday, Carolyn
Simmons, Helen Morgan.
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
There will be a meeting of
farmers of" Folk" Coanty it
large who are interested either
in operating a public cannery
at Columbus, N. C., or in grow
ing tomatoes, beans and beetr
to sell for cash to a cannarj
operated by others: but this
call is especially to farmers Wr
ing within ten miles of Colum
bus. The boll weevil has made
the cotton crop somewhat un
certain as a cash crop. Th ii
movement ip to assist the farm
er in providing other than cot
ton as a means of getting casl
from other products than cot
ton. Come out and help lay
plans- to help yourselves to bet
ter advantages.
This meeting will bt in Col
umbus, N. C., at Court House at
2 o'clock P. M. Thursday, Fab.
22, Washington's Bithday. A
day for something good for
Polk County to be Bon*.
Resptfully
J. R. SAMS
IMPORTANT ORCHARD
MEETING.
Mr. H. R. Niswonger, State
Extension Horticulturist will
arrive in Tryon on Monday,
March 5th, on the 9:16 a. m.
train, and go immediately to
Dr. B. C. von Kahlden'a ar
chard, where he will demon
strate the best method of
pruning and otherwise caring
for the orchard. ~ And or
Tuesday morning, March 6th,
he will be in Saluda for the
same purpose. Messrs. H. P
Corwith, P. H. Bailty and J. K
Davis will act as a committe*
to arrange for the orchard
meeting at Saluda, and Dr. B
C. von Kahlden and Dr. J. C
Bushnell will arrange for the
meeting at Tryon.
Mr. Niswonger comts from
the State College at Raltigh
N. C., and will be glad to meet
with and help apple and peach
growers with their problems
These meetings will begi;
about ten o'clock a. m., and last
as long as profitable.
J. R. SAMS, County Agent.
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Musta Prospered
"You don't love me any
more. When we were first
married you used to help me
wash the dishes every even
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"Sure ? but we only had two
dishes then."
Tryon?
ins your tenants &r
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that tenant to ?go into
with no iirst thoughts
d tidy yard?
tenant as to the loca
To the Real Estate men:
\yhat are you doing
? Are you meeting th
rive onV
is that house ready f
for a season's pleasant sti
at>ot\t fuel, a clean house
Are you informing t ?
tion oc banKs, groceries, meat markets and pub
lic utilities?
Do you realize that that tenant is here for a
respite irom business or fdr a restful change of
climate? 5H r ' ?
Do you realize that each and every tourist or
visitor to Tryon is a "Live Prospect" for future
citizenship? You were when you came here.
Are ou aware of the fact" that each tenant,
gucs i, visitor or tourist in Tryon has a circle of
m<.nas and acquaintances and that each of these
have more friends and acquaintances, ad infini
tum? ' v...
Get them! Sell them Tryon first in their own
mil ds, and a "little corner of it" later to live>on.
And list your houses and real estate with the
secretary of the Board of Trade. He can help
you and he's there to help the tourist!
THINK IT OVER
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ECONOMICAL FEATURE OF !
1HE HE ITER BREAD ,
CAMPAIGN. I
Dear Bread Makers:
[ Having been a^ked to ex
press my opinion on the bene
kits of L.e lie tier Bread Cam
paign, wiil say:- The tconoxn
[icai leatii.e alone makes it
vtforth wnile giving it our at- 1
-ehtion. v i
Everyone should try t<# a) !
vvays nave or make good breaa .
Aside irom tiie fact of isa j
proving L.e taste and appear
ance oi our biscuits, two ver>
xmporiaiii facts are overlooked
xiie enect 011 health (which
snoulu aivva>s come first in se
* eciing the mings we eat) alsc
cne u using the meas- j
urej iiigi events in the making j
oi our ciscuits.
Fiom observation and alac )
irom perojiial experience wt
kiiuw tnai everyone sometimes
uses too mucn or not quite
onuugii oi ^oiiie ingredient nee- i
j^oary lor good biscuits.
More olten we see too much
soda (wnicii while not so harm
ful) spoils tneir appearance,
v ery seldom we see the bent '{
jaking powder used, but usual- I
iy some cneaper brand which j
requires more and contaiis j
u.ium, whicM we know is injuria |
v^uj. Isovv by using the small g
amount called lor in the recipt I
(wnicii is plenty to make lie 5
uest of biscuits) we could af f
lord to use tne very best cream j
of Lariai' baking powder like J
tne Koyai and siill be saving I
j iioney. i ? |
If we measure our flour af
ter it is sifted not as much wil; [
be required. Too stiff a dougl j
(which means too much flour
Lias been used) is responsible
for as mail/ failures as aay
I tning else..
There are very few things wt
uj in tiie l.ome that we do noi
consider txie economical side ef
it. Wiiy not in the biecwh
making/ intuits or bread' |
are usea more often than amy
otiier food.
Hang up your ^recipe*
where ycu can easily refer tc
them. After a few trials yeu
can m. ke tjem by recipe in air
short time as by the old way of
guessing. Let's keep on try
ing and "c'ay by day, in every
way'; our biscuits will be^ get
getting better and better."
Mrs. H. H. Edwards.
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Observing 01?
"There have b^en maBy J
mean things said about the ,
flapper ? but no one has get
claimed that she is over dre?
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Tne Fiction of yesterday
fact of today.
H0M
Ho|y Cross
Rfr* C. P. Burnett rector.
during the
uxd Friday
, irmation instruction, pn
Thursday, 4:00 P. M.
Choir practice, Thursday
i :30 P. M.
Missionary Meeting, address
ed by Bishop Thurston, of Ok
lahoma, Thursday evening at
6 o'clock.
Saturday being St. Matthias
Day, Holy Communion at 10:00
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CONGREGATION CHURC1
Sunday at the Congrega
tional Church.
Bible School at 10 A. M.
Public worship and sermon
at 11 A. M.
Christian Endeavor at 4 P.
M.
By request the picture illus
trating "Child Life lm All
Lands" will be repeated on
Sunday evening.
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"Stearns School Interested"
Hie girls ef Stearns High
Sehool have entered the Better
Bread Campaign one-hundred
per cent. A great deal ' of in
terest has been shown, and
every girl ten years old and up
ward submitted biscuits to be
judged Thursday by Miss
Glu/as, of the Home Economics
department.
&ae little girl who walked
thrsee miles to school was ab
sent on the day the demon
stration was given, and when
ihe came Thursday and realiz
ed that she would likely cause
ner school to fall behind in the
contest because she forgot to
oring her biscuits, asked per
mission to go back home and
bake them. She was back in
*oed time, having walked a
totsJ of six extra miles to do
*er bit.
In addition to the girls, three
i oys. all of them in the High
School department, have en
tered, and the display of bis
cuits spread on the table in the
Domestic Science room was one
k* torture the soul of the dys
peptic, and to make glad the
. eart of the hungry.
Stearns High School is out
i.o win the set of maps, and if
the prize goes elsewhere, it will
not be because of a lack of in
terest on the ' part of the
student.
Prof. Mcintosh.
County agent in North Caro
lina conducted 23,165 crop dem
onstrations on 70,973 acres last
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WHAT IS CALCIUM ARSEN
ATE?
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Sherman Explains Boll Weevil
Poison.
"Calcium arsenate s a light
fluffy, poisonous white dust. It
is applied pure, not mixed or di
luted with any other material.
When applied with proper ma
chines in the still night air, it
forms a dust cloud which hov
ers and slowly settles, the fine
particles penetrating even be
tween the bract of the squares.
Because of the limited feeding
of boll weevils a very thorough
and penetrating lodgement of
poison is needed, and that is
why calcium arsenate is far su
perior to other poison dusts
which are heavier, and also su
perior to any liquid application,
says Franklin Sherman in an
swering many inquiries about
this boll weevil poison.
Mr Sherman states that cal
cium arsenate was very little
used until its effectiveness a
gainst boll weevil was 4?mon?
strated. The material is* made
from white arsenic, and the
total amount of this has always
been far too small to provide
enough calcium arsenate to
dust all the cotton fields of th?
South. There is therefore a
genuine (not > artificial) short
age of the material, and all
careful students of the situa
tion know this.
Mr. Sherman says that all
the cotton farmers have never
tried to use calcium arsenate.
Probably not 10 per cent of
them will attempt it in 1923,
and many who do wfll delay
until summer to place their or
ders or even make inquiries.
There was a similar shortage a
year ago, but so far as is known
every North Carolina farmer
who followed his advice and or
dered early (by or before the
end of April) did get all that he
ordered.
Mr. Sherman has already
pointed out the actual profit
able results of the dust poisor
method in North Carolina in
1922 and the areas in the state
where it is expected that dust
ing will pay (and be most nec
essary) in 1923. It is now rfy
to the cotton farmer he says
to decide whether he wishes to
undertake the method.
A SUGGESTION.
To the Editor Polk Co. News:
Dear Sir:
The holocaust in New York
brings forcibly to my mind the
danger we people of Polk coun
ty lie under as regards the
county jail in Columbus.
The jail is a brick building
outside and a perfect fire-trap
of wooden construction inside
The prisoners livli on the top
floor, up two flights of wooden
stories which in turn are clos
ed with two locked doors, one
at the bottom of the stairs and
one at the top of the second
flight. The cell windows are
barred with heavy iron bars.
If a fire should start and get
any headway at all the prison
ers would be roasted to death.
Rather a grim responsibility
for the rest of us, isn't it ?
Yours truly,
EDGAR W. UPTON.
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Tryon is indebted to the
Southern Railway System for
an attractive circular that has
been gotten out recently.
The frontispiece of the cir
cular containing a la ge view
of the Green River Vf ley from
Tryon Peak, a view of the golf
course, as well as a p mall pic
ture of Pine Crest Inr ;>nd Oak ,
Hall.
The two inner pages contain,
beside the train schedules from
New York City and Chicago,
and a brief .and well chosen de
scription of Tryon advantages,
views of Calf Rock, riding,
camming and - picnicking pair
ties, a view of Piersoon's Falls
and a small panorama of the
Blues Ridge near Tryon.
I Copies of these circulars
have been placed in the ticket
offices and hotels of the large
cities by the Southern Railway
System and every effort is be
ing made by the Railroad Com
pany to attract tourists to Try
on.
What I Saw At George Brans
coal's :
Before I tell w hat I saw at
Mr. George Brancomb's I will
tell what I saw at many points
atong-the road before we reach
ed Melvin- Hill. Our tine of
march was from Columbus to
Greene River, New Hope to
Melvin Hill, by means of a
Ford car, the things of least
interest along the route of
travel, were mud holes, so deep
that passing through or around
was almost impossible. The
things of interest were fields
plowed up, prepartory to com
ing crops? When we arrived
at Mr. Branscomb's; the first
thing we saw was a beautiful,
large, well constructed house
well set in a lovely grove, with
pecans, English walnuts, pear*,
and other fruit trees scattered
in front and abound this beau
tiful farm house and home.
The next thing I saw, was Mr.
George Branscomb with a
friendly smile and an air of
welcome and a het$x^(?me in.
Well; we came in, and we saw,
felt and realized in our souls,
that old fashioned, heart felt
hospitality, such as our fathers
and grandfathers in times past
exericised toward welcome vis
itors. Why can't all homes in
cities, towns and country get
back to this old fashioned,
heart to heart hospitality ?
Well, the next thing I saw was
This flock of poultry fiooyl :a
This flock of poultry looked
good ; but they can be improved
by eliminating everything but
one breed, and then provide an
up to the times hen house.
Then I inquired about that
Kudzu field and was told -that it
would be plowed up and put in
corn this year* This was what
I wanted to hear, because I had
doubts fhat any team of horses,
mules, oxen or even a Titan
tractor would be aUe to pull a
plow through the mat of vines
and roots. So next morning
Mr. Branscomb hitched up a
pair of 800 lb. mules, and with
out difficulty they pulled
straigh forward, turning out
roots that run deep into the
ground.
The amount of humus on top
of the land by means of leaves
and steams was enormous. The
roots which had run deep into
the soil and subsoil were not to
be compared to those of al
falfa, any of the clovers, cow
pea* or beans. I cannot tell
what Mr. Branscomb's finding
will be next fall, but it looks
now, that with a liberal use of
acid phosphate and good culti
vation a large crop may be ex
pected. From what I saw here,
would not be afraid to plant
Kudza on my farm. I do not
advise it without a little furth
er observation and experience:
but I do want to make a plea
for Kudza, that it should not be
"blacked listed," and "out law
ed" without an intelligent trial.
Mr. Branseomb is very en
thusiastic about the outcome of
his demonstrations with this
great legume. He means to
try it out fully. He has no
fears that he can get rid of it
readily when he so desires: but
he wants more rather than less
of it. I confess, my deep in
terest in Mr. Branscomb's
work, and any one who will
take the time and trouble to
visit Mr. Branscomb's farm will
be treated like a King and will
be shown and told all he knows
about Kudza. Every legume
plant is in a way different from
every other legume. To my
mind Kudza vine is the great
est of all legume plants. Why
not find out its greatest values
and how to deal with it to make
it work for us. Lets not be
afraid of it any longer: but at
the"" same time lets be careful
and learn as we go how to use
it.
Respectfully,
.County Agent
J. R. SAMS.
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A Long Shot Bird
Roommate ? "Key, Bill, wake
up. It's ten to eight."
Rooimnater (sleepily) ?
"wait till the odds get better ?
then bet it all."