POLK COMi Y NEWS
C. BUSK. Publisher
H. M: FRASER, Editor
Phono 99.
Published every Thursday at
Tryon, North Carolina
Advertising Representative
' 1 ..Vir.H : AN ruEss ASSOCIATION
The farmers of neighboring coun
ties have realized the importance of
cooperative marketing of farm pro
duce in car loads lots.
The Polk County Farmers Federa
tion has within the past two weeks
secured the services of P. C. Squires,
a man who comes to our farmers
federation with highest recommen
dations from other similar organiza
tions which he has been largely jn
s/rnmental in making successful.
The farmers of this county, will be
m'ven an opportunity to make Polk
County one of the truck producing
counties of Xorth Carolina.
The farmers of Henderson county,
our neighbors have recently awaken
ed to th>4 value of cooperative farm
ing with the result that ? new fed
eration warehouse will soon be erect
ed in Hendersonville.
"The salvatjon of the farmer '
states the Hendersonville News,
"must come through profitable
markets for his produce rather than
through credits and his rapacity to
borrow from the banks because
when he borrows a pay day ' must
come. Abundant crops and starva
tion prices are not the back ground
of our economic welfare. The far
mers' wealth must come through
profits on his productions. He has
often sold at a loss because of lack
of unity that resulted in an unorgan
ized marketing system.
The federation of Fletcher an<T
Buncombe, of which the local fed
eration would be a unit, has clearly
demonstrated the value of co-opera
tive marketing in West North Caro
lina. The federation is now unable
to supply the demand in car load
lots. It is in touch with the big
markets but can supply them only in
a limited way. A larger field to
draw from will enable it to fill its
full mission of usefulness to the
farmer. Its operations thus far
have helpd to move the surplus from
the usually glutted local markets
and as a consequence a brighter
day has "already dawned upon the
farmers f of Henderson and Bun
combe. The opportunities for more-!
profitable farm operations will in
crease in proportion to the support
given the federation."
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About Writing News Items
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newspaper published and circulating
in any community in Folk County.
Contributions of news items from
any section of this territory are wel
comed. ;
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Typewritten letters are preferred.
If this is not possible, then write
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Always begin letters by dating
thus: Tryon Oct. 10.
Correspondents should bear in
mind live important points WHO,
WHAT. WHEN. WHERE and HOW.
That is. tell WHO it's about,
WHEN. WHERE AND HOW it hap
pened.
Tell those five things first and
briefly, then enlarge as may be nec
essary
_.Tell what's going on among your
own people and your neighbors.
Birth, deaths. . marriages, per
sonals, reunions and social gather
ing are good copy.
Be careful in spelling names and
iriitals. Names are important.
* Mention everybody connected with
the news item.
ALWAYS sign communications.
Not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good faith. No at
tention paid to annonymous, unsign
ed communications.
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Magic Word.
A Whit tier mother was teaching her
little son to >ay Amen at the end of
his prayers. ;u*<l the child suddenly
iisk^d: "Mother, what does Amen
mean*" "Amen means the end, my
dear." the mother explained. A few
days later the little one was disobedi
ent and the mother gave him a severe 4
lecture. She fell he ought to have u
whipping and talked on and on, to
nerve herself for the ordeal of admin
istering the spanking. Imagine her
surprise when suddenly the child be
gan ofying "Amen, mother. Amen."
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The Adventure of Work.
NN e are in grave danger in these
? lays ol dividing life into two utterly
unrelated portions, iind the true func
tion of play as something that is es
sentially ^creative and life-renewing in
the fullest sense is being forgotten.
The best work must ever have In it the
^*pirit ot' Play; that is, the spirit of
mP venture. Great work, as another
rriter has said, is play itself.? Cape
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! Farm Federation
News and Reviews
By P. S. Squires'
CHILDREN LETTUCE CLUB
Motoring down the mountain side
with Mr. J. R. Sams the other day
after a bountiful dinner at the hospi
table home of Mr. McMurray, the
idea occured to the writer that chil
dren should have a part in the Ice
berg lettuce campaign now under
way, and a suggestion that a Chil
drens Iceberg lettuce club be or
ganized, met with instant response
from Mr. Sams who offered to head
a prize list with five dollars. His co
worker, the manager could do no
less, and the matter had only to be
mentioned to 'Mr. Jackson, when this
enterprising business man of Tryon
dug down in his pocket for the
third five dollar bank note offered as
prize money. Fifteen dollars was
subscribed with no effort and no
doubt this publicity will bring other
liberal response.
Rules governing this contest will
be published in an early issue of the
News.
Looking over the current number
of a New York Produce trade paper
the manager was not a bit jealous to
find that, his idea of a children's let
tuce club was not original. I find
from this paper that a car of lettuce
arrived in Chicago from Colorado,
Sept. 28th, and it is worthy of some
attention by reason of the fact that
it was grown and packed by mem
bers of the boys and girls Iceberg
lettuce club of Buena Vista. The
quality of the car was reported as
tine and gave ample evidence of the
fact that there are a lot of embryo
lettuce growers that should make a
name for themselves within a few
years.
The Polk County children's Ice
berg lettuce club may not get in
shape this year to load a refrigerator
car of their own growing but the
manager will see that there is a
market for their crop.
P. C. Squires
Item One. /
Manager Squires 8 pi nt the early
part of this week investigating the
lettuce market . of Asheville and
found to his surprise that every head
of lettuce exposed for sale in both
wholesale and retail stores came
from Colorado. Calling on Mc
Connell Bros, wholesale produce
merchants Mr. McConnell, for the in
formation of the manager opened up
a refrigerator car of Iceberg lettuce
just in from Denver Colorado.
This lettuce was packed in crates
holding three and a half dozen head
and is selling at seven dollars
and fifty cents per crate wholesale.
Mr. McConnell kindly gave the man
ager a few heads from this car to
place on exhibition at the Polk
County Fair, so that prospective let
tuce growers may see what the Ice
berg lettuce looks like. The price
has advanced and the retail mer
chants will probably have to sell
this lettuce at twenty five cents per
head.
Going the round of the fancy re
tail stores three heads were select
ed of the best that could be had at a
cost of twenty five cents per head.
At the County Fair Thursday a
photo will be shown of eight heads,
Iceberg lettuce grown In Onslow
county North Carolina. These
heads were grown from cast away
plants and received no attention
whatever. Taking root t after be
ing thrown away. ' At the close of
the lettuce season these heads were
discovered and grouped in a cold
frame for the photo. The eight
heads, self made iceberg lettuce
averaged two pounds and two ozs.
each. The two best heads that
could be found near the door of the
car at McConnell Bros, store weigh
ed one pound each and the heads
that were purchased at the retail
stores in Asheville averaged three
quarter pounds each.
The result of this visit to Ashe
ville should be a source of great
help and encouragement to those
who are about to take up this very
important truck crop. ^
Item Two
The Federation Manager would
like to meet every prospective Ic
i
berg grower at the county fair on
Thursday, Come prepared to state
what acreage you will grow of the
Iceberg. No farmer will be asked
to plant a larger acreage than he
can properly take care of. The
largest individual acreage sub
scribed thus far is- one acre, and
down to half and quarter to Iceberg
if the soil and location seems suit
able for this crop. Detailed in
formation will be published, show
ing every feature of the work from
making the - seed bed and sowing
the seed to the cultivation, harvest
ing, grading and packing, so the
novice in this sort ot gardening
BATTERY SERVICE
is what you will get here* Drive
right up and have your auto bat
tery put in perfect shape. We
repair, recharge, test, rent, sell
and otherwise handle auto bat
teries in a real service way. We
specialize in this line.
BISHOP'S G/UMGE
Landrum, S. C.
need not hestitate on account of
lack of experience.
Item Three.
A total of fifty acres of Iceberg
lettuce should be subscribed during
fair week, which if the crop is suc
cessful will mean forty to fifty re
frigator car loads of Iceberg lettuce
to ship from Tryon during the
spring months. This crop may;, be
followed by corn or later truck
crop.
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LANORUM
Misses Julia Carroll and Aileen
Pritchard were shopping lr Spar
tanburg on Saturday.
Supt. Claude I. Truluck was elect- j
ed vice-president of the County j
Teachers Association held in j
Spartanburg on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Langley of
Greenville S C., spent Sunday in
town with their daughter Miss j
Janet Langley
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mallory and j
Miss Nomie Mae were Spartanburg J
?istors on Saturday
Miss Julia Ray spent the past
week-end with friends at Boiling
Springs.
On Sunday morning the Carolina i
Special ran into a Ford roadster on '
the crossing at the Methodist '
Church, fortunately no one was
hurt. *
Miss Evelyn Lambrlght who
attends Greenville Womans Col
lege spent the week-end at home i
with her parents.
Mr. Archie Blackmon and his
sister Mrs. J. V. Thompson spent j
last week with 'relatives in Kershaw, i
Clifford Mallory returned this ?
week from Erwin Tenn.
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, Consolation. >"
About trouble, there'a this : A dead i
man has solved all his earthly ^ prob- |
lems.' 4 j
Varieties of Tomatoes.
In crossing different <rar,e*,es of
tomatoes to obtain red fruit one parent
must be red ; to obtain pink tomatoes,
one parent must be pink and the other
pink or yellow, and to produce yel
low fruit both parents must be yel
low.
Snow Effective B""*icade.
To test penetration of rifle shots
snow walls six feet six inches thick
were erected In France. Rifles were
fired at a distance of 55 yards, la ;
each case the ball was stopped at s
penetration of five and a half feet.
Venetian Grand Canal.
The Grand canal is the name glroi
to the principal canal and main water
thoroughfare of, Venice. It la nearly
two mlleg in length, Is In shape like
the letter "S,H and divides the city
into two nearly equal parts. The "Ca*
nalassa," as it is called In Italian, la
spanned by the Rialto, and Is lifted
with palaces which, although appear*
ing stained and battered In the day
time, loom up grandly In the moaa
light
f . ? ,
Dodge Brothers
Motor Cars
Longer springs in the new model
assure riding comfort.
The new 1924 Model Dodge will
give you the utmost in service, sat
isfaction and savings,
Telephone or write for demonstra
tion of the 1924 Dodge Touring car
8. L. BALLENGER, Dealer
Tryon, N. C.
LI NCOLN
Get Behind the Wheel
The
Seven-Passenger
Touring Car
$3800
F. O. B. Detroit
Ten Body Type#
Driving the Lincoln brings a new sense of
complete mastery of time and roads. Rid'
ing under all conditions and at any speed,
is a smooth, even flight.
300 operations accurate to one quarter
thousandth of an inch; 1200 operations
accurate to one half thousandth of an inch,
5C00 operations accurate to one thousandth
of an inch; make the Lincoln the most
accurately built car in the world.
Tryon,
Kilpin Motor Company, TNr
THE AUG. W. SMITH CO
They are priced very
moderately.
SEE THEM THIS WEEK
SPARTANBURG, S. C.
AUTUMN'S FEWEST COATS
interpret a host of
style ideas. .
There's the indespen
sible Utility Coat, in
clining toward swag
ger stripes? The dress
Coat with flared con
tour?Or the tube-like
silhouette. Which of
these will you choose?
They fashion them
selves of the newest
and loveliest fabrics,
including:
MARVELLA ARABELLA
VELLONA CERONA
ORMADALE FLAMINGO
CAMEL'S HAIR
KASHA NJUBS .
HONEY NEW
And attar mtorialt
REST ROOM FOR LADIES
WrEh maid in attenance on our second floor.
Use it to your own convenience.
SMART SUITS FOR AUTUMN
Many of the Suits now selling are trimmed in the
finest of the fashionable fur trimmings? Caracul,
Beaver, Mole, Pitch, Wolf and Fox. ,
Colors include Cocoa and deep Brown shades, BlacK
?and Grey tones. These suits are of the highest type
in styles and quality. Each one is a dominant value
?Tailored suits without furs are also included.
SMITH'S New Wool Frocks
To have as chicr lines in one's practical, every day
frocks as in one's more formal ones is an achieve
ment of which to be proud. The simplest Coat
Dress chosen here will be ultra smart. Many or tne
new ones are of twill or rep, well tailored. A httie
less severe are Wool frocks of unbelted linen with a
flare here or there. The colors are this season
newest and most popular shades.
Silk Dresses For Every Woman
Silk Frocks for autumn do surprise one.
When their
rTe 8 their backs are full and vice versa.
fcvery crepe dress shows its Satin side and when it is not
i ? '? ?fte? enlivened with a plaid of silk. These
ternoona^ ' W smart women will wear for af
Children's Fall Coats
Soft, fleecy plaids, new Chinonillas. Sport Plaids. Bolivia]
d many new Coatings are featured: many Fur collars and
?^?ers pla'n' every girl is sure to find the Coat she is
looking for and at a moderate price.
SEND For SAMPLES
of Oar mods and compare them with othars.
be Glad to Send you samples.
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