\ \ Ten Pages The Oiriy Paper Published in Polk Coanty A Live Clean Paper for the None Volu ? A XIX No. 11 S Price 5 Cents Tryon, N.|C.f November 8, 1923 $1.50 a Year pre :nt Proclaims v jay Red Cross Day peii. Armistice Day ls fh ?v?g to Begin Djrive. Was!-; v-'->u* Nov. S, President filii*:; . oiidge today issued the fol , (WliU .Mial tor universal support tJn luiiKil Red Cross Roll Call .hj(, throughout the world 10111,'? ? 1 Ior the enrollment of : . >!" the American Red Cross ; r.-vi.iont of the United States .. j[j, \.:m rican National Red Cross, ? ?, . \ designate November 11, im;i>tu\' Hay, to November 29, ag p, ? ; ;mi of the annual Red Cross vuMiib- rship Roll <^all. and I appoint Xovt.rdKt* 11 Hed Cross Sunday, and [?(?(?, 'in ; lend that our churches dedi cate that day to a thonghtful and ?ra%. "ii! consideration of theL. pivll and duty of consecrated service to humanity. PiK-'im the World War the volun jotr t -a : t of the American people to assist tin- Government in providing mr the welfare of our military ?and naval forces at home, on the seas, and overseas, was expressed largely thro'u-h the American Red Cross, which also rendered Inculculable assistance to the armed forces of our associates in the war and to their Chilian populations within the invath'd areas during and after N the war. The recent calamity which befal! Japan when millions of her people suffered dire distress following the earthquake has served again to re veal to the people of the nation the readiness of the American Red Cross to respond immediately for service in a great emergency and to apply the generous gifts of our people to ihe amelioration of human suffering. In rendring assistance wherever duty calls, the American Red Cross, in addition to its work In foreign lands administers relief In times of i disaster inour own country, helps to solve tho problem of public health, is ever active in other humanitarian projects and above all, renders wel come ossistance to the Government in the case of our disabled veterans of the World War. Through tis Charter granted fby Congress, the American Red Cro?s is charged with specific duties in relationship with the Army and Navy and the people at large fn periods of emergency and distress, and it has never failed to perform thos * duties. Since, the war. and as a result of experience acquired In the war. it has expanded Its welfare operations in all regions of our n?uiitry. , ? I The Red Cross seeks only to serve, ! not to usurp the prerogatives of other institutions or governmental i nuthorties. but to cooperate with all others in the service to numanlty. it is upon popular membership that the American Red Cross relies for strength of organization and for ; i ;nijs to carry on its work is so es f-T.tial to the good of our ccountry, | at; I o'clock m day School each Sabbath morn- 1 }ng at 10 o'clock. E. Hagemen, ; Supt / EPI8COPAL CHURCH. Hev. C. P. Burnett, Rector. ? ^nday Services: M ? / Communion ? 8 : 00 ' :^nday School? 10 : 00 >rning Prayer and sermon (Holy "jmmunion on 1st- Sunday *n omnth.) 11 A. M. ?t'luy afternoon 4:30 o'clock Litany ?nd Intercessions for the sick. o ? irain and grass precede dairying. Education Week To ! Begin Sunday, Nov. 18 Schools of County Urged b^ Supt. Cobb to Follow Program. County School Superintendent E. W. S. Cobb urges every school in PQlk County to devote a portion of its schedule for the week beginning Sunday November 18' to the following programme offered by the Better Education movement of nation-wide scope. On Saturday, November 24 at 10:30 o'clock there will be held a meeting of all the teachets, pupils and i parents and patrons of the county at I Columbus.This meeting will take the place of the regular quarterly meet ing of county teacchers. Following Is Mr. Cobbs letter and the national programme: Dear Teacher: I am herewith presenting through the columns of the News a program for AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK, Nov. 18th to 24th inclusive. I hope you will begin at once to make this week a RED LETTER week in your school and community. Let me suggest that you select from the enclosed program those topics that seems to you to be most vital for your local cpmmunity and plan special programs by means of which these topiccs will be brought most these topics will be brought most effectively to the attention of your school and community. By all means have a special speak' er to present one or more of these ' day themes to your local school glv- J ing as wide publicity to these special meetings as possible so that as large number of jour patrons as feasible may be present . On Saturday November 24th we will have a consolidated meeting at Columbus. All the schools, teach ers, students and patrons will gather at the county seat and discuss and have discussed such topics as will later be designated bearing directly upon this American Education Pro* gram. This meeting will take the place of the regular county wide teacher's meeting for this quarter. I am confidently expecting every teacher to give this program his very best efforts, in his Individual school, and to be present, with a large delegation from his commun at the big general meeting at Colum bus, Saturday November 14th at ten thirty A. M. I am. Very cordially yours. County Supt. E. W. S. Cobb. PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN EDU CATION WEEK NOVEMBER^ 18-24, 1923. Prepared by the American i^egion, the National Education Association, and the United States Bureau of Ed cation. For God And Country Sunday, November 18thf 1923 Education in the home Education In the school Education In the church Slogan ? A Godly nation cannot fail. Ministers of all denominations are urged to preach a sermon on edu- ! cation, either morning or evening. All communities are urged to hold mass meetings. Requests for speak ers should be made to the American Legion Posts throughout the coun try for meetings during this week. American Constitution Day Monday, November 19th, 1923f Life, liberty and justice How the Constitution guarantees these ' Revolutionists and Radicals a j menance/ to these guarantees Security and Opportunity. Visit the schools today Patriotism Day Ti^esday, November 20th, 1923 The flag ? the emblem of the na tion y Help the Immigrants and aliens to |become Americans Take an active interest In govern mental ofTairs Music Influence upon nation . I Slogans ? Visit the schools today American First School and Teacher Day ! Wednesday, November 21?t, 192S The necessity of schools The teachcer as a nation builder I The school influence on the com-1 ing generation The school as a productive institu- 1 tlon School needs in the Community i (Continued on page 4) . J Commission fdopts New Paging System With the increase d motor vehicles in Tryon and theAuiiflequ&it neces sity for providln^^tiltntile^wjd sys tematic parking space for them the town commifeaion at its -November meeting held last night in the Mayor's office adopted a new ordl ance providing a system of parking that it is thought will take care pi the present needs of the community. The new ordiance provides park ing spaces shall be plainly and per mently marked at an angle with the curb beginning in front of the Wil liams' Market on Trade street on the East side of the street and continu ing to the Mable Street, with the following restrictions: There shall be no parking in front of water hydrants nor in front of the Missil dine Pharmacy. Stores shall be al loted permenant spaces to be design ated for their wagons or trucks In which space no other vehicles may park. It further provides that there shall be no parking on the West side of Tnide street between the two rail rlld crossings in the space original ly intended for a park. It has been stated that a definite move is under way to revive this park, sodding, and planting from tjie curbing to the rails. Cars may be parked on the West side of Trade street between Maple street and the crossing. It has been suggested that car owners who In tend to leave their cars In the down town section leave them across the tracks near the station. Cars may not be parked on the West side of the retaining wall at the station except public service cars or cars meeting trains. Aside from the above ordinance the meeting was devoted to routine busi ness. x o WILLIAMS AND* BROW MAKE FLYING RECORDS Mitchell Field, N. Y.' Battling for ?peed Bupremancy In the air, Lieu tenant Alford J. Williams and Lieu* tenant Harold J. Brow, navy air men, all but flew five miles a minute yesterday. Williams, setting a new world's record, won the contest with an average speed of 266.6 miles an jhour over a three kilimeter course, although Brow, on one leg of the flight, traveled faster than ever man flew before, racing with the wind at a rate of 274.2 miles an hour. Six timesjn the last three days the two fliers, pitted against each other, have smashed world's records. When they meet again tomorrow In the air carnival here/ the mnch ?ought record of five miles a minute may be attained. Armistice Day To Be Quietly Observed Local Churches Will Have Addresses Sunday to Fit the Occasiovf. i ^ Sunday, Novmber.* II, Armistice Day, will be quietly observed by the various churches of Tryon and the county at their regular Sunday ser vices with suitable addresses for the occasion. According to the present plans of the various churches there will i)e no special celebration ser vices on Sunday. Monday, Novmber 12, has been pro claimed by the President of the Un ited States, the Governor of North Carolina, and local authorities as the official day of observance of the fifth annual observance of the date of the signing of the armistice be tween the warring nations in the World War, and the day of commem oration of those who died in the ser vice of their country. "'Owners of radio sets will be able to "listen-in" on the , special music arranged by the many stations throughout, the nation for Sunday j evening. Church choirs, orches j tras and prominent singers are scheduled to broadcast Into the mi crophones throughout the evening. Tryon will celebrate the day quiet ly, there being but too few exservlce men in town to make any attempt at a formal demonstration. The Church of the Holy Cross will hold a brief celebration in the Parish House Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock under the auspices of the Reverend C. P. Burnett, rector, and according to present plans there will be a few addresses and other features appropriate to the occasion. -O WEi Meteorological Record For Tryon \G?ndall Brown lee, Official Ob server of the United State* Weather Bureau. For Week Ending Nov. 1. Temperature Dar Max. Mln. Wed 64 43 Thur 60 36 Fri 54 31 Sat ...., 58 34 Sun 54 42 Mon. 59 47 Tues. 63 45 Maxim am temperature for week , 64 Minimun 31. Prevailing Winds and Character of Day Wed. W. Clear; Thurs. E. Partly Cloudy; Fri. W. Clear; Sat N. W. \ Cloudy; Mon W. Cloudy; Tues. S. Partly Cloudy. 'Work Progressing On Huge Power Project ______ H Prominent Cotton Mill Men Visit Turner Shoals. Labor Shortage Reported. Construction work on the Turner Shoals power project of the Blue Ridge Power Company is progress ing to th point where sightseers may obtain some idea as to the enormity of the undertaking. Several of the series of eleven piers that will sup port the structure of the dam are now under construction, the founda tions having been made and forms erected. Concrete work on the arches connecting the piers will be started this week according to the present plans. A trip to the dam after this week should afford sight seers an interesting idea of the pecu liar formation of this particular sort ; of construction which is one of a very few dams of like construction j in the world with its apparently j thin arches holding back a tremen dous volume of water. The last ten days have been spent in putting the camp jn condition for the winter weather. Work was started this week on three per menant dwellings for operators, one of which will contain five rooms and the other two, four rooms each. The construction work has suffer ed a slight delay recently due to a shortage of labor. Thirty men, all skilled, labor, were imported last Monday to begin work on the houses and more permenant features of the building programme. The last series of aerial photo graphs were taken last week. It was stated that all of the photo graphs were remarkbly clear and showed up in detail the entire Green River Valley controlled by the power company. During the last few days that the plane was stationed in Hen dersonville as its base, It became necessary that a gaurd be placed over the ship at all times after land ing due to the impression on the part of a few that it was being oper ated by the revenue department as a factor in enforcing the Volstead act. A number of men prominent in the cotton industry have visited the pro ject in the last two weeks, among these being executives from cotton mills in Charlotte, Splndale and Spartanburg. Large mill interests throughout the piedmont section are looking to ward this development for their future power supply as Is estimated that power will b derived from the Blue Ridge Power company's plants throughout the year regardless of dry seasons. I "The Green Goddess" To Be Offered By Giub "The GreenGoddess" will be the first offering of the Drama Fort nightly Club at its first winter meet ing next Thursday, evening Novem ber 15, at 8 o'clock, at Lanier Lib rary. The play, written by . William Archer, will be read by Miss Put nam, Mr. Searles, Mr. Peattie, Mr. Massanovich and Mr. Skinner. No admission will becharged and the public are cordially Invited to at tend the meeting. A plate will be | placed at the entrance to the Lib rary and guests may, if they desire, make contributions to assist In ? de fraying the actual expenses incur red by the organization in purchas ing books aftd transcribing plays for additional copies for the readers. No election of officers will be i held, W. P. Little, having agreed to ? continue in his capacity as treasur jer, to whom members of the Drama -Fortnightly are requested to give their annual dues of one dollar. New members are desired, no other qualifications being necessary except those of love for drama and I an amiable spirit toward those mem- . bers who read the plays at the meet- ! ings. ( j It is the intention at this time for j various members of the society to > take charge of the meetings. Mrs. R. | B. Pea'ttie will supervise the reading \ of "The Green Goddess" but it is the expectation that some other mem- , ber will assume 'charge of the next reading. Upon the dedication of the Episco- j pal Parish House it is the intention | of the society to hold its meetings [ in that building due its large seat- j ing capacity and more adequate facilities for the needs of the ch$>. i ? . o ; "A ben in the hen house is worth j two in the tree top." Board Of Trade To Have Dinner Tuesday Night Dr. Joseph H. Pratt to Speak. Public Invited to Attend. All Indications point toward a : large attendance at the Board of Trade dinner to be held next Tues day evnlng at 8 o'clock at Oak Hall. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, director of the State Geological Surrey depart ment, will be the guest of honor of the Board and the principal speaker of the occasion. Dr. Pratt ts fcnow* as an ardent "booster" of the moun tain section of North Carolina and comes to Tryon with a message of vital importance to every community in Polk county. Representatives from the various sections of the county have been In vited to attend and have signified their intention of being present. Tickets for the dinner were placed on sale last Tuesday morning at the banks In Tryon, and ,by members of the Board. Tickets for the dinner can be pur chased at the Bank of Tryon , the Peoples Bank and Trust Company and the MIssildine Pharmacy or from any of he following momber* <* the Board: B. L. Ballenger, W. M. Hester, Carter Brown, H. If. Praser ?r Id. O. Blake. o | SENATE HEARING TO BE HELD AT A8HEVILLK j The visit, November 15-16, of the United States Senate Committee on j Reforestation to ABhevllle, N. C., for the purpose of holding a hearing of forestry needs of the Southern Ap palachians, will be an occasion of first importance to the future of con servation program In the South. This committee, composed of Sena tors McNary, chairman, Moses, Couzens, Fletcher, and Harrison, already has held hearings in the Gulf, Western and Northern State*, and the meeting at Ashevllle probab ly will be the last before a final one at Washington, if that be considered necessary. By its report to the next Congress will be largely determined the future policy of the Government in connection with maintaining the appropriation for forest reserves, carrying on the principles laid down in the Weekly Law, aiding In fire j>rotection and establishing re- J forestatlon, not only on public, but privately owned lands. There will also enter into the scope of the hear ing discussion of the lmport^pl policy of road building through Na tional Forest Reserves and measure! necessary to develope and popular ] ize their use as recreational acres. Col. W. B. Grely, United Stated! Forester, Joseph Hyde Prattlj Director of the Survey, and man]j Southern men prominently ldentlfiefj with the question in other Stateij will /be in attendance. It Is also ei pected that the meeting will attrac the Interest and participation of <1 number of representatives of larffj owners of commerlcal lands. Elect New Officers For Local Red Cros The annual meeting of the Pol} County Chapter of the American Re Cross was held at the Library laif ' Monday afternoon. Following th* reading of the minutes and othc' routine business reports from cod mittees were read. :i The treasurer's report showed balance on hand of $111.61. Tt Japanese Relief fund total amountc to $549.40. Miss Beatson of the W ? fare Committee stated that the su: set aside for the pu^hase of scahj could be devoted to some other woi due to the gift of scales by E. B. Ml sildine. It was voted to give the Salucl Branch a vote of thanks for their ' forts during the Japanese Reli F?und drive. Mrs. H. P. Corwith I presented that branch I . Following the reading of the l! ports . elections for the ensuing yej were held with the following result W. F. Little, chairman; Mrs. E. Holden, vice-chairman; J. B. Hestif treasurer; and Miss Ferdlnan Poppe, secretary. , A unanimous vote of thanks w given Dr. W. W. Gray for his wo as chairman during the past year. Plans for the annual drive I members were discussed. It was < cided to adopt the same plan for tj Annual Roll Call this year as n| used last year, a general canvass school boys.