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' m* S Pages This Week ****** fi ^ PRICE 5 Cts. POLK COUNTY -The Gateway of Western North Carolina Volume XXIX No. 52 Tryon, N. C.f July 10, 1924 $1.50 a Year 924 c 4- V* 1?/\w "his iiiviwii. ? ~ ?, ? ; by J. T. Waldrop, and unamm ? ously adopted. On motion of Mr. Jones sec onded by Mr. Waldrop it was unanimously ordered, that, since the State Department of Miration lias ruled that no S?her in the system that ? holds a certificate below the Elementeary Class A., no teacher be employed in the white schools of Polk County who does not hold an Elemen tary B, certificate or * its equivalent. Ordered that the plumbing in the Stearns High School, be let to the lowest responsible bid der. Contract to be let by County Supt. and local, com mittee. ? \ Ordered that the Cobimbus and the Saluda Schools be per mitted to pay above the State Salary Schedule for high school teacher and director, provided the overage is provid ' ed for out of local funds. Ordered that the Teacherage at Greens Creek be wired for eteetric lighting. That a , rental of $10.00 a month be charged by the occupants of this dormitory, the same as is charged for that at MiM Spring. Ordered that the Supt. com municate with tfi'e retiring Secy., Treas. Saluda School Board, asking for an itemized statement of the financial transactions of the fuel ac count for 1922-'23. On motion it was ordered that Mr. and M!rs. T. C. Linger feldt, teachers in the Mill Spring School, be paid accord ing to special agreement for the last month of the school term. E. W> S. Cobb, Clerk to Board of Education. INSURE GRAPE CROP BY TIMELY SPRAYING o The disappointment of having a nice crop of grapes go bad from rot may be avoided by spending a little time in spray ing this season.Black rot, an thracnose, and other diseases take heavy annual tolls, while experiments made* in this state have proven that these diseas es may be controlled at a profit by timely and thorough spray ing. "The most effective spray to use for the control of these dis eases is Bordeaux mixture/' says G. W. Fant, extension specialist in the department of plant diseases of the State Col lege of Agriculture. "This ma terial can be prepared in large or small quanities in the pro Portion of thee pounds of b^e stone, four pounds of stone Mme, to 50 gallons of water. If fifty gallons of spray are needed, dissolve the three pounds of bluestone in twenty Jjve gallons of water. Shake f?ur pounds of stone lime in a separate container slowly with water and when the shaking Jas ceased, dilute with water t0 make twenty-five gaBtons and strain. Pour the two solu tions together simultaneously 2 spray tank while stir rin? tharoughly. One pound of arsenate of lead powder is add 5 to each fifty gallons of spray . or the control ol insects. The pTray is then ready to apply." . in order to protect the grapes ? they develop Mr. - Fant ates that the spray should be PPned about every two weeks, are should be taken to follow i rect|?ns in . preparing spray tht>?!? i*r Preven^ injury to ELECTION RETURNS Following is the official count of the vote in the primary election held last Saturday. Tryon Bacon . ..^ ....... 363 Burgess 32 Saluda Bacon 98 Burgess 26 Columbus Bacon 62 Burgess 74 Mill Spring Bacon . : 10 Burgees i . . . ; . 102 Pea Ridge Bacon 2 Burgess 14 Big Level , Bacon * 2 Burgess 10 Jackson Mill 1 Bacon 1 . Burgess 1 For Commissioner of Labor and Printing, Shipman received 626 and Grist 301. DIVIDEND DECLARED The annual meeting of stock holders of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co., was heldJast week.*| The directors remain the same for the following year. A dividend of eight per cent was paid and a substantial sum placed to the surplus fund. The Capital and surplus now 1 ft in excess of $31,000.00. The years business showed gains in all departments and a very satisfactory year. The following ofpcers were elected. G H. Holmes, Pesident; J. T. Waldrop, Vice President; Walter Jones Vice President, W. F. Little, Cashier; V. A. Bland, Asst. Cashier and Fos ter Thompson, Asst. Cashier. HEAR THEM SING The Singing Class of Oxford Orphanage will give a concert at Tryon, Parish House on Monday, July 14. This class has gained an enviable reputa tion for giving concerts of high order ? concerts that both en tertaining and uplifting. Be low we publish some comments on the concert given by this Class of children from which it seems th^t it maintains the same high standard of ex cellence and we believe that a pleasant and profitable even ing awaits all those who attend. If you wish to spend a pleas ant hour and af the same time lend your personal aid to a most worthy cause, you will not fail to attend the concert given by the Oxford Orphan age Singing Class. The 14 girls and boys" in the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class are representing about 375 children in that well known institution. During the concert tour of the Oxford Orphans this year they have been greeted with the largest houses they have ever played to. Their reputation is so well established in this State for giving concerts of such meritirious worth, that the an nouncements of their coming to a town or . city is <alway? looked forward to with delight. More than two thousand peo ple attended the concert, given by the Singing Class of. Ox ford Orphanage Saturday night at the City Auditorium, and enthusiastically) applauded the excellent program rendered by the Class and the selections by Oasis Temple Band> which preceded the regular program. ? Charlotte Observer. ICE CREAM SUPPER There will be an ice cream supper given by /the young women's class of the Mill Spring's Methodist Sunday School Saturday P. M. July 19th, beginning at 4 o'clock on the church grounds. The pub lic is cordially invited to at tend. Boll woevils arc beginning to! appear in the cotton, reports farm agents. Now ia the time to get ready for them. Watch and dust. John W. Davis Democratic Nominee The Democratic Convention, held in New York, yesterday nominated as their candidate for President Hon. Jno. W. Davis of West Virginia.' 101 bal lots were taken. Governor Chas. W. Bryan of Nebraska was nominated as his running mate. Report of the Condition of , I The Carolina State Bank at Saluda in the State of North Carolina, at the close of busi ness, June 30, 1934. RESOURCES Loans & Discounts . . $65,558.51 Demand Loans 1,834.70 Overdrafts, unsecured, 12.93 All other Stocks, Bonds, and Mortages.. 9,530.00 Banking Houses, 2,000 Furniture and Fix tures, 1,000.... 3,000.00 All other * Real Estate owned, 301.57 Cash in vault and net amount due from Banks, Bankers, and Trust Com panies, ....... 14,194.46 Cash Items held over 24 hours,. 20.10 j Clecks for clearing . . 575.76 Customers drafts 50.00 ! Total, 95,078.03 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in 10,000.00 Surplus Fund, 1,000.00 Undivided Profits*, less - current expenses taxes paid 654.79 Deposits subject to check Individual 40,135.14 Cashier's Checks out standing 170.96 Time Certificates of De posit, Due on or After 30 Days 43,117.14 Total 95,078.03 State of North Carolina, Coun ty of Polk July 7, 1924 I, E. C. Barnard, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemn ly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. C. BARNARD, Cashier Correct ? Attest : H. L. Capps Q. C. Sonner M. A. Pace Directors. Subscribed and sworn to be fore me, this .7 day of July, 1924. WALTER THOMPSON Notary Public My Commision Expires March 1st. 1926. o THE SPARTANBURG MER CHANTS TO STAGE ANOTHER TRADE EVENT Spartanburg, S. C. \ July 8, 1924. Spartanburg merchants will hold their 3rd. and greatest trade event beginning Satur day July 19th and ending Sat urday, August 2, 1924. Two thousand dollars worth of prizes will be given away dur ing the trade event consisting of 4 automobiles and $100 in I gold. One Ford Touring Car,1 one Star Touring Car and ?50 in gold will be given to out-of town shoppers. One Ford Touring Car, one Chevrolet Touring Car and $50 in gold will be given to City shoppers. In addition to the above grand prizes each one one of the 76 participating merchants will offer remarkable values in all lines of merchantise. The merchants of Spartan burg have already held two big trade events each of which has been crowned with overwhelm ing success. This third trade event will be greater in every respect than the previous ones. Far more merchants are par ticipating, more prizes will be given away and greater values than ever before will be offered i [by the merchants., ? ? o Tarheel says that it pays for him to believe in his neighbors for then they believe in hitn. Report of the Condition of THE POLK COUNTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY at Columbus in the State of I North Carolina, at the close of business, June 30th, 1924. RESOURCES Loans & Discounts 122,397.84 Overdrafts, secured 1,177 unsecur ed 51.12...... United States Bonds & Liberty Bonds I All other Stocks, Bonds & Mort gages, Banking Houses, 6, 000 Furniture & Fixtures 3,700 All other Real Estate owned Cash in vault & net amount due from Banks, Bankers, & Trust Companies.... 24,144.25 Total, 163,202.25 LIBILITIES Capital Stock paid in 15,000.00 Surplus Fund, 2,000.p0 Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid.. 2,011.8? Unearned Discount, . . 500.00 Notes & Bills redis counted, 10,000.00 Bills Payable Payable 20,000.00 deposits Due Banks, Bankers & Trust Companies, 2,005.04 Deposits subject to check individual 53,215.71 Time Certificates of De posits, Due on or After 30 Days 42,730.32 Savings (Deposits, . 14,089.30 Accrued Interest due depositors 500.00 Certificate for U. S. ? ; Bonds 1,150.00 1,228.12 4,450.00 800.00 9,700.00 482.04 Total 163,202.25 State of North Carolina ? County of Polk, July 5, 1924 I, Fred W. Blanton, Cashier of the above named Bank, do salemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. FRED W .BLANTON Cashier. Correct ? Attest : J. W. Newman Frank Jackson J. H. Gibbs , Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5 day of July 1924 H. H. CARSON C. S. C. 0 THE STRAND THEATRE Best ventilated theatre in N. C. THURSDAY & FRIDAY Milton Sills & Henry B. Walt Hall In "ONE CLEAR CALL" A drama of the South and K. K. K. iv.\ SATURDAY Edmund Cobb in "THE DEVILS GORGE" MONDAY & TUESDAY Balzac's Immortal Story "A SLAVE OF DESIRE" From The Magic Skin A GoM wyn Special ' with George Walsh, Bessie Love and Carmel Myers. Coming THE DANGEROUS AGE 7 ? 0 Properly fertilized * peach trees have withstood early sea son frost and freezes much better than unfertilized trees, finds County Agent Kope Elias Mecklenburg county who spent some time in helping his farm ers to spray their trees this spring. ? . i SIMPLE RULES FOE DUSTING COTTON How to use calcium arsenate dust in the control of cotton boll weevil, has been reduced to the following simple rules outlined by W. Bruce Mabee, extension entomoligist for the State College of Agriculture. I., Do it right or not at all. 2. Use calcium arsenate on ly in the dust form. 3. Use only dusting machin ery" especially constructed for cotton dusting. 4. Poison when the air is calm and the plats are some what moist. 5. Use five to seven pounds of calcium arsenate per acre each dusting. 6. Start poisoning when 10 to 15 per cent of the squares are punctured. 7. Make an application every four or five days, until three applications have been made. 8. If you have a heavy rain within twenty four hours re peat the application. 9. If the weevils become abundant later put on one or two more applications. 10. Write to the editor, Ex tension Service, State College for Extension Circular 137 for full detailed instructions. II. Do it right or not at all. The' biggest cotton plantion in the world follows these di-J rections. They have been doing this since 1917 ? seven years. o Congregational Church Of Christ Rev. Joseph L. Daniels, D. D. L. L. D., Pastor Emiritus Rev. Will O'Neill, Minister Church School 10 A. M. Nelson Jackson Jr. Supt. A graded school with classes for all. Morning worship 11 AM. iY. P. S. C. E. ? 3.P.M. Wednesday The Quiet Hour 4 P. M. Everybody welcome and visitors in the city are especial ly invited to worship with us. EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. C. P. Burnett, rector Sunday Service: Holy Communion 7:30 Sunday School V 10:00 Morning Prayer and ' sermon 11:00 Friday 5 P. M. Litany and in tercessions for the sick. u Tryon Baptist Church Thomas L. Justice, D. D. Pastor. Sunday School at 10 A. M. C. - E. Hagaman, Supt. Regular Service at 11 A. M. CATHOLIC CHURCH St. John's Church Cor. Melrose Ave and Lanier St. MASS? Sunday 9 A.U. REV. J. A. MANLEY, Rector, o* LANDRUM VOTES BONDS FOR WATER AND SEWERS At the election held on Tues day at Landrum, S. C. the pro position to vote bonds for water works carried by a vote of 88 for to 16 against. The same proposition for sanitary sewerage carried by a vote of 87 to 19. R. L. Lee, J, G. Lan drum and B. F. Thompson were elected commissioners. The people of Landrum are to be congratulated on taking this progressive step. ? o CAMPING PARTY i The following parties are spending the week camping at Lake James, Burk County: Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Sayre and chil dren, Mr. M.G. Blake, Miss Vir ginia Bland, Miss Catherine I Beatson, Miss Louise Andrews,! Miss Jean Beatson, Miss Jose phine Hill and Mrs. Beatson. o . . Have you prepared for the boll weevil? If not write for a copy of Extension Folder 14 that tells how to fight the in sect. As card to your Exten sion Division, State College of Agricultural, will bring it free, of charge. ' SUNNY VIEW There was no Sunday Schooal at Cooper Gap Sunday on ac count of the inclement weath er Mrs. A. H. Lynch and chil dren visited the latter^ par ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Wil liams, Sunday afternoon. Miss Mandy Lee Lynch spent Saturday night with her friend Miss Emma Helton. Mrs. Mark j Laughter, of Route 1, visited her mother, Mrs. G. W. Bradley Sunday. Several from this section at tended the preaching service at Cane Creek Sunday. Miss ' Arkansas Jackson" spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Sallie Jackson. Mrs. G. W. Bradtey is very ill at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart White side were the guests at the home of W. D. Helton Sunday afternoon. Messrs Mark Laughter and Willie B. McGuinn made a business trip to Henderson ville Saturday. Miss Bessie Helton and little sister, Jeanette spent Saturday with their grandmother, Mrs. G. W. Bradley. Mr. Fred Womack of Routel was a calier at G. S. Taylbr's Sunday. There are several cases of whooping cough in this section. Mrs. John Smith met with her club girls on Thursday . with demonstration. The next meeting will be August 1st. Let all members come. Miss Lucile Taylor was the guest of Bessie and Emma Hel ton Sunday P. M. i: MILL SPRING R 1 We certainly are having plen tydf rain. " The farmers are very much discouraged, as so much rain prevents them finishing their crops. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Edwards of Inman are visiting relatives here this week. The little son of Mr and W. E. Elliott is not improving as fast as he has been. He has I been sick for several months. Dr. Smith of Saluda, Hospital is treating him. Mr. Fishtop, that was a very unusual place for a bee hive, wasn?t it? Mr. J. B. Owensby had three swarms to come out at once and all settked together, were put into a gum- and as they were most in, another swarm came and poured into the same gum. He should not expect any honey even if the gum is large, for there is noi space for it. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomp son and little girls spent Sun day with Mrs. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edward^. Miss Vinetta Hyder spent Sunday afternoon with Maggie Lee and Ida Edwards. , Mr. D. J. Burnett made a bus iness trip to Spindale Tuesday. Messrs. Bob and Abner Lynch of Ruterfordton, and George ad Fred Womack of Uree, Route 2, were among the horseback riders to Sugar Loaf mountain last Sunday. Mr. Bert Edwards transacted business in Rutherfordton la#t Saturday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dyer, on last Saturday, a fine daughter. Let's can lots of fruits and vegetables for our fair thig faB. We can't have fairs with noth ing. . o Tis is a good time to select the best small grain for seed this fall. Dr. R. Y. Winters, plant breeder for the State Col lege says that the* State never does produce enough small grain seed to supply its own needs. Farmers of Caswell County are growing Abruzzi rye for seed this year as a result of ten bushels being put out in that county in half bushel lots two years ago, reports County Agent J. L. Dove.
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