m > .j-j Kcounty^rst/Seq Jhd, Last and a11 tin Match it grow j iiwm? . ! / W 10 FAQES ^Moiume XXXI No. 19 MC. FACTOR MCANDY J City Plant Utea Gat Only j Output?Cooki 7,000 I Poundi Daily. Net has nothing on I ^Hkrolfna when It comes to tho I ^Hture of candy with the latfeot' ? designed for sanitation and j B?tlt City says so, and it It bo; ^Bhat city is a plant, with pi I Ha cookers of most muuuu ^Kbere actually tons of candy Hoed out daily. Further, the ^ prlll in all likelihood soon be for the company has just contract with one of the ^^Mpln store companies in the Kte>. of the Elizabeth City told in a letter to Pobfrom Richard C. Job, sec-1 ^^Hhe Elizabeth City Chamber ^Hsree. Mr. Job writes: with interest your publlca^Hlic Service,' and under date j notice an.article I iJIVMi * ? y of Candy Cooked by Icle ariginated In Great' I thought It might be you to know that we o go to New York for this kind. Elizabeth City the largufacturlng plant In the wned and operated by 4y & Co., and they are BEING ERECTED ADE STREET MID BE READY Ick stores now nnder Trade street will soon occupancy. The ownk Calhoun, and when add much to the bua[ Tryon. They will b* j kry respect, Including |iow windows of the' ( lesign. They have a, -j feet on Trade street, eet deep. The owners will be completed in me. srstood that these new ly rented, and will be loon as completed. STATE BANK IDA SHOWS I0US STATEMENT state Bank at Saluda, in this week's issue inty News their regneat. An increase in j ted. also an addition / Iprplus fund. The officers are >ud of this showing and preirger increase this year over 1925. Saluda has two banks, i are id a prosperous condiboth institutions are headed ity's most prominent men of insuring the community of nd real! banking service. I uda Fast Be nnwi-M i\ iVffj intil/ff Many City C , Jan. 12.?The city ot j gresslng at a rapid pace, the year 1925 showed transfers than any years eports' from all, of the state men are very ener the prospects of 1926 aer year. Property here good price, and Inquiries in from all sections of for homes, farms and >perty. People are fast e many advantages ofand appreciate the great :epery and beautiful cllimprovements for this e many, including more s and various other items ike Saluda rank high in rth Carolina as a resort uncement of the Hender-1 nty officials that they had ! I into agreements with the [ighway Commission, under he paring of the highway At Flat Rock to the PoPlk line would be accomplished njtly, will also be a tremenilp to Saluda, meaning that Is of people will pass through M for 1926 promises to U previous records. Plans K . r me ii 1 T ' <&' **. * . 4 4:h ' =T=? tY MAKES IY THE TON _ ' * 7. vfi ' *rV.' I i * using gu exclusively for the manufacture at their products. They have a capacity of 7,000 pounds, 10-hour day, and are now running both night and day. , T "They recently secured a. contract from one of the largest chain stores h| the United States, and It looks as if the output of th's plant will be ttore^ than doubled in the very near * **"' *i*; * 4 f *hjkU the cookers are,gas equipped, also their batch warmem which keep the candy warm during the process of cutting and forming. The W. H. Weafherly Co. used coke before the installation of their gas appliances. They claim the gas process is more sanitary and is giving them greater satisfaction through a uniform heat and Is always ready when wanted. "The candy manufactured by this firm is being shipped from Lake Erie oAiilhnrn HHawJ/Iq " VV OWUbUOtU A" 1V1 1UU. Mr. Job adds that his letter was inspired by the belief that it "would be Interesting for North Carolinians to know we are just progressive as New York." FLASHES FROM LIFE London ? Some of the girls are carrying their watches tacked into garters just above the knees. Another new mode is the wearing of neckties behind instead of in front. New York?Bobby Walthour, Jr., cyclist, is honeymooning in Miami - with the former Miss Margaret Murray it New York. They eloped. Washington ? President and Mn? Coolidge have gone to -? " |v church twice in the same day for the first time since they entered the White House. London?Joop Lett is a Dutch heavyweight boxer who sings from the rinsr. After forcing JBUIy Prestage, an Englishman, v to tfit hi t*o rounds, joopsang * from Pagliacel. It seems as If it would have been more appropriate for Bill to warble from the opera, but presumably he can't sing any better than he fights. Boston ? Cardinal O'Connell thinks that a certain man who left his millions to art seemed to have lost touch with com' passion for the poor. The cardinal spoke at a Holy Name meeting. He did not name the man, but indentified him as pool boy, who accumulated 140,000,000. New York ? Edward Fitzgerald, Duke of Leinster and Earl of Klldhre, is here on a mysterious trip. His ex-wife, formerly an actress, remains in Ptiwlonil A wnnntr trnmflTl TTlfit l^Ufe'CXUU. " juuu;, .. him at the pier. Albany?A red fox which un- I invited wandered into the yard of the executiye mansion, ap- | parrently had heard about the good food served in there, Governor Smith opines. * 'coming Big building and ) Improvements are in the making for many new homes and store buildings, and vari- j ous other building activities will be witnessed during 1926. Everyone in Saluda is thoroughly imbued with the - booster spirit, and all are very enthusiastic over the bright future ahead of this fast growing mountain city. PAVING STREETS IN LAKE LANIER MAKING DIDin DDflCDFCC nnriu i nuuiuuv ? j I The work of paving at Lake Lanier is going on at a rapid pace. Scores of workmen have been rushing! the work to completion. This step will hasten the building of the new hotel, yrhich is scheduled to begin some time this month. | Traffic has already shown a heavy I increase at Lake Lenier. Many fund; J tions at the Tea Room bring numbers of . visitors from the nearby * ? - * - ' -- towns as weu as scores ui umuci parties and dances given there by Tryon folks. ..>! j ' -n ? t. -- 4* A.' ?. t , ?'**? i i IE NATION'S DmlH POLK com ' ' ,'k ll ? - !? -fi? -?s? . f / H UiL' - rji j ??i__ | REjLpTE|j| sjh-5- new Years fete vu *Tuuwfr IN'rjr DX A fop- Something Good, an' Gett\n& Mostly an 4ir 1 v/wen fr-4 supt^lv v some woadcarrgwjvsa' "tw15 * statiom wflrv the Liberty seta. | j^tten twi JUTBCAS Tfl; H. ? a "Tl" .I , : v Leu/x Blunder. Air est Justified by Facti dying confession by a waiter in a London garret revealed a tragic blun der which the law jfrad made. Five years before this confession the landlord of thej King's Head. Iiotel Banbury, had been banged for th? murder of one off his guests. Thli landlord wag heavily in debt On? night a^ ric old gentleman stopped al Ma hrAe) Jfcil over drinks foolishly mentioned that he jhad the sunt of $2, 600 with him and hoped that it would be safe. In the middle of j the night Bradford the landlord, with a long knife ,ln hlf hand, crept Into t|ie old man's room. Intent on getting the money, even U be had to kill thej man for It. When he flashed his, lafljtern on the ned he was amaxed and horror-stricken to find the man with bis throat cut from eat to ear. In his -terror Bradford shouted for helj*. Attracted by his cries, guests and servants dashed into the room and found the landlord lying across the victim's bed : with the knife lr his hand. With such evidence, no jury would acquit, and Bradford was hanged Then came the confession, five yean later, which showed that a serious error had been made. The confessor was employed a^ a waiter at tin Kind's hend He hsd overheard th( story the rlrb man had told the land lord and had\antlclpated his rnastei In the grim deed. f Hope to Get Light on Aztec History Aztec scrolls were destroyed bj Spanish soldiers. !The picture writing on cotton cloth and prepared skins resembling somewhat Egyptian hlero glyphics, disappeared from the lane where the Aztecs 'had ruled for more than two centuries. The ruins of theli pillared palaces remained, as did theli feather mosaics, their turquoise lnlalc shields, their disk-lfke calendar sc similar to that of the Mayas and form ing a link now being used by scholars to connect up the prehistoric civiliza tlons of South Apierlca and Mexico But these scholars are still hunting foi ?~ | ... 11 I 1 TT* 1 ? T)-! J _ j^enin s uriuc Ellen Mackayj daughter of Clarence H. Mackay,|head of the Postal Telegraph and! Cable Company, startled society |>y suddenly becomino the bride of Irvine Berlin, son? ? -? I writer, last week. * I *l nave * -... - r;Coui f^The Gateway of Western I j^Tryonj N? C. January 14, 1 y ' y > MEN YOU HAT) BEEN VT^PtfHiwE-AR6p?*M ' *D jjlou HAD Been' kjft* * * pywi or static, .r '; '0U H6ART> t "vim* PHILADELPHIA, j ,** WlLt' NOW ^ /VeOMs*''', ?o^' ''****?. <.o^4 K\ * ?. .&?*? scrolls with Igufratlve cnaraciers which will dlsclc se Just what part the f Aztec kings plajed In the drama that unfolded Its tragjfc' episodes before Spanish influeac iSacame so strong In Mexico. Should docuah iota bearing the writings of these'kings or their subjects j he unearthed long the bars of gold ' | and emeralds fig (hat hidden cave near , j Tepoxtlan, novra being explored, they will furnish iugnrlal for a new and Important cha^er Leister of Walhalla, S. C.; one lot in Denton Springs Park to the Citizens' ^ ? ooro a nn ' Lilinioer ^umpaiiy, cism " Highway No. 19 between Columbus and Try in to Miss Ella Hensley of Marshall, N. C.; 70 acres of land near - Columbus to Dr. Dedmond of Columi b is; 42 icres near Mill Spring, N. C., i to W. T Hammett of Columbus. j 1 - i GOOD NEWS FOR COLUMBUS ?. E. E. Sams, county superintendent taf Lenoii county, is the latest stockholder in the Columbus Cotton Mills. Mr. Sams bought a thousand dollars' worth of stock and before the certificate was issued requested that his subscription be doubled. Mr. Sams is a son of Clo. J. R. Sams, our bei loved county agent. The Columbus reporter says she can read between these lines and see that Col. Sams has been talking Polk county during his holiday visits; Col. Sams eats, drinks and lives Polk county, so it 'is only typical of him that he should sell stock in' a local enterprise to a resident of a tar away county. Lot Sold. M. A. Pace & Co., real estate dealers of Saluda, report'the sale of a lot to J. S. Holbert. A nice home will be built aa soon as plana are ready. - _ ... ? ' '?.Li , x k-' .S3WS; 1, MJND MOUNT nf-vN P Hi ^ Yorth Carolina &26~ T~~ I ~ By A. B. CHAPiN , ? ? I ^ p<5^ PRACTLT SHORT COURSES OFFERED AT STATE COILESE Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 14. ? Shorf. sources in agriculture for farmers of North Carolina began recently, offering studies in agronomy, ar.imul j husbandry, dairy production, fruit | and vegetable growing, marketing, pojultrjy husbandry, insect control and farm forestry. These short courses are thej regular winter and spring term courses and are not to be confused with the brief, weekly, practical short courses which will also be held. The winter term course will iclose on Tuesday, March 16, and the spring term course will begin / on - Mar^h 17 and clo^e on June 4. /These cojursgs are so designed that those w^io! cannot attend college for one of th^ regular your year courses may still secure college training and get the benefit of the facts found by investigation on ythe experiment station fkrms. A student may select a certain course which will prepare him for general farming in a certain section of the statte, or he may specialize in any particular branch Jn which he is-?interested.. The college offers these courses to both men and women, but each applicant must be of mature years and must have had at least two years of j practical farming. A student may select one or more courses, but he will be limited to a maximum of 21 credits per term, and when he has successfully completed the work required for 60 credits, which will require three or more terms, he will be granted a certificate in agriculture. Mountain Industries Tea Room Open. I The Tea Room at the Mountain In-1 dustries is now open for business. I ! ! I ! HERE AND THERE. Camden, N. J.?There ought to I lea skull and crossbones instead (fa picture of flowers on sjmc narriage licenses issued in Elk- j | ton, Md., in the opinionvof Vice i I Ohhncellor Learning. He was , moved to denunciation wjien hear| i:ig a divorce suit that followed a G retna Green marriage of youngtors. New York?Mrs. Max Winslow, whose husband is a business associate of Irving Berlin, has never _ en urr?n r orf 111V hart- 1 By till a tiuupic ou nviiuvi^u..,, py as Mr. ^nd Mrs. Berlin. They haven't made any/plans for their European honeymoon; they just want to be away together alone. Netchez, Miss.?Bootleggers here are "devoid of ethics and lacking in cdnslderation," said Sheriff Reed, who, formally attired, was forced to stop his daughter's wedding and conduct a raid. y. Louisville ? Because Edward Lake, who was sentenced to electrocution for killing Mrs. Mary Smith, is growing fat in* priBon, J har brother is going to ask the governor to rush the execution. ? r f -4 -. y ' ' ..'A-"- . V. - -L1,'1 1. v ; VISKr *s1 / /jlS 'Tw ,^L'! >? vli?? " sSL ' U ' 1 A IN RESORT ~ v r I 5 ; i ifl? i ,'iv-ill ' . ' . .-1 Five ' ' / ' I TRYON [COVERED II HEAVEST SNOW I STRIKE! Tryon was visited last week by the j heaviest snow of the fall and winter | season, but ri^e of temperature during the latter part of the week caused a quick meltiiig. Practically no de ... i I ! lay in business was experienced, and no extremely cold weather came along with it. ' The towering mountain peaks all bedecked in their robes of white afforded some excellent scenery. Numbers of visitors and natives took advantage of the wonderful opportunity j to take snapshots of these gorgeous [ pictures. Sleigh riding for the kiddies was much in vogue* and a real I HONOR ROUT For Tryon Elementary School for Month of December. Seventh Grade? William Burton. Myrtle Mills. /anet Durham. Florence Moore. Naomie Whitmore. 1 Mary Sayre. Sarah Millekin. Mary McFarland. Earle Rein. Senora Goodwin. Jack Fisher. Sixth Grade? , Elizabeth Avant. I i Ellie Chapman. Elizabeth -McDonald. Viola Lindsey. James Moore. Fifth GradeVirginia Dreyer. Coy Fisher. Minnie Bridgeman. " Francis Justice. < Clarence Davenport. Fourth GradeRaymond Waters.John Chapman. ? Delia BurreH. Virginia Ward. ~ Esther Andrews, i Harold Shellnutt. Louise Durbin. ? Lulie Staton. Louie Walters. Woodrow Sexton. Billy Wilson. ' Third tirade? . Lily Hinson. George Jones. Genell Gosnell. Bertha Williams. Nellie Porter. q Elma Wilson Fay Martin. ' - First Grade? ' x Ted Averill. Mary Jaclcsen. Holie JacobsJ Robert Pearsjon. Edward Sayre. Edwin Summjey. Billy Ward. >. | Higher Third Grade? Lois Avant. Betty Bradley. Ruth Crpasman. Betty McFarland. Mildred Rippy. i Tolbert Bradley. | Second Grade? . Dorothy Gallbway. Sara Rion. 1 i\eu sivann. Lillian Thompspn. Dorothy Durham. : , Rachel Jacksen. < Loraine Johnson. HurteheJ Bradshaw. Richard Jacobs. M Advanced First Grade-? i Nora Waters. ' i Clyde Kuykenda'l. Bessie Pettit. j i John Lewis Shields. j i Polk County Bank & Columbus Show Ni * - - More Funds lAdded and Capital ^ ' The directors of the Polk County Bank and Trust Comp ny of Colum-j :/bus met December 23'-. -nd declared; a 7 per cent; dividend, which is the j fifth - dividend to be declared on its I capital stock of fifteen thousand dol- j lars. They also set aside a like amount for surplus, making the total j I surplus account of this growing insti- j tution five thousand dollars. The stockholders of the bank will Ijold their annual meeting in the form of a banquet1 in the domestic science room of Stearns High School, Saturday evening, January the 16th, at 7 o'clock. Last year the annual stock:<** - . I I - ' '''* v? . i j , siiL :-i,% 7 . 7T ' ' . ' 1 V - * \ % : , , V ' $9 ./ 1 : ; nf . 4 rwr i- i t 1-^1. - I r . ' : I ,? Alii Independent Weekly \ ^ Published in an inde- , pendent part of these United States. Cents Per Copy $1.50 a Year I WHITE FALL OF SEASON 5 POLK COUNTY i winter scene was witnessed by many. Snows of any real depth or of a lasting time rarely ever witness this section, for as a rule the winters here and the surrounding territory are very mild, making Tryon the noted winter resort that it is. ?? JL- l ? v* Bryan's Widow Writes j 1. i m is VH For the first time in yean Mrs. Wm. Jennings Bryan, widow of the great ^Commoner" permits herself. to be photographed. She is working on the diary of her late husband?assisted by her sew Wso. Jennings BryHE*^' ** ^ POLK COUNTY CLUB MEETING The next meeting of the Polk County Club will be held at the Lanier Library in Tryop on Tuesday evening, January 19th. The ladies of the club will serve a turkey dinner for $1.00, and all persons interested will be welcome. Please notify Miss Flintye or Mr. Merrick either by phone or card, i| you expect to be present. Mr. Romain Stone will give a radio program, and there will be other music. MRS. IRENE FLINTYE, Secretary. Ballenger Company Announces Their Clearance Sale The Ballenger Co. of Tryon announce that on Saturday, January the 16th, they will begin their annual January Sale. Big preparations are being made lor tnia event, looicea forward to with much interest every ytar. The management, states that special prices will prevail throughout the entire store, and many specials will be on sa'e in the Bargain Basement. They an: ounce tl^t during the sale they are going to sell the best gran- . ' ulated sugar at six cents per pound in any q >antities.above five pounds. The sale will begin Saturday, Janii ry 16th, and continue through Jan nary the 23rd. : Trust Co. of )table Gain in 1925 4 to" Surplus Funds Increased holders' meeting was held in the form of a banqr ' 1 Boxwood Inn and was such a succeJ8v until the entire body voted to have another banquet at the next meeting. Stockholders of this institution, which come from all sections of the country, number around one hundred and include some 01 rum liuuui; a most influential citizens. The directors of the bank arc as follows: J. R. Sams, E. W. S. Cobb. Prank Jackson, E. B. Cloud, W. T. Hammett, John Henry Gibbs, P. D. ? Williams, J^ Newman and Fred W. Blanton. ; v . . , 4 / * . . " '"/ SJbr. . i .