I 1?r ~~ XTTTUfC! Landrum, S. C., Walter Hooper wife iTjrPl>)[ Hi W and four children of Mills River, 5-1^ visited friends and kinpeople here . frnm last week. , v, turned Irom 11 is>" ,/ rs.'iiville and is f'1'1 ' j (renerpi Russell of Saluda, held v _ | services here last week which end, ,l r-i," s babies ed Sunday with communion and ra# *r" ."V|j.ul;, is attend- 'foot washing. I _ ' . . | cotton is doing nice, no weevils, v ?r i.obauiion | beans are scarce, but apples and Saluda. at- peaches are in abundance. jph ' !:: " , I >ainl:i>'. 1 ':> l Tomatoes not so good ths season, Mountain |and pasture sare improving since the ... i (.ri aching | rain. - ' I Good many are planting beans and , u i, of Hen-1 turnips for the last few days. " wife and k Walter Ar- Some of the boys have been kill"V .. . daughters of ing squirrels rift :?? ' I Buy only Goodyear Tires for that Truck of yours. Consult with one of the three Goodyear Dealers named below for the proper tire size for the service you need. We can assure you of honest tire service. And as good prices as you can find elsewhere. We carry a full line of TIRES & TUBES to fit any service We also wholesale tires. W. S. MCDOWELL Columbus, N. C. TRYON MOTOR CO. I I y VII, n. \*m Wines Motor Co. I I FURNITURE Jft p&Ai^nl ("<>me In To-Day I ( T.PRICE Tryon, N. C. r??J READ THESE FACTS ABOUT N. CAROLINA They will Help to More Fully Appretlate Your State's Worth North Carolina has the largest hosiery mill in the world. North Carolina has the largest denim mill in the United States. North Carolina has the largest towei mill in the world. North Carolina has the largest daihask mill in the Ignited States. North Carolina has the largest aluminum plant in the world. We consume annually in our textile mills 1,100,000 bales of raw cotton. North Caroina has the largest pulp^ ...111 2? * 1 *? * ?- - nun m we unuea states. North Carolina has more mills that dye and finsih their own products than any other Southern state. North Carolina leads the world in the manufacture of tobacco. Here SOME REA SAV Special Prices on Bathing Suits Silk Hose Ginghams Soisette's at I Good grade Sui sorted patterns Special Prlc< The Balleng Tryon, Nort r====== DEI Is fully equipp vices for testir BATTI SPARK PLU< We can repair; ing and Lighti Two Syst Potential a minimu results. ] Ask for our (discount pre Good prices change for r REPAIR WO AT LOW Estim Look for our i KILPI Auth STAR - ??^^ THE POLK COUNTY NEWS North Carolina has a total of more than 6,200 factories. These factories give employment to 158,000 workers, whose total an nual wages amount to more thai $127,000,000,000.00 North Carolina has $900,000,000.01 Invested In manufacturing establish ments. North Carolina leads every South ern state In the number of wage anc salary earners. Again we lead roe southern states In values added to the raw materials after process of manufacturing North Carolina, $417,000,000; Texas $298,000,000; Virginia, $269,000,001 and Georgia, $263,000,000. North Carolina has the seconc largest hydro-electric power develop ment in the world. North Carolina consumes one niortn or an tne toDacc usea in man ufacture in the entire United States North Carolina pays one-third ol the tobacco taxes of the Union. In 1912 North Carolina paid the government $93,000,000.00 tobaccc tax. More than any other state ir A T6 L MONEY ERS i The Following Ladies Purses Bungalow Aprons and other piece goods iday Shirts as, sold for $3.00 4LM er Co, Inc., h Carolina Hair Ratturv PARTMEI led with the latest i g-ERIES - ARMATI GS all makes of Ignitioi ng Systems. ems of Charging, 1 and Rectifying ass m of expense with Graduated schedule position for use of renti paid for your used ba lew one. RK ON ANY MA EST POSSIBLE I ates Cheerfully < innouncements of N MOTOR C( orfzed Sales and Se CARS AND TR Try on, N. C. i. ? the Union. New York, the next state, paid only $45,000,000.00. t North Carolina manufactures more . cigaretts than any state in the Union i One North Carolina manufactures more tobacco than any other city in ( the world. In the year 1922 we paid the United States government $123,000,000 in . federal taxes, ranking eighth in the I entire Union. North Carolina leads the south in i the number of furniture factories; i in the capital invested; the number . of operatives employed; the variety , of products and the value of the annual output. Only one other city in the United ' States manufactures more funiture than does one of our North Carolina cities. North Carolnia ranks fifth In the value of agricultural products in the | United States. ' In 1921. John, Pitt and Robeson j , were among the fifty richest agricul- | , tural counties In the Union. . North Carolina stands second in ! , the production of tobacco in the Unlted States. North Carolina ranks third in the production of sorghum", peanuts , and sweet potatoes in the United fjgates. North Carolina has grown moro corn to the acre than an!y other state in the Union. ! The South Produces 50 per cent of the nation's lumber and in the Western North Carolina's hardwood forests and eastern North Carolina's pine forests is found the richest and largest supplies of lumber for the eastern half of the United States. The South has water power capable of 9,000,000 horespower development and North Carolina's portion of it is more than 1,000,000 of which ! 450,000 has been developed. CHEMICAL WARFARE SHOWN AT SESQUI ARMY CAMP The newest type of chemical war- j fare, including advances on "enemy" | trenches in the protecting -pall of a heavy, low smake screen, is demon- i strated daily at the Sesqui-Centen- i nial International Exposition, now jie- | ig held in Philadelphia, by the soldiers of the composite army stationed at Camp Antony W,ayne, in the Exposition grounds. This exhibit, part of the United States Government's participation at the Fair, draws thousands each day to the model army camp. Each branch of the service is represented | in the "Sesqui Brigade," and all of ; the units work in precision fhen the [ command to advance is given. Signal and bombarding planes sdhr overhead as the infantry goes' farward behind every type of tank from , small mental rambler to the "travel ? ?i-H- or!Illorv In I inp terror, wimc me a>,bi*?vi^ I the rear keeps up a protecting bar-, f rage. j NT electrical de- I J RES I COIL UNITS Ij 1, Horn, Start- I ^nf uunoiaiii lures you i the best and special il Batteries, ttery in exKE OF CAR PRICES Vfe. _ siveii money savers >. Inc. rvice UCKS " ^ ... GREEN'S CREEK; I The revival meeting at Green's Creek has just closed with thirtyfive additions to the church. The services were conduced by the new pastor, Rov. H. G. Melton, of Boiling Springs, N. C. Mr. Melton has already made many friends in the church and community who expressed their appreciation of his efforts by a liberal contribution at the close of the meeting. Baptizing will be on the af.ernoon of the first Sunday in September in the pool lat tlje church. i I Miss Odessa .I>?es, of near Shlloh j cnurcft in Kumeriorci coupiy spent the week here, and attended the protracted meeting. Mrs. Wilbur Fagan, of Sparanburg, S. C., was among the many friends who came "home" to attend the services at Green's Creek last week. Mr. and Mrs. Victor West and son, Victor, Jr., of Rock Hill, S. C., spent the week-end with Mrs. West's brother, Mr. K. N. Hines, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Govan Fagan, also Mr. and Mrs. Dargah Lowe, of LanDrum, S. C., were among the Sunday visitors at Green's Creek Church. I i Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hines, Messrs j Sam McClure, Wrenzy and Curtis J. Hines, all of this community, and Mr. Paul Page of Campobello, S. C., 1 attended the automobile races at Charlotte, N. C., Monday, August 23. Miss Millie Rogers, of New Hope, has retimed home from Hickory N. j C., where she extended Summer School at Lenoir Rhvne College. 1 ! Miss Corrie Horn, who has attended Summer School at Cullowhee for the past twelve weeks, has returned home. Several families from Green's oHonHp/1 tho Oilps rnuinion at Arrowood, near Csensee, S. C., last Sunday. We were pleased and happy to have with us at Sunday School last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Collins, ' of Spartanburg, S. C. Mrs. Collins is pleasantly remembered here as "Miss Bessie" Hamilton, the Primary teacher, and her many little friends and onetime pupils were glad indeed to see her again. Mr. Billy Giles, who for a number of years has been living in Texas, is visting relatives herefi and at New Prospect, and other places in South CaroHna. Mr. James Page spent several days with his mother at Landrum last week. i i 1 * * I | Complete | 4? A A 4* iSTOCKj j | ! of | $ I | High Grade | ! GROCERIES! i | j at prices j | that will % X * i please you i V {? ?? ? * i? T f * ? i let us :: f have your * ? ? 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