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1 t SHOK'f PUil COUNTY ITEMS News From all Parts or the County Briefly Told. COLUMBUS. A. U McMurray went to AsheTille Wed nesday as delegate from Polk Courity to the Republican convention which meets there for the purpose of selecting lime and place to hold the-District Convention. He returned Thursday. " T. E. Walker went to Spartanburg and Oeemville, Tuesday for the purpose j of buy ing goods for the store he has fitted up here. He expects to be .away several days. .' L. H. Cloud made a business trip to Ruth erfordton the forepart of this week. : Mr. F. M. Stearns webt to Asheville on Tuesday. '-" . m ' Sheriff W. C. Robertson was here, on offic ial business Monday. , " , The 'County Commissioners met here Mon day, the 'day Being set apart for settlement wall the sheriff. County Comroissiouer .T. M. Ruppe called at The News office while here" Monday and renewed his subscription for another year. Read the Business Locals this ' week. They will interest and, perhaps, save , you money. - McAIurray & Cloud have a new ad in this issue. . Read it through- '' , . If you have not paid your taxes then that ' Last Call for 1903 Taxes," which appears iu this issue is intended for you to read and it will doubtless be to your advantage to heed the warning therein. , , r , .. V COOKER GAP. ". - ., i -Bora to" Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr, a daughter. ' May the little one prove to be a blueing to its parents.. Mr. Roy Gibbs -killed a fatted calf some days ago and made his friends'merry.- "7 - - Messrs. Colonel Williams, Joe Stepp, and Jason JDodson- and. family ell of Henderson county, were visitors here Saturday night 'and .Sunday. Word came to the home of Mr. Brown last Tuesday that his daughter, Jane Brown, was dead at her home in Asheville. .The body was' taken to the home of her' parents i'riday. The funeral took place Saturday p. in. Rev. G. ; b Wolf conducted the seri vices. MILL SPRING. Mr. O. Tu. Baynard left last Tuesday for Ciiailestun, S. C. lie anticipates staying six or eight creeks. " . X r .' z "' v .--.' H r. r ' Arthar Smith, of Rutherfordton, was in town last Tuesday ud Wednesday. r ' 1 Miss Mary Justice, who has been attending school at Fra'nUihUMv leturned home lasi Mr. T. McClain passed through town lasl Sunday. , .. . , .,. ;.. Mr. W. C. Edwards visked relatives at Blackwood, Si-Or last week.1 ' v"- ' While Mr. James Gibbs, of . Bright, wa out hewing timber one day last week, a tret fell on him, but we are glad to report that he is not seriously'xurt. Dr. II.. Edwards attended. v ' George Miller, who was employed, with the1 Finger Lumber Co., met with a painful acci dent last week, having two fingers cut offby the saw. ; " Mr. James Rocker is still suffering. Mr. J. H. Prichard's ho4e was . burned down one day last week. Nothing was saved Lif'e Leilia Walker, fell down a bank last Saturday and broke her arm. . . We miss her in school and are very anxious for an early re covery. . ; I M. E. Church South, 'Building Committee will meet at the parsonage next Saturday Feb. 20, 'to decide on locatioti of said churJh, and bst plans for raising-funds. ;j -. Siwdust is being placed on . the side walks. ' This is done to prevent so much mud. We hope that the inhabitants on each street" will take advantage of the opportunity and do likewise. - Mr. C. Gibbs, is repairing the old shop fronting the Rucker cottage. f . . . . Hattie Price, has been sick' but we trust e'ire this is published that she will be able to re sume her studies. The merchants are getting in some of thejr early Spring goodsl Mrs. Wm. Newman, was in town doing some shopping last Tuesday TRYON. - Miss Lulu Hawkins, of Hendersonville, N. C. is visjting her cousins, the Misses Mc? Fee. ' ' ' Miss Marguerite Smith is planning to have a house built on Melrose Ave. ' Bids are . open for the erection of . a Meth. odist Church, to be built in the near future. Rev. J. H. West, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church) South, preaches in the Baptist Church Tuesday night. ' . A freight train' wreck accurred about two hundred yards above the Passenger Depot Saturday morning. , The local freight' trairJ ran into a through treight the caDoose of the through freight was -badly smashed. - No one was hurt. A misunderstanding of orders was the cause. - i - ch&rch news: Church directory - 1 - - 1 . - PRESBYTERIAN T. C. Cbokkr, Pastor. . Preaching evtry third Sunday, 11. A.M. and at night . - . Sabbath school at 10 A. M, V BAPTIST. Rev. Marion nrr esi dk', of Columbus, Pastor. Preaching every second and fourth Sunday at 11 a. m., and the Saturday .afternoon previous. SuDday school every Sunday at 10 A, M. GREEN RIVER CIRCUIT METHO DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. . Rkv. W. H. Pekbt, Ptor, Mills Spring, N. C. , .. , THE YOUNG PEOPLES' SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN , ENDEAVOR. Mb. ? .J; P. Mokeis, president. . r It. meets every Sunday evening at 7 p. m. at the . Institute, buildingr All are cordially invited to attend. . Rev. W. M. Whiteside delivered ari inter esting sotanon at the Institute building last dunday morning. Ihe attendance was good. - . - - Work on the Baptist Church was delayed a little this week but is in progress once more. The members' are certainly keeping at it, --'. Rev. T. C. Croker is due to preach at the Presbyterian Church Sunday. The Baptist Sunday School is usually well attended but there is room for more and a cordial welcome awaits all new comers . Subscribe for The News. PUBLICATION OF STOIONS. . State of North Carolina, County of Polk. N. B. Sentell, ) vs J-In Superior. Court. Mary Sentell j The Defendant above . named will take notice that an action as above entitled has been commenced in the Superior Court of Polk County for the purpose of containing an absolute divorce from Defendant - on the ground of desertion, and the said Defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the next term of the Superior Court of said County, to be held ou the 3rd. Mon day after the 1st, Monday in . March (iSih), 1904, at the Court House in said County and answer or demurr to the complaint of the Plaintiff, or the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said com plaint. J. P. Arledge, ' Clerk Superior Court. This February 15th, 1904. 3-24 CLUBBING RATES VWe have made arratigeiuenta wbereby Ve can offer tbe following clubbing rates: , T . The Atlanta Constitution, (The great Southern weekly) and Thb News ... $1.50 The Sunny South and The News. . . ..$1.50 v The Polk County -: & ews, - Columbus, N. C. .v. The "Land of the Sky" und ' 'Sapphire Country. ioEAV Winter RESORTS- The Southern Railway reaches the ideal winter- resorts : of the "Land of the Sky" aud the "Sapphire Country," including Asheville, 'Hot Springs, Hendersonville, Brevard, 2'oXaway and Tryon, N. C. Z'be climate of this action is unijaialled, suit able for invalid, athlete or gportsuiau, and offeis every charm of an ideal Winter Re sort. .Elegant tourist hotels. Through Sleeping Cars from principal cities. - Jburi8t Tickets now on sale at very low rates. Ask nearest Ticket H'gent for de-; tailed information end descriptive literature. Asbeville Steam Laundry, ; ' ; J. A. NICHOL8, Proi. Asheville, N. C. Laundry; sent Wednesday m. Returned Saturday a.. Usual Rates.' m. AGENTS IN POLK COUNTY:- j THORNE & BOONE, Saluda. UJ E. E. MISSILDINE, Tryon. The News TO Jan. 1st, 1905 sue $1.0 0 For For - My, House OfSeven Rooms, in ' Columbus. I N. C.', is For Sale or Rent. 7 ' : ;.. W. A. CANNON, '"Lynx, x. c. . NOTICE. Z.- B. Waters enter 75 acres of land, more or less, 'in Tryon towiislup, on - wattn of Facolet .Riyer, adjoiiiii'g. lands of the olu Mills land and the. 'Ward iiue and pothers. Entered 1 ith day'of jan. 1904. - . F. . M. Burgess, Entry Taker. r. . , LAUD SALE. ?r ; . Undejrrand by-virtue: of an order made by the Clerk of the Superior Court ol Polk courity on the 4th day of March 1902, in the proceedings entitled In the matter pf R. V. Collin, et al. ; ex-parte " and by virtue of the authority vested in me as such Commissioner therein named and by virtue' of a suhseuent order made by said court on the 1st day ol February 1904, lt as -Commissioner named iu said decree, will for the purpose hereiuaftei Tnenyne- .sell at thfi. urtj.iheusei aoor in Columbus,.N. C. oir ' i" ---fits, .t r'srfl-J, h -v J --t .'. within- the legal hours of sale, the property mentioned auU described in the petition hied in this proceeding-which.' property consists 01 five several tracts of laud, and described us follows : . - First tract, known as thy Calvert land, lying and being in- the county of Polk, Staie ot N. C, and joining lands of W. M. .Shields, J no, Brown, Jones and others, and contains forty-' four and twp-thirds acres, more or less. , - v: Second tract, known to petitioners as the Brown land and part of the old McGuinn grant, lying and being in the county of Polk, in the State of N. C. , in Green's Creek town ship, lying on spring branch" on Mills Gap road and adjoins lai.d of Moses Shields and others and contains about forty acres. Eighty- three and one-half acres of this .tract having been sold to said Moses Shields. ;v,.-' . i -Third tract, known as the Sinalley latid, consisting of ten -acres, more or less, lying and" being in Polk county, in the State of N. C, on the waters of llugucs creek and adjoining land of Robert McFarlaud and others. Fourth tract, known as the Liddy. Madison interest, in and to the land belonging to the estate of J. S. Abrams, deceased, which lands adjoin lands of S. G. Greenway, -Hunter, M. A. Comwell, and the, speculation land, and is the same conveyed by deed to -Thomas G.. Collins, made by j. S. Madison and wife Liddy Madison, on day of June 1&&2, which deed was recorded on tiie 9th day of May, 1885.- in book. r, . at page 298, to which reference is made. Filth tract, consisting of all that tract of land granted to R. S. Abrams and John Jones and "having- such shape on t .e plat accompany ing said grant being, dated Lcc. 1111,1853. and in number 1 509. SaiJ tract of laud betug and lying iu Green's Creek township, iu Folk county, state of N. C. , X These lands are to be sold for the purpose of making partition aud division among the parties to this proceeding. Who Are tenants in common and own and possess the same, The terms of sale will be cash, r ' .'If . 1 . - - Gto. Justice, Commissioner., This I tth day of Feb 1 904. K0BT3AGE SAS. . ' By virtue of the power contained in.' a mortgage deed .executed on the 6th, jday. juf. April, -190 j, , by I. M. Hester and wife, Annie K Hester to J. T, iliuchcison, to secure an indebtedness ' of ' one hundred dollars, which tnprtgae is of -tecori in - Polk County, in. book I, page 445, aud wuieh be came k due and payable on-the jst. day of December, 1903 : and default having been made in the payment of the same", I will on Monday, March 7th,; 19Ct ; ' within the legal .hours of sale, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cab, at the couit house dour in -Columbus, the property conveyed by said mortgage and described a follows: ' l-i ' -'J Adjoining lands of Xl-C;' Constant, L. F Thompson artd other and bounded as follows: Beginning at. a white Oakland runs -'.-north 89,;west 13 poles & 6 links toasweet'gam ; thence, south 2j,west 33 poles to an-iron Stake;. thence south , -east 13 poles &. 6 links to an iron stake; whence north 2,' east 33 1 poles to the beginning, .cohtamiug- two and 4-5 acres. " - - - ' :' -r J. T. Hutcherson, Mortgagee. ' J. E. Sh ipman, Att' y. - ' ' v . ! This. loth, day. of February i 1904.' 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The route of the "Washington and Southwestern Limited" and "Sunset Limiled." ?- fr ; , , v Aslf nfjEtrest Ticket Agpnti for detailed v inforufatios, and descriptive matter 5 Business THEY . . . . ARE BUSINESS I BRINGBRS Ads Under This Head Five Cents Per Line Each - Insertion. V u WAGONS, BUGGIES, harness, saddles, at 'low prices. Tryon bUPPLV Co. LR. xiERl ETHER'S? next appointment ' 1 for- Tryon will be Monday February 29 C'':-'"'- -,v ' : ' '-v -v --: - v ; i; : - : '-. .''- . .;..-;-.,r-.-'- - -i . .-. ':' LET US MAKE VoU "cricea on Knrh ru 4 poultry ireTRloN Supply Co. SINGLE BARREL? SHOTGUN ; for sale, r 1 Address H," News Office TW ENTY PERCENT: reduction on all heat ; ,ers to March isLTrton Supply Co. A DOUBLE 'BARREL SHOTGUN at a bargain. 1( interested - acid ress, D." k tNEWS pFFJCE- ft - SALT WHITE FtSILTA shipment of them j has just been received; at McMurray" & t 'Cloud's. Try them. StWING MACHINES." 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