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- i Sfl 1 3sL. ; u ti.TTSRxjfc' r vi wn , anv e .... i ihh Mar i np rhh rrv uiaia dL sniu iuhuk i company THE POWPf flJ CHARLIE H. W&lliM'X8Hf.denInatM-.of $I,ooo each r Railway Company, at the rate of Entered at the Post office in Columbus N. as second class atter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES s Om Year f Six Months 50 Tkrte Months 25 Always in Advance. I01TS ITo. a. THURSDAY. OCT. 10 1907. Notice of Election. ORDER FOR ELECTION. Office of the Board of Commissioners f Polk County. North Carolina. At a meeting duly, legally and reg ularly called and held by the Board of Commissioners of Polk County, in the court house, in the said county on 10 day of September 1907, it being made to he said Board that a number of the citi zens of said county have subscribed to the capital stock of the Bat Cave Railroad Company, and have been engaged in au effort to build a railroad through Polk County from a connection where satisfac tory traffic arrangements can be secured for said road in a way by which said Railway will be independent in its opera, tions, thereby securing the best rates that competioti will make for our people, said railroad to be constructed a distance in no case less than twenty -five (20) miles with in the County and to be constructed via or near Mill Springs and Columbus; And whereas a petition has been filed signed by a number of citizens of Polk County, requesting this action on the part of this board, . And whereas the best interest and pros perity of Polk County depends greatly up on the construction of said railroad, And whereas the construction of said railroad will bring directly into the Coun ty taxable properity of approximately one-half million dollars, to say nothing of the taxable property that will flow in to said County by reason of said railroad, And Whereas the wisest financial policy for the county will be subserved by ex tending to the construction of the said railroad material aid by said County, And whereas Che subscription hereinbe low mentioned is necessary to aid in the construction of said railroad in which the citizens of the county have an interest, Therefore It Is ordered by the Board that the question of subscription to the capital stock of said Company in the urn of Fifty Thousand Dollars (which amount this Board proposes to subsciibe) to be paid in County bonds to mature in not less than thirty years with 5 per cent interest coupons attached, pay able semi-annually at the place provided for in said bonds, the interest on said bonds and the bonds themselves at ma turity to be paid by taxation as provided by law, shall be submitted to the quali fied voters of said county as provided by charter of said company and Chapter 61, Vol. i, of the Revisal of 1905 of North Carolina, on the 29th, day of October 4907, whic election is hereby ordered for the purposi of voting for or against the proposition to subscribe the said amount of stock agreed on by the Board of County Commissioners, and at which election the said voters shall vote a ticket s follows: Those favoring the subscrip tion shall vote a ticket upon which shall be written or printed, "FOR Subscrip tion," and those opposed shall vote a ticket upon which shall be written or printed, "AGAINST Subscription," if the majority of the voters of said county shall vote for subscription, then the Board of County Commissioners, through their chairman, shall subscribe to the capital stock of said company the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS to be paid in bonds specified above, which said bonds shall be issued upon conditions follow ing, viz: The said bonds shall not be is sued and delivered to said company or to lowing term That We a Railway have is$ued fit that time firstanogge e; percent thirty year gold bonds; of . the of the Twenty Thousand Dollars per mile, such bonds to be secured by a first mortgage on all of the existing and after acquired pro perty of the Railway Company, which mortgage is to secure not only said bonds but may also provide for a further issue of such bonds at a rate not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars principal amount per mile of said railroad; but in that event such additional bonds are to be retained in the treasury of the Railway Company to be issued only as follows, to-wit:Tweii-ty Five Hundred Dollars per mile of such additional issue for the acquisition at par by the Railway Company at its elec tion of stock issued pursuant to this sub scription to its capital stock, provided such acquisition be lawful, and the re maining Twenty-five Hundred Dollars per mile of such additional bonds to be used only to secure money for the pay ment of interest upon other bonds of said issue when the purpose of the Com pany so require, aud the Board of Couuty Commissioners hereby consents and agrees that the Railway Company shall have the right, at its election, to acquire its said stock with the Railway bonds aforesaid for that purpose. Provided further that under no circum stances shall the County bonds be issued except upon the conditions set forth above, nor unless the road as specified above shall be completed by July 1 1912. C. A. CARSON, Chairman Board of County Commissioners Attest, F. M. BURGESS Clerk to B. C. Corns., Polk County. It is further ordered that the herein after named persons are appointed regis trars and judges to register voters and to hold said election at the voting pre cincts indicated, to-wit: PRECINCT Columbus Mill Spring Pea Ridge Big Level Jackson's Mill Tryon Saluda Green Creek registration tooks & tbM theyilhow a truthfcl aft4 accurate Ifct of the '"qual ified voters mhisJpct, and register all such as may apply under the law to be registered. That the said election be advertised for thirty days by publication in The Polk County News at Columbus and by posting a notice at said voting precincts and that said election in all particulars shall he held by said judges and registrars as provided by law. C. A. CARSON, Chm'n B C C for Polk County. , f: m. burgess, Cl'k B'rd Corns. Polk County. Office Board of Elctien "i Sept 10, 1907. Polk County N. C. J The order as set forth above appointing Judges and registrars for the election mentioned in said order is approved; and ratified and so far as the judges and reg istrars are concerned, made by us, the Board of Election in meeting assembled. N. T. MILLS, W. J. GAINES; Board of Election for Polk County. m APPLES, PEACH, PEAR, Etc. Fine Trees, Healthy and True Stock. Fine 2-year Rose Plants. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOG and Pamphlet on "How to Plant and Cultivate an Orch ard," Free. We ship to any point direct to you. Prompt and satisfactory service. J. VAN LIN9LEY NURSERY CO. Bstablisbc REGISTRARS J. B. Page F. C Jackson H. T. Green W. H Ledbetter Le Roy Constant R. B. Engel Q. C. Sohner J. A. Feagans JUDGES J. D. Carpenter & A Jackson E. B. Edwards & J. R. Williams W. L- Gibbs & J. R. Phillips C D Elliotte & W. W. Gibbs Vance Thompson & M. A Jackson W. H. McFarland & E. Brownlee T. E. Pace& G. W. Pearson ; Henrv Calvert & M. a. Corn well 12 Reasons Why YOU Should Vote to Subscribe $50,000 to the Bat Cave Railroad r o. 1 It will give Polk County a great trunk line, equal to the best in the United States, from the grain and coal fields of the North west to the South Atlan tic ports. 2 It will be a 600 mile shorter route from the grain and coal fields to the Panama Canal than Galveston, Texas, which is the principle Gulf port, putting us in a most commanding position in ragard to the trade of the Orient, making the towns on the line the most desirable for manufactur plants to meet the requirements of that trade. 3 It will touch every impor tant railroad system of the South short circut them for business to and from the important trade centers, bring to our doors the advantages of them all, yet be long to none of them. 4 There will be about 30 miles of standard gague road in Polk County, which will extend from the Rutherford County line, near Chimney Rock to the lower end of Greens Creek Township, yhich with the present railroad facilities will give every town- MEMBER thafci alfthat you vote m ' i WmMttfullv aahfnkted ftr your careful consideration by J. G. HUGHES F. M. STEARNS J. P. ARLEDGE H. C. MORGAN W. M. JUSTICE W. C. NEWMAN J. E. SHIPMAN J. F. WILLIAMS J. W. McFARLAND In Polk County. any one else until after said company or Its assicni.q shall hnv rnmnltc an A in operation a standard iraeue railroad in i si"P & the COUniy a railroad. compliance with the construction contract submitted for the inspection of the Board at this date from a physical connection via or near Mill Springs and Columbus .and beyond those points, a total distance within the county of at least twenty -five miles and that a regular schedule of train service for freight and passengers be in operation as evidenced by the publication of a schedule in a newspaper published in Columbus; provided, however that one-half of the bonds shall be issued and paid to said Railway Company of the railroad as above specified to Columbus; and provided f nrther that when said con ditions have been complied with, then the said Board of Commissioners shall issue and pay to the said company the aid County bonds in exchange for the same amount of the capital stock of the sid Bat Cave .Railway Company at par, 5 The parties proposing to build the road have ample funds to complete it. 6 No bonds are to be issued until the road is in operation, with a regular schedule of trains- 7 The County's stock will be secured by a first Mortgage BontiV on the Railroad which pays 5 per cent interest, the samel rate that the County's Bonds draw, therefore the Coun ty cannot lose a cent. 8 The taxes the county will get from the railroad, at the lowest rate any road is assessed $2,500.00 every year, which would pay the interest on the bonds if we get no interest on the Railroad bonds. 9 It will j bring hundreds of thousands of dollars of outside capital and of people into thus county which will be taxed, in addition to the railroad itself. 10 It will give us a compet ing line of railroad and thereby reduce our freight rates at least 10 per cent. Who pays this freight and who is benefitted by reducing it? Every person who buys anthing out of a store that is not raised in this county pays some of this freight money. Every person who sells cotton, or potatoes or apples or tan bark or pulp and acid wood, cord wood or lumber, or anthing to be shipp ed out oi the county, pays a part of it. They are the people who will be benefitted. If you buy or sell ar y thing you will be bene fitted. 11 If we fail now, in all i man probability WE will never have another chrnceto get a rail road in Polk County. 12 The construction of th's road will fulfill the dream of a lifetime of tne best business men of Western North Carolina;. IN CONCLUSION: The gain to the people Will be immense. The risk nothing. The taxes will be reduced in stead of increased. It will only cost you the effort of coming to tntpol s on October 29th to do yourself and yottr unildren and your coanty and in calculable good. Will you do it? ( Hendersonville Times. ) Editor Time: Is Polk county go ing to vote the railroad bonds? This is a question heard many times a day on the streets of Hen dersonville. Now that Buncombe and Henderson counties seen so certain to carry for the railroad all eyes are centered o n our neighbor county to east of the Blue iftdge. None of the five counties which are soon to vote on great railroad for Western North Caro lina will be so greatly benefited as Polk county. It is vastly more in need of railroad facilities than any other county. Its benefits will be to relatively much great er than it will be to any of the other counties. The unaeveloped resources of Polk county are enormous, i With its tens of thousands of acres of timber covering Vast areas of the county; With its thousands horse power on Green River and on other streams just awaitiny development with its wonderfully fertile soil in which every varie ty of fruits an vegetables, grape, peaches, sweet patatoes, to gether with the heavier crop of cotton and corn can 4b a so successf ull grown; who can guess the result that a railroad would have upon that county. When it come to climate; it can safely be said that there is no finer all the year round climate on the American continent. Ly ing as it does in the very foot hills of the Blue Ridge moun tains it enjoys a remarkable pro tection against the cold north west winds- The" benefits which a railroad would have isleyond calculation Now is Polk's chance of get ting this' great benefit. The tax es on railroad would about pay interst on the bonds so the coun ty could not lose. This railroad would increase the assessed valuation by over a million dollars in five years. Thousand of tourists would be, attracted by Polk's wonderfull climate and mountian scenery. It would give every farmer mnkets for his produce, tan bark, cross ties, lumber and cotton. The railroad will spent in constrction alone in Polk county nearly one half mil lion dollars. Vote the bonds get the rail road and don't fail to vote as staying away from the poll is a vote against the railroad. Progress. mm If taken patiently and persis tenly will relieve the most ob tinate cases of indigestion, con stipation, bad blood, bad liver no matter how long standing. That's what Hollister Rock Mountain Tea will do. 35cts Tea or Tablets For sale by E. E. Missildine, A. jL- McM irray. The pain in Ma's head has gone She's as hapyy can be, Her health is right, her temper bright, Since taking Hollistet's Rocky Mountain Tea at night, for sale by E. E- Missildine and 4.. L. McMurray. Printers' ink marks the path to riches and fame. Try it. x Capital $10,000 Surplus anci Undivided Profits S3 JOSEPH NORWOOD, Pres T. T. BALLENGER Vic E. E. MISSILDINE, Vice-Pres. ' J. B. HESTER, Cashier. JOSEPH NORWOOD D. E. CONNER, I. G. HUGHES F. P. BACON J. B. HESTER, E. E. MISSILDINE, J. O. WILSON, B. L. BALLENGER. T . ALLENGli E. C. WILCOX w. C. ROBERTSqJ Your Business Is Solicited. Carolina State Bank SALUDA, N. C iraricEaas. V. C. BARROW, President. E1AV. B. GOELET, M. D. Vice-fresicW H. B. LANE, Cashier. Polk Conut NEWS $l.jD0 per year y ' Genera Banking: Businee Transacted. Exchange bought and sold on the leading com mercial centers of the world. Accounts of farmers, merchants, and individuals solicited upon favorable terms. We have ample funds to loan to our customers, and invite you to call upon us. 4 PER CENT INTEREST PAID OP TIME DEPOSITS. THE TRYON THERMAl BELT. (Democratic) Published weekly $100 the year, or in club with the POLS CQUITY IEWS $1,50. Issued Thursdays. THE THERMAL BELT hai installed a 'cylinder press aA secured a corps of correspondents covering Saluda, Lynn, Columbus, Mill Spring and Landrum, and the news of these towns will be printed each week- , W. C. CORCORAN, Publisher. I Tryon, N. C. Send for sample copy. REAL ESTATE AND IhSURAhCl I have some good BARGAINS in REAL ESTATE to offer prospective PURCHASERS. If you have any real estate to sell LIST it with me. I represent several good Insur ance Companies and would like to INSURE YOUR PROPERTY . J. F. WILLIAMS, Columbus, N. C. CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE Located in Columbus, Polk County, N. a A preparatory school, an ideal location, health ful climate, line natural scenery, - good pure mountain air and water, buildings and other equipments good, board rates reasonable, splendid dormitory furnished, seperate primary ana inter mediate departments, Library and reading room musical instruments in good repair. Principal and teachers desired for next term. September is the usual month for opening school. For further information call on or correspond with J. E. SHIPMAN, Columbus, - - - . North Car. 11 Subscribe for The NEWS. in the fctate, will be at least ( v - '
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