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THE POLK COUNTY. SEWS. CHARLIE H. WHXIAMS PUBMSHKR ' ! Entered at the Post office in Colunobus.N. C, as second class n-atter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Om Yar, . . Six Months, . Three Menths, Always in Advance. under the following terms and conditions: That ths, "said Railway Company shall nave ismea ax mu time nrst raonagc 5 per cent thirty year gold bonds of the denomination of $I,ooo each of the Railway Company, at the rate of Twenty Thousand Pol lars 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 mortyaue is to secure not mil v said bonds - $i-olbut may also provide for a further issue 53IOiTaE 3jTo. e THURSDAY. OCT, 17 lj07v Notice of Election. ORDER FOB 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 to 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 an 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 competion 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 Connty, And whereas the 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 pr is ordered by the Board that the question of subscription to the capital stock of said Company in the sum of Fifty Thousand Doxlaks (which amount this Board proposes to subscribe) 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 wuua ouu Liic uunos inemseives at ma turity to be paid by taxation as provided by law, shall be submitted to the xiuali fied voters of said county as provided by cnarter of said company and Chapter 61, vol. 1, of the Reyisal of 1905 of North Carolina, on the 29th, day of October 1907, which election is hereby ordered for the purpose 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 as follows: Those favoring the subscrip tion shall vote a ticket upou which shall be written or printed, "FOR Subscrip- inti " anA Vinra i 1 11 iuoc uppvseu snau 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 s.ock 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 iug, viz: The said bonds'shall not be is sued and delivered to said company or to any one else until after said company or fes assigns shall have, complete and put in operation a stanOard gague railroad in comgfiance with the construction contract submitted tor the inspection of the Board it io rfoto frnm I- " "iu puysica connection via or near Mill Springs and .Colurnhn. and beyond those points, a total distance witnm tne county of at least twenty -five mues ana mat a regular schedule of train service for freight and passengers be in operation aa evidenced by the publication or a scneaure in a newspaper published 111 uiumDus; provided, however that onehalf of the bonds shall be issued and paid to said Railway Company of the railroad as above specified to Columbua and provided further that when said con ditions have been complied with, then the said Board of Commissioners shall issue and pay to the said company the said County bonds in exchange for the same amount of the capital stock of the aid Bat Cave Railway Company at paV, 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 .-Twenty Five Hundred Dollars per mile of'su&h 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 miie of such additional bonds to be uemly to secure money for the pay .UMtitfirf -interest upon other bonds of i)asfeV wjien the purpose of the Com pJSSequiie, aud the Board of Comity Comjilskmrs - . hereby consents and agrees that 'it Railway . Company shall have the rigfisw at its election, to acquire its said stock with the Railway bonds aforesaid for that purpoj Provided f urther 'Q. CJeum stances shall the Coufctv .hotis be except upon fne conditions afefc fbfjtdv$ j nor unless the road as specified s'obv shall be completed by. July 1 ijpj2. t C. A. tARSpJST, ; Chairman Board of County Commissioner Attest, F. M. BVRGESS 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: That the said registrars at said voting psecincts shall revise and correct the registration books so that they will gw a truthful and accurate list of the qual ified voters in his precjnet, and. register all sucTn as may apply under the law to be registered. , v. ' 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 shail 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, CPk B'rtl Corns. Polk County. Office Board -of Elctien. i Sept to, 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 Pol if County. Respectf ully submitted for your careful consideration by J. k HUGHES F. M, STEARNS J. P. ARLEDGE H. (5. MORGAN W. M. JUSTICE v W. C NEWMAN j. shipman .4 3 D PUBLIC SCHOOL' Public scTfodl m-ir ODens Monday (jet 2$ a t the Cttl Indushial Institute with Prop. Zack Whitsides as principle and Miss Eliza Newman assistant a good attendance from this dis trust desired asd the parents are urged to prepare all children of school age prompt and re gular ettendence. Bmk 0 f T r ynj IO.OOO ilded Profit ; Capital utpltfe and Undii -V WW A MlL xwKwwn. rm t. ballenger V! tniwu-iVUHX. Vice-Pres J. B. HESTER, Caahier. JOSEPH NORWOOD D. E. CONNER, T. C. HUGHES, P.P.BACON J. B. HESTER, E. E. MISSILDINE, J. O. WILSON, B. L. BALLENGER. E- c. Wilcox Your Business Is Solicited. PEACH, PEAR, Etc Pine Trees. Healthy and True Stock. Pine 2-year Rose Plants; WRITE FOR OUR CATALOG and Pamphlet -on "How to Plant and Cultivate an Orch ard," Free. We ship to say point direct to you. Prompt and satisfactory service. J. VAN LINDLEY NURSERY CO. Kstabllshc PRECINCT Columbus Mill Spring Pea Ridge Big l evel Jackson's Mill Tryon Saluda Green Creek REGISTRARS J. B. Page F. C. Jackson H. T. Green W. H Ledbetter Le Roy Constant R. B. Engel Q, C. Sonner J. A. Peagans 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 Henry Calvert & M. a. Corn well 12 Reasons Why YOU Should Vote to Subscribe $50,000 to the Bat Cave Railroad c o. 1 Itwilltfve Polk County grat trunk line, equal to the best in the United Statei. from the Rrain and coal fields of the North west to the South Atlan tic ports. 2 It Will be a 600 mil a nhnrfor . (JWr Mav WA route from the eniff and' coa fields to the Panama Canal than Galveston, Texas, which is the principle Gulf port, putting us in a most commanding position in regard 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 circutthem 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 Townshio. which with the present railroad facilities will give every town ship jn the coumy a railroad. . 5; The parties proposing to build the road have ample funds to complete it. 6 Nobondtfare to be issued until the road is in operation, with a regular schedule of trains . $2,500 00 every year, which would pay the interest on the l?ond8 if we get no interest on the Railroad bonds. 9 It will bring hundreds of thousands of dollars of outside capital and of people into this 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 ome of this freight money. Every person who sells eottoh, or potatoes or apples, or tan bark or pulp and acid wood, cord wood or lumber, or anthing to be shipp ed out of 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 benei fitted. 11 If we fail now, in all hu man probability WE will never have another chance to get a rail road in Polk County. 12 The construction of ths roau win iuinn tne aream of a lifetime of tne best business men of Western North Carolina. IN CONCLUSION: The following gentlemen newed their subscription to the News, this week. Thoma. F. Mills Arlington, S. C. J.A.Davis Melvin HilWN. C F. C. Jackson ' TVIill Spring Dr. H. H. Edwards Mill Snrimr . . SJS Carolina State Bank SAIU0A, M. 0. eararxo D. C. BARROW, President. H. EDW. B. OOELET. M. D. Vi a. B. LANE. Cashier. B uelne W. M. Pitman L. J. Fisher Mrs. J. T. Daniel G P Green R B Engle W. B. A Hedge J. H. Norrille Dennis Jackson J. T. Green J. W. McFarland W. R. Jackson G. W Denton Lynn r Lynn Land rum S. C. Laudrum " ' Tryon Columbus M Dennis Mill Spring Poors Ford Landram, S. C. Tryon R.F.DI. COMMISSIONERS REPORT. Commissioners met Oct! 7th. all being present and the follow ing-business disposed of to-wit: The bond of J. H. Gibbs as Connty Surveyor was resented and approved. TheYesifirnathiir of Dr. Earie Grady as member of sanitary committee was presented snd accepted. Pursuant to the notice the sanitary Committee mt in the Commissioners office at (-ol- umbus at 12 o'clock m Oct. 7 and Dr. Grady was elected. Couhtv Health officer. Ordered Treasurer rr thm m . 'a - W iouowmsr to-wit: J. R Smith, poor house keen. M w r r $(,ou. J- W. Newman, jail date $42.28 C sioner ral Banlclno- Transacted. exchange bought and sold on the leading cob. meraal centers of the world. Accounts of farmers, merchants, and fadiviiau solicited upon favorable terms. We have ample funds to loan to our customeN and invite you to call upon us. 4 PER GENT INTEREST PAID OH TIME DEPOSITS. XJO.JS TETON TTTTHT? BELT. (Democratic) Published weakly $100 the jeir, or la dob Utofo rou cooin kws $1,50. Issued Thursdays. TH K THFPU A T utjt mi t . .. . - umm installed a cylinder pren M secured a corps of corresDondanisi viN. c.k. , -wwww oe printed etch week. W. C. CORCORAN, Publisher. . Tryon, N. C Send for sample copy. service as -i.5Lftr REAL ESTATE AID JSSURAlsd a i nwe some good BARGAINS in REAL ESTATE to oder prospective PURCHASERS. K yoix have any real estate to sell LIST it -wit me. I represent , several good Insur nce Companies and would like to INSURE YOUR PROPERTY. A. G. McMurray. w w Judge 1,00. G. N. Parker for trsnsnorfa tionof Rebt. Parker to insana asylum, $18.74. William Mayes. isil At A The sain to the people will be immense. The risk nothing. xne taxes win oe reduced in- 7 The County's stock will be secured by a first Mortirac-e Bond on the Railroad which J stead of increased. 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 asaeaspd m tne btate, will be at W?f It will only cost you the effort of coming to the oils on October 29th to do yourself and, your unildren and your county and in calculable good. Will you do it? REMEMBER that if youi atav D. E. Conner, for lumber for bridge 35,00. Dr. Salley for bill fils thi. date $42,00. ey due April 7th 1908 with 6 per P F,N TR A I cent interest payable smiftnn,,Mv vU 11 U A L out of the bridge fund $500.00, F. E. Cushing, borrowed mon ey due April 1th, 1909 payable out of the bridge fund with in terest at 6 per cent payable semiannually $500,00. Polk County News, advertising order for R. R, election, $10,00. A. L McMurray for account filed to date, $1,38. T, F. Thorne for 3 days ser vice as tax assessor in Saluda Township, $6,00 Ordered by Board that James Gibbs be discharged from jail as sane person upon the certficate of Drs. Salley, Engle and C, A Uarson B. C. C. There being no other business the Board adjourned. F. M. Burgess, Clerk to B. of C. C. WILLIAMS. Columbus, N. C. INDUSTRY INSTITUTE Alp sifcatnr Located in Columbus, Polk County, N. C. A preparatory school, an ideal location, health ful cBmate, fine natural scenery, good purs Sl bomS d other SSH awl rates reasonable, splendid dormitory furnished, seperate primary and inter nHte departments, Library and reading room musical instruments in good repair. Principal and teachers desired for next term. September ur the usual month for opening school. For further inf wraation call on or correspond with f E. SHIPMAN. Sm mm. KMvanms, - - . . North 0 Subscribe for The NEWS. sw ay that you ott against it.
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