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HE POLK' COUKTY NEWS.
OHARLIE H. WILLIAMS PUBttSHKB
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Entered at the Post office in Columbus N. C
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THURSDAY. "DEC. 3 1908.
Th world's greatest men grew
upward from th lower classes.
While the worl'd's meanest men
rew downward from the upper
class.
Some people marry because it
is octagious, Others because
thsy can't work in single har
ness. But the mosc marry be
cause they fall in love and can't
fallout. f-
If you want to know all yev
have ever done, and many things
you never thought of doing, just
run for office, and you'll get
your character aired in good
shape.
The U.iitsi States is the only
country in which the son of the
poorest mechanic or laboring
inui may become ruler and where
the daughter of a farmer may
become the wife of a President
and the mother of Senators. It
is the only country where all
earthly honors are within the
reach of ev ry citizen and where
it depends upon the individual
himself whether he will be a
Senator or a st.eet-sweeper. a
rail-road president or a rail-road
section hand, a millionaire or a
pauper, a general or a policeman
a banker or a bankrupt.
To Star Subscriber
1
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Monday, that is, next Monday?
If so, will you be so kind as to
call around at our office and settle
than little account you owe us
and save us the trouble and ex
dence of sending an agent to
see you? We need the money.
Each account is small but, in the
aggregate they are large to us-
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due, boi j.i subscription and
for j 00 woric. We will appieci
ate it if thoLe indebted to this
office 'will cail a,id sttuo at once.
or at ieabt r.iak some satisfac
tory arrangements.
How much better it is to take
trie brambies out of the path of
your Iriend Uian to add tnomt
to wound his fcot.
Ladies Must I;ci K&afl,
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Directory.
COLUMBUS. K. C.
Baptist Rev. T. H. Posey pastor.
Preaching 2nd. and 4th. Sundays at 11 a.m
nnl 011 Saturday refbre 2nd. at 3 p. -Sabbath
School every Sunday 10 a. m
N. T; Mills Sapt.
Presbyterian T. C. Croker, pastor.
pring -d Sundays at 3 p.m.
Sunday School Fvery Sunday 10 a. ui.
C C. Hainptii, -Snpt.
SECRKT GKDHK.
Knijihts of PytUiAa J K. Shfpman, C. C.
J. P. Arledjre , K. of RTand S.
M ets every"Tues. night m hall over P. O
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BUSINESS.
Kverv SM'e J. W Newman, Prop.
Columbus, N. C
Lawyers J. E Shipmau and E . B .
Cloud.
Polk County Telephone Co. J . O
Hughes Manager and Miss Katie Camp
bell Ex. Operator Columbus N. C
Hotel J. P. Arledge Prop. ColumbWs,
N- c
Railroad Station Tryon. N. C ,
Privnte H-virding Mrs. C. C Hampton
T. E. Walker.
Lumber Monti facturers Cloud & West
Columbus N. C.
BhKTOMNM
Popular Couple mi in Astatine Ms
giving Day,
The romantic marriage of two
of Polk's popular residents has
just been announced, and so well
kept had heen the secret that
even the ms. intimate friend.3
of the couple had the siighest
inkling of the marriage. The
contracting parties are Mr. W.
A. Cannon and Miss Eliza Den
ton, of Lynn.
The ceremony was preformed
in the parlor of the Swannonoa
Hotel, of Asheville. N. C, on the
26th, day of November.
Tru groom is th nonular post
master at Lynn and wU known
throughout the county.
That the secret was kept in
violate will be evidenced by the
surprise of mutual friends when
this account is read.
The News extends hearty con
gratulations and bsspeakes for
them a successful future.
IbanispTiai Series.
A thanksgiving service was
h-ld at te Baptist church last
Thursday. Rev. T. H. Posey
preached a very interesting ser
mon from a strong and appropri
ate text revealing a great and
beautiful providence to which all
humanity is-indebted for innum
erable blessings.
v The people were exhorted to
render gratitude and service in
return. Sepecial music for the
occassion was rendered vy the
school, under the training of Miss
Garnette Williams. A quartet
composed of Misses Williams,
Bertha Cannon, Prof. Posey and
Mr. jasper Arnold sang very
sweetly. -
STEVENS
"Gbnerations cf live, wido
awalio Anicriocn Boys have
obtained tho rijlit kind of
FIREARM EDUCATION
07 being equipped vith the
unerring, tine-honored
STDVENS
All protrresslvo Hardware and
Sportfhff Goods Merchanta handle
STtlVENS. If j-r.u cannot obtain.
t.j win jmnG;-cct,oxnreKi
upoa.receipt of Uatalojj lrlcc.
C3'l 5 cents in stomas for
i -j l'ac Illustrated Catalog.
liepicte with
STEVENS
and general
n rearm in
formation. Strikinrrcover
in colo s.
Church
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1 PERFECT EG TESTER.
Mr. Byfler of Feres! City, Invents Device
For TesUng Eggs
President T. Tanner, of the
Henrietta Mills, Caroleen, last
week showed several friends one
of the simplest and at the same
one of the most effective imple
ments ever devised for testing
eorgs. The inventor is a Mr. Hy
der, who lives near Forest City,
in Rutherford county. Sometime
afro Mr. Tanner waa passincrnear
'f his place and observed this de
vice. It was .o simple and so
nearly perfect that he suggested
that one be sent down to Char
lotte. This is the one which p
d;splayed to several friends on
the porch of the Southern Manu
facturer's Club.
The device consist of r srr?i11
box, 6n the top of which is a
mimor ard onp' side is open. The
eqrgs a placed on end in the
hole and the licrbt srVnino- throu
gh them is reffected in the mir
ror. If the eggs are spoiled or
the least hH tainted, the mirror
will show it without fail. A pat
ent has beon ormlied for bv Mr.
Hyder. Charlotte Observer-
I W. N 1 WILCOX DEAD.
Bled of Typhifl Ffter a! Her Homo In
Tryco.
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs.
N. L- Wilcox of Tryon, died at
her home of typhoid fever.
The funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
her home, the interment took
place at the Tryen cemetery.
Mrs. Wilcox was a highly re
spectf d lady and the entire com
munity is saddened by her death.
Caa'tte M.
There never was a preacher or
president, poet or pIitica: who
could please eveiy body. There
never was a tinker or a taikr. .
soldier or a sailor whb could suit
us all. Show us a docter or a
lawyer, or a sawyer who pleases
the whole multitude. The IiOrd
himself and all the angles in hea
ven have not succeeded in com
forting the h-unan race. Thre
is not a thing on earth or any
where else that meets the. appro
val of all mankind. Then it wguld
ba nonsence for editors or corres
pondents to fret when their hor
est efforts fail to please a certain
few. Write with sound judgment
an honest purpose and a decent
pen. and the majority sensible
people will rise anb call you bles
sed. Ex.
Wood's Seeds.
Crimson Glover
will yield under favorable condi
tion 8 to 10 tona of green food per
acre, or 1 to 2. tona ot hay and
is worth aa a fartilixing crop, 1 20.
to425. per acre. Full information
ia contained in our Fail Catalogue
jr.et iaaueil, which we will mail ee
upon reqnefet.
Wccd.'n Fall CaUlosrua alto tells
ail about Variable ,nd Fkrm
5d lor Fall Planting:, 5Mi
WheatOaU, Rye, Br!y,
Vvtchas, Gfasc and
Ci iver 5eda, etc.
.Write for Fall Catalogue and
pncea of any Seeds desired. .
T . W. WOOB & SONS,
eediraon, - Richmond, Vc.
Seer Boat
, Messrs Curtis Ar!ejgev Fete
Epgle and John Fisher of Tryon,
hiave returned from the Sappdire
coiiutry, near 'Lake Twcaway,
Whtre they have been hunting
deer for a week.
they were very enthuseastic
about their hunt, and web' pleas
ed Mth the.result, having with
otlier members of their party
killed five. deer. Knowing the
discredit which is usually given
to u liter's tales they tok the
precaution of bringing home a
yicium 01 .the hunt. The editor
waC convinced by sight anh taste
haf they got one deer someway.
1
fflE TELEPHONE AND THE FARM
lThT present active development ot
telephone lines, throughout the United
States brings to mind the faet that It
Ik comparatively few years since the
m vent ion of the telephone, which was
first! publicly exhibited at the Centen
nial Exposition In Philadelphia, 1876.
Sine that time over 7,000,000 tele
phones have been put in serviee.
Alexander Bell, the Inventor, formed
a company for exploiting the device,
which was leased, not sold, to the
users. The general public immediately
realised the Immense advantage of the
telephone and soon, every large city had
Its exchange. The "Bell" companies,
however, did not care to develop the
smaller towns,- and the village at all.
This I was but' natural, aa In large
town 8, high rentals could be charged,
short lines need only be built, and a
smaUp investment brought large re
turns; i whereas. In the country, the
lines were longer and the subscribers
fewer.
It" was not until the advent of the
INDEPENDENT telephone movement,
about! ten years ago, when local home
owned companies formed to supply ser
vice wncre the "Bell" would not, that
ojephones were placed in reach of the
farmer, this being rendered possible
by the fact that the original "Bell"
patents had expired and that numerous
concerns had Invented Improvements
on the original Idea, thus placing In
the hinds of the great American pub
111 better telephone equipment than it
was possible to secure from the mo
nopoly, which did not sell, but only
rented Its products.
The 1 INDEPENDENTS turned their
attention to the great masa of unde
veloped territory to be found In rural
communities, and soon lines sprang up
in every direction. In Iowa and in the
great Northwest, the farmers In various
communities have combined, and by
each man buying his own telephone
r.nd building the line, which la. after
all, a I very simple process, telephone
service over an entire county or state
is possible, and -the actual cost of
operating these systems amounts to
only ai few cents per month for each,
phone. '
The advantages wf having a telephone
are m4ny. First, is the advantage of
being able to call a neighbor in case
of sickness, fire, danger from tramps
or other sudden calamities.
Second, come the social features. The
fact that appointments can be made or
social affairs discussed by the women
folks who are thus enabled to visit the
neighbors and learn what is taking
place without a tiresome drive over
dark and muddy roads. . -
If there is a good musician in the
neighborhood, the receiver is taken
down, the neighbors all listen at their
'phones arid the music can be heard ia
twenty different homes many miles
apart, thus enabling many to enjoy
what hitherto has only been possible
for a few.
Xhlrd, is the immense financial ad
vantage the farmer himself gains by
being able to call up the nearest town
and find out the market price of a load
of corn, cotton, etc., before he brings
same' into town. It ia alao possible
with thje 'phone to call up the bank, or
the hardware store in case a piece of
machinery is broken, and duplicate
parts needed, or it Is possible to call
up the store and' have them send
something out by a neighbor who is
corrMngiyour way; in other words, the
telephone will monthly save ten times
what 1H costs to the farmer.
The county merchant soon realised
that his business is more than doubled
by the neighborhood 'phone line. Peo
ple buy more when It Is easy to ask
for. He can buy cotton quickly or can
notify ais customers of some specla1
bargain! He gets in touch with his
customers every day instead of once
or twlc a week.
"When the postoffice has a 'phone,
think how easy to call up and ask If
there is any mall, instead of having to
drive in to find out.
It is certainly a protection to know
that the telephone will call help In
case of need, and tramps carefully
avoid farmhouses into which they see
the wires running, as they know that
even though the men are away, help is
In easy call, and they would have no
chance to commit a crime and get away
undetected, as the whole county can b
notified pf their whereabouts.
Putting up the telephone line is a
very, simple matter, the poles can easilf
be cut near the route of the line, and
are leasfly placed in position. The
wires should be of a special grade sold
for this ipufpose, ordinary fence wire
will .not po. The telephone should bo of
the best possible grade. One concern,
after ten years of experience, devei-
: oped a line of Instruments known as
j "Famous Parmer Pones," which are
I particularly suited to this service, as
1 the parts are few and their construc
tion filmnie. This ronnprn n sa fnmUhn.
wvuyWO IU9U UliUUOI
telling how to put up the line and con
nect the telephones, and how to organ
ise exchanges.
Not only is the telephone of the great
est possible use to the individual, but
ft i- a money making proposition for
twcr three hustling men who will
get together and work up the proposi
tion In good territories.
AGENTS 1 f iaUg. g AGENTS
tku GXJLVf BOOK or TUB DAT
CHRi$T IN THE CAMP"
WD. J. Wbxiam Jones
Pro. 1 nlork. aoU 7hv
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Bank
Capital
Surplus and
jurn JNUKWUUD, Pres T. T. BALLENGER v
EL E. MSSILDINE, Vice-Pres. '
IB. HESTER, Cashier. '
1). E. CONNEK,
t, G. HI fJHEb
V. P BACOlf '
Your Business s Solicited
The Great Gormen Coach Horse.
FALSTAPF 4229 will make the season of 1908 in
Polk and Spartanburg counties. During the season 1
will have four stands at Mill Spring, GowansvilleSalun
and at his own stall at Hill
The service fee has been reduced to $25. so
place it within the reach of
tu get a coit irom tne nne norse,
i We believe that we can give you perfect satkfactinn
and we solicit your trade!
Tryc n German
Cloud & West
DEALERS IM
.ROUGH AND DRESSED
LUMBERS,
SHINGLES AND LATHS
.ORDERS FILLED ON SHORT
NOTICE.
Glumbus,
Carolina
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OFPZCESS.
D. C. BARROW, President. Q. C. CONNER, Vice-President.
H. B. LANE, Cashier.
OIRECxORS.
DANID C. BARROW Q. C. SONNER
S. D. Sl'ATON, w. C ROBERTSON
H. B. LANE.
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.
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