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VOL. XVI.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910.
NO. 24.
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THE BANK
, WE ARE HANDLING
HAMILTON-BROWN SHOES
In order to introduce them and make you a
regular customer, we-give you A WATCH j
with every $5.00 CASH SALE Try them.
THE BALLENGER COMFY
For Everything
TRYON,
THE BANK OF L
LAND RUM , S. C
Deposits June 30. 1909
Deposits June 30, 1910
"Watch Us Grow
H. B CARLISLE, President JOSEPH LEE, Vice-President
P. V. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier
JOHN ORR &. COMPANY
V TRYON, N. C.
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions !
"" Shoes; ": Crockery, -Glassware -- "7
Enamel and Tin Ware -
Blue Flame Oil Stoves, Etc., Etc.
The Carolina
S A LUDA
CENT
Paid on Savings
Every Banking Facility,
It has been the constant endeavor of the management of
this hank to furnish every possible facility for the conven
ience of its depositors, together with absolute safety for
. their money. .
An account with this bank will prove a valuable asset to
s any corporation, firm, or individual requiring the best
banking facilities.
We solicit your account.
D. C BARROW, SOSNER, W. a ROBERTSON,
President. - , Vice-President. Vice-President.
H. B. LAiSiE, Cashier.
"BRUSH RUNABOUT"
AUTOMOBILES
(BEST BY TEST)
TWO YEARS OLD, THREE THOUSAND CARS SOLD
The roads are good enough tor the Brush
The Brush is good enough for every man
BETTER KNOWN AS "EVERYMAN'S" CAR
F. F. ALLRED, Agent,
Non-Sectarian
Located in the Mountains
GOLUMBUS
EVERY BOY AND GIRL POLK COUNTY VUO .... ..
CAN ENTERyTHEHIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT , r
iZA MA ATTEND FREE OF TUITION ;, V
Exnenses vrv moderate ' - Students may enter at any time
V FOR .FURTilER'" INFORMATION, ADDRESS j,
E.VV. S. COBB, Prin.; Columbus, Polk County, N. C.
BURGLARS
Open a Safe of the Ordinary
Kind with Ridiculous Ease.
They very seldom care to tackle
burglar-proof vaults like those in
The Bank op Tryon. The wise
man will, therefore, open: up an
account there and thus put his
money where it is beyond the
reach of burglars. The less you
have the less you can afford to
lose it. i
OF TRYON
THE CELEBRATED
N. C.
For Everything
$13,701.18
26,842.23
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State Bank
STRONG
COURTEOUS
PROGRESSIVE
Rutherfordton, NIC.
Male and Female.
of Western North Carolina
AMUHfl
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Advertising is Business.
IF YOU - ' : '
- . Want a farm
Want a house ,
, Want a partner
Want a horse or cow
Want to buy any thing
Want. to sell a mule 01 hog.
Want to sell a carriage .
Want to sell town property
Want to sell your groceries
Want to sell your hardware s
Want to sell your millinery goods
Want to sell or exchange' an vthing
Advertise in THE POLK COUNTY NEWS
Advertising is the way to" suctss
Advertising brings new customers
Adverliniug keeps the old ones
Advertising will increase business
Advertising shows energy
Advertising sh?ws pluck
Advertising is p r ope t
Advertise tomorrow -
Advertise today
A D V'E RTI3E
A 1. 1. THE
TIME
SPECIAL NOTICES.
For Rent. The 5 rooffl ' Hause on the
northeast 'corner of the street opposite the
southwest corner of Court llouse.Square
Splendid water, good garden spot, and aec
essary outbuildings. Foe particulars fsi 11 on
or address T. H. Posey, Golumbus, Hi C.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE,
Having qualified as administrator of A.
B. Hatchett, late of Henderson Co., N. C,
this is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of sitd deceased, to ex
hibit them to the undersigned on or before
the 4H1 day of October, 191 1, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their rvery.
AH persons indebted to said estate
will
pl-ase make immediate settlement.
This 4th day of October, 1910. ,
W. A. NEWEVK
Administrator.
NOTICE.
Bids w!H be received at the County Com-
misMo, ers office any time between now and . , ;
the 1st Monday in November, igr , to mg the proportions Of the WOOd
buildalow briaee over Green River at n,vVL.;.:f iniiatmr in 'ilAnfli r.oi.
what is known as the Wamack bndge, to
bt built according to the plans and specf-
fications of file or of record as to the old
hrinira wtimn U'o c Thar -! 1 Mr
The c tnmissioners reserve the riirht to
reject aU btds.
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F. M. BURGESS,
Cleik to Board of County Com.
NOTICE
Kuow all men whom it may concern,
Hint I, Joshua U. Jones, or the County oi I
Pn.lr anrl SCtat. nf MnttVi f am na will nil
the 17th day of November, 1910, sell to the
highest bidder for cash, vizt All Personal
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Prcperty. Household and I Kitchen Furni
ture, 2 mules, 1 cow, 2 wagons, I buggy,
1 cane mill, com, fodder, tops, shucks, etc..
also farming implements.
N. B. The ale will be at my residence
in Mill Sprinp, and will begin at 9 A. l.
This icthday of Oct., 1910.
J. D. JONES.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Cals for the Best Material,
Best Workmen, Best Tools
Wa have all these - Give us a trial,
Watches, Clocks', Jewelry.
Stationery, Etc. .,
rf) C HI I Hh!) Y
rnCU r . HLi-aCU O
Jewelry, Stationery and Art Store,
RUTHERFORDTON, H. C.
Southern
Railway
SCHEDULE
Schedules published as Information only
Not guarantee.
east-bound trains
No. 14. Leave Asneviiie 7.00 m; leave
lrVon 9 i5 arnre spartannurg io.
a m.
No. io.
Leave
Asbeville 4.10 p m; leave
Tryon 6.30 p m;- arrive Spartanburg 8.o
p m. !
WEST-BOUND TRAINS
No. 0. Leave Spartanburg 10.30 a m; leave
Trvoan.so a m: arnte Asneviiie 2.10
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No. it' Leave Soartanbure 5-25 P m: leave
iTryon 7.00 p m; arrive Ashetille 9.15
...p.m.-' ' I- '
Subject to change without notice.
J, II. WOOD, District Pass. Agt -i
! Ashevillej N. C.
J. H. RION. Local Agent,
v Tryon, N, C.
News Advertisements Pay.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
(Contimiedfrotn last useek)
State vs. j
Lemon Martin, C. C. W.;
guilty. Fined $5.00 and
costs. ...... I
Elgie Smith and Bert Liles,
slander; both defendants
guilty. Judgment of court
that, they be worked on the
roads of Henderson county
for a term of six- months.
Defendants take appeal to
. the Supreme Court.
George looker, C. C W.;
guilty. Fined $20.00 and
costs?
Lillie Johnson and Jessie
Booker, affray; defendants
plead guilty. Judgment
suspended on payment of
costs. !
NORTH CARQLINA WOODWORKING. -
From Manufacturers Record, Oct. 13, 1910
In, 1908 North Carolina cut
more than 1,000,000,000 board
ieet oi lumoer, ana convertea m
rto finished: wrood products 676,-
000,000 f eet Of the amount thus
used, which included 32 kinds of
wood, 96 per cent, anil 30 kinds
were produced m North Carolina,
the total amount used costing
$9,577,242, delivered at the fac
tors. The products do not in
clude boards, planks, scantling,
structural timber, crossties, ven-
eer. coonerafire stocK, shingles or
telegraph and telephone poles.
Tho efIlrinfr fla-tiroc illncfwif--
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lina, attained largely) within the
nof Oft tai-a ova AavUrA fmm o
paper DY KOger Ja. Simmons, puD-
lk K f1a XiWli folino flan.
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logical ana .economic ourvey,
designed to encourage the grow
ing arid the manufacture of tim-
iLJher within " the limits of North
Carol maMr. Sfinmons advocates
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hetter nrotection of I the forests'
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UtC &11U IvIlC UUVCUt'UH Ul
Waste in the woods- and at the
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w 1 1 r a n a .. .a 4Ak -r n ri a Klin v
within a compai-atively short per
iod of the' annual yield of the
forests, and says that if as much
care and foresight were exercised
in the growing, protection, har
vesting and marketing of the raw
material as is now given to the
manufacture of the finished pro
duct, wood using industries of
North Carolina would have no
fear of a timber famine.
For several years j North Caro-
lina cotton mills have been using
more cotton than is grown in the
state. Its woodworking industries
are now using probably more than
50 per cent, of the timber grown
in the State. It is possible for
North Carolina to raise all the
it.
cotton needed by the mills at
Present: 1113 equany possioie ior
it assure itself of a steady sup-
ply for many years to come of its
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own timber for "its woodworking
industries, now turning out fur
niture, boxes and crates, flooring,
ceiling and siding, farming im
plements, sashes, doors and
blinds, shuttles, spools and bob
bins tool handles, vehicles, wood
enware, planking for boats, store,
office and kitchen fixtures, pipes
anapuiieya.CACBiaiw. uwacw aiiu
other products, it has an oppor
tunity to be one of j the most self-
contained States in industry in
tLfl flAnriirv
Souvenir Postal Cards.
The Polk County New Jb and Station
ery Department is now turning out fresh
from the press an attractive seres ! Sou
venir Postal Cards bearing half tone views
of charming scenes iuj the vicinity of Co
lumbus, Spring Mountaia Park., Steams,
etc, ! ,Jboi Cabin Inn, Skyuka, Shunkawa
kan and Rainbow Falls, Hemlock Shoals,
and Tryon Mountain are among the subjects
J !ll L. l -.I'll a.
snown. inesc carai win oe on 1 njj
NEWS OFRtfE and McMurray' Store io
Columbus, UaTlenger's at Tryon, Log Cabin
Inn at 'Stearns, ana other places. Usual
.1 al' .1.1 a.
prices, vjan ana iook over me oi,
; COLUMBUS COLUMN
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Have you registered?
Watch out for the band wagon I
Atty. J. E. Shipman went to
Tryon Saturday. '
Saturday the 29th is the last
day for registration. - ; ,
Stove wood wanted on sub
scription at the News office.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith vis
ited relatives in Pea Ridge Sun
day.
Mr. T. R. Constant, register of
election, reports a large registra
tion. !
Knox Thompson of Coopergap
is now attending Columbus High
School.
Atty. B. F. Williams went to
Tryon on a business visit last
Thursday.
Mr. Pat Hampton of Atlanta,
Ga., visited his father, Mr. C. C.
Hampton, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hutcher
son of Green's Creek visited rel
atives here Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. G. French returned last
week to her home in Cleveland,
Ohio, leaving many sad friends
behind her.
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The candidates are taking care
of the 'needy" all right enough.
Perhaps some of the well-doers"
will find themselves needy after
election.
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Messrs. John and Fred Williams
of Rutherford ton, who have been
visiting the Hampton family for
) several days, returned to ! their
home Monday. j
The editor wishes to thank his
rainy friends for- their kindr re
sponse to his appeal for co-oper
ation in making the News newsy.
It surely is appreciated.
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, Uncle Charlie Page gave Pat,
his pet horse, a rest several days
last week, and took a vacation
himself, Mr. Leroy McFarland
substituting in carrying the mail.
Perhaps the most appropriate
way to speak of the animals the
candidates are mounted upon in
riding about these nights through
the county is to call them "night-
mares.
Mr J. G. Hughes went to Lan-
drum Saturday to oversee the in
stallation of the long distance
line in th new Exchange,! which
practically completes the work.
Twenty-seven Landrum subscrib
ers are now using the new lines
with "telling" effect.
Mrs. J. K. Gibbsof Miles City,
Montana, pasted through town
Sunday enroute to her mother's,
Mrs. May Blanton of Mill Spring
No. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were
old residents here, leaving some
eight years ago for Montana,
where they have prospered ,ex
ceedingly well.
The blue crossing method of
informing subscribers to the
News that their subscription has
expired has been discontinued.
Subscribers in the future will re
ceive renewal blanks to be filled
out and returned promptly with
the amount of their subscription
to assure continued service.
Miss Tfeva and Mr. Ovid W.
Jones are at the bedside of their
sick sister. Miss JnaE. J ones, the
popular teacher of the intermed
iate department of Columbus
High School. They will jstay un
til their sister is iitrongh enough
to bear the journey to their home
in Winston-Salem, N. C. Miss
Ina's many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
TRYONJtfOTES.
J Correspondence The News '
Mr. J. C. Fisher is in Brevard
this week.
Mrs. Join Monroe visited in
Lynn. Sunday. v
Mr. W. Hellen was in Spar
tanburg. Monday.
Mrs. C. H. Wilson is with us
again for the Winter.
Mr. Edgar Hill visited Mr. and.
Mrs. Durham Monday. .
Miss Margaret Still well is vis
ting the Misses Bell this week.;
Miss Emma McFarland is' at-
tendins' a business school in - '
viile. J
Dr. R. B. Engle of Aberdeen, r -.
N. C. , spent several days here last
week. . I '
Mrs. J. C. Fisher who has been sVy
quite ill is improving and able to . j
sit up a little.
Mr. Grover Hutch erson of Co
lumbus is on the R. F. D. No.. 1 ,
route" this week. :
Mr. J. Foster Searles, who has
been North for several days, re
turned last Friday.
Miss Euphemia . Holden, who
has spent the summer in New
York, returned last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gaze of
Spartanburg are visiting Mrs.
James Lankford this wsek." ' ; .
Tryon Lodge Knights of Pythias
Members of Columbus Lodge
K. of P. joined with their breth- ;
ren of Try on Lodge at the latjter's
regular meeting held last Thursv.
day night in conf erring thesecond ,
degree of the ofder upon Mrjf f
Ralph Erskine. After the degreey ,
was conferred all adjourned to a .
bounteous, table , of refresh
ments, where they indulged
a few hours in"dining and wining
and jolly ood fellowship." f
1 Among., the members present .
from Columbus Lodge were Mes
sers. F. Williams, J. E.. Ship
man,' E. B. Cloud, C. C. West, '
A. L. McMurray, L. H. Cloud
and Larney Huteherson. I . 1
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Joint County Canvai,
The county canvass of demo
cratic and republican candidates
for the legislature and the various
county offices started Tuesday at
Cooper Gap School House, a large
enthusiastic c'rowd awaiting them '
at that place to hear the address-
es. The next appearance of the ,
canvassers was at MiUspring yes- , '
terday where they were warmly
received by nearly the entire
town. Melvin Hill receives them .
today, Tryon tomorrow, Saluda'
Saturday and Columbus Monday.
TOAST IN RHVME.. :
New York Telegram. V'
Here's to our wives,
They fill our lives,
v Like busy bees, with honey;
They ease our shocks,
They dam our socks
And spend most all our money.
.UP-TO-DATE PREDICAMENTS.
Puck.
Weep and you're called a baby,
Laugh and you're called a fool,
Yield and you're called a coward,
Stand and you're called a mule.
Smile and.they'H call you silly.
Frowa and they' 11. call you gruff,
Put on a front like a millionaire -
And some guy calls yur bluff
COttINO AND GOING.
Ellis Joaes in Saocess Uagaisiae,
' There was a saJn wir lwn
And b was wondrously 'rash,
He voted for a republican x '
, Ad thus lost half his cash. - . -
And when he found what he had. done; I
As guileless as a calf, 4 -
He voted for a democrat ;
And lost the other half. ... , . . r
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