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VOL. XVI.
COLUMBUS? POLK COUNTY. N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910.
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THE BANK
You should visit bur SPECIAL CASH CQUNTER
BIG BARGAINS IN ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE j ,
Special Clerk in Charge -
THE&BALLENGER OMP'Y
For Everything TRYN, N. C. For Everything 4
The Carolina
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; PER GENT
Paid on Sayings
Every Banking Facility
It has leen the constant endeavor of the management of
this bank tq furnish every possible facility for the conven
ience of its depositors, together with absolute safety for
their money. ,
V Au account wUh this bank will prove a valuable, asset to
any corporation, firm, or individual requiring the best
banking facilities.
Wt solicit your account. .,.'
D. C. BARROW, Q. C. SOWER, W. C. ROBERTSONS,
President. VlcePreident. ITce-Prwident.
JOHN ORR & COM P AIN Y
v TRYON, N. C.
Groceries, Dry Gopds, - Notions
SfooeSv Crockery, Glassware
.' 'Enamel and Tin Ware!
Blue Flame Oil
COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL
NonrSectarian Male and Female
Located in the '.Mountains of Western North Carolina
EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN POLK COUNTY WHO
CAN ENTEK THE HIGHn SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
. MAY ATTEND FREE OF TUITION
Expenses yry moderate Students may enter at any time
FOR rURTHER: INFORMATION, ADDRESS
E. W. S. COBB, Prin. , Columbus, Polk County, N. C.
E. F. WILLIS
J. G. BLANTON
Willis &
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SKIPIAITH, Va.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF"
fine FARMS FOR SALE, suited
for Fine Tobacco, Cotton and Grain
containing from s "
37 1-2 to 300 ACRES
coayeniently citcated to Churches
, Schools, and Railroads, price
Blanton
From $10 to $20 Pet Acre
Write or call on us for particulars
BU RGLAR S
Open a Safe of the Ordinary
Kind witft .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. ' j
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State Bank
A. N. C.
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Stoves, Etc., Etc.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Calls for the Best Material,
Best Workmen, Best Tools
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We have all these - Give us a trial
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Stationery, Etc..
FRED F ALLREQ'S
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Jtmetrr, Stationery and Art Store,
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COTTON BUYER
Pays the Highest Market Trice
- See himbtfore selling.:
,LANDRum,s:
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE,
Haying qualified as administratrix of the
estate of Mrs. Mary E Charles, deceased,
late of Polk Co., N. C. this is to notify all
persons having claims against the estate
f said deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned at Columbus on or before the 23d
day of November, iqii, or this notice will
le pleaded in bar of their recovery' All
persons indebted to said estate wilt please
matte immediate payment.
Ibis aad day of November, 1910.
FANNIE E. GILBERT,
Administratrix of Mary E. Charles.
I0TICE OF 1PPUCAT10U0R F1130H.
Notice i hereby riven that application
will be made to the Governor for the par
don of Lee Fisher, convicted of murder in
the second degree and sentenced to fi'teen
year, in the oenetentiarv.- at the Fall Term
of Superior Court, 1908, for Polk County.
E. B CLOUD, V
i2-i-2t Atty. for Petitioner.
Log Cabin Inn
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OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
Mrs, D. E. Cunningham, Prop.
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Every day in the Year $8.00 m Year
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Hie Observer consists of lo to 12 pages
daily and 20 to 32 paes Sunday. It han
dles more news matter, local, state, national
and foreign, than any other North Carolina
newspaper. :
The Sunday Observer
is unexcelled as a news medium, and is also
6Jed with excellent matter of a misceU
ianeoua nature. -.Address
THE OBSERVER CO.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Advertise in THE NEWS.
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will be at the
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receiving TAXES
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COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP K
Monday, December 5th . .. . . .Columbus
GREEN'S CREEK TOWNSHIP ;
Tuesday, December 6th..: . . .(3antrelFs store
Wednesday, December 7th . . Melvin Hill
Thursday, December 8th. . N. E . E. Harrison's,
Friday, December 9th ...... New York Store
WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP
. Saturday,' December 10th. ....... Pea Ridge
Monday, December 12th . . ..... . Mill Spring
COOPER GAP TOWNSHIP
Tuesday, December 13th Pink Williams'
Wednesday, December 14th. . rL. Whitesids'
SALUDA, TOWNSHIP
Frida,' December 16th .Melrose
; Saturday, December 17ti... ....Saluda
GREEN'S CREEK NOTES.
Special to The News
Mr. Tom Bryant was a visitor
here Thursday . ,
' Little Edna Fean is very ill
with meningitis.
,: Mr. Tyson McDowell made a
business .trip to Landrum last
week. " h
Messrs. Bridge Green and P.
Giles were in Inman and Spar
tanburg Saturday. v ,
JMjss Ola Walker spent Satur
day mgljt and Sunday withi Miss
Maud Giles.
Mr. and Mrs. Govan Feagan
were in Rutherfordton shopping
Friday and Saturday.
. Miss Lois Foster of Spartanburg-,
S. C, spent , Thanksgiving
with Miss Ebba McDowell.
Miss Lillian' Cantrell, who is
attending the Spartan High
School, spent Thanksgiving with
her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Swain
and family of Spartanburg spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Swain's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mc
Dowell. Miss Maud Giles entertained
about fifty friends at her home
Thursday night. Among the out-of-townv
guests presentj were:
Misses Myrtle Simmons, Finger-
villa, S. G, Lois Foster, Spartan
burg, and Bernice Foster, Cam-
pobello; Masrg. O.Blackwell and
Clarence .Bishop, Spartanburg,
T. Bryant, J. Roy and H. Foster
of Campobello, Vollie Cantrell of
Landrum and Clarence Greena-
way of Inman. - Everybody had
a jolly time. . ... i "
Have your office stationery
printed by the Polk County
News Job Printing Depart
ment if you want neat,
classy" work at . low prices.
BE TO
A i 7of Mr. A. L.
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following places
for the purpose of
for the year 1910.
A. L. HILL
Sheriff of Polk County
COLUMBUS COLUMN
' Personal and General I
Atty. E. B. Cloud
went to Try-
on Saturday.
Are we going to vote on grad-
ing roads now? I
Adminisfeation reins go into
new hands Monday.
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Register F. M. Burgess was m
Landrum Tuesday.
Hon. J. C. Fisher was in town
Monday on business. v
The rain of Sunday was show-
ers of blessing indeed.
New subscriptions are always
acceptable-renewals too.
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Atty. B. F. Williams spent last
week-end in Marion, N.C.
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Writing-paper and; envelopes
for sale at the Nws office. '
Mr. Leroy McFarland was a
business visitor in Landrum Mon-
day. .
Mr Willoughby Arledge went
to Landrum on business Tues-
day.
Mr. Lindsey Weaver of Tryon
was a business visitor here Sat-
tirday.
Miss
Elizabeth
Thompson of
Saluda visited Mrs- John Carnegie
Friday. I
Rev. W. S. Cherry of Mm
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visit Friday. J
Tax payers' attention is called
to Sheriff A. L. Hill notice in
another column. !
Tryon Supply Go's Christmas
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announcement appears . in our
columns , this week.
Mr. ,C. C. Hamptonnd daugh-
ter. Miss Myrtle.! are moving
to their farm thk week.
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Our music teacher, Miss Gar-
nette Williams, spent 1 hanks
giving day in Spartanburg. ,
Lawyer Smith of the firm of
Smith & Schenck, Henderson
ville. was here y esterday on legal
business.
Santa Claus visited the home
McMurray Thanks-
and left a pretty doll
Thev retiring board of , county
I commissioners are winding up
their affairs at a special meeting !
in the courthouse today.
Atty. and Mrs. James E. Ship-
man returned Wednesday after a
pleasant trip extending over two
weeks through the North.
Ballenger Company's new cash
counter looks like a bee-hive in
the. spring of the year-people
know bargains when they see 'em.
Miss Ina E. Jones, the popular
teacher, of the intermediate de-
partment of i Columbus High
School, was in Tryon last Thurs-
day.
Get busy and write your letters
to Santa Claus now, else he might
drop down your chimney on Xmas last week at hi home near Ruth-
Eve a pair of roller instead of ice erfordton. . y.
skates. v';.s Mr. Horace Holt spent last"
Forest fires have kept the men Thursday with his aunt, Miss
and boys on the alert day and Maggie Gaines,
night the past week. When are Mr Charles Ferris is quite ill
we going to hitch the waterworks thig week We Wpe to hear soon
to the falls? of his improvement. J
Mr and Mrs. Hill Putnamof. and Mrs. ;F. M. Burgess
King's fountain, N. are v s- and amnyor co, were in
itmg at 7the home of Mrs. Put- yQ Thursday,
nam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J v , ; x
B. Goforth, this week.- i Mr. and Mrs. Gash spent sev-
,r . T r : , eral days of lasV week with Mf;
Mr. A. L. Murray has sold his P; T?f.iU 'Xi h
; , i . j: Gash s. peopltmt Jtawan, M. C
stock of general merchandise and ? . .. t.t...i'
leased the Postofnce building -to MrsCBooper and issE. Mc
Mr. John L. Jackson of Mill Farlandvof--:'A8heviUe
Spring. The postofnce will stay School were at home from Wed
in its present quarters. ' i nesiay until Sujiday. !
A fox hunt was the feature of
Thanksgiving among the men of
Pea Ridge. Mr. Fonze Edwards
of that town turned the animal .
loose in the afternoon and after
a two hours chase it was run to,
cover.
xOur clubbing offer, Th Newav.
and Progressive Farmer, two
papers for the price of one, 104
bi issues for only $1.00, still
continues. We want the Pro-
gressive w armer to go into the
kompa nf nl, ni RllWriw
Ponw r enVti
year to the Newsand get this
healthy little farm paper with it.
The one and one-half story
building m course of erection for
Mr - A- L- McMurray about two
monins a w.orK on wmcn was
suspenaea aunng court weeK ana
nftVAr nnnt;mipd. Rtill stanrls hv
ft,a JftfliaiH if ii!io-.niro
a. wwva .a a a, asa v ws- -aav
limplicity, a gentle hint to the
"lover who would a-womng go."
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Mr. J. G. Hughes, the energet-
Lc f the Polk' (fm
.wTrV'''
rrom ivutneriorqion aaturaay,
where he has been spending sev-
arai days with Mr. Estrige. the
manager of the Rutherford ton
telephone system. , Mr. Hughes
js constantly on the go over his
extensive system endeavoring to-
give patrons exceptionally good
sery.ee. and compared with ofter
anefAmj his la Avillanr
ANOTHER BUILDING FOR COLUMBUS.
The pleasant sound of the ham
mer greeted our. ears Saturday
morning, work on another build-
- m r " w ar ap
mg tor jar. 'A. L. MCMurray
producing it. The building is to
be a nrTOJ??r ' ?w"
, lh
Plou WiHougIedge and
Larney Hutcherson are the build
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TRYON -NOTES.
Crr9?pondenc of Th Netri
Mr. T.' C. Mills was here Mon
day. Mr. Jethro Garren was in Spar-
tanburg last week.
Mrs. TV A. Sizemore spent Sat
urday in Spartanburg.
Mrs. Hilliard Metcalf was in
SnartanburirSaturdav.
Miis Hattie Hart of Saluda vis
ited here Thanksgiving d&yz.jr
Misses Ada and Ida Acker were
at homeSaturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Butler and Miss Julia have
moved into the Waters House."
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Joseph Mills and Joe Living-
Uone Pent Thanksgiving at
nome
Mr- Ffank McFarland was in
Spartanburg several days last
week
Miss Bessie Forde had a few of
her friends to dinner on Thanks-
Riving. .
Mr. James Moore spent part of . i
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