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VOL. X' 1. COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. a. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. , NQ. 36.
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LEBANON NOTES.
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YING close to market and within one-half to one
I JL-a mile of Post-office, good Schools, Churches and
Ij Court House. On main road through County, an4 with-
? in one and one-half miles of fine macadam roads. Well
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watered and well timbered. This property has been off
the market for 50 years. Will cut into tracts to suit
stonier and give reasonable terms. Price very low.
This land is well adapted to all farm products.
Correspondence of The News.
Mr. J. M. Powell made a busi
ness trip to Rutherfordton Satur
day. Mr. J. T. Edwards took bis
brothers, Messrs. George and
Lad, to Landrum, S. C, Thurs
day, where they boarded the
tram for Oklahoma.
Mr. Barrett Womack and sis
ers, Minnie and Vick, spent last
L'uesday evening at Mr. J. C.
Powell's, and a few others called
there at night, and all enjoyed a
singing.
Mrs. Tom Womack visited the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruppe, the
past week, returning Friday.
Mr. Tom Moore attended pray
er meeting at Lebanon Church
Sunday evening.
The young people of this sec-
t'on enjoyed a singing at Mr. J. C.
Powell's Sunday night. Our
people like to sing, and sing ng
helps to drive the dark . clouds
from our hearts and makes us
appreciate more the beautiful
things God has made.
Success to the News.
"Rag Doll."
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And inspect the best brand of shoes ever made to
fitfeet-The MORRIS SHOE. We have them in
all sizes-for Ladies, Gentlemen, Boys, Girls and
Infants. Also special Farmer's shoe. Prices right.
New Line of DRY GOODS and NOTIONS
Log Cabin Inn
STEARNS, N. C.
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
Mrs, D. . Cunningham, Prop.
Our clubbing offer, The News
and Progressive Farmer, two
papers for the price of one, 104
big issues for only $1.00, still
continues. We want the Pro
gressive Farmer to go into the
homes of all our subscribers.
Renew your subscription for one
year to the News and get this
healthy little farm paper with it.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
THE CAROLINA STATE BANK
At Saluda, in the State of North Carolina,
a the close of business Jan. 7th, 1911:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $20 148 41
Overdrafts, unsecured 44 1 1
AH other stocks, bonds an 1 mori-
gages 2 500 00
Banking Houses, $i,2;o; Fur-
nliure and Fixtures, $1,000 . 2 250 00
Due from Hanks and bankers. I 310 02
Cash items '.. 78 35
Gold com 400 00
Silver coin, including all minor
coin currency 629 79
National bank notes and other
U.S. notes 748 00
Total 28 138 68
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $ 5 000 00
Surplus fund 500 00
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes paid 936 98
Bills payable I 5 00
Time cettificates of deposit... 4 920 10
Deposits subject to cht-ck 15 043 34
Cashier's checks outstanding. 238 20
Total 28 138 00
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Dealer In
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Groceries &c
COLUMBUS, 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 of Tryon. The wise
man will, therefore, onen 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.
THE BANK OF TRYON
J 0HN ORR & CO M PAIN Y
TRYON, N. C.
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions
Shoes, Crockery, Glassware
Enamel and Tin Ware
Blue Flame Oil Stoves, Etc.! Etc.
100 Acre Farm For Sale.
40 acres under cultivation, 14
acres good bottom land. Good
6-room house, also 2 barns and
outbuildings, all in first-class
condition. Situated 14 miles from
railroad, 1 mile from church, 2
miles from schoolhouse. Price
and terms reasonable. Apply to
C. D. ELLIOTTE,
Columbus, N. C.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County of Polk, ss:
I, h. B. Lane. cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to tlie best of my
knowledge and belief.
H. lb LANE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
14th day of Jan., 191 1.
I. D. MORRIS, Notary Public.
Correct Attest;
W. C ROBERTSON,
Q C. SONNER,
M. A PACK,
Directors
IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED
FARMS FOR SALE
In Tracts of 40 to 200 Acres
Cash or Easy Payments.
L H. CLOUD
Real Estate Columbus, N. C.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE.
O.T. BAYNARD
COTTON BUYER
Pays the Highest Market Price
See him before selling.
LANDRUM, S. C.
J. T. BOOTH
JEWELER - LANDRUM, S. C.
Fine Watch and Clock
Repairing a Specialty
Prices reasonable
Work guaranteed
BY VIRTUE OF THE POWER VEST
ed in me by a decree of the court in a special
proceeding entitled, "Li ndsey Thorn e al,
ex parte," by which it was ordered that the
estate of the late James A. Thorn be sold
for partition among his heirs, as tenants in
common, and by an order of resale, the bid
at a former sale having been raised ten per
cent, within twenty days after date of sale,
I will on Monday, the 13U1 day of February,
191 1, at I p.m., at courthouse door in Colum
bus, re-sell at public auction to the highest
bidder land lyin and being in the State of
North Carolina and County of Polk and de-
I scribed as follows:
Tract No. 3. Beginning at a pine on
side of road; thence S. 75 deg. W. 195 poles
to a post oaU; thence N 80 poles to a post
oak; thence N. 45 deg. E. 14 poles to a pine
(dead); thence N. 80 deg. V. 20 poles to a
black oak, Prince's old coiner, and across
Columbus road; thence N. 20 deg. E. 30
poles to s. bluck oak, Prince's corner; thence
S. 85 deg. E. 18 poles to a pine stump,
Hamilton's line; thence - with said line S.
25 deg. E. 150 poles to a pine, Hamilton's
corner; thence N. 65 deg. E- 54 poles to a
stake and pointers in Spaitanburg road;
thence with said road S. 31 deg. E. 110 p.
to the beginning, containing 114 acres more
or less.
Terms of sale one-third cah on date of
sale, one-third in six months and the balance
in twelve months from said date, being op
tional with purchaser as to payment of the
entire purchase price within the twelve
months.
This the 14th day of January, 1011.
J. M. LEWIS, Commissioner.
E. B. CLOUD. Atty.
Shop in Ward's Store near Depot
Mrs. E. B. Hill is improving.
Mr. J. G. Hughes is suffering
with neuralgia.
Have you renewed your sub
scription to the News?
Atty. and Mrs. J. E. Shipman
were in Raleigh last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Arledge
were in Landrum Monday.
Mr. J. T. Hutcherson visited
relatives in Inman Sunday.
Mr. L. H. Cloud is busy writ
ing up insurance this week.
Mr. M. N. Hall of Tryon, No.
1, was in town Monday on busi
ness. Mr- Knox Whitesides visited
relatives at Big Level last weekend.
Mr. J. F. Carruth of near Lan
drum was a business visitor here
Monday.
Mr. D. F. Shields., of Melvin
Hill was a business visitor here
Tuesday.
Atty. B. F. Williams and Miss
Ina E. Jones spent Saturday in
Landrum.
Messrs. B. L. Ballenger and A.
L. Hill of Tryon were in town
last Friday.
Mr. F. A. Thompson of Hen
derson County, was in town Mon
day on business.
Messrs. N. T. Mills and C. D.
Elliotte were business visitors in
Tryon Saturday.
Mr. F. B. William3 returned
Tuesday from a business trip to
Birmingham, Ala.
Go to F. F. Alfred's Jewelry
Store in Rutherfordton when your
watch needs fixing.
Messrs. F. M. Burgess and R.
F. McFarland were business vis
itors in Tryon Saturday. I
Miss Lizzie Page, who was quite
ill last week with tonsilitis, is up
and at her studies again.
Mr. C.C. Hampton of Landrum
No. 1 was shaking hands with
old friends here Sunday.
Mr. B. A. Freeman of the U.S.
Revenue Service was in town on
official business last week.
Snow storms and overshoes go
togetherall sizes at John L.
Jackson's store in Columbus.
Mr. Leander Jackson of Mill
Spring is visiting at his son's,
Mr. John L. Jackson, this week.
Ballenger's cash counter is a
permanent institution at which
goods are sold at wholesale prices
for cash.
Mr. Clarence B. Elliotte of
Mill Spring No. 1 is visiting at
his father's, Mr. C. D- Elliotte,
this week,
Bring your watches and clocks
to Booth the jeweler, Landrum,
S. C. All work guaranteed and
prices right.
Mr. J. P. Arledge visited at his
wife's father's, Col.W-H. Rucker
of Green Hill, Rutherford Co.,
last week end.
Mrs. J. P. Arledge is at the
bedside of her father, Col. W. H.
Rucker, of Rutherford County,
who is very ill.
. Atty. Ewbank of the law firm
of Shipp & Ewbank of Hender
sonville, was here last Wednei-
day on legal business.
Take advantage of the season
sale in men's suits at Tryon Ho
siery Co's spot cash store at
Lynn and other bargains.
Atty. Frederick Hamrick of
Quinn, Hamrick & McRorie of
Rutherfordton, was a business
visitor in Columbus last week.
A movement is on foot to in
corporate the town of Lynn.
Petitions by many signers have
been sent into the Legislature.
Do you notice that smack of
business on every one's counten
ance in Columbus these days?
Now, if we only had a black
smith's shop, wouldn't things
hum!
Screven's mill, which is being
tnorougniy overnauiea ana im
proved, will soon be in running
order, and cuts another step to
Columbus's success we're com
ing on, even if we do drag a
little on road matters.
Some few acres of the fine
farming land advertised on this
page have been sold recently, and
it is hoped we shall soon see some
building going on there. Speak
quickly if you are looking for
good land bargains for this is the
buying season.
TRYON NOTES.
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Correspondence f The News
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hill
in Spartan turg Saturday.
Mr. W. L. Wood was in town
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sizemore
spent a very pleasant day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of
Oblumbus Sunday.
Mr. P. Q. Smith of Spartan
burg was in Tryon last Thursday
and Friday.
Mr. Samuel Hill visited in Hen
dersonyille last week end.
Miss Iris Jackson went to Lan
drum Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Livingston is expect
ed home on a visit Saturday.
Mr. Charles Brinnie of Spring
field, Mass., died at the 'Stearns
Cottage" on Melrose Ave. Sun
day night at 9 o'clock. r
Mrs. E. M. Salley of Saluda
was in town Tuesday.
Mr. F. S. Pearson's father of
Rutherfordton is with him this
week.
Mrs. Lettie Gaines is on the
sick list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Rankin are
in Asheville this week.
Mrs. W. J. Gainer went
Spartanburg for a few days.
Mr. George Gurley went
Asheville Tuesday.
Dr. Smatliers of Landrum
in town this week.
Mr. C.W. Ballenger is in Ashe
ville this week.
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PROGRAM.
The Polk County Sunday School Asso
ciation to be held with the Green's Creek
Church, January 28th and 29th, 191 1.
SATURDAY
Devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Elbert Jackson.
Enrollment of messengers and or
ganization. Introductory sermon by ReT. T. W.
Arledge.
Noon recess.
Song service by Green's Creek S.S.
How should the Lesson Helps be
used? Opened by J. H. Gibbs.
Essentials to a good Sunday School.
Opened by J. E. Shipman.
How should missionary interests be
aroused in Sunday School? Opened
by Rev. B. P. Jacksn.
SUNDAY.
Sunday School Lesson tanght by N.
T. Mills.
Missionary Sermon by Rev. J. M.
Walker.
Noon recess.
Should not this Association under
take some missionary work? By A.T.
Hart.
Miscellaneous business.
All the Sunday Schools are requested to
send delegates.
Let the brethren prepare to make these
discussions interesting and profitable.
BY COMMITTEK.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Calls for the Best Material,
Best Workmen, Best Tools
We have all these - Give us a trial.
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News Advertisements Pay.
-Mr. Claude B. Green, returning
from Shepherds ville, Ky., passed
through Columbus Monday, en
route to his home in Mil! Spring, ;
No. 2.
Improve yourself and your sur
roundings help to make your
town better for being in it then
note how easy it is to see some
good even in a rascal.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry.
Stationery, Etc.
FRED F. ALLRED'S
Jewelry, Stationery and Art Store,
RUTHERFORDTON, ti. C.
Advertise In THE NEWS.
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