INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS.
Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance.
VOL. XVL
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. C. ,' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911.
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Jru Are ln the -.Market to Buy Land
Buy it Wear a Market
I COLUMBUS COLUMN
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TING close to market and within one-half to one
-4 mile of Post-office, good Schools, Churches and ?
Court House. On main road through County, and with
in one and one-half miles cf fine macadam roads. Well
watered and well timbered; This property has been off
the market for 50 years. Will cut into tracts to suit
customer and give reasonable terms. Price very low.
This land is well adapted to all farm products.
Address
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Road and Other Improvements Contemplated
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COLUMBUS
And inspect the best brand of shoes ever made to
fit feet 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
Dealer in
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Groceries &c
COLUMBUS, N. C.
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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, 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.
THE BANK OF TRYON
J O H N O RR & C 0 M P A S Y
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Groceries, Dry Goods, JNotions
Shoes, Crockery, Glassware -Enamel
and Tin Ware ;
Bluelame Gil Stoves, Etc., Etc.
At the NEWS office is where
you can obtain chattel mort
gage blanks, mortgage deeds
etc. , also full line of souven
ir post cards of Polk county.
Mr.F.M.STEARNS CALLED HOME
Wry
MICE OF RE-SALE.
BY VIRTUE OF THE POWER VEST
ed iu nit- by a decree of the court in a special
proceeding entitled, "Lindsey Thorn et al,
ex parte," by which it was ordered that the
estate ot 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 lui mer sale having been raised ten per
cent, win in twenty days after date of sale,
1 will on Monday, the 13th day of February,
icjii.at 1 p. 11., i courthouse uoor in Colum
bus, re-stu at public auction to the highest
bidder land lying and ueuig in the State ot
North Carolina and County of Polk and de
scribed as follows:
Tract No. 3. Beginning at a pine on
side of road; thence 5. 75 deg. VV. 195 poles
to a post oa; me nee N. 80 poles to a post
oak; thence N. 45 deg. E. 14 poles to a pine
dead); thence N. 80 deg. W 20 poles to a
black oau.. Prince's old coiner, and across
Columbus road; thence N. 20 dtg. E. 30
poles to a black 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 10 a pine, Hamilton's
corner; thence N. 65 deg. E- 54 poics to a
sUke and pointers in Jipaitanburg road;
thence with said road S. 31 deg. E. IIOp
to the beginning, containing 114 acres more
or less.
Terms of sale one-third cash on date of-4
sale, one-third in six months and the balance
iu 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, 191 1.
j. M. LEWIS, Commissioner.
E. B. CLOUD, Atty. :
THE CHARLOTTE-OBSERVER
Everyday in the Year $8.00 a Year
The Observer consists of Io to 12 pages
daily and 20 to 32 pages Sunday. It han
dles more news matter, local, state, national
and foreign, than any other North Carolina
newspaper. . " ' s , "
The Sunday Observer
is -unexcelled as a new s medium, and is also
filled with excellent matter of a miscel
laneous nature. Address
THE OBSERVER CO.,
, ' CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Wko said electric light for Co
lumbus? v
Dr. Earl Grady of Trypn was
in town Friday, f
Great day! Gee! but aint we
having fine weather.
Mr. John L. Jackson went to
Saluda last Thursday.
Mr. C. D. ElHotte visited in
Cooper Gap Saturday.
Have you renewed your sub
scription to the News?
Mr. W. E. Hill went; to Lan-
drum Monday on business.
Writing paper and envelopes
for sale at the News office.
Mr. Jesse Splawn of Mill Spring
visited in Columbus Sunday.
Register F. M. Burgess was" a
business visitor in Lynn Monday.
Tryon Hosiery Go's advertise
ment will interest you this week.
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Mrs: C. D. Ellibtte is visiting
relatives in Maiden, N. C, chis
week. I
Attend the good roads meeting
Monday and bring some "gelt"
along.
Mr. W. J. Gaines of Tryon was
a business visitor in Columbus
Friday. ;
Attys. Shipman & Williams
were in Tryon last Friday on legal
business. 'i
Mr. John Carpenter of Tryon
No. 1 was in town Tuesday on
business.
Mr E. L. Jones of Landrum,
S. C.Y was in -town yesterday on
business.
Mr. Frank Jackson of Mill
Spring" visited relatives in Colum
bus Saturday, j
Go to F. F. Allred Jewelry
Store in Rutherf ordton when your
watch needs fixing.
Messrs. R.;F. McFarland and
F. B. William i'were business vis
itors in Landrum Tuesday.
Get quotations; on flour, feed,
etc., in quantity at the Ballenger
Co. prices 'way-way down.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Schumann of
Cambridge, Ohio, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hughes. '
Mr. James Ormand left Mon
day for his home at King's Moun
tain, N. C, having received word
that his grandmother was ill.
Thirty dollars subscribed this
week toward the road now don' r
you-believe we are going to get
it? Hope so, and hope you will
help. i
The new seed catalogue of T.
W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.,
has just beer received people
buying seed from this house are
always well pleased. 7
Mr. John L. Jackson, keeps
adding to his stock of merchan
dise all the time with the end in
view to never lose a chance to
make a sale call in, always wel
come. Miss Maude Ruppe (of Cooper
Gap) the popular primary teacher i
of Columbus High School, repre
sented our town at the Polk Co.
Sunday Schpol Association held
at Greens Creek Saturday and
Sunday. ( '
Screven's mill, better known
as the old Weaver mill, , on thej
Columbus-Tryon road, is running
daily, and although only opened
for business a few weeks ago,
the mill is kept ' busy grinding
corn for the wayfarers passing
that way. The expense under
gone to remodel and overhaul the
old ' mill snows : Mr. T Screven's
hopefulness f or a; new and enter
prising Columbus now hear at
hand, -
Father of Cofombus High School
Dies Suddenly
Mr. F. M. Stearns died sudden
ly Sunday at' his home. 10023 Eu
clid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, after
a ravaging siege of fever of four
weeks duration Through all his
sickness his mind was ever on
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Columbus and the mountains he
six or eight months each year
building rjew roads and improving
old ones leading to this now well
knowh hostelry, and opening to
lovers of Nature mfle'sHipon miles
of panoramic beauty. ': T
Columbus High School ' stands
loved so well, and it was hoped a? a monument of his philanthro-
by bis family that the fever would
abate sufficiently to bring 'fyim
here. He rallied slightly for a few
days but his great age and tjie
fever were too much to combat
with and he suddenly succumbed,
Mr. Stearns was 78 years old
and for the past twenty years his
i life was divided between his
home in Cleveland and his prop
erty here on the mountain -Log
Cabin Inn where he spent some
CAPT W. H. RUCKER ANSWERS LAST CALL
His Six Grandsons of the Arledge Family
Bear His Body fo Its Final Resting Place
Capt. W. H. Rucker of Green
Hill, Rutherford Co., died at his
home Friday night of heart trou
ble at the age of 78 years, after
an illness of nearly two years.
He leaves a wife and eight chil
dren, all of whom were present
at his bedside during Jife last
moments.
Rev.. Mr. Hunt conducted the
funeral service, which was held
at Mountain Creek Church Ceme
tery Sunday at 2 o'clock, accord
ing to the special program ' ar
ranged by the Captain the day
before he died. A large gather
ing of relatives and friends were
present at the interment. ,
Six sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jr P.
Arledge, of Columbus, grandsons
of Capt. Rucker, were the pallbearers.
LYNN.
py toward our little hamlet, while
his secret acts of kindness were
legion. There will always be a
warm and tender place in the
hearts of our people, for the little
old. man whose annual visits to
Columbus were most cHeering
and helpful. '
Mr. Stearns leaves a wife, two
daughters and one son and a
host of relatives and friends to
mourn him.
Mr. Shields is dividing business with the
ci:y, water supply. He is no furnishing the
Mimosa and coutemplates extending acres
the river and supplying others also.
The Mimosa Hotel has been improved by.
a very extensive and expensive piazza, it
being 16 It. wide on the front and 14 ft.
wide on the south side, Bi ly ktiojws just
how to arrange thinga to make hi guests
comfortable. ' .
Er Grady comes to see us now in a new
up 10 date automobile.
Mr. Estei brook, who owns th$ Esterbroak
Hill, is stopping at the Mimosu?
Messrs. Hayton Constant, . Gaither Tanr
ther and I.una Newman. l.listfd enS
served three.ytars in the L ' ' iny 'ar'- at
home looking hale and h ar-y.
It looks like Polk County Vi x tiling to'
the front from the amount of material hauled
by in the Jasi few davs to build two iron
bridges across G ec'n River.
1 he I. O. O. F. at this place keeps plentv
of fresh meat on hand all the time.
Wm. Mays has been quite indispesed for
several days but is now improving and . we
hope will boon be out again.
Uncle Davie Stearns, who has been on an
extended visit to his daughter, Mrs . -Graham
in Charlotte, has returned looking hale
and iieaity. ... .
Grayson' X. wmaii has Leer- t.tn.vinsi a laui
hand for several days caus;d b; toil-..
Correspondence of he News-
A Memorial Service was held at Chapel
Sunday afternoon in memory of the late
Miss Alice E. Bird who was principal of
our school for about two years. Rev. Mr.
Anderson of the Episcopal Church ot Tryou
conducted the services. The chapel was
appropriately decorated and an ' enlarged
pn.010 of Misa Uird, presented to the school
by her brothers, was placed upon the teach
er's table in a prouiiuent position. Messrs.
VV. F. Swann and W. V. Ballard and Mis
Early spoke to the audience of Miss Bird t
Christian life, 'f her enthusiastic support ol
the Sunday School and Cnristian Endeavor
Society, and ot her good influence on all
the young people. Especially selected mu
sic was rendered and the service was closed
with a prayer by Mr. Ralph Erskine.
The building of a Baptist Church at this
place has been talked of for. some time but
as yet nothing deriniie has been done.
Ourlittle town is to be incorporated, mak ,
ing the bridge tue cutter on- half mile. Wv
hope this will have a good effect.
Th Tryon Hosiery Co. are , installing a
fire extinquishing system-Tone of the best
m the County.
It is rumored that a 40 h. p. auto car is
to be put on the road between Lynn .and
Tryon to accommodate tne puDUc.
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