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COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY; N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1911.
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Sf You Are in the Mar kot to Buy Land
Buy it Near a Market
Five Hundred teres of line
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LYING close to market and within one-half to one
mile of Post-office, good Schools, Churches and
:: Court House. On main road through County, and with-
I in one and one-half miles of fine macadam roads. Well
watered and well timbered. This property has been off
l 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.
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DoYou Subscribe to TWPOUi COUNTY MEWS?
I W. PLESS YOBS COLEMAN
PLESS & GOLEHAN
LAWYERS
?ucUc all tit Courts of Folk tni
Batlxarford Couatlei
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C.
F. M. Burgess
LUMBER
Kough and Dressed
Columbus - - N. C.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Calls for the Best Materia.
Best Workmen, Best Tools
W havti all these - Give us a trial.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry.
Stationery, Etc.
fHED F. ALLRED'S
hwelry, Stationery and Art Store,
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C.
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n -3 1 Estate and Insurance "
COLUMBUS, POLK CO., N. C.
LYNN BRIEFS.
Correspondence of .the News.
Rev. R. A. Miller, of Lowell,
N. C., will prtach in Chapel on
Thnrsday evening:, June 1st, at
8 o'clock.
No preaching in Chapel last
Sunday--only services Sunday
School in the morning, and C. E.
S. in evening conducted by Mr.
Erskine.
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Mrs. R. A. Leonard is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Carruth, Wood
ruff, S. C. . -
Mr. G. M. Hicks, son Lucian,
and sister Miss Mira, of New
Prospect, S. C. , vitited relatives
in Lynn last Sunday, returning
Monday.
Mr Bell, a vouncr man of
Blacksburg, S. C., takes Mr
SapocVs place as salesman in
the comDany store. Some one
has said the clerks are changed
with the moon in this store.
At this writing. Mr. James
Hudson has quite a sick child.
Mr. Andrew Jackson of Mill
Spring was in Lynn last Monday
visiting his sick daughter, Mrs.
Phillips:
The many old friends, relatives
and neighbors of sweet Alea
Thompson are sorry to hear of
her illness in her new home with
her son Alex in Henderson Co.,
near Fruitland.
- Cannon & Keeter have just re
ceive4 a line of jelly and fruit
COLUMBUS
N - E - W - S
ortU . at est . outb
Does your neighbor read The
News?
About time to talk railroads
again just talk, not build.
Writing paper and envelopes
for sale at the News office.
Fresh cow for sale. Apply to
J. R. Smith. Columbus, N. C. V
When is Columbus Develop
ment Company going to develop?
Expert watch and clock repair
er F. F. Allred, jeweler, Ruth
erf ordton.
Land deeds for- sale at The
News office also blanks for jus
tices of the peace.
Miss Nora Prince of Finger-
ville, Sf C, No. 1, visited friends
here last Thursday.
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Mr, Forest B. Williams left
for Spartanburg Tuesday on an
extended, business trip. "
Screven's grist mill is kept
hustling on the two days it runs
Wednesday and Saturday.
Miss Clara Feagans, who has
been spending several days at
Mel vin Hill, returned Friday.
Mr. W. A. Cannon and Mr. E.
B. Keeter and family of Lynn
attended services here Sunday.
Mr. H. G. Cannon, of Lynn,
visited in town -last Thursday,
mounted on another new hore.
Fresh fruit, cakes and candies
always on hand, also fresh bakers
bread at Cannon & Keeter's, at
Lynn. .
' MigssjCora and Flora j Fisher,
of Lynn, were the guests of Miss
Blanche Newman Saturday and
Sunday.
If the' town owned some money
some streets might be fixed we
can bag the -if" by unbagging
the coin.
Mr. C. C. Hampton and son
and daughter. Dock and Myrtle,
of Landrum No. 1, attended the
services here Sunday.
We mentioned :n our last cor- j Read Booth's advertisements in
respundence that we had four this paper and when your watch
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. mr. iviuer, 01 A-ievveianu, uino,
representing the Stearns estate.
arrivedJn town Monday and is
looking up the - holdings of the
said estate, accompanied by Mr.
J. G. Hughes. It is understood
that tht executors are desirous
to dispose of all their holdings in
this region.
Rev. T. C. Croker of Forest
City preached at the Presbyter
ian Chunjh Sunday and announ
ced services to ; be held in this
Church on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, the 2nd, -3rd and 4th of
June, by the Rev. R. A. Miller, of
Lowell, N. C. : All three services
at 11 o'clock a. m.
SANDY PLAINS NEWS.
Correspondence of The News.
Rev. T. C. Croker preached a
touching1 sermon Sunday after
noon at this place. There was a
large crowd out, the lower flocr
was full and many took seats in
the bak'ony.
Mr. Nodine and wife visited
Mr, and Mrs. Flynn Sunday;
also, Mr. Tom Pennelton gave
Miss Myrtle a call.
Misses Lillian and Bertha Can-
trell are visiting their people near
Boiling Springs.
A prominent young gentleman
of Mel vin Hill called on Miss
Lillie Greenway Sunday after
noon. '
Oh, yes! Mr, J. W. Webb of
Green Mountain, N. C. says he
is going to return to Polk to re
ceive a part of his heart he left
behind. Perchey.
Wedding invitations neatly
printed at the News office.
Modern equipment. Famous Budget
system of bookkeeping. Latest re
vision in Pitman shorthands Indi
vidual instruction. Students :fean en
ter any time. Hated reasonably
Write for catalog.
Your WatcK
Should be treated right when it
is in the jeweler's hands. You
would not send for a quack
doctor when you are dangerously
sick and it is just as dangerous
as far as your watch is concerned
to allow a !tinker" to doctor iU
I have the Experience,
Tools and. Material,
Necessary to repair your watch
right and at a reasonable price.
Give me a trial.
J.T. BOOTH
JEWELER - LANDRUM. S. C.
Land
Deeds
FOR SALE
at the
News Office.
GO TO ;
THE 4
COMPANY
Tryon, N. C.
For
EVERYTHING
resident traveling salesmen. We
overlooked the names of Messrs.
Charles Davenport and Lewis
Underwood, making six in all.
Mr. and Mrs. Sapoch of Blacks
burg left last Sunday morning
for their home, where Mr. Sa
poch will engage in the furniture
and undertaking business. Mr.
Sapoch was employed in the
Tryon Hosiery Co's store as a
salesman, but not liking the pos
ition, hastily made the change.
Mr. and Mrs. Sapoch made quite
a number of friends while here,
who are sorry to see them leave,
but wish them all kinds of suc
cess in their new venture.
Mrs. Lee J. Fisher left last
Monday morning for Raleigh
she will call on the Governor and
implore him for a pardon for her
husband.
What has become of the new
road from Lynn to Columbus-
is it dead or sleeping? Also the
new bridge across Horse Creek
at Screven's mill?
Wayfarers all stop at Cannon
& Keeter's in this hotweather to
refresh themselves with an ice
cold coca-cola or ginger-ale stop
in! '-.
Do you take the Progressive
Farmer ? If not, look up pur
clubbing offer and get acquainted
with the best farm paper for
North Carolinians: T
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is out of order bring it along.
Good work is cheapest.
Messrs. Gooth and Gleason of
New York City, who are spend
ing a few weeks at the Woodlawn
in Tryon, made the News a pleas
ant visit last Friday.
Keep cool! A nice new line of
spring- and summer underwear
for ladies and gentlemen at Can
non & Keeter's, at Lynn. Also
a large variety of notions.
There will be an ice-cream fes
tival Saturday afternoon and
evening for the benefit of the
Presbyterian Church on the Court
House grounds, at Columbus.
LOST! Pocketbook, contain
ing money, mileage and docu
ments, on main road between
Tryon and Columbus, on Friday,
May 19th. Liberal reward if re
turned to William Wilson, Tryon.
The Misses Hyde, Harriet and
Effie, who have been spending a
couple of weeks from the stren
uous city life of Central, S. C. in
the rest and seclusion of "Allan-
vale,'' Mrs. Barnes's beautiful
home, returned to their homes
Tuesday.
At the town commissioners
meeting held Monday, Mr. F. M.
Burgess was elected secretary,
and, about five or six hundred
feet of cross pieces were ordered
to repair the sidewalks. Another
meeting will be held Friday, 2nd
of June. v
on Flour, Cotton Seed
Meal, tiuNs9 . and All
Feedstuffs in quantity
Cash paid for Cross
Ties.....
TheBallenger Company
TRYON, N. C. !,
BURGLARS'
Open a sfcfe 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 hia '
money where it is beyond the t
reach of burglars. The less you
have the less you can afford ttf , 5
lose it. o
THE BANK OF TRYON
JOHN QRR & G 0 MP ANY
TRYON, N. C. .
Full Line Spring and Summer
Dress Goods
GENTLEMEN 'S NECKWEAR
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Crockery,
Glass, Enamel and Tin Ware.
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