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VOL. XVII
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 8,1911:
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in one and one-half miles of fine macadam roads. Well
t 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.
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TRY0N NOTES.
Curre.ronJence I The News
June 6th, 1911.
We are praying for rain, the
wind' is about to blow our streets
away, and the ladies don't like it.
Te grass plot by the railroad is
drying up.
The tovvn officers seem to be
having trouble to get a marshal,
have appointed three since Mr.
Metcalf resigned and are now
talking of bringing in a man- to
tae it and we have good order,
too.
Mr- B;L. Ballenger left this
horning for Wrightsville Beach.
Mr. J.W.Lankford is home on a
.:jjst;heis working on the new
-M. C. A. building at. ..Columbia'.
C., and says it is h-o-t down
there.
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. vve understand the Wilson boys
sold their place on S. Trade
aLreet to Mr. Norman.
J" Gurley has bought a lot
1 mch was sold to the negro bar
Der and is now happy.
E ve understand that Mr. Ralph
Jr- i ,e Wants t0 he,P buy oil- to
2 the macadam road, this
m be a great help to the road
si,ve3hope some of our public
hal ??menwm take it up and
vUIK yone at once.
Mrs.. Hart, formerly Miss Mag
gie Gaines, was in town Monday;
We understand from the grocer
that lemons, sugar and fly-paper
hayt goneup. What is a poor
fellow to do, and this a dry state.
Mr. John Sims, the popular
young railroad man, is home on a
vacation.- Y. X-
e don't see much improve-
thPAU wie-.wwn nauiea on
cans, it is still hot and the
: : thlare S!lU ingoocl' health; Can't
ulan i .,r 11Cd,lI xec up some
.-tokm outthefiies?.. '
LYNN BRISFS.
Correspondence of the News.
Rev. Mr. Smithdeal preached in
Chapel last Sunday afternoon at
3.30, his regular appointment.
Some half a dozen young Amer
icans of this place went on a fish
ing tour last week. Were gone
three or four days. They all re
turned safely but we did not see
or even smell any fish about any
of them.
Master Roy, the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Swann, who
has just finished his second year
in theD. & D. .school at Morgan
ton, returned home last week.1
He is now having a good time
with' home folks at home. - '
Mr! W. H. Stearns, : proprietor
of the Mimosa, has closed up this
well-famed hostelry, and will be
manager of the new Highland
Club Hotel, near Hendersonville,
tHis season. Billy knows just how
to serve his guest best- v v
. Mr. D. B. F. Newman will soon
have . his new house on his lot
down by the river completed.
Mr. C. B. Arnold has 'made sale
of his nice little farm between the
1 Columbus and Skyuka roads.
Ice cream and cake was served
last Saturday evening by the
young people on school grounds,
1 1 C ' l 1 i-
proceeas ior ine oase oau team.
A nice little sum was realized.
Burgess Glover,, a young man
who has been living he-e a good
deal of his time for several years
was arrested on a charge of for
gery and lodged in jail. At this
writing preliminary has not jfcreen
given and particulars are not
known.
. ....
Mrs. Maggie Phillipps, who has
been quite sick for some time, was
taken to her father's; Mr. Andrew
Jackson, near Mill Spring, last
Saturday morning. Mrs. Beers,
a professional nurse, went with
her to see that she was properly
cared for on the way.
We wonder what the Jr. G. U.
A. M. of Tryon have up their
sieeves for the Fourth of July.
We suggest that several public
schoolsjn the county have had no
Bible nor flags presented them
by this great and noble order.
Wake up, boys, and let's hear
from you in next issue.
Mr. James McKinney of Spar
tanburg visited friends in Lynn
Sunday. ; ,, " ;
Fred Swann is having material
laid down to erect a four or five
room cottage on his lot, near his;
father's..;' ;-'; ' - . : --:v;.
Do you take the , Progressive
Farmer? If ript, Jopk ,up i our
clubbing offer and qei acquainted
with the best "farm paper for
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North Carolinians,
Does your neighbor read The
News? :
Deputy Vance Giles of Greens
Creek was here Monday.
Writing paper and envelopes
for sale at the News office.
Mr. R. F. McKarland- went to
Landrum yesterday on business.
Mr T. P. Moore of Rutherford-
ton No. 2 was in town Monday.
Mr. John L. Jackson, was - a
guest at Log Cabin Inn - Sunday.
Expert watch and clock repair
er t AUred, jeweler, Kuth-erfordtori.
Mrs. P. H. Kendrick of Shelby
is visiting her niece, Mrs. Forest
B. Williams. V
Mr. Markey of Jacksonville,
Florida, is registered at the Col
umbus Hotel.
r Mr. W.G. Green of Mill Spring
Route 2 was a business visitor
here Monday.
Mr. Henry Reich of Tryon w?s
a business visitor at the register's
office Tuesday, r
Atty. PatMcBrayer of Marion,
N.C., is visiting his friend, Atty.
B. F. Williams.
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Land deeds for sale at The
Jews ofnce-also blanks for jus
tices of the peace.
Mr,, W. M. Brn ett, tax lister
for Greens Creek, township, was
in town last Thursday.
' Vi Stowe and Mr, Lewis v of
Mill Spring attended services at
Presbyterian church Sunday.
v Mr.- iantf Mrs! F, B. Williams
and family, and Mrs. P. H. Ken
drick, left for Shelby, yesterday.
Read Booth's advertisements in
this paper and when your watch
is ; out of order bring it along.
Good work is cheapest.
Mr. F. M. Burgess has been
appointed a member of the board
of trustees of Columbus High
School. Messrs. J. G. Hughes
and B- F. Williams are the other
members.
Messrs. William and Rilph C.
Prince of Fingerville, S.C. No. 1,
passed through Columbus last
Wednesday en route for a busi
ness trip to Hendersonville, re
turning Thursday. .
County Commissioners J. W.
Kennedy, M. A. Cornwell and G.
Barrett Womack, Sheriff A. L.
Hill, Capt. Pearson, Giles Pear
son, J, T. Waldrop, M.W.Thomp
son, J, Hanrion Pace and Bud
Rollins were guests at dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
McFarland Monday. The living
rooms of the jail havebeen white
washed and painted and a cordial
invitation was extended the com
missioners to dinner, and to note
the remarkable improvement to
the rooms made by a little; paint
and powder.
Services were held in the Pres
byterian church, Friday morning
and evening, Saturday morning
and evening and Suritiay morning
by Rev-lt. A. Miller of; Lowell ,
N. C, whose sermons made a
deep impression on the con'gregar
tions. Mr. Miller preaches with
simplicity and directness, v anid
applies religion-'to present-day
business methods. " The interior
of the church" was newly kalsb-
mined and "new ; window shades
put up the whole presenting a
tidy and pleasing appearance on
Mr. Miller's arrival; - ;
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