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VOL. XVII.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. G. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911.
NO. 21.
Thrae Cents the Copy.
JOHN
ORR
&
TRYON, N. C.
Dress Goods
GENTLEMEN'S NECKWEAR
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Crockery,
Glass, Enamel and Tin Ware.
BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES, ETC., ETC.
GOTO
THE
BALLENGER
on
COMPANY i
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For
EVERYTHING
The
The Carolina State Bank
SALUDA, N. C.
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Paid on Sayings "V PROGRESSIVE
Every Banking Facility
It has been the constant endeavor of the management of
this bank to furnish every possible facility for the conven
ience of its depositors, together with absolute safety fer
their money.
An account with this bank will prove a valuable asset to
any corporation, firm, or individual requiring the best
banking facilities.
We solicit your account.
DC. BARROW, Q. C. SOONER, V. C. ROBERTSON,
President. Vice-President. y Vice-President.
H. B. LANE, Cashier.
Come in and see us. We have the best, cleanest line
of groceries to be found in the place. We don't believe
- in selling goods of inferior quality. We sell you the best
you can buy for the money, and we guarantee every
thing we sell to give satisfaction or your money back.
Get bur price on Flour. We can sell you good flour -at
a close price. Also very close prices on Keg Soda
and Chewing Tobacco in quantities.
You can find us on the corner where the old Court
House stood. Don't forget to come in arid see us when
you trs over here. - ,
JUSTICE GROCERY COMPANY
"RutiiBrfordton's Best Grocery Store, "
Rutherfordton, N. C
Your Bank Dsposits Roll Up
Surprisingly if you make it a rule to pny
by check only and deposit all your cash at
The Bank of Tryn. Then stop to think
lefreyeu buy and in many cases thinking
means refraining. Ambition to have a good
balance prevents a many spending and
thus your deposits roll up.
IKE BaWQF IfSYON
Y
IS IT NOT PROVOKING
to find that you have paid tco
much for something somewhere
else that you could have bought
from me so much cheaper? Moral:
Visit my general merchandise
store and save your temper and
money.
F S. PEARSON
TRYGN, N. C.
COM PAN
Special prices made
Flour, Cotton Seed
Meal, Mulls, and All
Feedstuff s in quantity
Ballenger Company
TRYON, N. C.
STRONG
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Notice taJuilic Scbcel Teacbsrs.
All Public School Teachers not already
holding certificates Valid for the approach
ing school terra will take" notice that the
last public examination will be held at Col
umbus Thursday, October 12th, 1911, ' and
will be continued through the day . follow
ing if necessary. Y- Each applicant will fur
nish their own paper.
Thia Septtmber 2oih, 191 1.
. J. R. FOSTER,
Co. Supt., Talk Co., N.C
H0T1CE OF LiHD SALE.
BY VIRTUE OK THE TOWERS
conUuueu in a luuitguge deed executed by
R I. Garren, and wile Maude S. Garren,
to John A. Ward on the 3rd day of January
1902, and recorded in the office of tne
register of deeds for Polk County, in -Book
I.l"Mie 379- of the records for mortgage
deeds in said county, the undersigned will
sell at public auction, at the Courthouse
door in Columbus, N. C, within the legal
hours of sale, on Saturday. November 4th,
1911, the following described property:
Situated in the town of Saluda, N. C-, and
known as the Frank Thompson lot. Be
ginning at il. C. Turner's corner on Sunset
street, and runa w:th his line N. 78 deg
W. 13 72-100 poles to a stake on Preshy
tvrian lot line; thence with said Presbyter
ian lot N. 2$ deg. E 3 36-100 poles to cor
ner of Thome lot; thence with said Thome
1 t N. 28 deg. E. 13 poles to a stake on
Henderson street; thence with said strefl
s-53 deg. E. 12 poles to j Sunset street;
thence with said street S. 30 deg. W. 10
4-100 poles to the beginning. Containing
one acre more or less.
The said sale to satisfy and discharge the
amount secured by said mortgage deed,
which is $200 00 with interest thereon from
the 3rd day of January, 1902. Terms of
sale ensh. !
This Sept, lo, loll. I -
JOHN WARD, Mortgagee.
First National Bank of Hender
sonville. Assignee.
STATON & RECTOR, Attjs.
NOTICE OF M0HT8A5E SALE.
WHEREAS ON THE 4th DAY OF
Febnury, 190S, j. H. Pendleton and wife,
Ella PeudlctoR, executed to the undersigned,
a mortgage on ihejands hertinafter described
to secure 6 nous in the uni of $533.33 each,
due iu I, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years iroui date
of same, aud which mortBaji is of record
in mortgage book 4, at page 155 of the
records of mortgages for Polk County, and
hieas said mortgage provides that in tl
aetauit ot tne payment ot any note or pwt
thereof when due, dr the interest as it be
comes due, that the whole of said indebted""
ness shall mature and become due and pay
able; and whereas default has been madeiu
the payment of some of said notes and the
interest that are now past due.
Therefore by virtue of the power con
tained in said mortgage and for the purpose
of aatisfying all of --aid indebtedness to
gether with interest and costs, the under
signed niortage will on Monday, Novem
ber 6, 19H, between the hours of lo a.m.
and 4 p.m. at the Courthouse door of Tolk
County, North Carolina, offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash at public out
cry, all the following described lands being
the lands described in and conveyed by
said mortsrage. situate in 'the township of
Green's Creek, county of Polk and stale of
North Carolina, and bounded and described
as follows:
BEGINNING on a stake and runs S. 43
(leg E. 15 1-5 poles to a small red oak;
thence N. 91-5 deg. Ej ao poles to a
stake; thence N. 79J4 deg. E. 102 poles
to a stone J thence N' 18 2.5 deg. ,W. .29
29-100 chains to a stone; thence N.
deg. E. I i chains to a stolie on McGinnis
line; thence N. 25 deg. W. to a stone on
North side of public road; thence S. 6314
deg. W. 101 poles to a large poplar; thenc
S. 25 deg. E. 9 1-5 poles to a stake; thence
S. 72V2 leg- 34 poles to an oak (downV,
thence S. 3 deg. E. 2S poles to a large
post oak; thence S. AYi deg. W. 59 15
poles to the beginning, containing 130
acres more or less.
This the 5th day of October, 191 1.
T. P. COVINGTON,
. Mortgagee.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Calls for the Best Material,
Best Workmen, Best Tools
We have all these - Give us a trial.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Stationery, Etc.
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Jewelry, Stationery and Art Store,
RUTHERFORDTON, HI. C.
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Court convenes Monday, Oc
tober 16th. I
Mr. and uh, Eli Shields of
Tryon were in'tbwn Sunday,
: Mr. James fOrmand left for
Gre'en'vilb, S.jQ., yesterday.-
Mrs. E. B. Iill is visiting rela-1
tives in. Taylors, S. C.; this week:
Postmaster W. A. Cannon of
Lynn was in Columbus Monday.
The Misses Oodson and Smith,
teachers in Tryon graded school,
were in towmIonday.
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Messrs. S. B: Weaver and J. A.
Feagan of Mlvin Hill were in
town Monday fen business.
Atty. C. AiMebb, a prominent
lawyer of Asleville, was iu Col
umbus Monda on business.,
Mr. Grove rH.utch erson , a Ii n e
man for the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Co., spent tfye week-end at
home. I 1
Mr. Geo. B Heatherly of Hen
derson county was a business
visitor at the register's office
Tuesday.
Mr. F. cL Jackson of Mill
Spring made the News a pleasant
call Monday land continued his
subscription-
Mr. G. M. p. Jetton of Shelby,
N;C, repreanting the "Presby
terian of the South," was in Col
umbus yesterday.
Mr. H. W. Hill, who has been
visiting his sick brother in Ruth
erfordton , returned Monday and
reports his brother's health much
Umpryed;-r;':;;::
Mrs. Noati7 Daniels and baby
Evelyn, of liahdtum, S. C, are
spending a fw weeks with Mrs
Daniels' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W: Newman.
Mr. T. T. Ballenger of Tryon
was in Coliimbus Tuesday on
business.. Mr. Ballenger is al
ways alive to Polk County's best
interests and his great hope now
is road improvement.
Friends ofjMr. Warren A. Fish
er of Tryon I will be - grieved to
learn that wjiile going home last
Thursday night he broke his left
leg in two places in stepping off
tht road into a gully.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Arledge at
tended the 0reen River Baptists
Association! held at Mountain
Creek last Thursday and Friday
and visited Relatives and friends
in that section, returning Sun
day. . If
Prof. E. W. S. Cobb, principal
of the Columbus High School, at
tended thej6int convention of
county superintendents and high
school teachers of Western North
Carolina hlld'at Asheville last
Thursday aid Friday. The school
was given a hiday while he was
gone. , ' -
A couple of prisoners tried ,to
break jail Monday night. They
succeeded ih getting out of their
cells to the roof . where they were
going to let themselves down to
liberty by f means of blankets.
The distance to the ground gave
them "cold, feet," however, and
they hustled bacX to bed again at
Jailer Mcljiarland's orders. On
search a wooden key was found
in the pockets of one of the prii
oners which fit the lock of his
cell. The joch. of the other's cell
was foundfcroken.
NOTICE
My two sons, Whit and Jake
Owensby have run away and left
me. I forbid anybody hiring or
feeding thm. They are under
age.
Eliza Owensby.
IN
Ml
County
' -Polk County real estate is selling lively now.
- Polk County has the most healthful of climates and
pure drinking water, and its natural resources are not
surpassed anywhere.
If you want. to engage in farming in a small way, or
extensively, you can buy no better land than offered in
this county. I have some excellent opportunities for
home or farm seekers, in Columbus, White Oak, Greens
Creek and Tryon townships, in tracts of 4 to 300 acres,
close to churches and schools, at very reasonable prices,
and will cheerfully-answer all inquiries. , ; :
so
BRIEFS FEOM MELY1H HILL.
Correspondence of The News.
Born to Mr. and Mrs- Loren
Johnson, 26th ult., a handsome
boy baby.
Mr. Coster McBrayer, . the
bookman, who has been stopping
her for a few weeks, has gone to
other sections.
. Somepf the farmers here are
holding their cotton for higher
prices.
; There's talk of a wedding"down:'
the road."
After a lapse of thirty-five
years or more, the "army worm"
has again invaded this section
and is devastating the green cot
toji leaves and a few of the green
bolls. Are they ail over the
country? x ,
A certain new house being built
in this vicinity will need a mis
tress ere long;
A number of persons from this
place attended services at Brook
lyn, S. C . Sunday night.
Wonder whatever became of
"Aunt Ruth?"
Success to the News.
"Gab."
GREENS CREEK.
Correspondence of the News.
Mr. Frank Shields and family
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. Sorrells McDowell is now
rapidly recovering from typhoid,
Mr. Zeno Shields and sister,
Eunah, visited their uncle, Jim
Shields, in Landrum Sunday.
Mr. Willie Barnett was in Lan
drum Saturday on business.
The Miss ss Cantrell entertain
ed Saturday night.
Mrs. T. E. Walker is on the
sick list this week.
Miss Salena Feagan spent the
week end with Miss Gertrude
Feagan.
S
Leap
Prolific
Pre Most Prolific and Pest of MiMing Wheats
Yields reported from our customers from twenty-five to fifty- '
two bushels per acre. -When grown side by side witK other
kinds Ais splendid beardless wheat yielded from five to eighteen. '
bushels more per acre on same land and under same condi
tions as other standard wheats. . - y (,.: ' -y
- Wherever grown it is superseding all other kinds and it
should be sown universally by wheat growers everywhere. ,
Write, for prices and Wood's Crop SpedaV giving in
formation about all Seasonable Seeds. : "
T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen. - Richmond. Va
Real
Estate
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CLOUD,
OGLUpiBUS, fl. 0.
Mr. Tyson McDowell was the
guest of Miss Beulah Shields
Sunday.
Mr. J. W. Walker, who has
been repairing his place here, re
turned to his home in Spartan
burg last week.
Messrs. Horace and Roy Foster
of Prospect were here Sunday V
Mr. W. M. Younce, the sawyer,
is here again.
Mr. Herman Walker krtd sister
J Ola were shopping. , in landrum-
Saturday. f
Mrs. Nat Giles is on . the sick
list this week.
, Miss Ada Walker spent the
week end with Miss Myrtle
Hampton.
We were all glad to see so many
out lor Sunday-school.- Every
body come. Three o'clock every
Sunday afternoon.
Blue Eyes. :
MILL SPRING No. 2 NOTES.
Correspondence ofTh News.
Mr. J. T. Gilbert of Columbus
visitetf here last Tuesday.
Mr. E A. Arledge made a busi
ness trip to Spartanburg last y,
week. yX
Mrs. R. M. Constant is visiting
her daughter Mrs. D. D. Gosnell,
in Spartanburg, at this writing.
Mr. Guilderoy McMurray and
sisters, Keturah and Cora, Mr.
Roy Jones and sister, Penora,
were the guests at Mr. W. J:
Green's last Sunday.
Miss Minnie Halford left Sun
day to begin teaching on the
mountains. , j
Mr. John Foster of Landrunf
was here last Saturday. . ' 7
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