VTJL. XVII.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY. N. G, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1911.
,NO, 22.
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JOHN ORE & COMBAN Y
TRYON, N. C.
Dress Goods
' GENTLEMEN'S NECKWEAR r "
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Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Crockery,
L 4 Glass, Enamel and Tin Ware. - '
BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES, ETC. , ETC.
GOTO
JLi
BALLENGER
COMPAM'
Tryon, N. C. '
For
The
EVERYTHING
The Carolina State Bank
S A LU DA. IM. G.
PERVGEHT
Paid on Savings
Every Banking
It lias been the constant endeavor of the management of
this hank to furnish every possible .facility ftf the conven
ience of its depositors, together with" absolute safety for
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. !
D. C. BARRO W,
President.
Q. C. SOONER,
- Vice-President.
. B. LANE, Cashier.
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IF YOU WANT TO BUY
OR SELL anything, keep
your mouth shut and you
will keep on wanting. Tell
your wants to the public by
an advertisement in our colons-then
look for result3.;
ADVERT!
A1ays to be Successful.
Have your office stationery
Kedbythe Polk County
ws Job Printing Depart-
.ent if you want neat,
Glassy Woric at jow prices
ADVERTISE
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Your laiilc DBpositsRoll Bp
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Surprisingly if you make it a rule to- pay
by chrck only and deposit alf your c.sh at
Tlie Bank of Tryin. Then stop! to hink
lefre you buy and in many cases thinking
means refraining. Ambition to have a good
balance prevents , a many 'spending and
thus your deposits roll up. ''
SMILE AND LOOK PLEASANT
In fair weather or foul, and when
you are in the. market for any
thing in the line of Groceries,
Dry Goods, Shoes, etc., come to
me. My goods are always new
and fresh because my prices -are
right. Courteous service always.
F PEARSON
TRYON, N. C. :
Special prices made
on Flour, Cotton Seed
M eal, Hulls, and A U
Feedstuff s in quantity
Cash paid for Cross
Tigs
Ballenger Company
TRYON, N. C.
STRONG
COURTEOUS
PROGRESSIVE
Facility
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W. C. ROBERTSON,
Vice-President.
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lilt HOTIG
KOTiCE OF LiSD SALE. '
. BY VIRTUE OF THE TOWERS
contained in a mortgage deed executed by
R L. Gairen,;aud wile Maude -. Gsirren,
to J,ohn A, WarJ on the 3rd day of January
t5e 37.9. , 01 tl:e records lor mortgage
deeds iii said county, the undersigned will
stU.at public auction, at the Courthouse
docn-sin Columbus, N. C, within the legal
hours of sijle, on Saturday, November: 4th,
1911, , the, following described property:
Situated in'the tovifro of Saluda, N. C-, and
known as, the Frank Thompson . lot. : Be
ginning at H. C. Turner's corner on Sunlet
street, and runs with his line N. 78 deg
W. 13 72-100 pole to a stake on I'resby
Urian loi line; thence with aaid Presbyter
ian lot N. deg. E 3 367I00 poles to cor
ner of Thome lot; thance ylta said Thorne
lot N. 2S deg. E. 13 poles to a stake on
Henderson street; thene with said wret-t
s- 53 deg. E. 12 poles t? Sunset street;
thence with sid street S. 30 deg. W. 10
4-100 poles to the beginning. Containing
one acre more or less.
The said sale to satisfy and discharga the
amount secured by said mortgage deed,
which is $200. 00 vith interest therecn from
the 3rd day of January, 1 902.. -Terms of
sale cash.
This Sept, 30, 191 r.
JOHN WARD, Mortgagee. -First
National Bank of Hender
- sonville. Assignee.
STATON & -RECTUR, Attys.
N3T1CS OF M9HTG1C-E SALE.
WHEREAS ON THE 4th DAY OF
February, 1908, j. H. Pendleton and w;f,
Ella Pendleton, executed to tiie undersigned,
a mortgage op the lands hereinafter described
to secure 6 nous in ihe um of 5533-33 each,
due in I, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years irom date
of same, and which mortgage is of record
iu'-mortgage book 4, at page J 55 of the
records of mortgages for Polk County, and
whereas said mortgage provides that in the
default of the payment of any note or part
thereof when due, or the interest as it be
comes due, that the whole of said indebted
ness shall mature and become due and pay
able; aud whereas default has been made in
the payment of some of said notes and ihe
interest thnt are now past due.
Therefore by virtue, of the power con
tained in said mortgage and for ihe purpose
of satisfying all of said indebtedness to
gether with interest and costs, the underl
aigned mortgagee will on Monday, Novem
ber 6, 1911, between the hours of loam,
and 4 P-rn- "t the Courthouse door of Polk
County, North Carolina, oflcr for sale to
the highest bidder for cash at public out
cry, all the following decribed lands being
the lands described in and conveyed by
said mortgage, situate in the township of
Urcen s Creek, county of Polk and state of
rorth Carolina, and bounded and described
as follows: '
BEGINNING on a stake and runs S. 43
deg. E. 15 1-5 poles to a small red ok;
thence N. 9 1-5 deg. L. 2ol4 poles to a
stake: thence N. 7q'l deg. E. loiV poles
to a stone: thence N. iS 2-5 deg. W. 20
9-100 chains to a stone; thence N. 663
deg. E. 12 chains to a stone on McGinnis
ine; thence N. 251 deg. W. to a stone on
North side of public road; thence S. 6313
;eg. v. ior poles t a large poplar; tnencc
S. 2s de;r. E. 0 1-5 poles to a stake; thence
S. 72V2 deg. V. 34 poles to en oak (down );
thence S. 3 deg. E. 28 J poles to a large
post-oak; thence S. Alz, deg. W. 59 15
oles to th beginning, containing 1 374.
acres more or less. ,
This the 5U1 day of October, 191 1.
j . T P. COVINGTON,
f " ' Mortgagee.
THE BEST WATCH
REPAIRING
Calls for the Best Material,
Best Workmen, Best Tools
by a have all these - Give us a trial.
Watches,- Clocks, Jewelry,
Stationery, Etc.
FRED F. ALLRED'S
Jewelry, Stationery and Art Store,
RU T HER FORD TON, If. C.
J. W. PLSSS YOBS COLEMAN
: PLESS &
LAWYERS
Practice all th Ccurts cf-Polk and
Hutherfcrd Counties
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OOLTJMBUS
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orth
frst
est
News when you are in town.
Atty. E. B. Cloud was in Try
on Monday on legal business.
Mr. J B. Page of Tryon was
in town Tuesday on business.
Mr Forest B. VVillfams was in
Landrum yesterday on business.
Sheriff A. X,. Hill had a settle
ment with the treasurer last
Thursday. "
Mrs. E. B. Hill, who has been
visiting relatives in Taylors,S.C,
returned Tuesday.
Mr. Major Hutcherson let
Monday for an extended business
trip through'Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Cannon
and Miss Hicks of iLynh attended
services here Sunday . :
Rev. J. M. Walker held serv
ices at ' the Columbus Baptist
Church last Saturday and Sun
day. ' ' '
Mr. E. L. Robbins has opened
a general merchandise store in
Columbus township at the old
Jones place.
Commissioner J. W. Kennedy
was in town Monday having a
settlement with County Treasur
er W. B. Feagan.
The new owners of the land
recently purchased in and around
Columbus have had the surveyors
at work'the pastlweek.u
Deputy R. F. McFarland con
veyed Carrie Splawn of Trjon to
the Stat? Asylum for the Insane
at Morganton last Friday.
Mr. W. B. Feagan of this town
has been appointed by the .Exec
utive Department of North Car
olina as a notary 'public for Polk
County. ' ' ; : ; .
A petitioh has beeVi sent to
Judge Justice asking that Messrs
W. H. McFarland. J. T. Waldrop
and J. A. Feagan be appointed as
Finance Committee for Polk Co.
for the year 1911. I
LOST Gold, locket with mono-
Al a t ytt
gram Axl w containing two
pictures, on or near the school
grounds in Columbus test Thurs
day. Suitable reward will be
given for its return to the News
office.
Maria Moon ey, or "Old Aunt
Hootee," as she was more famil
iarly known, died of old age last
week in her little log cabin on the
Columbus-Tryon road, where she
lived alone for many years. She,
was an old slave negress and her
age is not known, some of the
elderly citizens of Columbus
remembering her in their school
days as "Old Aunt Hootee." I;
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Cupid landed another arrow
Sunday when Miss Clara Feagan,
the charming daughter of -"Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Feagan, eloped
with Mr. Ed Watson, a, young
and enterprising farmer of - Mel-
vin Hill, to the home of Rev. W.
S. Cherry at Mill Spring, where
they , were married. ; The happy
couple went to the groom's home
after the marital knot was - tied,
but will doubtless mak no delay
in returning to the sanguine par
ents of the bride to receive, their;
blessing. "" c
NOTICE
My two sons, Whit and Jake
Owensby have run away and left
me. I forbid anybody hiring or
feeding them. . They are. under
age. Eliza Owensby. v
Advertise in THE; NEWS.
TOITIW3 ite! Estate
Polk C'ounty 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. x r
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
Oeek and Tryon townships, ih tracts of 4 to 300 acres,
close to churches and schools, at very reasonable prices
and will cheerfully answer -
'SUPERIOR mi .
The fall term , Superior Court
convenes MondaV, Judge 'Ben
jamin F. Long, of Statesville,
presiding, anfT Solicitor A. Hall
Johnston, of Marlon, :- prosecut
ing attorney: ; : -; ; -J
The criminal docket shows a
long list of cases andis likely to
take up the entire first weelof
the term. Two murder cases andeek end with Mrs: Mark Miller
one of forgery 'are the principal
cases on the list.
MILL SPRING No. 2 NOTES.
Correspondence of The News.
People are very busy in this
community gathering their crops .
. Rev. J. B. Arledge of Saluda
filled his regular appointment at
Silver Creek last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. F. M. Constant visited his
daughter in Spartanburg last
week.
Misses Hattie and Ethel Jack
son of Columbus were guests at
Mr. H. P. Arledge's Saturday
night and attended services at
Silver Creek. .
Messrs. Belton and Lindsey
Green of Spartanburg spent the
week end at the home of Mr. W.
J. Green. !
Thp Mifisps Stpnn of Salnda
visited their sister, Mrs. S.S.Mc-i
Murray last week end.
Mrs. H. P. Arledge was called
last Sunday to the bedside of her
daughter, Mrs. Howard Williams.
The new churcji at Silver Creek
is still unfinished, but the old
church will be sold to the highest
bidder on Saturday the 21st. Sale
at the church. "
The election held to abolish the
local school tax was defeated and
we still keep our summer schools.
Success to the News. -
ILL0WLEE.
ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS.
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s j,roiiiiG
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; Yields reported from our customers from twenty-five to fifty
two bushels per acre. When grown side by side with other- . .
kinds this splendid beardless wheat yielded from five to eighteen
bushels more per acre on same land and under same condi
tions as other standard wheats. ' ': . X t
Wherever crown it is superseding all other. kinds and it
should be sown universally by wheat growers everywhere.
: Write for prices and ''Wood's Crop Speded givmg in i ,
. formation about all Seasonable Seeds.
T. W. WOOD SONS. Seedsmen, - Richmond, Vcu
all inquiries.
COLUMBUS, G.
GREENS CREEK.
Correspondence of the News.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McDowell
spent Sunday at Mr. Reuben
Watson '3. . .
Last Wednesday while covering
a barn, Mr. T.. M. Walker .fell
and received severe injuries, but
no bones were broken.
Miss Carrie Watson spent the
Mrs. T. E. Walker is rapidly
recovering, from a week's illness. ,
Misses Minnie and Mattie Col
lins entertained Saturday night.
Misses Eunah, Beulah, Minnie '
and Lizzie Shields were the
guests of Miss Ola Walker Sun -day.
Mr. Jerome Foster of Inman .
was here Sunday.
Mr. Lum Younce of Blowing
Rock was here last week helping
his father, Mr. W. M. Younce, '
the sawyer.
Mr- and Mrs. Sam Feagan vis
ited friends here Sunday." ;
Mr. Tom Collins and his pretty
little bride expect to leave for
their home in Georgia soon. s
The farmers are very busy try
ing to gather their cotton. Hands
are scarce and farmers are offer-'
ing high prices to cotton pickers.
Mr. Sorrells McDowell spent
last week with his brother Tim
in Spartanburg.
The home of Mr. Simmons of
Prospect was totally destroyed
by fire Saturday night-" origin
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and but few things were saved.,
Miss Bessie Jackson was home .,
for Sunday.
Miss Hattie Jackson of ColumT
bus will open the Happy Home
School the 6th of November.
Rev. W. M. Walker is expected
home soon. v 4
Blue Eyes. "
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