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foi. TRYON, POLK M ; : V , V I :
S POLK COUNTY NEWS
Published every Friday at
TRY ON
the most populous town in
POLK COUNTY
The Land of the Sky,
North Carolina.
0. B. COBB,
Editor.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1914.
A tidy kept town pleases visitors,
attracts new citizens, and induces in
vestment ...
POLK COUNTY, N. C
The great variety '.of farm products
giown in Polk County, to a remarka
ble degree of perfection, is attracting
the attention of practical and scientific
agriculturalists generally.
Every township in the county seems
ly nature specially adapted for grow,
ing some special crop, owing no doubt
to the different kinds of soil and the
different climatic conditions had in
the different townships.
Of the six townships in Polk county.
the three northerly ones are almost I
7holly in the billowy mountainsous (
section, where the mountain sides and I
those of the' ridges are cultivated and I
grow the ordinary field crops of this
latitude, but, experience has demonj
Birated the fact that Saluda, Coopers
Gap and White Oak township possess I
every requisite of soil, elevation an?
ciimate to make it a most successful
winter apple section, the equal of any
location in the State. The apples,
potatoes and cabbage grown here are
not surpassed in quantity or quality J
in the "Land of the Sky." I
Tryon and Columbus townships oc-
capying the Southwesterly and central instructed to ask the Telephone com
port of the county, South from the pany to supply Sunday service.
Tryon mountain range, along the An electric light was ordered fpr the
Southern face of this mountain range, J
is a wide expanse of most fertile land.
miles and miles in length, named by
I. S. Geological Survey the Thermal I forbidden within Tryon city limits un
Belt, because within the limits of this I der penalty of $50,00 fine, by resolu-
belt, spring or autumn frosts is un,
non, making the growing season
fully six weeks longer than In the ad-
joining fields and winter tempera-
tures there are many degrees higher
than in the valleys below. It is in
tbis frostless tract that small fruit. I
growing has been so successfully en-
gaged ii for some years. '
The grapes here grown have made I
a nation wide reputation for excel-
lence of flavor, abundance ofV large
lunches, and rare keeping qualities.
Tryon grapes have won a reputa-
jon'on their merits in every market
ottered, always commanding best
prices. ' .. v :'!,
The vineyards here established de
monstrate fully the advantages of our
climatic conditions so favorable for
frape growing, that more and more
acreage is yearly being added to the
production of this ready money crop.
l this Polk County Thermal Belt
the best spot in the world to grow
reaches RnorPQsfni w tv,o fn,it o-rnwn
has a coloring and flavor pecu-'
J'&rly their own, that wins and holds
trade of the best judges. " .
A good crop of peaches is a certain,
iy every year in this favored frostles's
and the dealers have never yet
Ln supplied with half what they
fnted, for lack ;of growers who un
trstand growing peaches ; to perfec
tJ0Ji, as this Thermal belt' section of
plk county is eminently capable of.'
The -Southeastern township in this
bounty (Green Creek) is a level,
ghtly rolling section of strong feiv
j!e land that under the system of cul.
Ovation very generally practiced" by
the good farmers there, is productive
of good crops of all small grains, hay
and forage.
Stock raising and dairy farming
should he a specialty in this township
and when alfalfa is grown her as it ii
sure to be sometime in the near fu
ture, this township will produce with
very little effort, beef, pork and dairy
products enough to supply all the
markets of this and adjoining coun
ties, for here are opportunities that
will soon be recognized and adopted
by the more thrifty enterprising far
mers of that section to this very end.
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OUR CLUB LISTS.
We wish to call every , readers at
tention to our New Year club lists,
printed in this ; issue. Our bargain
prices are winning us new subscribers
and renewals from all partSKof pur
county ,and are giving remarkable
satisfaction everywhere, asr they can
but do, for the different papers we
club with are the very best of their
kind, and at the cheapest rates ever
offered before, these prices cannot be
carried by us but for a short while
longer, so let us hear quickly from
al! who wish to avail thmselves of our
special club prices this month. Write
to us, right now, today.
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TRYON.
MR. A. J. LeMORT ILL.
The acquaintances of Mr. A. J. Le
Mort the extensive grape grower of
Tryon.will regret to know that for sev
eial daysarly in week he was a great
suffered from neuralgia in his head,
which with the amicton he has suffer
ed from for .some years, was almost
unendurable for a day or two, but at
present time we are glad to report
that he is not suffering much pain,
and is very much better.
A FORESTRY CLUB CIRCULAR.
The Forestry club of Tryon has Is-
sued a circular stating the reward of
fered by the county commissioners for
arrest and conviction of those who set
out unlawful fires and giving the State
law in full on the subject, which they
are distributing liberally about the
county, for public information.
TRYON COMMISSIONERS MEET
The regular meeting of Tryon Com.
misSioners was held in K. of P. hall
Monday night, January 12th. The full
board were present. A few sundry
bills were ordered paid and the mayor
junction of Laurel street and Rocky
Spur road.
The public sale of fire works was
tion passed .
The organizers of a fire company
reported, announcing Mr. Anderson as
chief.
A committee was appointed to learn
what changes the water company pro-
pose to make in their plant
The bids on construction of sewers
was opened and referred to the com-
mittee oh sewers.
The bids on construction of the pro .
posed fire house was opened and re
ferred to the regular finance commit-
tee. ;' , .
The committees are to report at, the
board meeting. Adjourned to Monday
evening, Jan. 19th. ,
junior Missionary society.
Miss Maude Belue, first vice presi
dent of Woman's Adult Auxiliary of
I the M. E. Church South, and Miss Gus-
sie Dotson, primary teacher in tne
graded school, organized the children
nf Trvon into a Junior Missionary bo.
ciety. To be conducted each Sun-I
day afternoon, beginning at d o clocK,
The following officers were elected for
the year: President, Miss Lucile 3sn
er' vice president, Master Robert
Ward; secretary, Miss Ilene Newman;
treasurer, Miss Emily Fisher. '
There was a large attendance for.
our first meeting and we extend a cor.
dial invitation to those who could not
be out this time to Join us on ; our
next day. tt
Topics for first meeting will be A
Missionary Dollar, and What it Does."
Ee sure and be there children and see
what this wonderful dollar does.
COUNTY ' HIGHWAY, COMMISSION
ERS MEET.
On Friday afternoon, Jan. 9th, 1914,
the Polk County Commissioners held
their regular monthly meeting at the
Bank in Tryon, all : the members of
the board being present.
The committee on the proposed road
between Green i Creek church and
Green River church gave . a favorable
report. . . 7i' ': ''
A petition from Green creek district
for a road from Malvin Hill to inter
sect' Landrum road was .received and
is to be investigated.
' The treasurer was ordered to pay
the interest on the road bonds now
due and collect it from the. county
commissioners. 1 v
Condemnation proceedings were au
thorized to be commenced for right of
way through the Moore property ac
Saluda, for the new road laid out
there.
MELVIN HILL, N. C.
The nev school house is nearin
completion and we hope for at least ?
short term of school.
Mr. T. G. Randolph has gone out of
business entirely; store, mills, every
thing is shut down.
Mr. Tom Cantrell purchased a new
organ for his little daughter Mamie,
recently.
Mr. Dave Toney was a caller at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stacy,
Sunday. J
The blacksmith shop here will be
closed for a time, the "smith" has
gone to Florida.
Mrs. Sarah Lawter visited her son,
Mr. S. S. Lawter, last week.
The gasoline corn mill here is sold
V and has. been moved away.
Miss Lura . McGinnis and her little
niece Ines, called on Mrs. Branscom
Saturday, i: ' ; . r p V
Mr. Garrett Hughes has sold " out
here an dexpects to move back to
Mitchell county soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Branscom, also Mr. J.
W. Stacy started for Klssimm'ee, Fla.,
Monday.
. Mrs. Laura Cole is quite sick of side
pleurisy at this writing.
Mr. W. B. Feagan of Columbus,
made a business trip to this burg last
week.
Mr. Edwards, the county surveyor,
had business' in these parts : one day
lagt wee
There was a box supper at Happy
Home school house last Saturday
night. f: i-i:-.
Mr. Foster Lawter of Cooley Springs
is working for his brother, Mr. S
Lawter in his store!
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There! has been quite a lot of mo v.
ing in, out and around Melvin Hill
lately. England Honeycut" and fam
ily moved in; Bunyan Gilbert and fam
ily moved out; Walter Westbroofe
changed, so did TLoren Johnson and
others expeccing to move soon.
; Success to The News. '
LYNN.
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Miss Schwarberg has returned
her school work after a vaction
two weeks.
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H. L. Swann has accepted a position
at Flat Rcok, N. C, where he will
move at once. ;
W. A. Cannon the postmaster has
moved the office Into his brother H. G.
j Cannon st0re
Rev. Mr. Morgan lias accepted
the invitation tov preach at Lynn one?
a month, will begin in February.
The .Mimosa Hotel opened somi
days ago for the winter season and
many guests are already there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Washburn are in
their palatial home here, for the sea
son we hope.
POLK'S. COTTON CROP
19121913.
- There were 1,719 . bales ,. of, cotton
ginned in Polk county from the crop
of ,1913, prior to Jan. 1, 1914, as com
pared with 1,485" bales ginned prior -to
Jan. 'l, 1913, an increase of 234 bales
in 1913.'" " '
COLUMBUS.
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Subscriptions to stock to build a ho.'
telf ,in Columbus, this spring, are now
being taken.' The News wishes the
enterprise complete success.
Uss Sallie : W. Hunter spent the
week-end with her sister, Miss Irene
who is teaching at Collinsville, near
Landrum. ..
Mrs. John Lewis Smith who has
been visiting- her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J, W. Newman for two weeks,
returned to her home in St George; S.
C. Sunday.
&lrs. J. P. Ar ledge is very sick with
pneumonia.
Misses Ada ' and Ola Walker were
shopping in Spartanburg last week. .:
Miss Marie. Burgess delightfully en.
tettalned - a number of voune neonif
Friday, night,"
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Mr. T. J. Waldrop was in Columbu3
ori business Monday.
tor. Crawford Green spent the week
end with relatives in Green creek. '
Miss Hattie Jackson who has been
attending the Cecil Business college at
Spartanburg for some time, came home
frMday, having finished the short hand
and bookkeeping course.
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iVVe are expecting a new lawyer in
oClumbus soon.
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5ome of the young people here were
pleasantly amused at Mr. Ben Green's
Saturday night he has a beautiful new
home at the foot of the mountain near
Columbus. -5
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Irs. Emily Hill is spendnig a few
days in Asheville.
Boen .: Constan and family of
Lynn, . has moved in . the little school
house here. . . .
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."Mrs. l B. McGuinn, who has been
better; . t -
Mr. J. D. Cobb of Sedia, N.'vC.- is
visiting his son, E. W. S. Cobb.
J. W. Walker spent the week-end
with relatives here.
BOX SUPPER AT GREENS CREEK,
The box supper given at the Happv
Home school house Saturday night
was an exceeding success, $48.82 be
ing realized. Mr. W. M. Bamette was
the auctioneer, who was up to his job.
After the many beautiful well filled
boxes were disposed of a cake wa3
put up for the girl who was voted the
most beautiful girl," one cent being
charged; for each vote. Several girls
were nominated but Miss Beulah
Shields proved to be the most fortun
ate," therefore won the cake which
came to $29.72. The last and funniest
part of the program was a bar of Oc
tagon soap for the man who received
the most yotes for being the ugliest.
One cent being charged for each vote.
Mr. R. L. Jones, the Happy Home
school teacher received the soap with
many congratulations. Beautiful
string music was Tendered by Miss
Jennie, Jones, Messrs Willie Barnette,
.Otis ' Jones and Nathan Jones, wrlich
was enjoyed by all.
' The proceeds of this supper will go
to pay for a stove for the school, also
to help . pay for an addition to the
school building which is greatly
needed. A. W.
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Mr. G. C.
urday last.
LANDRUM.
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Page died suddenly Sat-
; The work of laying our cement side
walks is progressing! Where they
are finished they look fine- and are
giving our town a decided, finishel ap,,
pearance. '
. Mr. W. T. Nettles is the new South
ern express agent here.
The; Ezell-Daniels Co., that carried
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on a' general merchandizing business
for many years in tlje store building
near the depot at' Landrum, have late,
ly been succeeded "by , W. M. Lambright
& Co., who are conducting an up to
date wholesale and retail business in
general merchandise, and in severai
departments are ' offering special bar-
gains, well worth the consideration" of
country trade.
OUR SCHOOLS.
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:, E. W. S. Cobb, Columbus, N. C.
V (Cbntined from last week.)
Nothing need be said to the pupils,
for' some time, about "reading"; to do
so would- most' probably awaken their
self-consciousness and inhibit willing
and successful effort Let them read
before they know it. They are thus
drilled in the recognition through the
eye, under the stimulus of interest, of
a written form as meaning the same
thing as something they have said or
head said. '
. This drill continues until the recog
nition becomes r instantaneous, ' auto
matic, and extends to a gqod many
words. Th3 . sentences and stories
made by the pupils should be printed
on black board or card board and used
for review lesssons.
The Word Method. The word meth
od differs from the sentence method
mainly in that single j words are given
& first instead of sentences. This
plan has in its favor the fact that
when the child is learning to talk he
uses single words, not complete en-
tences. His words are mostly nouns,
and he exphesses verb ideas by ges-
twres or other movements. It may
be argued, further that the word whole
is smaller than the sentence , whole 1
and is, therefore easier to recognize
anc . retain, words', moreover, may-
be.'more easily pictured than sen
tences.; Whenever they can be used, the best
and livest processes by which the sen:
tence method is made most effective
v.'ill be found fully as effective in
getting -desirable results from the
method. The teacher will use the
best that any good method has to of
fer, making for himself an eclectic
method and breathing into it the '
breath, of his own life. In reading as
m everything else, "the lettter killeth
but the spirit giveth . lift"; s the i live
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any method of ' teaching reading ' to
kill the Interest of the learner in the
thing-read.
At the end of the first year, If the
child has been rightly taught he will
be able to pronounce clearly and un
hesitatingly, at sight, the simpler and
more familiar Words . which he uses
in talking; he will be able to spell most
of them; and, best of all, he will have
caught some glimpse of what good'
things .re to start for' him to enjoyj
as soon as he can read easily.
But the reader can take only slight
hM nnnn tTiis nrnmisP of Tileasnre To
be drawn from printed words, unless
he can, as far as he has gone, use his
reading freely as a tool. This he can-
not-do, unless vthe -s drill in the me
chanical elements of reading has been
rhnmno-h onH rarofnl -. iDnlv. throiisrh
such drill can he escape the faults of
drawing, stopping to spell words while
reading, miscalling words, mumbling
or moving the lips in silent reading,-
from all which the world, both in and
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out of school, has
cuffrH pnnnjrh
But all the time the teacher must be
on guard against mistaking and ac
cepting mechanical reading for me
chanical accuracy in reading.
The ultimate purpose In reading Ic
to get thought and inspiration, know),
edge and enthusiasm,' help and pleas
ure from the written or printed page.
This purpose, cannot be effectively r .
alized .unless the forms of words are
readily and automatically reconized,
at the ' first; step toward an apprecia-.
tlon of their meaning and value. Such
recognition, in the primer, must be so
clear and ready as to enable the pupil
to gather in words and phrases"ahead
of where he is reading. . Only as this
is done, and done more and more easi
ly as the reader advances, will h3
come to interpret with fluency, either
to himself in . silent reading, or to
others by reading aloud. One of many
devices that may be effectively used
to train the eye to prompt recognition
of printed : words is to give the pupils
for their use- at their seats a supply
of words printed ' on card board bits,
and have them biuld these into sen
tences. Such an exercise has more
than one merit to commend it to a
I busy teacher
In .conclusion, let me say, useour
reading charts vfreely, even if it is
one you . make yourself ; give r Individ -ual
instruction but give it to the class
a3 well; , prepare work carefully be
fore going before your class and sin
ttjs preparation have each pupil .in
1 ytnr: class in clear vision before .your
i ROADS
NOW FOR WID TIRES.
Now that good roads are a certainty
in Polk County let us adopt wide tires
on all road wagons," and we -will be
able to keep our good roads in good
condition with much Mess expense
than we can if our present wagons
with narrow tires are to be used, and. .
those wagons with wide tires will
carry a much greater- load and haul
much easier than on narrow tires.
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This county can. well afford to allow
every wagonerVtwho will use wide tires ;
on his wagons, a rebate off his yearly
taxes to encourage the use. of wide
tires in place of. narrow ones.
These narrow tires cut deep ruts in
our roads that are sure to cause .
trouble and injure the good, roads, un.
less dragged out, and its. much more
difficult to smooth up a piece of road
after a rain st0rm, vwith the drag,
where it has been cut deep by loaded
wagons with narrow tires than where
wide tires are used
Everv waconer'who once uses wide
tires, will wonder why. he did riot
Hnnt a fhom .hofnr fiiov invariablv
prove so - universally satisfactory in
use.
In the interest of good roads, use
WIDE TIRES. ! ..
SAND CLAY ROADS.
Red clay after it has been graded
and packed hard, should be covered
with about four inches of sand. " This
when packed hard makes a road, bed
that is far more comfortable to ride
6h than macadam and is easy to main
tain. ; V " -
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clay road..wjir be buiitn ?the (rollj";"
nas' this year for they- have proven to
be the most satisfactory road in use
in every particular. '
SILVER CREEK SCHOOL.
As I haven't seen anything in this
column of this paper dedicated lo
"Our Schools" about Silver Creek. I
thought ! would write something
Our school began cember 1;.1913
IWJLU iVllb& ;
neyville, N. C, as teacner. . ine ram
VM .wmuuir uuwu m .-u w,
were Present on that day, ,but
since then tne - enrollment uas en
larged to 'thirty five and" we' have a
dally average of about thirty. :The
children all seem interested and: like
i to come1 to school, v Last week wo of
hhe larger boys' Nun and f ,
dge, went up to the school and prer
Pd wood-for next weekr inthia
W we can save our wood bu and buy
things we need 'for our school- room.
t fit rtvt nrcolr aTln SMin
l will wmc asuu uwv
the honor roll of our school.
A PUPIL.
The tendency to build good road3
has done more to "put Henderson
county on the map" than any other;
one thing that has transpired in a
dozen years looking towards progress
and prosperity. V No community can.
expect complete development without
a system of improved highways. Good
roads make for Industrial development
eery time. '
Greater ITesteni Nerth Carolina
Grand Rally at AfcheTHle, Feb 23.
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President Fairfax Harrison, of tha
Southern Railway, f will be In Ashe
ville on Feb. 23, when he will address
a great rajly meeting of the Greater
Western North Carolina association.
The date previously announced was
Feb. 26, but Mr. Harrison found it im
possible to be there on that date.
This association is doing much for :
Polk county and a good delegation of
our citizens would help our, local in.
terests, and be' a pleasure to all to ;
meet the Southern's new president. ' ;
mind ; and last but by no means least,
have in 'mind a'clear and definite pur
pose in each lesson. r
'' E. W. S. COBB, Co. Supt. Ed.
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