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II a the POLK COUNTY NEWS IS BEAD IN MOKE POLK COUNTY HOMES EERY WEZK, THAN ANY OTHER WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUB LISHED. VOL. XIX. 0. 40. TRYON, FOLK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIpAY, FEBRUARY 13,1914. ESTABLISHED MAY 1S9I .... ' .v"v'.; t v ' 4Pp4 K II I M I a l HE POLK Published every Friday at TRY ON the most populous town in1 POLK COUNTY The Land of the Sky, North Carolina. Editor. GEO. wo I as second class mail matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable In Advance. One Year. . . .$1.00 ... J0 . . . .2 . o b Six Months. . . Three Months Communications intended for publi cation must be signed by the sender, name and address. We are not responsible for the opin ions or expressions of our correspon dents. .. Advertising rates quoted upon re quest. , ' .' Make all checks, drafts, and money orders payable to The Polk County News. '.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1914. 0W RALLY! POLK COUNTY. On Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Feb. 23rd, the progressive 2itizens of the seven counties composing the Greater Western North Carolina asso ciation will rally at the court house la Asheville, to meet, greet and welcome Mr. Fairfax Harrison, the new presi dent of the Southern Railway upon 'this, his first visit to this section, s;nce he became president of theSouth ern system, that has done and is yet doing so very much for the upbuilding and development of this Land of the sky. - -;V" ' ' ;'. He comes as the guest of the Great er Western North Carolina Associa tion and the several boards of trade cf the various cities in these countiesi and a mass meeting rally of citizens upon this occasion can but demon strate to our guest our interest in the ccrdial co-operation of all sections for the mutual good of all. It will be of great advantage to'PoR cjunty in the future development of its natural resources, (now but very little known beyond the limits of our own county), if a goodly number of representative citizens would attend this gathering from every township, yes, from every settlement and neigh borhood of every township in the county and get acquainted with th? progressive citizens of the other coun ties that are engaged in this worthy movement, and with representatives of the Southern Railway that are greatly in earnest to see every county in the association reap material ben efits. To accomplish this, we as citizens of Polk County must manifest an in terest, a desire to improve our condi tion, before we can expect others to help us accomplish those things that are needed, for our communities ben efit. Let the association members see there and get acquainted with U3, let them realize that the people of Polk county desire to improve our conditions, and that we are willing to strive to that end ourselves, to the limit of our means. Let a large delegation' go to -this meeting from Polk County, and then note the beneficial results that will shortly follow. - ; CLEAN SEED, 'o farmer can get any one ta'taka Ule same pains in grading his seed that he would himself. Some farmers claim that it does not pay to. clean grain. ' - - - : The corn crop of this country has heen increased millions of bushels by ij diligent seed selection. All other grain crops can be improved by grad irvg the seed, so that only good, plump, healthy grains, free from all foul weed seeds may be sown.' - - The fanning mill judiciously used v'ill do much to increase the yield of f'Vf'r' small grain crop and assist in kfeping, our fields free from noxious fpds. ' . - .' ' ' H will take code out of wheat, buck tliorn, plantain out of clover, in fact, t can be adjusted so" as to handle all 'inrls of grain and weed seeds. If you decide that it pays to sow good seed and to keep your fields free from noxious weeds, then do not hesi- COUNTY HIGHWAY INJUNCTION PROCEED, 'tv ; INGS WITHDRAWN. V-' -;--The injunction sought in the U. S. court in the name of Mary C. Moore, to restrain our good roads commission from building the new road across the back of the v Moore town lot at Salu da has been withdrawn by the Moore3 and! the commission will now have the road built there without resorting to 4 condemnation proceedings. v , These injunction cases has cost the county several hundred dollars of money that should have been used upon our roads, besides having caus- eu, unnecessary delays in our road work.,. y ::: ' ; TRYON WATER WORKS. 4 The new pipe for the extension of the water supply arrived this week and workmen are now busy placing it in position. When this has been ac complished it will enable the company to keep the tank full at all times and thus afford an unlimited domestic and. fire service. This pipe will be laid ia the mountain at the source of supply so as to increase the head at least fifty feet. - . ., . The present manager has had over thirty years experience in the con struction of water and light plants and it is his intention to place the plant in fit st class condition so that the ques tion of water service will never have to be raised again. There is plenty of water for a town ten times the size of Tryon and it merely means an increase in pressure to furnish an adequate supply and this will be accomplished by the new exten sion. Postmaster, Tryon, N. C. j "With reference to Sunday postoffiois sex vice your attention is directed to paragraph 4, section 283 postal laws and regulations and to the enclosed circular letter both' of which may be exhibited to 'the 'natrons of the office. (Signed) DANIEL C. ROPER, . 1st Asst Postmaster. .Section 283 General provisions re- luting to postofflces. Third and fourth class postofflces need not be opened on Sundays unless a mail or mails arrive during the time between the Saturday closing hour and 6 p. m. on Sunday. If sucii a mail does arrive and the public con venience requires its delivery on Sun day, the office may be , opened to the public, not more than once nor for more than one hour, and the time of service to patrons must not be during that of church services. If such office is opened to the public on Sundays, special delivery mail shall be delivered, but the sale of pos tage stamps, the registration of mail, and the delivery of registered mail is left to the option of the postmaster, and money orders need not be issued or paid The patrons of the Tryon postoffic are earnestly requested to inform the postmaster (W. H. Steam's) personal ly or by letter what hour during Sun day will the postoffice delivery being open, best serve their convenience, a it is to be open only one hour on Sun days or holidays after Feb. 15, 1914. W. H. STEARNS, P. M. Tryon, N. C. Mountain Industries Directors. The directors of the Mountain In dustries Association held a meeting in their Home, Monday afternon, Feb. 9. Mr. Ralph C. Erskine presiding. After considerable business was trans acted of a routine character, several interesting and important subjects pertaining to the working of ithe as sociation were discussed, and a mem bership committee created by appoint ing Mrs. :J.L. Washburn, chairman, with power to appoint others to assist her. : ; , A committee was also formed to fin ance a fund of $2500.00 with which to purchase the property the association is at present occupying, $500.00 of thi? fund, is already subscribed by Mr. J. L. Washburn. Thi3 committee Is Pres. R. C. Erskine, Mrs. M. T. Wynne and Mr. E. E. Brownlee. The secretary, Mr. W. T. Lindsey felt obliged to tender his resignation owing to his , having too many, busi ness calls upon his time every day to warrant his giving the duties of that office the attention of deserved and the recommended and nomlnaed for that office Mr. E. G. Holden who was duly elected by the directors present. tate to invest a few, dollars in a fan ning mill. ' -f fr TRYON. i- The Whitcomb-Raymond , Boston touring party of 24 persons made a 3G hour stop at Oak Hall Hotel leaving for the north on Thursday. . ; -. . :o: ; - Contractor Cagle arrived In town Thursday' to begin laying our sewers. ' ;.: :o: jVv;- ':: Mr. E. L. Anderson, chief of the Tryon Fire Department left here Mon- j day on a business trip to! Detroit, Mich.: - ; :o: -'-t';"'-; V. j V.Mr. C. A. Lightner returned to De troit this week, having established his family comfortably in their beautiful new home just finished on the hill south of, and overlooking Tryon. V . -o:- ' . ,' V:"-:-t, Quarterly conference was held last Sunday at the M. E. church, South, Presiding Elder Wood being present The church has been supplied , and there will be services every first and third Sunday of each month at 11 a. m. Every one invite and will be welcome. V'::V- " ' :o: !:.;.', Presiding Elder Wood gave a most irterestlng lecture before the Jr. mis sionary society of the4 M. E. Church last Sunday afternoon. Subject, the African jungles, their people and their condition. I , .v. :o: Mrs. T. T. Ballenger i who Is spend ing the winter at the home of her son in Atlanta, is visiting relatives in Tryon this week. She returned to Ai lanta on Wednesday, i :o: j. , Solomon Gallert, attorney of Ruth- erfordton, was in town on business Friday last. " ; . :or- Mr. A. J. LeMort recently submitted to- a -very delicate- buti successful . op eration upon his left eye and ear, at the Semeritan hospital in Philadelphia under the knife, handled by the noted specialist Dr. Babcock, assisted by Dr. Costello of Asheville, who accompan- ! ied Mr. LeMort on the trip. They rc- ' turned last Thursday week. Mr.LeM irt 1 . i i has fully recovered from the effects cf the operation and since1 lie got home is reported to be very much better than before the operation, "j :o: i The material for 22 iron bridges for Polk county's new roads, arrived this week and will be put in place as. fast as the road ways are ready for them. for-the new sewer system in Tryon, are at the station ready for that work to proceed. It is hoped this sewer line will be completed before warm weather. :o: On Friday evening at 8 o'clock Feb. 20th, Mr. Robt Gray of Asheville, N. C will give a violin recital at. the Congregational church, for the benefit the Tryon Young People's Society. . 1 .0. i ,' ' - Mrs. Penry and two daughters of Delaware, Ohio, have lately taken up their abode at Dr. Salley's sightly Nome on the hill south of Tryon. o: P. Erskine returned to Try- Mrs.f'C. on on Monday, from an extended northern trip of several weeks. Mr. Warren Fi3her's lot on north side of street near the corner of the Howard Gap roadjjs being cleared i of its trees and put iin condition to erect a livery stable barn upon. The Wjlkins barn building on the city's lot is to be taken down and removed onto Mr. Fisher's lot soon; as foundations are prepared. . - i .'- ; Jo: ' -, -; ' The- Misses Smith gave a very de lightful St. Valentine surprise party to the Philaethia class at their spacious home on Melrose avenue. Games of all kinds were played, the ladies being ably assisted by the men's Baraca class, after which refreshments of hot chocolate and cakes were served. There were about 50 guests present. - re Born on Thursday, Feb. 5th 1914, to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. C Foster, a girl. Both mother and child are doing finely. ; The Tryon Yoing People's Society. In spit of the .ain on last Thursday night at the Congregational - church. Rev. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, D. D. of London', Englan, spoke, to a crowded" house on the subject of "Some pages fvom the Music !of Life."It was one of the finest lectures ever give'n In this pity. Some of the pages that Dr.Mor gan spoke on -vere four of the seven fcpages from the Music of Life, they be- ing, "Babyhood,1! "Childhood," "Youth" ana "Manhood,' and just a sketch of the remainder! "Fatherhood," "Old age," and "Extreme Old age." The lecture was forlthe benefit of The Try on Young People's Society. Rev. Dr. Morgan, Sr., and ' wife,; left here on Friday night fo Washington, D. C. "7 THE FOTR BOSTONIANS. At the library in Tryon, next Tues day night, FerJ. 17th this celebrated musical combiation will appear as the second entertainment of the popu lar lyceum coufse of this winter. The 2 four young ladles comDosine this int worthv trmm Lma var vuuiiaenaea asarusts or a very high order in their Specialties. Miss Brooks violin soloist, Sfiss Kane soprano" .and pianist; Miss jVedder, contralto, and Miss Fowler, reader, are the four Bos tonlans, and tre Lyceum commlttea have placed the prices of admission very much lowef than the talent of the entertainment really warrants, with the idea of giving Polk countv people a change to listen. to a first- class companyat a popular price right here at home! Admission .. 50c, chil dren 25c. Tickets on sale at the drug store. i ' We have received from T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va., their spring catalogue of high grade seeds that is as complete astheir issues usually are, full of standard varieties and seasona ble speclaltiesthat one can rely upon as being truejto name. Their "crop special" is als a timely guide at this season and anjy one can obtain either upon request, addressed to the abova Seedsmen. 41 4 r- 41 T ISALUDA. -1-4- -4. . ; 4- o Saluda is going right its , water and sewerf ex- The town ahead with tensions. It 1$ proposed to put water and1 sewerage! within reach of every house in towijL . The following is the scale of watef rents as now in opera tion, and therfHs no reason to make a change. For private ihbuses $10.00 a year. For boarding houses $15.00 a year. For' hotels $25.00 a year. Fire plugs lire being placed as far as! possible t be within 500 feet of every house i town. There is ample water supply or a long time and the factory and economical. ' i The town council has accepted a bid . t0.put in about 1000 yards of cement side walks, 6d .work will be com menced on ths at an early date. The woodei store buildings along Main street hjave been raised to the new level of tiie street and moved into uniform linejmaking the street look much more presentable. "The town ordinance requiring all feet of sewc? properties within 400 lines to connect and do away witn surface closef is hustling the owners in the works. matter- of puting'in water io:- Mr. J. C. Btfshnell has returned from Florida after 1 3 . months in St Peters - burg. ' - i . J : T :o: . ;". - Mrs. Jno. r. Coats of Macon, Gal, has returnedl to Saluda: She expects to spend thegr eater part of the com ing year her. ; ;'', I :o: . . .V--. Col. D: O. I Herbert of Orangeburg. S. C, is visitfng Dr. Salley. V;l' -.;r ' :o; ';' ; ;., '. Dr. T. T. Sloore of Columbia, S. C , we learn ias abandoned his suit against the fcounty highway commis sion and th wofk of completing the road through our town will be pushed, . -' '' -'I :o::" : 'i Our counr road engineers, . Corn- vell and Webster, with Highway Com missioner J.S T. Green were here last week inspecting the contractors work, on the Tryon-Saluda auto road up the .valley, tand ihey report the work pro gressing veiry satisfactorily. When this road isl finished, our people . will no doubt b very proud of it even many who Bave heretofore opposed it. -'-H "'"' f ;.,.? ''-: v,-' t '-Or,-.- ', 1 .'."... 0 U R S C l 0 0 I S. Polk County Superintendent E. W. S. CORR . Coiumbus, North Carolina VITAL NEEDS OF RURAL SCHOOLS. (Read before the Polk County Teach ers Association, January 1914, by Miss Bertha E. Ledbetter, Mill Spring, N. C.) The most vital need of the rural schools is good teachers. We, who are teachers, should catecise ourselves to find out if we are good teachers if our teaching is succesful. -Ask yourself in all seriousness, "Am I fit to teach? You may not be a born teacher. Very few persons have the unborn qualities so strong that teaching and teaching alone will satisfy. There are some qualities that will help you, some qual ities you may cultivate if you wish to a&rjire to be leaders and models for young people. ' 1st. Your character must be above reproach. Whatever else you may lack your jcharacter must be above sus picion. Character 'unquestioned and unquestionable first for tfcis is the one first essential thing. If you are to be the moclel , after which the boys and girls the most precious product of .the state will consciously ' and uncon sciously fashion their lives, you mast be in all things a worthy model. Pure thoughts, pure words, sincerity,- hpn esty.. earnest and deep convictions must be habitual with you. The pur ty of your own-thoughts, the sincerity of your own motives, flashing through your eyes, the windows of your soul, must call out and strengthen the puri ty and nobility of other minds! Your character and your "reputation, too, must be without flaw or blemish, - Character is what you are; reputation i? what others think you art. Charac ter Is essential to pure womanhood and pure manhood but reputation is essen tial to the teacher. Reputation cannot exist long without characer, but for any cause, even, though il be unjust, your reputation is lost, even though your character remain, your useful ness in that immediate community is gone. Then guard well your life if you teach. Avoid not only evil but the ap pearance of it. 2nd. A thorough knowledge' of the subject taught is essential to success. Ycu cannot be a successful teacher of the things you do not" know. A thor ough and systematic knowledge of the subject you teach will give you teacn-' ing power. Your teacher's knowledge must be broader and deeper and better organized than the pupils. You must see each subject in relation to other subjects. Each chapter must be seen in its relation to other chapter, which precede and follow it. To teach a suo- ject is to learn that subject anew, to sec it In a new light, in a higher and deeper significance.. You cannot, as a teacher reach your highest success with but a student's knowledge and view of the subject. 3rd. You must keep your knowledge fresh by study. Growing minds alone are to teach. To teach well you must keep growing. Young ' teachers usually do the best work because they are thinking, inves tigating, growing. They are full of life and enthusiasm and the spirit is contagious with their pupils. The young teacher faces the future with faith, hope and enthusiasm. He 13 wining laurels not resting on those al ready won. He is losing his life in his I work and will find it again in the .lived of his pupils. You must carry on some line of study or investigation for when you cease to grow you begin to decay. I 4th. You must love the wofk of teaching. If after a fair trial you do not love to teach you had. best quit. No one is fit to teach who finds the work thor oughly distastefuly and who does not leve children and young - people. No sudder sight, I think, is ever seen than a long-faced pessimist in -the school room. It is nothing but cruelty to keep children in the school room un der the chilling, blighting Influence of a ' sour-grained J teacher long since dead to the beauty of nature and the be uyancy of childhood. 1 Teachers should be full of health, beauty and (Continued on last Page.) COLUMRUS. We are glad to report that Miss Ida Walker who has been sick , with small pox, 13 convalescing very satisfactori ly, so her physician reports, and no new cases have as yet developed m the town. 41 51 -a MILL SPRINGS. 1 K Silver Creek school will hold a Box Supper" for the benefit of -the? Eschool Saturday, night, Feb. 21st, 1914. Everybody come, a good time guaran teed. ' : -I 4- 41 LYNN. II- 1- Rev. . Mr. Bowne of Tryon will preach in the chapel Sunday. Every body cordially- invited. : . . :o: Mrs. .Westall visited relatives ta ' Flat Rock last week. R. A. Leonard reports that he has purchased a tract of land near -the 'school house which he will cut into . lots and- sell. :o: . . The cinders on the road are a great improvement. A coaching party from Boston passed through our village Wednesday , " " V- :o: j Garden time is here and this is an appeal to the town councilmen if they: have a chicken law. Enforce it. 4-1-4-1- -14' 14-; -14' MELVIN HILL. Mrs Minnie . Lawter. was one day' last 'week bitten? by' a black" spider onr the wrist which gave her a goodt daalf of pain for several days. ?: :o: It is reported that the school at Mill Creek has. been stopped on account of smallpox. i : . . :o: Miss Florie La wter returned homta from a week's visit to" relatives In tha Cooley Springs settlement, Sunday. - :o: , . Mr. Wm. Atkins, the photographer, who made pictures here some two or three years ago, will be here again now for several weeks. :o: Miss Griffith did not address thr Sunday school here last Sunday as was expected, as her school was stop ped and she had gone home.; :o: Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell visited Mrs Kilpatrick one day last week. ". :o: Mrs. Addie Gilbert called on Mrs. S. C. Lawter, Sunday. - . : Mrsi Morris is , having some addi tions made to her residence. . . ' ' io: The people are doing some garden ing: here, despite the bad omen of Ground-hog day. .- tor- Snow, hail end rain fell here Tues day. . FEARING BANES, MAN LOSES $500 Savannah. Because he had no faith in banks, following an experience in New York in the panic of 1893, B. . Shensky is today mourning the loss of of $500, which he had in a discarded seek, hidden in a dresser drawer in his bedroom. A thief entered his home while he dozed on the . front veranda In the evening and after ran sacking the house secured -the money. FASTEST BOX MAKER. Dayton, Oro. Willis Bellows is be- lieved here to be , the fastest apple box maker In the northwest. In ,a season ; his average is 600 daily. In La Grande, Ore., he broke a record.; manufacturing 7000 boxes in ten sand , a half days. On another occasion ho ; made ; 610 boxes daily for fifty-eight days. In his regular speed he is able to keep ten .trained apple pickers fill-: ing his boxes as he makes them. v-v.