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THE POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. cC
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THE POLK COOHTY : HEWS
. ; . Published every Fridijr at
TRYON . ;
the most populous town In
POLK COUNTY
The Lnd of the Sky, t
NORTH CAROLINA.
GEO. B. COBB,
Editor.
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FRroAx MARCH, 13, 1 914
Now is the time that every farmer
should build himself a split-log drag
to use on the roads near, his home
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A called meeting of The For
estry Club of ; Tryon ' township,
will be held in the directors room
of The Bank of Tryon, Tuesday
afternoon, March 17th at 3 o'clock
All interested in the preservation
of our Forests, whether members
or not are earnestly requested to
be present, as matters of much
public interest are to be consid
ered ...
POLK'S PRESENT PROBLEM.
Now that Polk county has so
many pine timber trees uprooted
by th recent winds, it is a matter
ol grave importance to every o wri
ter of a pine' forest tract that must
be given immediate (.consideration
and the utmost concerted action
iX every owner of these uprooted
trees, to prevent the wide spread
devastation of the pint tree beetle
that will most surely begin its
its work in every locality where
precautionary measures are not
.taken at once to prevent their op
erations. - ' ' ' -;
rlt is also a matter of almost
equal importance to determine
how all 'these trees can be cut
into lumber or wood and made
some profitable use of., Most of
these f prostrated trees are fit, for
w cuting into good lumber and when
cut will represent many thousands
of dollars of value to their owners,
o burthere arjeiiot enough sawmills
Jd- this county to cut out all this
iumber in many years, sosome
systematic, method must needs be
adopted to save this money value
to our property owners.
If neighborhoods and commun-
. ities can ' now assemble their logs
. at jsome central point and then
jc in together in purchasing a saw
mill outfit or hire one; to saw out
their logs,; it would ber a practical
method to save this lumber,-all of
which is needed in every school
district in the county. 1: ' : '
The.public spirited' men of the
.county, will render their assistance
V finance enterprises of this prac
! tical sort, and it W hoped that!
every section will carefully con
- sider the feasibility of adopting
some method to save the thousands
. -and thousands of, feet of lumber
from its inevitable waste, unless
some action is promptly taken to
save it. . ,v
The News will be glad to hear
from' any section where they will
co-operate together to save their
lumber, . in the wa suggested
above or in any . other practical
way, only be sure to save the lum
. ber and the wood for actual us?
and keep 'the beetles out of the
forests if we can.
v The "American Citizen?'' re
cently carried an article entitled
"The Brbtherhod of Gettysburg"
by Chief Justice Stanton J. Peello,
that will ' brighten " the eyes and
gladden the heart of every lira
veteraii of the old armies, of ?.'61 to
'65 both Northern and' Southern,
for it '-so. admirably C;and-ably ad
vocates that sentiment that i i.iy
binds the x old soldiers of the.
North and the South, . insolubly
together in the bonds of . mutun 1
respect and, brotherly love.
Judge Peelle ris this; winter a
guest in Tryon, domiciled at the
comfortable Rayenell residence on
Gradshaw Hill 3
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The N. C. Forestry Association
end the Appalachian Park Asso
ciation, will hold their 4th annual
convent? on in; Asheville; N. C,
April 8th-9th, 1914 when an effort
will 'be made to orm some definite,
forestry policy in this State as to
forest protestion.
For further information regard
ing this convention address,
J. S. Holmes, Secretary,
v . : Chapel Hill, N. C.
LYNN.
Mr. R A. LenordSHnother ar
rived in New York Wednesday,
from' London. England, on the
Steamer Oceanic and is expected
in Lynn on Friday 13th.
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Rev. Mr. Bowne will preach in
the Chapel on Sunday afternoon
at 8330 o'clock. Everybody, cor
dially invited.
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There has been a disagreement
over the road between Dock-New
man and R. H. Raykendail, but
we hope it is settled now never
to come un in the future.
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,W. F. Swann made a business
trip to Henderson ville and Ashe
ville, Tuesday.' " 1 - 4
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Miss Clifford Arledge-is ill at!bursted h? the storm recently.
wma Winnie ner irienas wisn
her a speedy recovery.
The old house on the Columbus
Road, known as 'Aunt Liza's
Cabin , ' ' was totally destroy ed by
fire, house and contents, on Wed
nesday morning tibout 10 o'clock.
Cause of fire unknown.
' COLLINSVILLE. .
Since the organization of the
Collinsville Literary Society on
J an. 13 th, 19l'4 we havelonly had
two successful meetings. ;
The last meeting held Jan. 6th
was the most successful. The pro
gramme consisted of recitations,
declamations; local current events
and a debate , the question being,
"Resolved that coutry life is more
d( sirable than . city life. ' ' The
affirmative was defended by Ethel
Henderson arid Maggie Lee Mor
ris, the negative by; Cora Collins
and Ruby Putman. It was liavd
fpr the committee to say which
side won but the decision, was ren
dered in f avdr of the affirmative,
i We have forty students enroll
ed1 at Collinsville this year.
' Miss Irene Hunter, Teacher
The Poverty Society held at Dis
trict No. .34 Saturday night, March
7, was a great success. . ,
They had a 'crowded house, a
good time and cleared the .excel
lont net sum of $47.00, . i- , . .,
V Prizes Awarded. '
To the most , poverty stricken
gentleman; J ohn Wood, a card of
collar buttons. ' . .
To the most poverty f stricken
lady, Miss Bessie Hamilton, a ball
of darning thread.
To the pretiest lady, Hiss ityr--tie
Pack, a hook Southern Poems.
TRYON.
The Congregational Church -,
Evening song service and sermon
by the pastor,. Rev, P. Campbell
Morgan, will be at 7:30 o'clock'
here-after, instead of at 8 o'clock.
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Dr." & Mrs. Taylor of Delaware
Ohio arrived in Trypn tfiis week
and are stopping at Mrs. Norman
House on Godshaw Hill.
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Miss Ruth McFeef who has
been in Knoxville, Tenn., return
ed home last Sunday night. -
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Miss Louise Suber, whospent
a week's vacation with relatives
at Newberry, S. C, returned to
Tryon on Monday.
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Mr. B. L. BallengerV has gone
to Knoxville, on a business irip
this week. i
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Tracy A. Sturges of Elgin, 111.
21 years of age, died at Tryon,
N. C, Monday morning March 9
1914, his body was taken on the
Carolina Special train, Monday
evening for interment at, tris
northern home. v v
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The Tryon Fire Department
tested their new hose. on Tues
day afternoon; on Trade St., the
water pi e .sure was fine and they
threw a stream over John Orr &
Co's., store.
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The new Tryon Meat Market
which opens for business, Sat
urday morning March 14th in the
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" CK vt ol 1 ne, Baiienger. oo's
jwic, lias ctu au., on opposite
page, which will be of interest,
read it! f
The Tryon Water Supply Co.,
have received their new pipe &
will install it in a few days in the
hollows where the old pipe was
come time tins montn tne ,new
dam will be built. The tank is
now full and running over and
water supply good to all custom
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Mr. Say Shaver, who has
been confined to his home for
more than a year, with Rheuiini
tism, is so much improved, that
he has decided to go to Chad burn
N. C.r where he has accepted a
position as book-keeper, with 'the
Chadburn Motor Car Co. . of that
place. Mr. Shaver is a young
man of good business qualities
and a hust'er arid is greatly liked
by all who knowim. '
DKAI5IJTG FRENCH BROAD.
Cungressman Gadger , Adopts Mr.
Grant's Hobby to Drain liiren1
' Thfe following correspondence from
Washington, by WE.Yelveron in the
News arid Observer Vith reference to
draining French Broad ;River Valley
vi31 be of interest. to the people of tha
section affected:
Representative Gudger wants the
United ' States government to remove
the final evidences of a dream of nav
igation on the French Broad river, a
dream which was shattered thirty
years ago.7 He asks forin aDuronrffli
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tlon of $20,000 for blasting out th, ' T i ' P ?
cbannel ol the Fr Brd" anxious,to make . the next even
yars ago jetties were built to hold in m0T? suceessful.
vater which was never tame enough . ,. " " 'JJ ' ' -
to float commercial ships. ' ; . ' i - . ' ,
Two steamboats4, each M moe thin Persisted in 'overflowing
150,feet long, and both retiinS 11 en: Asheville and Bre
vbere in that mountain coSy Vtf
this day, were built by local people o l
VlY on the French Broad, and a? dam lCed RepresentaUre Gudger.to
tacheclc;the8e:proudwat; ucted. Jetties were thrown up, but t
they could never float the ships, Th ' . ' , -
dam was destroyed, but the" jetties re- T &t,mto:thi channar
mained and nhe knd other Xruc- Gudger. asks that It
OU8iruc!;' remove what are now obstructions;
COLUMBUS.
Mr; Clayton Price of Inman,
spent thev week-end with friends
at Sandy Plains, '
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There are several cases of small
pox near Sandy Puains. Mr.
11. ' Horn is very sipk.
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The many'friends of Mrs. Ma
Camp will be sorry to hear of her
being sick with. pneumonia.
Mr. W l. Greenway was called
1 1 near Rutherfordton on Satur
day - to see one of. hi3, grandchil
who is very sick with, pneu
monia. . ' :
Kollie Roach and Cline Cudd of
Sandy Springs made a .visit here
I last Sunday. ,
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Mr. John Iiller has gone to
Washington to make that his
home. .
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Mr. O. E. Wilkins had a hen
that was 13 years old, in good
health but something caught it
last week, this was the oldest hen
we know of.
Mr. Lee Cochran is at Melvin
Hill now, making" pictures.
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Success to the News and its
many readers.. ,
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LANDRUM.
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(Specitl to the Polk County News)
: Miss Cordelia Cudd lias return
ed from a visit to Spartanburg.
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J. H. Lee spent Monday in Heri
dersonville on business.
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; Rev. J. R. Copeland of Campo
bello was in Landrum Sunday.
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Iiss Foster has returned from a
visit ' to relatives in Spartanburg.
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Mr. and Mrs. Perry Earle of
CharlQtte spent the week-end with
relatives in Landrum.
An effort is being made to get
! an oil mill for Landrum. . If . half
of the capital stock can be raised
outside 'it. is .believed that the other
half ;.'can be. easily . raised in the
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It is probable that we will have
a newspaper printed here in the
near future. Mr. Crews,; an ex
perienced newspaper man from
I'aurense, was here looking over
the 'field "and he thinks a -paper.
would do welf here.
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'Recently a meeting of the citi
zens was lield at the graded schoo
buildirig to organize and plan for
j the community fair to be held here
next fall. There' was a. good at
tendance and an organization was
entered into and the . usual com
mittees .pointed. .Another meet
ing has been called ; at ' graded
school building Monday, 16th inst,
at 3 p. m. to complete tile list of.
premiums. The fair last year was
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MELVIN HILL.
The stove fiue! was blown from .. ! 8
the old- school ; house iwhere .Miss E W S' CBB
Kca"das teaching, and she nasi Polk County
had to move her school over into . ntenflt
the new church building until re- Columbus, North far i.
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rar
Wo regret to report that the
condition 01 Mr. lloy legale is so
much worse
er
advise an operation which may be
performed soon.
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Born to Mr. and MrsJack Bur
nett Wednesday, a boy baby.
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The baby daughter - of Mi, ariu
Irs. Ira Edwards who has been
oxxft x" i-" o live m ttte community Hf
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iVIisa Cora Putnam of Campbello
R-4 who has been visiting rela
atives here for some time, return
ed home Sunday. ' ir: .
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Atkins and Cochran the
photographers arrived Jiere one
day last week and have, erected
their tent at Lawter's store.
; Ir Jack Burnett has-been down
with lumbago and muscular rheu
matism for sometime passed. ;
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Mrs.alena Covington calle'd on
Mrs. Lawter Sunday afternoon.'
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Mr. andV Mrs Tom Jones of
Brooklyn,, S. C , visited the f or
nier's brother, Mr. J esse Jones last
week-end. " .
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nfiVliW Mr T' fl nU '. s- Alderman m N. C. Educatio
r-.-w. Jl VJi J 111 U Vt Vl f ' 11
family formally of IVfelvin Hill rp Here we have one teacher, urn
fit Thohotossa: Florida, instead nf ; a woman, endeavoring to gir
Live Oak.
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, i'lcumucs luums ana otacey v . . m,.
imicx ou iurs. xieau ana oer mom- ; i J'J
I lnllAfl w.ll I '. TT Jl 1
Elder Wj A.-Reed filled his reg
ular appointment here last Satur
day, and Sunday. ;
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You don't h
, , . . 8 v. hd hold many more than 3a rea
arming and gardening any more ' :u
farming and gardening any
these days, floks' are hauling; in
wood and trying to keep warm.
Success to The'News.
districts 1 should be consolidated
into one ' larger district and the
two or three one room , buildings
converted into or supplanted by
a; modern building, of three rooms
turnished with approved equip
nent: the serviVpa nf fr'i n, " :
capable, well trained teachers se- : blr-.vea- om7 D s001 SCI1001S
cnrfid ninwi. k w v. 5- be sent away from home at an ear
iuc nui u lU; ue 111- . - w
vded and classified. trt laW- W age to a better school, usom
struction more thorough aild ef- fact is largely responsible for tw
' ' .' trainin o- nf thp vnntli awav
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Besides, quoting again from ihe farm
the above author, xlirectlv imr.ro v. Another . weaknes sof the "
in sr ischool t . inafrhnf iftTi x. v teacher school is the small 8re
solidated'scVool proves itself a vi-' its "ct. The average
tnli :'fni-nJ ' 'Polk flmmtv frT whitp school?
Cl UA V VALUX4). k' -III!-' I .1 lit T
Jin AAmmtmUi. . fPl '1 ' -i . less thftri ni'no onnom milpS.
j. . iv vyt- iii wrnii fir I rin nra at 'j a - - -
.uwuuiiMumtji! x ne " nurooer ; o ...u "h ,
DUDils and nntrnno io 1qi1 means a lack of taxable propel;
creased, enabling, such co-opera-V to provide a fund to conduct J
i:ve v enaeavors as corn and can- "mu,eiJ 8cnoou- it means a
umg wuus, UCUHUng SOCietieS, rTwui iiwu wmui
farm life clubs, mothers clubs and ult to fcure good, wide akf
wcitcimexii assojBiauons to be or- i ov"y vi vuwiajs, , ttuu wuivix
ganized and live and.grbw. The mshe; so-few pupils that no
whole community-is knit toetW .ity spirit1 is developed on
with the bonds of common )nte- - ground in. class' and in literal
est and Dride in the Rfthhnl wiiinK and debating societies. Statists
becomfta the riiiKli- mofm iQ show thatlAe ' averasre montnp
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and .social' centre nf tho cost Der uiinil in the 6ne teac
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experience." proves i that the more'-?1? '"in'the very best eqw
efficient consolidated school is "se- Ped anJ most elBcient" element
teacher
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ff mnnoir tlinTi won j ' All tho psePntifil weaknesses
the several menicient one' teacher the teacher school which"
scnoois serving the same terri- ueaKneses in the schools w-,
tory';
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that his physicians ! rtAWO:T m
ration which mav be , CONSOLIDATION AKD
TAXATION.
In reviewing rural sehool
ditions in Polk counts
se veral things that .
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f'fkta a -t-mTm.J
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tvovncis are Decoming
iney are reading and s
pi ui.cBaiuuai literature; (3)
are stndvinof t.K aui.A
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tnat'tney are required to w
(4) they are studying the chijfo
and how they may best lead ft
into proper habits of at.mi
y "y imi pareuis are
coming more interested in the
ueat;onal weltare of their 4
aren. All these things savour
good for the educational future
Pouk county. But, there
thrown across-the gateway of
tuture educational possibilities
our country, a grim spectre, wS
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. -Av- , a a mti, pivaucai!'
hopeless our further advance v
less, we, as a county rise up
displace it, and that spectre is
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"hic uuc ruum scnoui nouse wi(
f-., or a rr lm 1
xx um ou tu vv cniiuren and ot
teacher.
Why is this one teacher sek!
formidable and insurmountable
barrier to our, real, educatio
We have learned that our old !progress7 1 nere quote from
30 to 90 pupils instruction inil
the subjects and frequently vJ
a.s many grades' as there are tM
ixi-s. tt esiwrooK, jAionaay. i A j- - " Ai i
into' grades, in spite of the fact
that the average number of recita
tions, held by the one teacher i
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25 with an average of less than 1;
minutes -for each recitation.
V Ai. -u - j.i V . nine arc icacucns m nns cuum,
iibtiuuaa, IXOjr Willi iCS tuaa
minutes for each recitation.
schools cannot atract ni
Koldhe best trained teaches
Such schools cannot have a course
ot study enriched with such
diesa domestic science, mannul
training and agriculture. And the
one teacher school is incapable 0
; and is prohibited by law froraeo
I gaging in any advanced work
; I that children living in district!
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in an urban community, if
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