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1 HE POLK COUNTY HEWS
Published e vjery , Friday at
. ; TRTON
the most populous town In
POLK COUNTY '
The Land of the Sky,
NORTH CAROLINA.
GEO. B. COBB,
Editor.
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FRIDAY. APRIL, 17 1914
Local Business Interests.
In every community it should
be the ambition of all the iahabi
tants to encourage and assist in
such ways as they can, in the
building up of all local business
-enterprises, 'for. the mutual ben
efit ol the town. If local trade is
pood with the local merchant, he
.. is benefited and as he is a citizen
and casts his vote and pays his
tax jthe community is benefited
by his prosperity, by his influen
ce and judgement in public af
fairs, and therefore its just as
good policy to trade at home, and
give the local merchant the pro
fit that is legitemately his, on
what goods he sells, as it is to be
honest, and it is now urilversily.
reconized its not only right and
just .to5 he honest in business deal-!
mgs, but: it is by far the best po
licy to be so. " ; f
It is not only a duty we owe)
as loyal Citizens of our Commu
nity, to encourage by our trade
our local merchants, those mer
chants themse'ves owe a duty to
the Citizens quite as .important
inine mutual interest and well-
fare of the town, to make prices
ion their commodities as "low as
p3S5ible; in order to co-operate
with.the citizens, in the general
effort of all for the upbuilding &
betterment of .the town's busi
ness interests,
If the .merchants are loyal to
their own best interests and those
of the communitjvin which they
are in trade, they, will sp co-operate
in buying the local produce
alnd in selln there wares, .that
all .will feel encouraged to patro
nize their stores rather than ; to
trade in some other 'locality not
as convenient of adcess.
From observations we believe
if a merchant does not eret thp
v nvw viii i
tradrt of his. communityrits large J
-ly that Merchant's fault, and
"his methods need his jcareful in
vestigation to locate , the i cause,
for there surely is a cause, and
when located and remedied, sat
isfactory businessvTelatidjis are
enjoyed and thats vfiat insures
successful developnieht xn any
town. , . -; r '
,. Where Merchants and Citizen?
are in accord,: there - will be found
systematic team woirk constantly
tending; to kttieS upbuilding anei
betterment- pi. that community
where these iitions are noi
realkelr?6t be V rmicl)'
progreJexr(edi;- J$.$fi
Trade at home and; help build
your town.' s-
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- Superior ICourt. , ' r
The Spring term of ,Polk County
Susperior Court held session this
week andt 'adjourned to-day,: Fii
day,f full report of cases disposed
of will appear in our hext veeks
LiqiTrfoqDricCoqrlEfi
', The Greenville Co'unjt.v,' S., C
gresby teriand are reported to be
raising a fund to'establish a Mis
sion in the "Dark Corner" sec
tion of that County, foe. work a -mong
the mountain "people there,.
The Southern Railway has just
contracted for 60 locomotives, 54
all steel passenger train cars, &
4075 freight train cars, largely
of steel construction. .
; This large equipment; order
shows , the belief . of Southern
Railway Com nan v in the contin
ued prosperity and growth of the
territory it serves and its purpose
to' enlarge, its facilities to keep
oace with that growth. As soon
as it can be .delivered by the
builders this" equipment will be
placed in service and at the dis
posal of the business interests of
the Southeastern territory.
at J ACK30NVILLE, . FLA.
The Southern Railway makes
a very cheap rate to Jacksonville
anef'return on account of of tKe
United Confederate Veterans'
Reunion, May 4th to 8th, of only
one cent per mile.
Tickets go on sale May 3d to 7
with final limit to retura May 1ft
which can be extended until
June 4th, this unsual low rate' is
open to the public and. should
prove quite attractive t.
Jacksbhville is making elabo- J
ratei preparations for this reunion!
for entertainment of the Vete
rans, and the Navy is to haveyra
fleet of Battleships there in "' the
harbor which any-one can visit
if they wish. '
HIS MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION
Workman',' NtnieLent Itseff to Vj-
,,?otatlp Initials,,? With; Which
. ? V Hot Was. ProvIde4.v
While a building was in- process of
construction two. of the" tjlere be
came engaged in : a violeni quarrel.
So violent was it that the police were
called ip and the offenders taken be
fore a -magistrate. Both of the men
were sober and industrious and good'
workmen. This, according to. the tesJ
timony oi the foreman m charge of
their work, who had followed . h
hopes of being able to intercede for
them. ;,
The magistrate asked in astonish,
merit- the cause of the quarrel. It
seems that one man had accused the?
other, of stealing his coat. v s
'And I can prove it, too," added;
the man. . . ; ' . .. ..
( "How r asked the magistrate, v
"I always keep my card in my
pocket," said ' the man. ' I ; . -
The policemen weVe - directed to
search the garment But they found
absolutely, nothing. ; . ; , ;-
i"Oimme my coat," said the work
man It. was handed to him. Hit
took two dried peas out of the poet
ets and held them up triumphantly.
"P. P.. Peter Powell That' tnv
v ' 7 7
naPM5v Them's my card,"
lie got the. coat.
DEED OLDER THAN COUNTRY '
A deed 140 years bid " has just
been -filed ; at Hamburg, Pa. Three
years, before independence was J de.
clared James Crawford sold a 175
atre tract ' in , Hanover township.
Lancaster county, to William Glenn
The same piece of ground and samV
township are now. a part of Dauphin
county. The: deed7 gjyen to'; Glenn
wai a parchmeiit paper affair and
contained; one of the original wax
seals, 1 Recently "that same deed
which is now yellow with age, yet in,
9 remarkable state of presejyation,,
came .into the han61VIeiw'
Shey. ' It was filedat therecoraS;
office at Hamburg alonff with a- haif-
ozen other old deeds for" land; ' The
exact date of the deed is June 6.
1773. : z- v-: Y .: .V..
N OT WORKING.'.-
X May I Task what ;vbur business
l "Km a. seeker after truing - -i
- ?P expect to; find: it' in "this
community?"
SirTm takingji littl'evacatioii
it'.--'
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ivan Gilder's Cottage on Land-
rutofeoad is occupied by Joe
rice.' ' 4 "
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' Mr;.& Mrs. Rpoi. and daughters
of Chicago are- again spending
the Spring iivTryon, havirttf Or-"
rived last week. ; is i
5 :o : -
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The Water-Supply Co. haVea
bout comDlete their new dam-, &
wil put : in a . - filtering sysfcri
thereat once. v -.
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i F, P. Bacon s moving his' Hos
-iery business from the C, W,
Ballenger bldg., Facolet Stvto
the 2nd floor of the Wilktos bldg
:0:-
Mr. Wmk Newman of Land-r
rum, has purchased the Stoie and
Stable property on N. Trade St;
from the Livingsrun heirs, and
will soon, make improvements.
The-grist1 millt equipment run
by Mr, & El Lewis lias been sold
to the Tryon Lumber Co. an4
moved to? their mill where it will
be run regulaxly.; '
Mrs. M, E; Feck and daushjtlr
Mrs. G. LeCount; who have been
spending the "winter at the, home
of-the latter's sister, tts.. U:t L.
Dawe, left, here' on; : ejlnesday
a4enioon for their home ixiHT
antic, Qona.
Mr. C; S'.. Ford is Acting post-
Jxater in the absence of Post
Master W. H.. Stearns, who has
gone on a short trip to Charlotte
Miss Annie Hart of Saluda is
assisting Mr.' Ford in his duties.
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The Piano recitial at Lanier
Club5 House,, Monday EVen7H$l3
April by Miss Josophine Large of
Chicago, was a very entertaining
function denjonstrAting the re
niarkable giftkof Misk Large as
a. pianist, who rendered the . 19
humbersiani responded, to sever
al encores, of 16'Brfte'andtap--
reciaUve audience. ,
K A-verysrnall audience Greeted
Mrs. MariofeBalloii FJslce atv the
Library Saturday niht. owing to
the fact that the. entertainment
had been postpnedlf rom Wed
nesday night and! few knew of it
Mrs .Fiske.a&a story- teller &
fiertainlsr an expert
a3dJe enta;.n,xn she f Mr--nished
was of ' -aii unusual hifrh
order of its class, ,ajwas very
greatly enjoyed by all present.
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;flN ElSTIHl DnC2
An Easter Dance was given by
the Tryon Orchestra on Tuesday
night, April 14th, aboiit 2rt cbu
lespaitisipating.A
very dainty and delicious refresh
nnents were served to the iniests:
The'Tryon Orchestra, under the
able leadership of Mrs.. Harold
I)pu)leday. are progressing irf a
very splended manner, and are a
credit to the. city. Those present
were as'fotlows; Mesdames: j.B.
Hester, Kersotner, B. Sharp,
Nowne. W-T; Lindsey, F. P.
Baconi Harold Doubleday and
Steele. Misses Frances and Clara
Belli Harriett Root. Mary Lind
sey i Louise Suber. Jean Stables
Mary H; and Joesphine Large, f
Miss Ingram. & Dorothy Double
day. Messrs. J. B. Hester,' Ker-
schner. CapU B. Sharp, Rev. W.
M iflnWno ' R Pr a ulii-u
eVK X Lindsey, B. L. Bikllen-
Ca. Ford, C. T. Cobb.: Wm. Hr
,Stearns;:Paul Davis. Julian and:
fv"" 1 :,,"iy,,,,vwvuuu. utungnipe iurore with
Heday. & Edwin Sndsey. perhaps wlflsh eyes. ,
Mrnd Mrs. J. B. Sister and jt everything, you know,
lVr. ahdMrs. W. T. Lindsey, 1&hly. eiy with the million.
wefe;hosts and hostess, ;!P ,1
COLUIIBUS.
; Aunt, Lidia McFarland is , very
tick with La Grippe. w
.y -.- .- , . t ...
Mrs. Eli Shields was, in Xrvqn
Jlonday. n business..
Mrs' Rose Yarburo of Spartan
burg, is a guest at NjT.- Mills.;
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Mies' Ola.Walker is taking a 3
year course-the Mission, Hos
petat in Ashe ville, fitting for a
train, nurse.
ThaAreledffe House was open
ed to the public this weetefor the
Qccumjdation of theattendentsat
Court. -
Xvr;
TbStste High School ; closes
today the 1,7th. Commencement
exercises, begin to-morrow t Sat
urday and will- last all next week
The Post Office here has -been
iwotinuciv our R. R DC ad'-"
ress is now Landrum Rt.. 4, or
Rjithrxordton Rt. 2.
Mrs . Frank. Coxe and daughter
Miss Maude-. ar now at their
.4
Coiuitrhome on Greeft Eiverr
v Eltss Blizabeth Catap Is. hdme
again,, after a week spnt among
her exrpupijs. and friends; at
Aberleen. .
HILL SPRINGS.
SUver Creek School Closes.
The public is cordially invited
flo attendtbe closing exercises of
Silver Creek School.. . Saturday
night Apr. 25th.The exercises
tviU begin, tvta P. M. land consist
chiefly of ccitatious. plays, tab
leaux. pantomines and drills.
We trusf Prof E. W. S. Cobb
Willi be with us then &ndi makean
Miss' Bertha. Ledbetter.
A Teacher.
a-
Rev:;M?. Rowne wUl preach in
the Chapel Sunday afternoon, at
:30.; Everybody cordially inrit
xThe irpads here are being re
paired at the present time are in
better shape than vec before.
wMri.;fe A. .Westai and Miss
jui3evainarey
and relatiyes;! Asheville this
fYejt;
Pencbarfrthothrcpop
dar methods, off ossmnunicatipnj tzt
4 PatricIIiW3 chould, L kaotr
we-po; oycrv the td p&U
! :
curxahinuco.
v Unv. Btyles This paper, aaysthcr
tO)O0 kinds of butterfiies in '.tfa
ivi'Ut: StyteBat they ro not dl
cpnvcacirt. land, dc&r.
'a C3LF16H ; BYCO. ':r--l
Led ShuherL thu tlwfrl
Si Midi on the If auretaniA
Ebw8?m" U
itW-
Haoi our composers cant help
; 7 T " V " uiBgrace, proviaea
tTictinj dftcsawutanthinjj.V
IffiLyn? HILL.
(Special to. The Polk gbunty News.)
We regret ta report that Mr.
Hoyle Cole; is ria better.
; A severe storm of rain fell bre
Tuesday.
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:Or-
The toad workers are improv
ing the roads, thru this section.
-rr- :0 :
A great many of the citizens
here are attending court at Col -r
umbus.this week, - v .
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Mr. 9o,unar Staoy visited his
Mr Perux Stacy of Cooly Spring
yho is quiterillv I st Sunday.
A very bad accident happened
to Mr. Belton Tanner a few days
ago, while riding on the running
hgear of a wagon: his leg: was bro-
ken as ther wagoa passed over a
stump., v
. : o:. '- '
Mri. S. & Lawter .andi,. famtly
attended big Djcthday. and Eas
ter dinner in hotloV of his motheir
tMjrs. Sarah xiiwter Of ) Copley
npgsv, asur aunuay. AM 're
lort a. nice- time. r ; f-. " y 1 ;.
!J CHdIe' Sam MHieVcame
toyin,rfiirtojgeJj his picfure
token, oni'jJay iSst week, ; which
fact of itsrseli is, not very remar
kable,;mit, ,,Uncle', Sam says, he
is one hundred and fourlepn yrs
bid and is liv good health, eats
hearty and-sleeps welL He has
seen many years of service as a
slave, been married twice and has
Seen several generations df his
children The oldest man in the
County,
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,Mrs.;EUa Francis 'died: at her
home at Carol eene on Tuesday
April 14th of pelegra. She was
the eldest daughter oJT James
Gilbe-bfMelyin.Jinrand, was
v'.v VV. v;'-." . .
weu Knowrwvna DeJoveaby every
one toev-e. The, burden of house
noia amies ieii upon ner - a an
early age as it T ell to, her lob to
take the place of hert4ead mothi.
er over a large, family of younger
em'ueen wjiiquiuuuene- per
formed faithfully. a.nd well; !she
was, a member , of .the Baptist
Church and was a truff and de
voted christian as her life of good
;Works testify,. She leaves a hus-
oand and two.JttUe children, also
a fathea, five brothers and twi
sisters and many friends, wJio
mourn her loss.; ; v v
Burial service at the Greens
Creek Baptist Church, oil Wedr-
nesday,; when the-body wasv lid
to rest in the cemetery nean fby
"Blessed are theead which
die iiT the Lord". : v v
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T: i w
Teoplsi Hii: hoofe air -Hiey
aci ,; cajle; hn?- been: flourishing in
Denmark fnu- a long time. : In that
county there are 70 such school
ydth 8P0Of pupils, and one school .fti
Aslton, in Suiuthi Jutland; has bla
xnatedii Baii passed Hwgh these
itate rohWiMh'-.:: there is no
state jnte institu
tion.;; lijSSjre not technical
or rwtir;They Beekbnly to
delopiniiiia broadly cultural
lines. ThereV are no examinations
for- admi8ioor f or leaving ; ninch
of the instruc!b0n-is feiven: by lec
tures, and the teacher is; given, wide
latitude. , ' ' , ,
- Norway and Sweden, it may be
added, have- experimented success
fully with similar institutions.
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OyiDENCE: OF CXPERTHES8.
f "Does that young man understand
music?" f
"1 thinlrhe mnst' .replied the
man who always gives the benefit.
"Whenerer he plays he sounds ex
actly like a. piano tuncr' .
y 4
FOR STATE SEIiTQs
I hereby announr
Candidate for the ofRce 7'
Senator of the 33d senatii,
trict of North nflmi;.!totll4
to the action of the Dem
drimary or mass
my
experience anrf
"""8. J
k -
knowledge of the r,n,;3
nun i f
unu auues oi tne office will T
considered bv the
' &anoes,. Fisher.
Adv.
Ifl The tltij.
S. W. Lovingood Writes TB
'Our Bob" Would Carry Thr.
Fourths of one Section If I
anes Were Held Tomarrow
: , Robert .R. Reynolds, who .
candidate for the democrat
conssio.al nomination in
Tenth--district, . ja meeting
much success on his present trip
througli the western counties.
He is also receiving sssuraneM
o strong support frera men
hrivs studied thepbiitical situa
tion in the couftties of the district
He has reeeivVdthV following
letter from S; .VV. Lovingood, of
.'Cfieroeeponliiwho is the state
senator forjth -district comprii
the counties of Graham, Clay,. 4
Cherokee;;
v ' Robert R. Reynolds,
, 'Ashevilley&iC
'Dear Sir; ' 1
1 y 4T find that it will
not be convenient for me "to be
in Asheville on attirday the 4th
inst. As yet J;haypot been sup.
poking any. cndldat e for con
SrMTtfcL&ut I am conver
sant iwit& tKi&i situation ni;
counties of Graham, Clay and
Cherokee,! and there is no deny
the fact that your supporters is.
those counties are greatly in the
i'majority over all the other can-:
didates. In fact I ani sure that if
the primaries were' td come off
nOw you. would, carry 'more than
.three-fouths effhe entire vote in
those counties. Your supporters
are as bees and as determined ai
soldiers."
vYour recent trip througli
these counties has been produc
tive of much fruit. The demo
cracy of this section like a live
man, and you will always
them helping: the man who is try
j-ing t6 help himself. At pre
sent th&contest seems to be nar
rowed to Mr. Gndger and your-
?self.
'Hoping that you are. well
happiy, Lami 1 : v '
: v i Yourrry Truly..
: . Si, W'. LOVINGOOD
Murphyj April 3d 1914.
' Tnei ivMaMstmte& oi
e
Townshin of wrrvbn. W-rG
are hereibjtnbtf tied to meet
at the store of the Gasft
Hardware Co. in Tryon at
3 o'clock P; m Saturday the
25th day of April to elect
road Trustees.
t ? Gep.CA. Gash,
l- ; . Chairman.
CAUGHT.
The WtfeWhew have you
The HusbanoDoWn to armory.
drilling. Yoa ifiOir this i nU
night- .
"Acd U that vhere vou got tn
powd on' the lapel of vour coatr
IT AilOUNT.8 TO.
ifine away for the W
wNotv -:3.mAm&fi?fi decided.
to stay home and do her rocking
hex own jDorchL.' 1