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WAV' The Only Paper Published n polkCounty. A Live, Clean Newspaper -For the Home. i AND THE ;f RYO IN BfeE VOL. XXIII NQ. 40 . I TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR 7 ' i - - . . . 1 , - : ' 1 TT 1 1 : : ' ' I SALUDA ROUTE 1. I Uf EXPANDS FOR DEI Rev. C. B. Emerson Learns Tact as Y. M. C. A. Worker in France. Some Items of WFNT TO PREACH, REMAINS. AS V-VUDEVILLE PERFORMER . IN CAMPS -Wo are indebted to Mr Lebeau, one r anr winter visitors, from Detroit, for the following lexxer irom ivev. B Emerson, a luimci vungicgauwim minister of Detroit, who went tc France to preach to the American sol diers, but instead of preaching, is now a one-night stand vaudeville perform er, instead. Incidentally Mr. Emerson shows that there are other ways of doing the work of xhe Master Vsides pi each- 111 The article appeared in a recent number of the Detroit Free Press oi Sunday, Jan. 27, 1918, and we wisl we could publish the entire letter, but lack of space iorbids, and we are pub lishing only that part which will be Oi interest to all our readers. It cer tairily shows the terrible condition existing "over there." "Trulv we know not what we shal be, as the Good Book says, when.wc leave home. You think you are com ing to preach the gospel and you fine vourselt selling cigarettes over t counter or digging ditches or nailing your hut together. One Methodist gentleman, who was especially select ed (so he said) by his bishop to be ai evangelist, arrived with hjs private chauiieur epecting a limousine- to b placed at his disposal the chauf teur is running a rubber-neck wagpi in Paris, and the dominie is regaling the boys with chewing gum arid cigar ettes and incidentally . getting acrds, some pretty wholesome religion dur ing the process. If ever a clergyma: was on his mettle it is here. Meet Hard Conditions "You sleep in a cold hut you some times have a tent sometimes a, cor ner of a barracks and often enotigl. the barracks have mud floors witl mud over the soles of the shoes. Some the men have slept for weeks n places where the water and mud wet ted and caked the outer blankets others are most comfortably house( and more and more comforts are in creasing. The "Y" man is entertain er, athletic director, promulgator a:' games, canteen clerk, banker for th men often his own carpenter, ditel digger, advertiser and heaven onlj knows what. Your life is your gos pel, your smile in the cold anc dirt, your Cristian degree, your word and cheer and kindness your preach ing. : "And myself, well I haven't tol you even yet what I am it's this an entertainer doing the one nigh" stands singing and playing and read ing in all sorts of places and under al sorts o$ conditions. If I had onlj known I could have brought so mucl material, but I had to start with noth ing but nerve, and that was prettj cold and tremulous. "I happened to read on the boat a the concert, and at the request of ' professional quartet, whose tenor ancT pianist were refused passege at th( last minute, I was added to them a tenor and reader and -occasionally a pianist. It is a sort of a reversion t type, for all the things I used to do b college" I am reviving. You shoulc have seen me and heard me delivering "The Shooting of Dan McGraw,;: standing behind the bar in what wa: once a French grog shop but now i Y canteen a crowrd of regulars pack ing the room the a;r blue with stah stories which I pick up in the camp.' and when I get them right I give them some little poem like "if s feller was the feller that his mothei thinks he is" or "The Reckoning" oi such like in which I pack a whole ser mon in three or four verses of poetr andsometimes, as last night, for it was what is called "a bunch of rougl necks' I talked a little about home and what the old flag expects of then andj drive home a lesson on the "wine and vjromen business. Learning 'More Tact. xno sticks to tMiiberS undei definitely and One night we put an old truck and hauled it eierht miles nvpr the snow clad roads. It was a mar velous night a f tost nightevery tree and every twig j coated. It was wonderful to look at. We got a mess room. In one corner a dugout cover ed with sheets of iron and great boil ers of potatoes on s5me of the fel lows were peeling potatoes the mud of the dirt floor was up over our shoes the temperature seven degrees aDove zero tne Doys came in all hud dled up, with a few candles and a lan tern or two, and we gave a concert. "When the girls stood up to sing we put a .flash Jight On them. I never was so happy in my life, for there was a desperate need. Another nightwe gave a concert in a long hut packed full of men standing up, and vve put a lamp on the piano and a few handles about and stood up. on a bench so our heads were above the irowd. We got a dinner in a trar room by the station and went or. again in the night and found a place A) sleep in a little FrenclJ village. A.nd after a good drink of hot choc )late life was merry again. Do you xnow i never realized what virtue 'ies in a good cup of hot, thick choc-nUte. "t varrr-s you up .ru.r inaides like the the loof. 'Tiv't 1 could go on i must tell you low 1 srent Xmas l JL cnl.; could tell you where. Xmas ive we gave a concert to a great :rowd in a double Y. M. C. A. hut Xmas day we. sang in 12 different vards in a French and American hos- )itaL I 'shall never forget it from : until 5 we carried a little orgai rom building to building the stark - " X 11 jare stone corridors ireezing com m learly every case open to the snow ;hat was blowing a gale throughUhe openings made in the. walls for addi tions. The doors of the wards were hrown open and then a motley crowd f i French soldiers, Senegalese, Af ri- ans, Americans who could hobbl ibout in all sorts of nondescript Idthing and bandages followed us vbout as we eang carols and song, ind spoke pieces. Flag Poem Stirs. "Never, shall I forget the spirit vhen I read "Your flag and my flag'-md-aldok off thejhats lutfr Kiil he light in their faces? Nof shall I .'orget the tears in the eyes of these jirl singers when they came from the edside of that brave Virginia lad lying of pneumonia and his little vife waiting for him back there in he homeland. I think I know where 'lis spirit will go first when he shakes 'lim free from the flesh. God bless him. We rested an hour and then Irove seven miles in a truck and jave a concert in a tent. A blizzard .vas. blowing and the canvas flapped an til I thought it would fall on us. We finished there and drove on far ther and gave a second concert in a hut at another camp. It was a wild bunch. "I learned the power of the ser xeant, for when they walked the itage before the concert) he drove them back, and made them all sit on ;he floor. A lot of French men and 1111 i women ana cnuaren were mixea in many of the children supported by soldiers. Ihere was a Xmas ree and presents, but no piano. You should have heard that concert it nust have made angels weep and the mps roar. Then we came home and iad some supper at 10:30 p. m. a lit tle cold turkey and mustard, bread and butter and chocolate our Xmas dinner. "Well, where shall I stop if not right here! So much to tell, so little permitted. And so little time. Near ly time now for another concert. I have had time today because I found i fire in the house of a countess two floors of which are taken over for the time of the war for an officer's ?lub. A little fire of green wood siz des in the hearth and I have sat by t;nearly all day nursing the cold Sunday Hardest Day. "This is my only letter so far, and I almost have no time to write. JL ,vant my friends to have the word read it at the annual meeting. Oh! how I want to be there. Sunday is the, hardest day! the longing to be in my own pulpit, I can see you all, your upturned faces, your kindly in terests, your blessed appreciation and the great wish in my heart to FROM OUR FRIENDS! OVER IHEICOIM snsral Interest Gathered By Our Correspondents From Various Se;tins of Polk County PEA RIDGE. Miss Reba Field SDetf Fridav and Saturday nights with Misses Esther and Sue Gibbs. Albert Moore was home on a five days furlough, returning Monday, v jm essrs. Kalph and Witcher Moore were pleasant callers at Mrs. B. Tay" Uy s, :m nday. ' j Mr. George Brisco spent Saturday night with Mr. C P. Brisco P Luther Philips, another Sammie boy, from Greenville, was home. Tuesday, with home folks. I Mr. Fred Skipper visited Mr. M. C. Gosnell, Saturday and Sunday. I 7: Mrs. tfiiiie Wilson is very ill at this writing. ' . i " Rev. .J. M. Barber filled his regular appointment at Pea Ridge, Sunday.! Misses Mossie Edwards and Odessa Mills spent a few social hours with Miss Bessie Thompson,Friday after- noon, Mr. Jas. Thompson spent Fiday with. his brother, Mr. E. G. Thompson. Miss Mamie Wilson called on Miss Iva Gosnell, Sunday. - v. Mr. A. F. Corbin held "Sunday school at $t. Thomas Mission, Sun day. . Mrs. John Reed is visiting hei daughter, Mrs. Birch Davis I 7-- f COLURjBtJS. Mr. Sams, from Mkdison county, N. C, Government Frm Demonstrator for Polk county, has, arrived at Co lumbus, and is ahfpus to meet the famers of this couniy and discuss bet ter methods of farming. ft Rev A. T. Howard filled his regu lar appointment at Mt. Page, Sunday. 1 he-Ladies' Aid Society has not met for some time, on account of so much bad weather, but will continue its good work, later. A. T. Howard took dinner with W. L. Davis, Sunday. Lee Russell was buried at Mt. Page last week.5 . Miss Dglla Wade visited Mrs. Her bert Pace, Sunday afternoon. John 1. btaton made a business trip to Hendersonville, Monday. Nellie Ward, who is attending The county boarcf ? of education was school at Walnut, N. C, is looking in session Monday v Invitations to the; wedding of Miss Lula Rudisill anci Mr. Granville Greer, have been received by friends here. Miss Rudisilf-- will be remem bered as one of last year's High SchooK teachers, if :Mf. J. G. Hughes has installed the Gloria lighting system in his new home ' J., Mr; Frank Elliot is at home for a fewidays from Cjjrip Sevier. Miss. Oma Elliott: is visiting at Mr. Bob Elliott's, LebarRm. . Misses Bertha Iffelz and Pearl Kee nan spent the weekf end at Valhalla, ,'Mr' S. B. Weaver was in town on business Monday. I Fred Case, son jilf Mr. Luther Case, H. 1 -t$...:i.i- l i iias ueen .very sictwivn uruncnius. AMERICAN MO If SOUK RY U BOAT. America Suffers First Bio; Disas ter of the War When Transport is Sunk. PROBABLY ABOUT 300 LIVES LOST. IF WE ONLY UND : C ?3G390000l0006000000eO ERSTOOD. I If we knew the care arid trials Knew the efforts' all?in:vain, And the bitter 'disappointment, Understood-theJo:3 arid gain-f; W onld therjrja4: V :ou the Seem I wondfer, just the sam? Should we help where now we hiiider? Should we pity where we blarrfe? 1 S"" . rti- lT Ah ! we judge each other harshly; 4 Knowing not life's hidden force; 1 Knowing not the fount of action- " Is less turbid at it's source ; Seeing not amid the evil j? All the'golden grains, of goodil " And we'd love each othier better. If we only understood :; a? Could we but draw back the curtains That surround each other's lives, See the naked heart and spirit, , . Know what spur ttie action gives, Often we should find it better, ' Purer than we judge we shoiild ; We should love each other better, . If we only understood. r. a; '- if- Could we judge all deeds by motives, See the good and bad within, I Often we should love the sinne All the while we loathe the sr, , Could we know the powers wording To o'erthrow integrity, . j" : We should judge each other's errors With more patient charity, j . , Rudyarfi Kipling: fine. Miss Nell Garren visited home colks, at Hendersonville. Saturday and Sunday. w. s. s SILVER CREEK. After so many gloomy days, we are glad to see the sun shining once more. Mrs. Fred Arledge, who is teaching school near Big Level, spent the week at home. Miss Nona Searcy visited relatives on Pea Ridge last Sunday. A party was enjoyed at Mrs. Dora Arledge's, Friday night, Feb. 1, in honor of her daughter, Grace's birth- Jay. Music and games were enjoyed until a late hour. Mr. Dewey McMurray was visiting on the route, Sunday. Mr. Robert Tonev was in this sec tion last week, ldoking after business matters. W. S. S. FISH TOP. Jeter Thompson stayed over night, Sunday, with C. C. Jones. Averill Alford passed through to Saluda, last week. The first teams went to market last week. Uncle James Case is moving to Nun Arledge's house. He has had his things paeked for nine weeks. Robert Walker is moving to Wal ker. John Thompson, of Saluda, came,t( the cove, Monday, for a load oi roughness. Bynum Hill passes through this section Monday, on his "way to Spar tanburg. MILL SPRING ROUTE 2; " E. C. Lynch, J. A. Ruff, W. N. Dimsdale and Lawton Wilson wrereth first ones to cross over the Juds Gai road with wagons, since before Christmas. J. H. Ruff, Z. C. Lawter and Fur man Jackson visited at home last Sunday. x Miss Minnie Vilson, the teacher al Red Mountain, attended ,the teachers meeting, last Friday. Mrs. Sherill Melton is very ill at this writing, and no hopes are enter tained for her recovery Messrs. Reuben Wilson and Baxtei Jackson visited at E. C. Lynch's, Sun day Mr. Noah Ruff called to see Mis? Mamie Gilbert, Sunday Well, we are having rain now, in stead of snow, and if there should be as much rain as snow, the earth wil sure be good and wet Feb. 2, was ground hog day. He came, out but was unable to see his shadow, so we suppose he will stay out. Mrs. Asbury Ruff visited at the home of W. N. Dimsdale, Feb 1st. Mrs. Mary Ann Step, of Henderson county, came to visit her brother, Mr. H. K. Corn, before Christmas, and the weather has been so bad she could not return home until Feb. 1st. W. S. S. LYNN. TheJCunpd liner Tuscan ia, carrying 2,179 American " soldiers was sunk off fhe Irish coast, Wednesdy, but official reports Thursday say ,: l,912"of the officers and men had been saved, and indica ted that the list of rescued might prove even larger. The troops, composed chiefly of detachments ' of Michigan and Wisconsin na-' tionai guardsmen, were trav- . eling on the Tuscania, a British vessel, under convoy of British warships. w. s. s . SANDY SPRINGS. f " The bad weather continues, but it 7 is somewhat warmer. Hoyt McMurray, who came home two weeks ago for a five days fur-. ough, took mumps soon after reach-, , ing home, and has not returned yet. He is getting along nicely, and. ex pects to return to soldier life soon. His lather nor mother nave naa mumps. Mrs. D. C. Westbrook is ill at this - writing. , s , Mrs, Perry Cantrell has been hav ing very poor health since Christmas. - : Most all our boys were placed, in nrst-class, and spmethejnare be- ', " Miss Coria Westbroolr-' ivisiting ' It is reported that O. C Smith has sold his automobile. We suppose the 1 niiddy roads have discouraged him, nnce it has been some time since an auto has passed. Miss Annie Westbrook spent Sun lay with Miss Myrtle Cantrell. t: News very-scarce since the weather lias been so rough. ' ' W. S. S. DON'T ORGET THE SOLDIERS IN . THE CAMPS. ft I am learning more tact and dip- help you all to be what you want to ScOC0O00C00O0fcC0eOC3CCO0CC50CCC31CCS0CCS3CCC3DS03 lomacy than I ever dreamed of hov. to be a vaudeville artist and a preach er at the same time! I never pfayee' harder in my life before you from mj beloved pulpit than I do when I stral out for some converted bar room ane? a concert in the smoke. Then back to a cold room and a bite to eat and bed with everything on but my most outsides off with the shoes and put ties and breeches and hat and ther into bed with- underclothes, flannel shirt, sweater, trench helmet and two pairs of woolen socks. "No heat in the hotels, and the sheets only half dried damp "ane i cold and chill. And in the morning it's a little hard to shave in ice wa er but it can be done. Have I ta ken cold? Yes had a nice one foi two solid weeks expect to keep it until spring! Everybody ' has one. Sometimes we donrt have a hotel. One night a cot in a corner of . a shed with seven military blankets over me. But I have just one' com fort that I chant day after day It's a wrhole lot worse in the trenches." ' Mud! I never saw so much mud. It s the mud an'rf rain and rold "that the men fear worse than the- enemyr be. God bless you all give my love to the children. I can hear them singing and banging the outside door when I'm- preachiner too long of a morning. "Give my love to the sick and sor rowing. I wish I 'could be there to comfort them. And bless the city which is my home. Truly I am a citizen of no mean city and l am proud of it as Paul was of Tarsus and why not! it is much more beau tiful than ever was Tarsus "Benedecite! my people," "God keep you all. ." w. s. s. Asheville enjoys, in the course of 1 A. ' A" - 1A. a year, a numper 01 interesting visn- and yet among them, there is seldom a more interesting and1 helpful man than John D. Beveridge, who address- id a company of people at the Rotarian luncheon Thursday. Mr. Beveridge just "talks" but he talks with force because he knows. Hav- ine spent some time as a "bomber' on the western front-in ranee, his' re- dtal bf.vevents is educational as well as inspirational --Ajsheville -Times. MELVIN HILL. Mill Snrinc. nwiist be mud-bound. Many goodfwishes for the POLx. (JOUJNTl INHiSYS ana its reauets. -w. s. s. MILL SPRING ROUTE 1. Mr. S. S. Lawter is quite sick with ... . . -r-r , :n grippe at this time, nope ne win soon recover. Mr. T. B. Morris made a business trip to Tryon, Monday. Mr. W. B. Feagan has been very poorly for the past week or two. Prof. T. a. Jones and his sisters, Amanda and Florence Jones were with us last Sunday, and treated us to some good music and singing. Last week we had three maiuess days, and about six , sunsmneiess days, but it has been a long time since we have had any mudless days. W. S. S. NEW HOPE. Ve are having an abundance of mud just now. .-. The little John Henry is getting a good rest, now.- , i Mr. Baxter McGuinn went to Try on Friday, to be examined, and says he was put in the first-class list. He renorts a erood-business in Tryon. ; Mr. Floyd McMurray, who is home from -Gamp Sevier, is returning to dav. Feb. .4. ' : . Our pastor, Rev.. J M. Barber of Mr. Loyd Panther is home" after spending four years in the U. S. navy, tie nas just returned irom Ireland, and his many friends welcome him home again. Mr. W. T. Cannon, of Converse, b. C, was a business visitor in town for a few days last week. Oilless days, heatless davs, Sweet- less da vs. meatless days; these are unwelcome guests in our village. Let's all join together 'and beat Mr. Hoover at his own game and pro claim Sunday not a prayerless day, hut a prayerful da v. and thank ijod d-t i r : J our creator, ior. a tuiuautt; dim f?trenarth. that by Hooverizme and trusting in God, we shall be returned victor over our enemies Miss Maude Foster and Miss Nel lie Newman, of Spindle, N. C, spent Monday in Lynn,- visiting relatives The manv friends ot Postmaster Cannon will be pleased to know ot his much improved condition, after undergoing a successful operation at Steadley's hospital, in spartanDurg t-h- tK-ii ' mnH tiH cloomv 4&fi,fiii Tincfnr ifilleer his For the last four years Mr. Cannon nWiJntment.v at - Lebanon, J has been suffering with indigeston Mr. Editor: From every nook and corner in the State our young men have gone to earn the soldier's life. Shortly they. : vvill represent us on the firing line, and others will be called to service in their places. . . While they are training, what can the home folks do to help them ? . These men are offering their lives for us. All that we can do for them will . not equal the sacrifices they are mak ing. - After talking with, hundreds oi them in the camps, I want to . oner three practical suggestions to the people at home as to what they may t 1 A 1 J A- do.HJvery person wno reaos tnis state ment can easily, and should, gladly, do all of them. First, send your home paper to at least one soldier at the camp, rick out one of the men you know and sub scribe for your home paper and send t to him. Any member ot his fam ily will give you his correct address. Write him a letter and tell him you are sending it. The cost will be tri fling. The thought will be apprecia ted. It i&-not an-act of charity, out an act of patriotic service. Second, at least once a week, make J i i. - ' i - - 1 -4.4. it a point to wnw; x lettci ux a. wiu to some soldier at the camp. . benei him a magazine or a good book occa sionally. ...... Third, keep your troubles at home. The soldier has enough of his OWn Be strong and unselfish enough to cut out the trouble parts of your things to write about. The soldier has a man's size job, and be sides, he. can't help you. Why worryr-shim when you have a better opportunity to look after your troubles than', he has to" help you? Follow these practical suggestions and you will render a. service worth while. ' W. S. WILSON, , Secretary N. C. Council of Defense. Sntiriav, in MissOmajReynoIds is visiting at Mi- Walter Elliott's for a few -days. The girls wjo. have been visiting in Cleveland county, have returned and rpnnrf a niCA Mme. ;? si ..'11 ' j r. -i. t- Mi cca fidPMfia Mills ana uma iwy- nwn tf Tileasant cruests or Miss Mossie dwaras, ounaay aiter Mf. Albert ttMoore., of Uamp bevier, passed through here, Friday; also Mr. Twis Mills. i V ;- - A. man wak.heard saying that he had always thought a lot of a dog, and ' thought t& : dog was man's best friend, but nW'he is saying "gimme a cow or a hwi' . i ': Mr. Frankv E dwards attended ser vices at Lebion, Sunday. ; C , By the way5! we are having sleetless days now, bij we wish it was wind less days alsd. ' '. ': ' . fi- ' ' ' . and complicated stomach trouble, and raieigh, January 31st, 1918. we will an oe giaa wnen i to-be out again: - TliA.Trvon Hosnerv Mfg. L.O.. as well as the otbeif: business places, was closed Monday. We are with you, Mr. narfierd. Mr. President and the ad ministration. We. are ready and willinB' to do our part.- Mr W. S. McCall and wife have moved to East Flat Rock, where Mr. McCall has accepted a position with the Skvland Hosiery Co. Mr. McCall " . ... 1 1 T 1 was a eooa citizen.-ana nis menus natA to see him leave. Mr. W. T. Hammett spent Sunday at hise home in: Jhman, S. C. Quite- a number of our boys are m Clasi A-l,; arid are having to report for examination.- -tJncTe Sam will et sdme' crodd timber out of Polk O cj - county lads. -W.- S. S- W. s. s. Like Father Like Son. He stood in the aisle of a home-bound car. In the midst of a Bwayinjf crowd. And aired his views, on th world-wide war. In accents both fierce and loud. If he were Wilson he'd have a plan That would win without a chance. He'd have equipment for every man, - And a mHlion men in France. He believed in attending to business. . In striking while the iron was hot. This shillyshallying, dillydallying Preparedness, was all rot. In a bit of pause some one said. "Perhaps you have a son o'er there." ' He chewed his cigar and shook bis head. "No. airee; I filled out his questkmaire" , ... -JULIETTE BALLENGEB MOSELBY,