Oiily Paper A Live, Clean Newspaper . for the Home'. i fisted, in J County. AND THE TRYONfJBEE V0L. xxin; NO. 52 TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY,1; MAY 3, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR HIT BONDS FREELY BOUGHT. Crowds Turn Out at Mill Spring and Green River Patriotic Rallies. LK FULL OF ENTHUSIASM. j T.hprtv Loan meetings fleer! River Baptist church last " j ,cfvnt.pH t.hp fact that f countv has been aroused during (present Liberty loan unve ub hba1tomobile loaded .with wdrk- left Tryon ior mm opimg, -omi-morning. Upon arriving at the ination it was tu 6 Jle anxious to hear the gospel of delivered to them. The lj nt pa ire r aim "k ea was railed to order by Coun- Krman W. F. Little, who called '.Bonds. Dr. M. litiL tu ucuvci T rpJ74- J. l n ! Ln a Then loiiowea tne sing V1""" i) j 1 0f "America, anu wneu we bay tinff, e OO not mean taking, uui, f'i'TT ATr-a W W ,je' n5 orsranist. And the way in ich the music of that dear old an- rnllcU lilt HUU" """ J " & . you were an American. Dr. t was introduced as the first kker, ana delivered a masienui 1 . r T T71 AT1om) Tito is IreSS. All. r. x . vjutiaim rtaa t introduced and made 1 a short tl Mr. J. B. Copeland, U. S. Navy : thpn introduced, and received an 9 . -. 1 I Ition at the close ot nis aaaress. it must have been very gratnymg l,nf vnnTio- man. A hiipe - Doouet imax .ivt, --c- ; hurled at him, and while at -first hardly knew whether it was a bo t or brick-bat, he recovered. Mr. F. Little, County Chairman, then lained the different-plans of bond in"1. Mr. Geo. H. Holmes started to make a Red Cross- talk, but like Irvbody else who tries, soon launch ing a telling why everybody pres should buy a Liberty Bond. 'At close of the. address' pledge cards b distributed, and $1750.00 ? were n pledged, many making tJieir in- il, and some full payments on ir bonds. - Dmner,was thenserved, M the hungry Tryonitess liid-full'Xiut m that line. It was with much fret that they tore themselves ay from the good people of Vvnite ik township, but they -knew they ire expected within a short time :at een .River church, about eighteen ,les away, and they departed with uiy "Good Lucks" and God Bless m" ringing in their ears. If a man ever tried to make a eech in his life he could not have iled at Mill Spring, for xrom the st to the very last word you knew very hearts of the hearers were th you. To make a complete suc- ss of this meeting, a soldier, Mr. rover Thompson, in khaki, as well I a sailor, in his uniform was nres- fct. i - After a lone and hard ridp we ar- ped at Green River church, to find mil and beiner entertained in a pa- lotic address bv Mrs. J. L. Vvash- Prn. At the clo?p of her talk. Rev h. Taft was introduced and delivered pother good talk. Next came Mr. t Copland of th TT. S. Navv. and fade the loneest and best talk' of py ne made in Polk county. His in roduction to the crowd bv Rev. Mr, iratt, who presided at the meeting as very touching, and paid a high Jbute to the bovs in thft uniform. fev Pratt is pastor of the Baptist i"urcn m Tryon, and opened the Peeting at Green Rivr in a short Pt eloquent appeal. At the close of uupeland's talk, County Chajr f1" Vttle explained how Liberty Fan bonds could be bought. The fPeakmg part of the program was juen brought to a close by a short H'k ironi VV. T Lindsey, County Fcurman ol the War Savings Asso- W j riedge cards were then dis pouted amoncrst thp rrnwd. result in Over Sinonnn heino- nlAdtred i k0 c . " " " " r o urnished by Miss Mildred Washburn n the Doubledav familv. who have 0 Willino-Kr A' i 4? ne Datrinfl l.i j j U vjiunLt;t;it;ii hl stiveitii ux acf i cAcitiscs iieiu uuiiiig Hie -oi, weeK i 1 : "Vliit vjxccii xvivci woo under thA cimomn'c w. of at axiiary under the direction word a success. linl entlre Tryn delegation arrived y safe and sound, but a tired lot, Y satlsfied with the results of the aays work. t W. S. S MILL SPRING" ROUTE 1. I'll tell you something, and it's a wish. TViof t wlM1i 1 wisn - , could see Sunny .View eating Several from this section went , to Dg Level, Sunday. Had a nice time. Mrs T xt i. j ii ""iiicick. ana cnnaren tspem Ruppe end h her father, Mr. Tl TMiss Oma Gibbs was the guest of AIss.Beulah Odell. Sunday. R,iilss..Sarah Gilbert is home for a """ time. tCV- y Walker spent Saturday yf at the home of Mr. Robert Gil Mr. Sam Owenby said he was not jcars or age, but only sweet six- Good for him. . .ffcir- A.. A. Edward-? snet Sunday uon at p. DWiUiami'. SALUDA. 'Miss Meta Cullipher has arrived from Norfolk, Va.for. a visit to her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. J. B. Cullipher. Miss Higgenbotha has gone to Try on .for a .few days. - Miss Acker, of Saluda r Seminary1, spent Monday in Hendersonville. Miss Geneva Edwards has returned to her home in Columbia, after a vis it to Mrs. Ben Pace. Miss Clara Childs, daughter of Gen. Eichard Childs, of Sumter, is visiting her aunt, Miss Rosa LBox. Mrs. E. Allen, of Canton, N. C, was the guest of -her-sister, Mrs. M. Leon ard, recently. Miss Ida Philips, of the Saluda Seminary has returned hohie after spending several months here at scnooi. TV. s. . NEW HOPE. Farmers would be glad to some fair weather in. this section see Several people around here attnd-; the Liberty Loan meeting at Green ouuuay. oorae Dougnt ijioerty HIT-- 1 ! - - - ivir. iaaie rjviciiuinn, from fiarnn Sevier, was visiting friends t and rel atives here, last week. ' Mr. 'Baxter McGuinn left for- Camp Jackson Friday. His friends were; sorry to see him leave. Mr. M. C. Thompson, of this vicin ity, who has a wife and eight little children, all unable to support them selves, bought a ,$50 Liberty Bond, Says he will pay for it some way. He loves his country. Let's everybody do all they can to help Uncle Sam win "the war. Success, to the NEWS and its read ers. w. s. s COOPERS. GAP. Mr. Hampton Ruff spent Saturday nightf with his family. Mr. Jbid Jones, of Spartanburg: came up after his two children who have been spending some time visit ing their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.- Biddy. Dr. Waldron, from Landrum, was in this vicinity' last week. 1 Mr. J. P. Dimsdalei.lost a fine cow ast week. l ; Was sorry, to .Shear about Noah ynch getting his leg broke last Sun day. Gee, dont seem like the girlg Messrs. JtJeiton JacKson; Joe Wilson and Montgomery Burnett are going to a log rolling of the W. O. W., at Hen dersonville. this week. Misss Mae and Maude Lynch visit ed last Saturday night with their grandmother, Mrs. N. L. Lynch. 'Mrs.-Etta Biddy is visiting her mother an Columbus this week. w. s. s SUNNY VIEW. We are glad to hear from Big Level again. Mr. Tolbert Odel made a call at Mr. U. S. Gibbs' Sunday. Rev. Walker attended at Big Level Sunday. Miss Grace Gibbs visited her grand mother. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Burgan Gibbs visited Mrs. N. L. Lynch, Sunday. Mr. Holbert Whiteside made a call at Mrs. Jane Hilton's, Sunday. Miss Anna Wilson and Maggie Jackson took dinner with Miss Lizzie Williams, Sunday. Mr. C. R. Green made a call at Mr. Fonce Edwards', Sunday. We are dad to 'see the. POLK NEWS every week. Mr. and Mrs. Morton Gilbert vis ited Mrs. Garson Corn, Sunday. W. S. S. PEA RIDGE. Miss Iva Gosnell spent Monday night with Miss Nellie Dalton. Mrs. M. McCraw spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Charlie Wal ker. Mrs. Tom Philips visited her moth er, Thursday, Mrs. Delphia Wilson, who is very ill. Miss Nellie Dalton was the .pleas ant caller of Miss Bessie Thompson, Sunday. Mr. Bert Liles was married to Miss Annie Mills. Monday last. They left ior his home in Gaifney, Tuesday. Grover Thompson, f rem Camp Se vier, spent Saturday night with home folks. Mr. Frank Taylor. and wife visited Mrs. Ed Taylor, Sunday. w. s. S FISHTOP. Another week of ill weather for the farmers We are glad old Polk is coming to .e. front with the Liberty Bonds. We predict she will not only, go over : the bop, but will 'stay there. There is a strange man canvassing among tne .,inuuiiwmwiB v county, he says ior uony oonus, aw lookine up the r unlearned and propos ing to teach them. Says he is em ployed by the government, -How many of -the -NEWS readers saw the meteor tnat passed over Zrt W , i Ktot it hit- thei.sto-fOTkMltrI ' ii-.i ..ro o fJemrtaTi areonlane. I liKn. thp most plausible theory j is that it was a fulfillment of the scrips tures .Luke r 21: 11. I H familv have) LtTnfVii heen down with measles for a wetekj-butrd better mow. FROM OUR FRIENDS Some Items of General Interest Gathered . Section of " LANDRUM ROUTE 3. There will be an all day singing at Morgan's chapel, second Sunday in May. Four choirs have been invited. Come everybody,. and bring well filled baskets. . .". The quarterly meeting df.the W. M. U., of the North -Spartanburg A s sociation was held at Morgan's s chap el, on Saturday, April 27th. .Dele gates, from Inman, Landrum, Campo bello and Holly Springs, were present and gave inspiring reports of the work at these places. A society was organized at Morgan's chapel. Mr, and Mrs. L. Ross and family, of Greer, spent the day at II. P. Sharp's, Sunday. Miss Alpha Bishop, of Landrum, visited Mrs. "W. S. Hall, last Satur day. -- Florence Foster is still .very sick. She has been moved into' a house near Mr. Baal Green's, where .she can have better attention. Mr. J. R. Sams, our county demon strator, was in this vicinity last Thursday, and spent the night with J. W. Arledee. si used to.think the ;ol& friends Were better than the new; But of late I've me? some new -friends, With heart beats just as j true, With hand-clasps just as; genuine, AA s nreibua as nure i-r -t f As dearly as the 61d. I didn't forsake the old'friends As the new ones came in view; And' I '11 not forsake the new friends, ' Until they prove untrue. So long as the newremain sincere, Their charming hands I'll hold; (Kisses for the new1, made f riends Caresses for the old!) Til always love the? old friend s, I'll ever love the new. O, you dearly beloved new friends, I'm in love with you! By the bond of friendship! welded, Fresh from the stranger' mold, Fve learned to love the new friends As dearly as the old. Yesterday I loved the old friends, Today I love the new; Tomorrow, I'll love: them both alike, Beneath skies of gray or blue. Ah, yes,, adown the future years : My heart and soul will then unfold, Witrrf friendship for the new friends, ' Like the friendship for the old. Jas. W. Heatherly. MILL SPRING ROUTE 2. (Too late for Jast week.) Mrs. Ellen Searcy spent last Sat urday night with Mrs. Bessie Lawter. Mrs. Minnie Searcy; spent last Sun day with Ollie and Mertie Melton. Messrs. T. A. Searcy and J. S. Mel ton visited Mr. Garson Corn and his son,. Sunday. Misses Ollie Searcy Mertie Merton ld pannellia Gilbert spent a few hours with Mrs Searcy, Sunday. Mrs. Pearl . Melton visited Mrs- E. C. Lynch) Sunday. ' ' Mr. Dewey Jackson hascome home from Spartanburg, S. C He.iSrvisT iting hia grandparents, Mri and Mrs. h. T. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs.iHenry,Bwnre Pece home Sunday. ''? ' aMiss Viola' Spkerv ofGhesnee, ;S, I C, is visiting her .mother, - Mrs; Green. - . Miss MolUe Corn spentilast Sunday ; with her brother J. G. Gorn. OVER THE COUNTY By Oar Correspondent From Various Polk County LYNN. Rev. Mr. JKidd preached chapel last rSanday at 8 p. Kidd will ;preach - regularly Fourth Sunday 4t.8,,p. , m m -m. on Ke the Mr. the is nrincipal f Hillcrest school, at Sandy Plains.and is a member of the' rA. R. P.,cnurch. He will fill the un expired term of ;Rev. Mr. Rankin at j S. r., uoiumDus -and. Lynn churches. Mr. W, tH. Stearns has placed a; wire fence around the Mimosa Hotel, grounds. -.Quite an improvement,! Billy. . H - 1 A bunch, of Lynn people motored to) Greenville, last Sunday. 1 Mr. L. V' Randall is quite spry these days. Awing to. a new arrival at his homev Jt's a boy. Mr. N. W. . Randall is painting the town, red,-commencing on Mr. Hook er's house. v If paint holds out there is no telling; where he will stop. It was . rumored that work on re pairing our-road would begin the nrst of May. Hope the rumor is correct as the road, certainly needs it. We guess Fishtop correspondent is fishing these days, ,as the ground U too wet to plow. .The. Lynn people did their bit last Saturday--buying abJut $1500 of Lib4 erty Bonds. J A servicer flag? will soon be display- ed at the postoffice, with 22 stars. I .Mr. D.hH; 'Swan barely escaped! crold : I- : Ir what might have been a serious acci dent when the horses belonging to his company backed the wagon over the embankment near the mill, Mon day morninsr. Mr. Hid. foster and lamiiy nave mnvpn to Snindle. N. C. 1 ... ' - IT ' - . .... 1 . Mrs. G. H. Bradley and children, of , Spartanburg, visited mends and relatives in Lvnn. last week. . Dewitt Cannon has enlisted in tne ... .. . . . navyr and will go to Charleston, fc C. in a few days for service. Fred Swan went to Cincinnati last week with Mr. Guy Morris, to brincr some Ford cars back through he country,, is -expected nome some time Friday. i Mr.'jSara S. Blackwell moved his amilv to Trvon. last week, and itiis reported that, the house he vacated iis beine kept for him as he. will not like ithe iTryon wraterrwell .enough. to stay, and will be back before many moons. Mr. J. C. Rhodes, of Whittier, N C, is visitingm-inetJjei'jrSiMrs. Belle Rhodes, -andtfaniirssff te3is lookdfg o thoueh vjAckaott, : county - water -agreed with5 hire . -2 Mr. William Pack - passed through livnn one day-thiffweek with his trac tion engine.4irawimjr his portable saw mill. It-reminded us of one of those raihty tanks we read about being ased'onHheftgreafci battle fields. COLUMBUS. The commencement of the Colum bus High School which extended from the 19th to Monday, inclusive, was prouounced the best ever held by the school. Excellent programs were rendered each night to good sized auV diences. Monday night the audito rium was packed to the doors. Most of the features of the program were of a patriotic nature. Following are the programs for each night: Friday Night. Seniors and High School Teachers, Prof. E. W. S. Cobb, Miss Rosa Bailey and Miss Susie Riddick. Song, Flow Gently Sweet Arton; Night in June Girls' Chorus. Address of Welcome . . . Gladys Smith Class Prophecy .Esther Gibbs Class Poem Nell Constance, Last Will and Testament '; Coline Rippy Piano Solo, Mountain Stream.... Esther Gibbs Class Historian Clara Feagan, Song, Old Man Moses; Country : Courtship. Boys' Chorus Farewell Address. .... .Clara Feagan Presentation of Diplomas . . .Hon. E. B. Cloud Talks in the interest of the Liberty Loan were, made by; Rev. Taft and Mr; Little of Tryon, and, Lieut. Copeland: of the U. S. Navy. j Prayer by Prof. E. W. . S. Cobb. ! Saturday .Night. Recitation and Declamation Contest. How Ruhv Plavpd ' ninHvc Srm'11 Telephone .Romance. . . Sue Gibbs? Sweet Girl Graduate .. Thelma Mill (Received Medal.) Pro Patia .Eula Jackso Song, Morning Invitation .Mixed Chorus . .Ernest Gibbsl (Received Medal ! Confederate Heroes Joe Tallant Battle of Zarila Ernest McMurray Piano Trio. .Bessie. Hamilton, Esther) Gibbs ., and Miss Bertha Kelz Mother Gird '; My- Sword Around Me j Gordon Johnson, Arden, N. G Piano Duet, Misses Bertha Kelz ; an Sue , Johnson' Presentation of Medals by Judge E4 B. Cline, of ; Hickory. Address by Mr. SV. N. Walker, State Inspector of Schools , in N. C. Stiday. . i Baccalaureate . serinon . Baptist churchj f'brRev.'Mr. Wil.. Pratt, of Hen-, - dersonville ' ' ' . fong vedraved;lUHailp-Ijni mauuel?. . .v. . . : Mixed Chorus Holy Is His Name. ... .Girls' Chorus: Monday 2 P. M. . Debate at 2 p. m.;; Resolved, That Congress should enact a law provide ing for the.coropulsory arbitration of industrial disputes. Affirmative, Joe I Tallant and Archie Feagan; negative vjriaays. omitn ana L-iara reagan. de cision given to the negative, Miss Clara' Feagan receiving the rrfedal. Piano Solos, Sue Johnson, of Arden. N. C; Thelma Mills, Hilda Burgess, Duet, JiiSther Gibbs and Hilda Bur gess. Monday Night By Primary and Grammar Schools Miss Pearl Keenan and Mrs. T. E Johnson, Teachers. Song, The Brook: Bird Song. ... Girls' Chorus Recitation, Naughty Nell Katherine Shore; Play, History of the American Flag Patriotic drill and pantomme, rep4 resenting 48 states. Liberty repre-j sented by Bessie Hamilton, soldier; uewitt smitn; sanor, Ernest mcMuri ray. Patriotic Sketch by primary school Representing soldiers, sailors, Red jross nurse, housewife and farmer. Dialogue, Raise a Pig, by six primary pupils. one-. I Want To Raise Mv Bov to Be a Soldier,. Boys' Chorus. CJ7 SV - . Recitation, Rosalind's Surrender, Esther Gibbs Song, Because She Didn't Stop to 1 Think; Keep a Going. .Boys Chorus Play, A Box of Monkeys, by Senior Class. Those reciving seventh grade din- lomas were, uurtis run, raunne Rhodes, Leona Feagan, Aylene Ed wards, Grace Holbert, Hilda Buf gess, Gertrude West, Marion Smitf; James Carnegie Jodie Wilson and Roscoe McGuinn Those receiving diplomas of hondr were Curtis Hill, Guy Hill, J. Ernest Cobb, Sue Gibbs, Robt. McFarland Inez- Hughes, Eula Jackson, Guy Da venport and Jrnest McMurray At the close of the exercises Prof. E. W. S. Cobb presented Mrs. T. N Johnson with a beautiful rins: the gift of the grammar grade, of which one is ied.cner. Messrs Prmtz Ularfc, Edward JNew man Frank Elliott, Joe Hall and Lu cine Hicks came home from camp commencement. ' I Mrs. Ellis Walker, of Greens Creek Is -...visiting .her daughter Mrs. E. B. Cloud Mr. D. E. Connor is spending the week at . the home of his, old friend, Mr. J. G. Hughes Prof., and Mrs. E. W. S. Cobb ten dered the annual reception to the sen ior class, also the teachers of the school. No doubt Mr. Hoover would have frowned, had he appeared on the scene; but every -senior expects ;a banquet as well as a .1 diploma. Mr. Averv Elliott, son of C. T: El liott, - has . purchased the , house for merly occupied Dy mr waiter niu. i TMra Pnrr: and &on have been visit ine the former's parents, ; Mr. and - MrWE. W Dedmond, ENOUGH TO DAMN THE GERMANS. Aft Almost Unbelievable Story Telling of the Cruelty Practised by Them. A TRUE STORY. Read this story. If it don't wake you up to ypur duty to your country; if it don't make you jar loose some of those hoarded dollars and buy Lib- rty Bonds for your wife, your daugh ters; your sons and yourself -then nothing in God's beautiful world will. In a certain section of the state of Louisiana a colony of Belgian far mers located several years before the present war. Many members of the peaceful t and happy little colony had left relatives and friends in Belgium, and when prosperity began to come, .noughts 01 visiting the land of their nrth and the , loved ones1, left, behind, rere uppermost in the minds of many Among them was:a family of four father, mother, son and daugnter 1 devoted family, educated and re ined. In the summer of 1914 it was lecided that the mother a comely voman on the sunny, side of 40, and .he daughter shojld make the long aoped for visit, , arid the two arrived ;afely in Belgium, according to a let ,er written at that time. Then the. horde of: Prussian brutes iver-ran and devastated that country, uid no further word was heard by the inxious husband and father ' from ,hese two . innocent and helpless wo nen, then American citizens, for two ong years then. th& heartbroken man eceived the following; note,, smuggled rhrough in some manner ; by ' way of Switzerland: My Dearest Husband: "For many weary : months I ; have ought means by which-1, might cpn nunicate with you, rand the hope that ! might, succeed has; caused me to re lain alive. Our poor child is al eady dead died by her own hand, 0 end a life of enforced shame and legradation too ; horrible , for human oice to : express. "We were . enslaved by. these Ger lan beasts in human :jform, and hen our bodies .were no" longer use ul to them on account -.of Ithe? horrors loathsomeeasewe ere forced rfearnijfeost'menia ' yen tor the plucking, of ;.crawling in ects from . .tiieir . reeking Tafid filthy aked bodies. "My own darling husband, you will iow know why I. can never-hope to eturn to you, and long before this eaches our own adopted. America if t ever does I shall be dead. "Say to our boy tthat I hope he will oin the army in France and that his lother will pray with her last dying .reath that the . Almighty God will .trengthen his arm that he can in iome small measure , avenge the hings- done by these vultures in hu aan form. I, pray that we shall all )e joined again in the great Beyond, vhere things like this can never be." Devotedly your Related by a friend, a man of the lighest standing occupying a most esponsible public position. He is personally acquainted with the cir cumstances surrounding the Belgian olony referred to, and thoroughly amiliar with the facts herein related. This is the way Prussianism treats nnocent women and girls. The Kai- er s hordes must not come to Amer- can soil. Our soldiers can do the fighting, )ut it is necessary for us toPRO- VIDE THE MEANS- IF WE LOSE. IN, THIS. WR, VE LOSE ALL. iHE WOR.l) .VOULD NOT BE WORTH LIVING IN. SUNNY VIEW. On account of jain the people h re ire not through planting. Mr. P. D. Williams and Dr. J. C. Whiteside attended court last week. Mr. Harry Bennett is very ill at this writing. Mr. Reuben Wilson left for Camp Tackson, Columbia, last Friday. Messrs. Clyde Wilson, Bill Jackson and Frank Mills were callers at Mrs. N. L. Lynch's Saturday evening. Misses Maggie Jackson and little sister spent Saturday evening with Anna Wilson. Messrs Landrum and Birch Wibon are visiting Mr. Pink Jackson near Sandy Plains, at this writing. Mr. A. H. Lynch made a business trip to Rutherfordton, last Saturday. Henry Brown and Lawton Wilson, all 1 nf Snartanhurp-. siwnt SaturHav nipht - iat home - Sunny View has voted extra tax, fori and we will have six months' school Ithis year. Do your bit. by helping the Red Cross. Mr. King Williams was taken real sick at Columbus, last week, and was carried home. Some oil the boys here attended the Columbus . High School entertainment last -Monday night. IA11 j reported a nice. time. We wonder why we ; never liear from our school tacher. Hope she hasn'forgotten us. ' - ' . J men-you are-through reading the NEWS don't forget to may it to some soldier boy. Mrs. Garson Corn is very ill. Dr. Waldron attended her Saturday even- ling. t Mr.'A.F. Corbin is rtill at work on ? route 2 with the: 1 turd Liberty Loan. I f - I- 1 i 'I a- - i.