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he only Paper A Cfaza Published in Polk County tt2 II:zj 1; I s i-: -if VOL. XXIV NO. 46 TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919. $2.00AYEAn ' . . ; t. : - ,. r- . . . . . TRYON The Misses Powell left for Charleston Thursday. Miss Beatrice Reed spent Tuesday in Spartanburg. Mis Martha Jackson is spending , a few days in New York. Mr. C. W. Ballenger spent a few hours in Asheville, Tuesday. Mr. J- M Hearon, of Saluda, spent a few hours in Tryon, Tuesday. Mr. R. A. Leonard is, attending the golf tournament in Asheville, today. Mrs. F. P. Bacon returned from a visit to Flat Rock friends, Saturday. Hon. W. F. Swann attended to bus iness matters in Asheville, Tuesday. Miss Helen Trask, of Chicago, is visiting in Tryon, the guest of her aunt Mrs. W. B. Stone. See F. K. McFarland for Undertak ing, Monuments, 'Fumigating formaldehyde gas. with Mr. C. S. Corwin returned from New York, Saturday, owing to the ill ness of Mrs. Ccrwin. Mr. Charlie Kilpatnck and Miss Hai ti? IRhodes were guests of Mrs. E. Rhodes, last week-end. Mr. F. P. Bacon spent a few days in New York and Philadelphia last week, where he went on business. . .- if r t 1 1 t Misses oallie otreaawicic ana Lena Livingston were guests of Henderson ville friends, Monday. The goli protessiona were; unable to get to Tryon last Tuesday, hence the match games' hwfeeeji Mrs. Amanda Wilkersosb; of Chica- go, arrived in Tryon, . Saturday, for an indefinite visit to her. daughter, Mrs.. W B. Stone. Mr. Jarvis and Mr. John Washburn left for a ten day riding trip, on Thurs day7 their first stopping place to be Chim ney Rock. ; Mrs. John Bagley, of Detroit, is at Roraime with her daughter and grand daughters, Mrs. Wallace, Esther and Suzanne. Hefen Pugh, the wonderful child pianist, from Asheville will - give a concert in Trvon next week. The date will ba announced. Mrs. J. B. Reed was called to Gas tonia. Tuesdav. to attend the burial of .111 r t mi 1 ! - trie bodv ot her brother who died in Montana, some time ago. Mrs. Lubeck left, Monday, for New York, where she goes to meet her hua band, Major Lubeck, who is returning to America from service overseas. ' Postmaster W. H. Stearns left, Mon day, for New Yoik, where he goes to witness the reception to the returning Twenty Seventh Division. Mr. Clarence Lightner, Mrs. Light er and children, have arrived in Tryon from Detroit, and will spend ' some , time at their beautiful winter home here. - Commander Q. C Wright, U. S. N., and Mrs. Wright, have reached Tryon, and will remain for some time. Comman der Wright has seen six years' service aboard one of Uncle Sam's submarines. On account of the break-down of our type setting machine, we are compelled to leave out almost all our correspondence and much other interesting matter, as wellas being two days late. Hope to bave everything all right by next week. The Junior O. U. A.. M., is going ' to ?1Vea big entertainment on the first Tuesday night in April, at the Missildirie hall. Every member is requested to be Present, Degree work in the third gree. Don't fail to come. If you do you will miss the time of your -life, ; 1 he Polk County Red Cross, thro Mf- J. W. Kennedy, will open the old clothing campaign for Belgian relief, ' on March 24th. Look over your used ciothmg that can be soared, and be feady to contribute to this worthy cause. Congregational church, Rev. F. Bar rows Makepeace pastor; Rev. Joseph fc.Uaniels, U. D.. .L. L. D.. . pastor emeritus. Bible school, 10 a. m.: public worship with sermon by the' pastor at 11 a. rri. . ToDic. "God' Wrlr km-l' ;--. v ut iiaii s ife.M Lenten services, 4:30, p. m.. with topics as previously announced. Mr. J. E. Lawrence, who has been in charge of the local telephone exchange or some time "past, has resigned, his resignation to take effect on April first The DatlOnS of tllP PVrKano will 1- - jv, if in i.atii of Mr. Lawrenc's act with deep regret, for under his jurisdiction the service of the company has been largely bettered! Tryon Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o clock; preaching at 1 I o'clock by Kev. K. N. Pratt, A very pleasing and interesting program is being pre pared tor missionary day, on the fifth Sunday. Songs, recitations and good music will be rendered by the children. A cordial welcome is extended to attend this special service. The special bill allowing the voters of Tryon to express their desire upon .the question of the improvement of the pub he schools at. a special election to be held in May. passed the legislature. Wp - j - . w hope to secure a copy of the bill and present the same through our columns in the near future. , In the meantime it behooves every person who is friendlv to the proposition to do all in their pow er to see that everybody fully under stands it. M, G: Blake, Town . Manager, says Mayor E. E, Missildine has received a letter from the . secretary of the State Board of Health stating that the Week ending March 29th would be clean-up week all over the State, and requesting cooperation from Tryon. In compliance with this request, says Mr. Blake, h will, on March 28th and 29th send wagon arouad to collect" all cans, rub bish, etc., that. cannot be burned, pro vided it is placed in convenient boxes or barrels, easily accessible with team Every one is requested to clean- their premises of all rubbish at this time. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my many friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness and death of my wife. - k H. T. CAMP. WHITE MAGIC. White magic at -the school house, on Friday, was a pleasant and profitable occasion. A crowded auditorium greeted the Rev. J. F. Black when the curtain was drawn, and a laughing and delighted crowd applauded him till the curtain fell.. ' Eighty two dollars and fifty cents was deposited to the credit of the Committee of the Lanier Club, some of which wil be spent for window shades, new black- boards aud other improvements. The school children deserve it all, for they worked for the success as though it was a personal affair of each one. Margaret McCahill sold the greatest number of tickets, receiving the prize of one dollar offered by Miss Wingo, the Drincipal. The scholars were to have sung somej of their pretty songs,- but Miss Buchanan found it impossible to collect theTn in a group, as they came with friends and relatives, and without that they would not have been heard to advantage. , FOR THE ARMENIANS. 'A ptrfect illustration of modern em ciency was given in the kitchen of the I I ihrarv. on Wednesday evening, when a group of Tryon ladies served an over one hundred elaborate supper to ,over one nuuu.w people in a remarkably short time. . . Even the feeding of . so great a num ber with coffee and bread, when each talr his own tin cup and. gets, his Jorethought 'and ration,' requires some cbncenlrition, but to hve vanety.and -- , " '. " " "2" '. . ' . - J. " v 1 ' . '-'".'!.? 1 ' t! u- " e , - - , , ... .. - . have'it well served in an unaccustomed place, is indeed a test of ability. It was a State Supper, and on a roll call of States, twenty-eight were' found a be represented. ' If the names had been called loud enough to be heard in he kitchen, several from South Carolina. one from Pennsylvania, one from Indiana three from Michigan, one from Iowa and one from, Kentucky would have . re sponded. I .." Even with such speakers as Dr. Dan iels, Mr. West,' Judge ' Cutting, Mr. Frost, Dr. Grady, Mrs. Washburn, Mr. Copeland, Mr. Griffith, -Mr. Holderi, Mr. Makepeace, Mr, Taft; and Mr, Hill in the runningj it is not put -of place to put the woman's part first. : - . The fllusic. as usual, was in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Doubleday, assisted by Laurence and Miss Mabel Washburn. Mrs, Wing delighted the audience with two or her Dianoloeues. The amount of money realized will be announced later.. The management has hopes of bringing the sum .up to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. 'It would have been as easy to sell two hundred tickets as one. and the food could have been supplied," but the space was lacking; ; Mr. Bacon, as toastmaster, demon strased that he is no novice at the game. One morcsuccess, however is to the credit of Tryon. - ' o FROM A POLK COUNTY BOY. . La Pallico, France, Feb 13, 1919. Editor Polk County . News: -Dear Sir: ' Your issue', of January 10th . has reached France, and I want to- thank j you for the pleasure it gave me after reading all the good news from home, because it was the first news I had received . from home after being sev eral "months in France. Will give you a little news about myself. I was gassed on Oct. 29th, but am in good health at present and contented after reading the news from home. Before T was wondering if everybody was all right at home, and that made it a little unpleasant for me. I would like to be home and enjoy some of the good pure air that the hills and mountains of the ther mal belt produce, but not until we ac complish everything that we are oyer life re for. . Give my regards to all my friends at Tryon. ' I think that will include everybody. I was a little surprised when I saw the NEWS. One could easily notice how it has grown, especially in world wide news. Well, I will close with best, wishes to the POLK COUNTY NEWS and its readers. . Sincerely, ' CAPT. O. L. WEAVER, A. T. S.A. P. O. No. 735, A. E.. F. , Base Section No. 7.. DON'T BECOME DISCOURAGED. ... V' Columbus, March 10th. You see -from, the dating of this lit tle message to the farmers, that one third of March is already gone and very little plowing for ' crops is done. This need not discourage any one. I have seen many just such seasons and the world got along just the same. Have all farm tools, fences, etc., in good shape, and all tools and farm implements in the dry shed, . ready when the ground gets in order for work. . - Now here is what I especially de sire to say. I am overwhelmed with requests to visit individual farms to assist in sowing grass and clover seed, andI find it impossible to com ply with them all: But the thing to do is not to neglect this important piece of farm wock. There is no mystery in getting grass and clover to grow.. You all know how to pre pare a piece of land for a good crop of oats. Now just select -a piece of land that will grow good oats and com: prepare as you would for oats, and sow the grass seed evenly over the land. If yoV have wheat, rye or j winter oats already, growing on -good, well prepared land sow. your grass or clover seed on such land, and run - a irag harrow oyer: it, or a good brsh, and expect good, results. - The ; next week will cover :the . best .time for spring sowing, and don't neglect to start the pastures this spring. l win. be at. Greens Creek. Mill Spring-, ' Sunny View, "Tryon, Friend ship church and Columbus, asf adver tised; or the. purpose of starting or-, ganiz'ations' in - each township looking later-to the. organization of a Polk County Chamber of Commerce for the better development of all Polk' county, the towns" as well as the country. We. want the . farmers - and their wives to come 'out to these meetings and help to make this county what it should be. At . these meetings we wanjt :to lay the foundation for better sociaL relations, ; better education, bet ter -morality; roads, markets and ev erything that goes to make life, and living in this world better. . .' r ' Respectfully, ' ' J. R. SAMS,- County, AgenC. . PS. Those f af rotes, who gave or ders for ' grass seed', Monday March 3rd, "will please call - at my office, Sat urday afternoon, March 15th,- and get their seeds, with: instructions for.' sow ing. ' - ' :.-..- . KEEP PURE BRED-POULTRY. West Raleigh,' N. C. ;Marcti, 12, 1919. Does 'the storekeeper handle low grade, shoddy goods, when it is pos sible to handle high-grade material of good quality at the same price ? If Jhe di? he WOuld soon losefa11 his cus" tomers who would rapidly flock to the man keeping the high-grade articles. However, all over North Carolina, farmers and town people are ; keep ing low-grade, mongrel chickens, when they can 5 keep purebred fowls that would give a much greater re turn for the money invesed. Just why this is true is, hard to explain, s-ays Dr. B. F. Kaupp, Poultry Investigator for the North Carolina Experiment Station. It seems likely, however, that it is due to a lack of interest and appreciatiin for the pure-bred fowls. ,DfiKaupphas , .found Jthat it - is' at wise financial move for thoaeoare still keeping scrubs or mongrel chick ens to sell them, take the money thus realized, and invest it in , pure-bred poultry or eggs. The returns secured from pure-bred , poultry are much greater than from scrub stock. If this were not rue, those men who go info poultry raising as a business would stock up their places .with the mongrel stock, vather than the pure bred stock. However, no up-to-date poultry farm can be found that does not keep only pure-bred or standard bred fowls. If they do keep mon grels, this indicates that .they are not conducting their business along the best lines. One reason why compar atively low prices are being" received for North Carolina poultry and eggs is that there are a large number of mongrel fowls on the farms "of the. State, f As a result of his investigations, Dr. Kaupp states that pure breeds will produce a better grade and. a more uniform product, whether this be eggs or meat. The statement made by some people that pure-bred stock is not! so strong and virile as the mongrel stock is not true and is misleading. There is no question but that pure-bred poultry is more profit able and desirable, from any stand point considered. If impossible to buy nure-bred flock to begin with, those who desire going into this business may - purchase at least a few sittings of eggs of some pure-bred varieties of chickens to fur nish the breeding stock for next year. In this connection, it should be re membered that a scrub male must not be kept on the place. Indications are that pure-bred poul try is rapidly increasing in popularity in North Carolina, as tnere is consid erably more interest in this line of business this year than in many pre vious years. r o Commenting on the results of the Britt-Weaver contest proceedings in the House, the - Charlotte Observer says: "Regardless of evidence, the seat was given to Britt by reason of the fact; that the Republicans at the time Had more; votes than the' Dem ocrats had, just as' it would have been given Weaver if the Democrats had been, in control of the situation. It does not indicate that : Mr. Britt was elected by. the votes of the.peopla4 of the Tenth Disthict, but it undoupt-. edly indicates that for the Itime the Republicans in congress were smarter than the Democrats." , ;. .. , j ',-;.'. ..' ... . . . " , Optimistic Thought. It Is a, bad cause that cannot b9 talked over in public. NLIVE POULTRY TOPICS. . Ques. I have tried both indoor and outdoor brooders bought of manufac turers, and find them to-be r too hot ; will run - up too hot before morning with -. the lowest flame available. Thought perhaps one could be made without the use of artificial heat for our climate. - AriSi . Cold brooders can be made and such a brooder is described on page ; 340 of Poultry. Culture Sanita tiion and Hygienne, but chicks are likely to become chilled in cold brood ers. 'Remember that a large percent age of losses of . brooder chicks are due to chilling. If a. brooder becomes too hot the chicks will be noted to poke their heads, out around the edges of the hover and thus select he tem perature which is best ' suited for them. It is better, for this reason, to have the hover portion too hot than too cold. J " . Ques. ; I Have raised pure . blood Buff Rocks for , several yepar s and find no objection to them except in ar tificial incubation. Their eggs have a dark shell and are hard to test out, and I find the . chicks harder to get out of the shell, being thicker than the white strains; so I have decided"to try the, Single Comb : White Leghorns. Do you advise this? ; . Ans. , Brown - eggs have a thicker shell; than white eggs. The hatcha bility of white eggs is greater than that of brown eggs. If you will can dle your' eggs on the 7th !day you should not have any ( trouble in recog nizing the, embryo.- If T you want birds for eggs alone then get the S. C. White . Leghorns but be sure that you get eggs or birds from a high producing strain. If you want a dual purpose fowl as is'mostly.the require ment of. the farm ' then the larger breeds should . be selected. ' Brown shells should not .staiid in h the way. The: BuffPlymcrtttfe- Hpels-. aii extpi- lent breed. " -"K - ' Ques. Do ' you advise applying moisture in incubators? If so, How, and when, and how often and how much, during the period of incuba tion? - " -1 Ans. Some incubators are now not provided with a water pan. This is a very difficult question to answer be cause the conditions under which the incubators are operated is so dilf er entr As the embryo forms in the egg there is a-gradual loss of moisture through the shell. This should be just so much and no more. If the room is very dry then we prefer a water pan placed under the nursery tray. If the room is quite moist as some cellars are and the incubator was riot! provided with a water pan then I would not bother with a water pan. .It is a-good plan if water is not provided and the incubator is in A dry room to lightly sprinkle with water at a temperature of 103 deg. F. (ttest out with incubator thermometer) on the 10th and 15th, and 18th days. Many do not sprinkle eggs and get excellent results. Ques. Wheat is so high that it is out of the question to use it for feed for chickens. What would you rec ommend to take the place of it? Ans. We have found in our War Time Experiments that wheat is not necessary to get good ; results. We are feeding and are recommending corn and cats equal parts. ; Give one pint in ihe morning and J;he same quantity in the evening to each . 12 hens. In addition to this they must be provided with green feed and with animal food. If they, ha v6 ftJie run of the barnyard and farm . little else need be given them as xlong. as the flock is not over 50 birds but if they cannot , get worms and bugs then they must have an additional" mash, at least one ounce per bird per day in addition to the grain. Add to wheat middlings or bran 20 per cent meat meal. Or the more complex mashes are good. " Ques. How long, do- you recom mend keeping the same rooster with your flock? " N , ; Ans. ' You may : keep , the same "rooster" with your flock ' for two years. This . will mean breeding his daughters back onto their sire for one year. Don't breed together brothers and ; sisters - ' ' Ques. Do you recommend any par ticular breeds of chickens for this sec tion of North Carolina?5 Ans. It. is my opinion that any breed will do well in that part North Carolina If I were to choose just one breed for Polk county I would se lect the Single Comb; Rhode Island Red a.a farm utility bird. They just can't be. beaten. v . . - Ques. Do you consider the Rhode Island Red is a first-class bird? " Ans. v The Rhode Island Reds are a first-class bird.- They" have been tried and have been found - not want-' ing. - There arelalso many other good breeds and varieties. . K It might have been well to have in eluded Hindenburg ;and Ludendorf in the list of big guns to be turned over' to the allies. Greenwood Index... No, neighbor, they. have, been declared , worthless junk' and .ordered sent ;', to" - .' the scrap pile. - H : : ; l; BLENDED IN SERVICE 8ays Jt Will Take Time For Public T " ' Realize Value Of Th.RedrYriangl Service To American Fighters. ! t r- DeRoy R. Fonvllle. New York, Feb. ...So unusual fit the service rendered by DeRoy R. Poiv ville of Burlington, N. C, in hls,T. M. C. A. work overseas that Major Gen eral L. S. Upton has written him personal letter in appreciation of hla efforts. ' v ' Mr. Fon ville has returned to ait home after ten months service With the Y. M. C. A. H,e was with the Fifth and Sixth Marines and Ninth and Twenty-third infantry at Chateau, - Thierry, Soissons and St. Mihiel. Jt was whilfl he was in a trench waiting to terrf the Marines when they "pushed off," that a high, explosive shell blew pen tides of rock into his eyeblinding it, ; The same shellflre killed James A Birchby, a Y. MNC. A. secretary from Pasadena, Cal.', and wounded , anothei.4 Red Triangle workerThomas W.JWilt-; but, Jr., of New Britain, Conn. The letter of appreciation that 'win sent to Mr. Fonvllle by General. Upton read as follows: T have observed, your . work as Y. M. C. A. representative oJU the Ninth infantry for some time and t wish to convey to you my appreciation of the uncomplaining and soldierlike manner in which you hare .undergone all without the glory that is attached to the profession of arms. The work which; you have done had -added' great ly to the contentment of the men and ' thus to the efficiency of the 7 comV mand." "My experience gare me anappree iation of American men and what they can " go through," said Mr. FonviHe; : "Our division was a shock unit. 'It never went any way but forward.' Our t division alone captured 12,000 prison ers. Those men appreciated the Y.' M. C. A. and understood the dif flcuK ties It had to contend with in getting', supplies up to. the front. I hare no complaint to make about losing 'the : sight of one eye, that is war, but-it bewilders- me to have known what I do of the work of the Y In France and then come home to learn of the criticisms . being circulated ; here ' l believe that In due time the , full ap; preciation of the Y. M. jC. A.'s worH for victory will.be gineral. A Little Learning." V luuowiug are some oi tne to fiwers recently given In a school exam ination on general , knowledge; "Gravitation Is -when an apple falls oa the floor." ''Benjamin JSYanklln' In vented lightning."; "The place where they keep rll' kinds of wild animals is called a theological garden." "One of the most 'Important- inTentlons tt modern times is the Norta Pcle -..i ... km 'A '4' 4' If 4 'I r. v
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