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Volume XXVI No. . 21
OUR COUNTY AGEMS DEPARTMENT
t- I.. TIL f Dlllr Annlu r
Some iiiiieijr w im wuiiij roi uici
jects, bv County Agent, J. R. Saras.
State
Livestock Meeting to Feature
"Dairy Day"
December 9 will be. "Dairy
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nay at me ouae iJivesiocK
Meeting. Saulsbury, according to
program given out by county
agent J. li. Sams.
The list ot speakers includes
L. p. Bailey from Ohio one of the
pioneer breeders of dairy cattle,
Dr. Tait Butler of the Progress
ive Farmer, and C. S. Plumb,
former prolessor ot animal hus
bandry at Ohio State University.
Dr. C. V. McCullum, of John
Hopkins University, will speak
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ontne- vaiue ui uuiy pruuucLS
in the Human Diet". He is
noted as the discoverer of "Vita-
mines ana ms experiments are
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said to have-revolutionized the
study of foods both in America
and Europe, and to have far
reaching effects in relation to the
health of the nation, especially
that of children. . -
Educational exhibits will be dis
played illustrating the food value
of dairy products and their
necessity as a food for the proper
development of the young. The
present average daily consump
tion of dairy products in theU. S.
is a little less than a pint of milk,
2-3 oz. of butter, 1-6 oz. of cheese
3-4 oz. of ice cream per person.
It should be one quart of milk,
oz. butter, 1 oz. cheese, and 2 oz.
ice cream, Dr. McCullum will tell
why more dairy products should
be used.
Another exhibit will show the
advantage derived from coopera
tive breeding associations. At
the evening meeting this subject
will be discussed by professor
Plumb. The Rowan County
Cooperative Guernsey Bull Asso
ciation is one of the largest in
the south so an opportunity to
study the actual working of an
association will be afforded in
addition to professor Plumb's
address. Moving pictures con
clude the days program.
Plans About Complete For Livestock
Meeting
Plans for the annual meeting
of the State livestock Associations
atSaulsbury, December 8, 9,10,
are about complete according to
word from Raleigh to county
agent J. R. Sams. Last year the
the meeting was held in the
eastern part of the state and the
officers choose Saulsbury this
year because it is centrally lo
tacated for the majority of the
cattle, poultry and sheep
breeders.
The first day of the meeting
will be given over to talks and
demonstrations about hogs; the
second day to dairy and poultry
interests; and the third and last
vill be in charge of the beef
cattle and sheep men.
m -
me program, although not yet
completed, contains several nb
wble speakers. Starting with
Wednesday December 8, "Swine
tuv; program includes a
talk by Dr. Tait Butler of -the
lng hogs"
0 -v"j"c r armer on reeu-
In the afternoon
there will
be public . sales of
Poultry
Oration
and hogsand demon
in slnnolltfrinor Vrorc
UOculation aeinc '
' makinS sausage. The night
JKWam. in addition to moving
teret ngt0 swine m"
n, n, features an address v by
aiv. rL'nce Poe of the Progres-
,v- unner.
The Only
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dim tuners, on iimely Sub
This week I have tried to out
outline a kind of program for
Polk county farmers to follow
during the coming year. There
is nothing new in it, just the old
old old story we will be working
on when the end to all that is
earthly comes. Let us during
the long winter nights take up
these subjects and make fcjiem a
study and try to put to practice
such eff ortas will bring real re
sults. Now the first suggestion
is to make all the stable manure
possible this winter. This idea
was suggested at a corn shuck
ing I attended by a farmer who
said "I mean to take one whole
day each week this winter if neces
sary to gather leaves and trash
from the woods for bedding for
my horses and cattle, in order to
make manure to take the place
largely of high priced fertilizers
next year" Yes, why not, barn
yard manure properly applied
gives much better agricultural
results than commercial fertili
zers. That is one way of improving-the
soil and one of the very
best ways and this goes on every
day in the year or should do so.
The winter months is the main
time and this is why we are urg
ing the matter now. Another
way of improving the soil as you
all know is by growing what are
known as legume crops, such as
cow peas, soy beans, velvet
beans etc. These crops can be
grown between wheat, corn and
cotton crops to great advantage
and no opportunity should be
lost to bring them in a systematic
rotation of crops. These crops
must be used during summer or
the growing season, and perhaps
are the cheapest method of soil
improvement, when intelligently
carried out. Then there
are
another set of legumes; Alfalfa
and all the clover that can be
used in connection with the stable
manure, peas and beans to great
advantage. The clovers are not
used for soil inprovement here
as extensively as they should be.
One reason is that they work
rather clumsily in a rotation with
cotton; out as tne oon wevn is
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crninor to rnmnpl a spnsihlp rota-
&"e
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uun ui cxupa mau wiwim icvv
years win come nanay. 0011 ount
by clover sods is much more per-
manant than crops of cow peas,
because of the deep sod, large
roots, .crowns, stems, etc. that
requires longer time to pass
through the process of decompo-
position. : We have not come to
the time vet in Polk county when
we have clover sods to turn under
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but we trust the time is not far
distant. Lime ana aeep piowmg
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are two other elements in our
program for soil improvement.
I think it is well understood now
and pretty well practiced so tar
as deep plowing is concerned,
Only the ability to own a tractor
nr hpavv team and larere nlow Dre-
vtHAPn nlowino- hut lime is
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another untried and unsolved
t.v f " est
proposition-Some of the fresh
rich lands of Polk county where
plenty of stable manure and acid
nhosnhate have " been used will
ffTOW the clovers reasonably well
without lime; but they will do
better with lime. Our great
annual rainfall makes it almost
indispensable to use lime for
clovers, and in fact it should be
used with all "legume plants for
best results. So now let us all
take Up this program and begin
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now to work it out through the
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Paper Published in Polk County,;
Tryon, N; C;,,NQvember 19320.
Program For Polk County Fanners
for 1920
1st. SOIL IMPROVEMENT
a By making and applying
all
manure you can. '
b By growing cow peas, soy
and vetch, beans, etc.
c By growing clover crops.
using lime and deep plowing.
"2nd. SOIL CONSERVATION
a By winter cover crops, rye,
vetch, bur and crimson clover
b By alfalfa and sweet clover
and all clovers.
c By grasses for summer and
winter pastures.
3rd Arrange "now for a good
plump corn crop to be planted
early next spring
4th-1 Plan "now for a crood all the
year garden.
5th Plan for more and better
poultry and better keeping.
6th JPlan now for more and bet
ter " hogs to meet the boll
wevil when he gets here.
Plan for hog pastures
7th Let's beerin this vear to
improve our dairy herds.
8th After all this is done plan to
grow all the cotton you can
at least one fctle per acre.
That Soldier's Monument
I have been asked by many
people in Polk county what has
become of the soldier's monu
ment ? To which I invaribly have
had to answer I don't know.
Then others have asked me what I
thought a good plan to raise the
necessary, money. I think now
just as I thought at the; start,
that the best and most appropiate
plan .was ..through- -tha, public
schools. "
The soldiers who went into
camps, and into the navy and
into France and Germany are
boys 'from Polk county and re
lated by blood and association to
the school committees, schoo
children, parents and many of
Polk county teachers. As the
building of this monument is to
be to perpetuate a-great historic
event Almost an epoch It
seems fitting to me that the child-
ren of the county directed by
the teachers, school committee
ment board of education and
superintendent of schools, in con-
nection with a county monument
committee could best raise the
monev. It seems to me that it
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is an ciitciui ioc tiiai onuuiu van
IOrtn tne very Destenort 01 every
school district m the county. It
is a cause of which every man,
woman and child, in the county
should want to contribute to if
properly a p p r o a c h e d And
through the schools would be my
pian. if each school would give
a box supper, ice cream festival
ftr snmfi kind of entertainment
l
most popular in the several
districts for one two or three
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years the work would De done;
no one hurt, everybody made
glad and the children have the
advantage of the educational
feature. If anyone has ar better
plan let's hear it. Kespecttully
J. R. Sams.
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'Mrs. Kaipn ,rsKine, oiatam-
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lord, uonn., ana ivirs. r.
Rogers, of Flat Rock were guests
i irs- - wm uub
I Pin . old Roman Tomb8.
nr Roman tombs, bunt in the
third century and containing golden
objects, urns,' glass work, pottery and
bones, have been found In a gravel pit
near Heerlen in Dutch - Llmburg.
Many of the things are of great scien
tific value and further excavations are
being made.
Killing Flies With Formaldehyde.
To kill flies with a solution of forma
lin or formaldehyde in water thn
method is : Put a teaspoonful of for-
maldehyde into a quarter of a pint of
xater nn-j expose m lue-nwra.
.,IJinHtv ls en0ueh to kill ail tho fflef
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f MASVWk
A Live Clean Psper for the Home
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State Board of Health.' ..Sends 'School
; . . Hurse to County 1 :
The physical examination of
school children for defects that
retard normal physical or mental
development of at least 50 per
irit of the' school children
of America has begun in this
county. These children are often
regarded by.parents and teachers
as dull when, if the truth were
Known,- m many instances the
child is :half blind, toxic from
bad teeth, '.-adenoids or diseased
tonsils .Or his brain and body, are
lacking the stimulus of proper
Malnutrition is really one of
the most - fundamental causes of
tSfese ills. The teeth decay and
r.'general bodily resistance
is: lowered .from under-nourish-ment.
- There are five million
school : children in the United
States; suffering from malnutri
tion;. "They have plenty to eat,
but the parents, either through
ignorance or indifference, do not
selectthe right food to build" the
body. It is the balanced diet that
should be put before the - child.
Among the most- common de
fects are defective teeth, diseased
arid enlarged' tonsils, adenoids,
poor v vision, - bad posture, mal
nutrition and lack of personal
hygiene - s '
It has been said that, "The
soul needs saving only when the
mind and body are wrong" and
also that ' The manner in : which
its children are nurtured is in
truth perhaps the best measure
of the civilization of a race' '
If this be true, then a great
responsibility ,f allsup6n: - the
parent and surely it is the first
duty of every parent to see that
tneir children have healthy minds
and bodies.
Mother craft, which means
skilled motherhood, should be
regarded as a profession and yet
we still find intelligent women
depending jipon Mother ;m
stinct" to guide them in the care
of . our children. This same
"Mother instinct" which traditi
on idealizes is responsible largely
for the sixteen million defective
school children in this fair land of
ours today. Most of these de-
fects-are preventable and a large
per cent are of a remedial nature.
With these handicaps the child
has poor chance of attaining his
at-
liuiiuai ucvciuuuiciib ui iiiiiiu wi
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poay, ana witnout correction,
premature death.or invalidism m
middle life may be expected in
many cases. Only ten per cent of
school children reach High School
Defective children are also more
susceptible to the communicable
diseases and the illness-abscence
loss during during the school age
is an ininstice to the child and a
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serious economic loss to the com-
munity and the state.
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gome authorities claim that
mnrhof crime, inoorrio-ihilitv and
even msanitv are a frequent ,re-
suit 0f these physical defects and
jt nas been positively demon-
strated that many children
suttermg trom these various
handicaps improve in health,
disposition and scholarship when
proper correction is made.
Our goal is a healthy individual
and this is attainable in a large
measure through right habits in
food, rest, exercise, iresn air
and personal cleanliness. It is
the duty Of the school nurse to
,T;oU ,ro0 cWIq in Vm
county, examine the Children for
phvsical defects and report these
defects to the parents. Health
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talks are made in each school
and the children are instructed
in the elemenrs of good health.
Let us remember that, "The
wealth of a nation lies m the
health oflts children".
FROM OUR FRIENDS
Items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Pok County by Our
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Corps of Faithfulorrespondents.
Sunny View '
Rev. : C. G. Walker . preached
an interesting sermon at Coopers
Gap last Sunday. V : " .
Rev. N. L. Wright, will preach
at. Coopers Gap next Sunday.
The people are glad to know he's
oming back, . they'll give him
a hearty welcome.
Posey. Brown passed through
this sectirn Sunday. : -
-Andy McGuinn was a caller.-at
N..E, Williams' last week.
Miss Arkansas Jackson was
the ' afternoon guest of Misses
Bessie Jane Helton. -Miss
Esther Wilson visited her
grandmother Sunday. . , : ; ;
" Miss Maggie Jackson left here
last Sunday for Whitney, S. C,
where she will spend the winter.
V Some of the Cane Creek people
Were at Coopers Gap Sunday.- -
. Claude Williams and. wife,
left for Whitney, S. C; . last week.
' The school here is ; progressing
nicely.. .. :? -
Misses Clara Edwards," I. U.
Catfiey spent the week-end rwitH
home folks. ; ' " :
... Mrs. W. D. Helton and little
daughter Emma,' visited her
parents Geo- Bradley, and wife
Sunday. , V
Wanted fifty baskets makers
at once. ' Mountain Industries,
Tryon, N. C. :J' : '. V
We are- goingta have a Thahlcs
ing program Wednesday Nov.
24th. Everybody invited. Suc
cess to the NEWS.
DETROIT VALUES ITS TREES
Newspaper'. Pays Tribute to Thought-
fulness of the JEarly Settler
-Who Planted Them;" v .
If a woman's crowning glory Is
her hair, a cft's is. Its trees. De
troit is particularly -fortunate in the
preservation of Its splendid tree
Uned corridors, and it is a proof of
the thoroughness of earlier citizens
that they saw the heauty which nature
had provided, and carefully preserved
it for the glory of the metropolis to
come.
Imagine, for one minute, Second
boulevard, or any other prominent
thoroughfare of your acquaintance
I stripped of its curtain of leaves and
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Dougnss it is too nars
harsh even to con-
template
If you could view the city from the
top of one of its tallest buildings, you
would obtain an even more impressive
lesson In just how much of Detroit
is sheltered and enhanced by its
trees.
The department of parks and boule
vards declares rescue work is imper
ative to save the elms; It is a matter
on which every citizen can unite. The
work should be done, and doubtless
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win ue uuiie, wilii me luuureexiieui
and eager co-operation of 'fevery citi
zen. -
For Detroit to permit her. hand
some trees to perish would be nothing
less than a crime against the bounty
of nature. Detroit News.
Keep on Planting Trees.
As an asset to any piece of proper
ty, a tree or trees can not be overes
timated. The moment a tree Is plant
ed the value of a piece of property Is
increased. As Mr. Kennedy says to
the boys, "time goes on Just the same,"
so why not plant some trees. The
tree-planting campaign that Is occupy
ing the attention of the country right
now has taken on many phases, and In
each of these phases the value of the
property is being Increased whether It
be a school yard or a Road of Re-
membrance," such as Is being planted
with memorial trees in many parts of
e country, a propeny pianiea roau
or between towns. That all means
better business, tetter living condi
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uons, ana a Detier counay. aneiaon
Ridsdale In Rational Property Owner.
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Morality and Religion
Morality without religion is only
kind of dead reckoning an endeavor
to find our place on a cloudy sea by
measuring the distance we have run.
hut without anv observation of the
heavenly bodies. Longfellow.
Price 5 Cents
$2.00 a Year
IN THE COUNTRY
X7 Mill Spring.
We certainly are having some
cool weather at last. It seems
now, that summertime is all oyer,
nevertheless," the people of this
section are not through harvest-
ing their corn and cotton. .
Wanted : Fifty basket makers .
at once. Mountain Industries,
Tryon, N. C. ' . ;
Corn huskings, butchering hogs r
and beefcattle seem, to be the
latest fad and of course we'll all
feel that these are all worth--while.
'
. Little Horace Briscoe has been
suffering with a broken arm but
is rapidly recovering.
; Mrs. W. G. Egerton spent Mon
day with Mrs. J. H. Gibbs.
J. H. Gibbs was in Ashevjlle
Saturday, also Mars Hill, with
his sons, Hubert and Ernest.
School opened ;here:s Monday
with MrsC. V. Elliotte as prin
cipal Miss Odesaa Mills has
charge of the primary work. .
Report of State : Schcol Kurse for
Past Week -j
Schools visited Pacolet Valley,
Fork Creekj-Mervin 'Hill, Silver
Creek, Sand Hill, Prince, Greens
Creek, Stearns. "
No. school .talks 9 ' -No.
public talks 1 (Parents
Teacher Association)
Lighting good in 6 schools. . -..Lightiftj?
iair-in"l schooL ...
Lighting poof m 1" school." "
Bubbling fountain in 1 school.
Individual cups in 1 school.
Common drinking dipper in 6
schools. . .
No privies in3 schools.
No. children examihed for ' phys
ical defects 240.
Defects found ' .
Poor visipn 12 - "
Diseased tonsils 61
Nose defects 49
Teeth 198 (No. children having
defected teeth)
Other J defects eye strain,
crossed-eyes, diseased lids, skin,
speech, gait, anemin, hookworm
suspects, poor nutrition, tuber
culosis suspect, lameness, deform
ity and underweights.
- Birdie Dunn R. N.
OUR NEW ENTERPRISE
Which Shall It be? Boost and Grow
or Knock and Under Go.
We hope the citizens of Tryon
and surrounding country will find
as much pleasure at the movie as
we will find in running same.
We will not please you every
ime, however hard we may try,
for like every other movie we will
endeaver to please the public.
which, as every fair minded per
son knows, is no easy matter.
On the start our theatre furnish-
ngs will not be all that we hope
it to be but as we grow wTe - will
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improve. 10 grow we win neea
your backing both your good will
and patronage.
It is our aim to give you only
good clean interesting features,
however one may occasionally
slip in the back door which
would not pass at a quarterly
conference but, without the bad
we would not appreciate the good.
Remember the movie will be
just what you make, it . The
larger the patronage the better
the feature and Star. We look
forward to opering a movie in
Tryon with pleasure for we be
lieve Tryon has the right spirit.
The big mountains back of her
give forth strength, energy and
ability therefore it is natural for
one living under their shelter to
possess these same qualities.