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C. BUSH, PclSshcr
Tlie Only P2?er Published in Polk Ccunty A;Liye Clcsn. Paper for the Ilcma
Priea 5 Cents
Volume XXVI !No.: 32
- Tryonj N. C, Feburaiy li;l921.
$2.00 a-Year
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Some TlJiitry "telks ,to :Po!k cnty Fo-insrsddtfibVsi ctt Timely Sub
o - iscts. by CcuntY Agent, J- R. Sans.
To The FsmTsrs of Polk County,
I have hinted at - some certain
things along the line -of thought
I am now Writing about tb the
farmers of Polk county.;? but
mean to speak in such plain Ian-1
guagenow, that anyone can read
and I hope can understand as he
runs My tekt is better care of L
farm tools. Now if. any farmer
fools himself into the belief that
- farm tools are low in price ; just
go to some house that sells sucb
merchandise and ask the price of
a few articles and he will soon
convince himself that Jie 4& i de
luded. Tools are not only high
now; but they are going to re
main high, and in all probability
go higher than they, now are.
This being the case, then what
kind of a business man is the
fanner who will let highlyJ)riced
wood and steel machinery stay
out in the weather all the year
around in snow, sleet rain; sun
shine and wind to rot the wooden
parts and rust the steel and. iron
parts. ? I know right now where
there are disk plows and mowing
machines rakes and xther high
priced machinery that have been
in the . weather .almost since I
first came to Polk county. This
exposure to the weather has
damaged the machinery worse
far, than the use for the . same
period. Some people, not as well
acquamtea as l am, wouia say
such apparent' carelessness" was
a lack of sense. By no means is
it a lack of sense ; for - many
farmers who are guilty of this
very thing, in other respects are
men of great ability and trans
act their business in an intelli
gent way. So it is not a lack of
brain power, -neither is it a lack
of business ability. Well then
what is it. ? To tell the truth,
I am puzzled to say precisely
what the trouble is; but I know
it is not a lack of sense, for some
of our most sensible and other
wise best farmers are the great
est sinners along this line. : I be-
lieve 1 will suggest tnat it is a
carelessness. No, .that wont do
- for any sensble man should care
' when he sees his valuable prop
erty going to waste. -Perhaps
negligence would be a - better
word. Any way 'suppose we
just say it lies between about
three words ending- in double s.
Viz. carelessness thoughtless
ness, cussedness, , and it may be
more of the last than both that
preceed. Anyway, for the "sake
of the tools, the wife and child
ren who will in. many cases go
without things they desire and
need on account of having to buy
new machinery to take the i)lace
of that which rusted and rotted
in the weather, and your own
sake. Prepare a good cheap topi
shed and . store the tools while
clean and bright from ,use, and
they will be clean and bright for
use when needed again. Then
there is something else I want to
call you attention' td ; and that is
the repairing of simple and com
plex machinery, t in myrounds
I see valuable plows, harrows,
and the Ge-whiz laying about the
barns and fields that by small
repairs by even a very, ordi
nary' mechanical mind, would do
valuable service for a -:l(mg time
and as good as new Now why
. not evety farmer jnrPdlk county
look around andsee to ittbat all
valuable machinery is putNinder
cover at once. Then again 0
around and see - what broken
machinery. can be repaired, arid
repair it tnese snowy ana rainy
days when v you can't plow. It 1
would beat Joafing around town
or the crossroad stores, pitching j
horseihdes or playing checkers
to death, besides you would be
close hom where you could help
that overworked wife wash the
clothes or scrub the floor. Now
don't take this in the wrong spirit.
I am not quarreling nor fussing;
I have tried to put the matter to
you ma very homely way. -And
Ood knows my heart and how it
pains me to see your hard earned
money rusting and rptting put
so rapidly in farm tools when
just so very little invested ma
tool shed Would save it all. And
in some cases there are already I
sheds' .sufficient. In this case J
there is one more word with a
double s. and that is laziness.
Surely to goodness I'll not have
to '- refer to this matter again.
cut Deiore closing, let me again
in this financial pinch, ask all
farmers to look up and -repair
all farm tools that can be repaired
and save the purchase of high
new tools.
A Word About Poultry
Now: ves. now is the time of
year to think poultry and to act
poultry. No matter if you think
poultry a whole year and do
nothing, it will avail nothing.
On the other hand if you pitch it
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in heels over head, helter skelter
withou:thinld
whatyfumeail to do, the chances
fere -ninety-nine in the - hundred
that it will be a failure. , The
way to accomplish soemething
worth while in the poultry busi-
ness is just the same as any other
business.if you expect to sue-
irS.hthi nl, ftt
matter through, la? plans for the;
year and lay them wisely and-
then go to work and , put; the
operation. These are long nights
and these cold snowy and rainy
'days "might be well spent in lay
ing some good plans to develop a
good flock of poultry on the farm,
Right away the hens will begin
to get broody. Have proper nest
boxes in which to set' them. Ar-
range now for your roosters", arid
hens for breeding stock. Also
arrange for eggs . for hatching
purposes.. See your neighbors
and get purebred poultry eggs.
You that have not gotten in the
game, don't stay out any longer
Polk county is full of purebred
poultry. If you want . Rhode
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isiana xveas you can t gew out ox
hearing of red roosters crowing,
Then if ;yOu Want White Leg-
norns tney are pientnui m , tne
county. There also plenty oi
purebred Wyandote, Hymouth
kocks iiuii urpingtons, iincon
and almost any kind you want.
So stir around among your neigh-
dots a get up your .
and get busy.- Don't think you
must stake your all on any one
crop,) poultry is a fine side line
but don't take your all on any
OlltJ tiling. pome pevpic
their hens to lay with no atten-
tion. Suppose you let your milk
cow run at large; browse in the
snow, lay out at night without
feed of any kind; how much milk
and : butter would you expect
these I winter nights. ' Well, to
produce jeggs it is as much strain
on the" constitution 6f a hen" as it
is on the constitution of a cow to
milk. Then for best results
why not house and feed the hens
properly through the winter as
you dor the .milk. ; cow, and the
horse. The farmer jas a mle
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fiast thou iie'er gone attiewy mor:pl J
In Nature's Wilds to stray, - .
When dewdrops on the flowering ftiorn
Glint in the early 1 May? 'M
When Sol sends amorous smiles to lEarih,
And Earth givs form and beautylbirth,
nesponamg to
Lift up -thin-eyes tdumbming: Hel
When 'eer thou -art benight: p
See, Sorrow flies at Night's demisf,
And Hone. assertsTier rio-ht. i
Be. here ;thy;iaith' ih3im::restor:ed:
Whoml our fathers have adbredll
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iue oun ami oum,.ui ligiit:
Within yon rose recurrent glows
The Promise, it implies; fif
Since He who planned this holy-laffl V
V Of fl(WemgEarJhandSkiesf ; v
And yon sweet dawn, has e'er renwed
With Life-eternal, hasbiied
Thy Soul, that never dies. I f
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mistreats the hens worse for lack
of proper feeding and housing
than any other live stock on his
farm, and then often complains
that poultry does not pay. ! Of
course they don ' t pay, neither
does any other live stock unfed
and unsheltered pay.
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A aKe careoi your neaitn tnese
Bwy wet and. save Dr.
bills and dry days when they
come - '
Feed ami house the hens and
sell .eggs when high, and eat
them .when low: c ;. -
Now house those farm tools
and repair all that are but of
order and save buying new ones
during the money pinch,
Be ready to plow and ' plant
the garden the first day it is -dry
enough: Dont put it off. C i
If you s caring well fdr your
mk CQw; jiist care a 4ittle better
and feee how. fehtf will pay for! the
extra kindness.
liven uit; aug respuiius lu guuu
treatment. If you don't believe
it just trynt this year.
Don't forget to order that seed
catalogue and have all necessary
seed on hanld when , planting
time comes, and it is right here
nowv
Don't be satisfied with trifling
seed corn, if you have inferior
seed corn look around, plenty of
fine seed corn in Polk county,
Plan this year for all around
crops. Grow a great variety
this year and you will hit the
high places as well as the low
ones.
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Kemember the family cow,
the farm fllock of poultry and the
garden are the most important
things to back up wholesome
family living.
Read lots, think lots breathe
1otsof fresh air, drink lots of
pure water, eat moderately arid
do a good honest days work every
work day and see how you will
ftlppn fww nT1
conscience you will have. . r
Let the Sloeran for farmers
this year be: cut th cotton acre-
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Good time to begin a real sure-
enougn .pasture tor that halt
Starved mflk cow that tries- fep
n ana iaiuuuijy to leea your
children. .
Stop those growing gullies on
your farm. It is an agricultural
disgrace for any farmer to keep
a gully on his f arin when' i is- so
easy to stop tnem.
L ' What about those lawful mud
holes all over Polk county. Why
not organize some mu'dhole clubs
in every community , and divide
eacn ray (
If
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them up and se Ithat they are
filled "up and toR soil or sand and
gravel put on Ihem: Then
could travel in Mme degree
all
of
satisfaction, and ma one would
imsvthe..t
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Mill Spring, r
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are gladi lito note F. A.
Coggiri's little sm J. D. who has
beerireal sick With scarlet fever
Is improving. . 1 1
:J "Mr Barber reiiurned Wedries-
ay from Greeny tjle, 'S. C. where
he visited his ;iSrn who was
seriyusiy unjureaDy an . auxomo-
bile." 1
A meeting wsj&l held at Mill
Spring schopl hie Wednesday
night to decide Jmns' for a new
school building J Let's get: to
work, boost it, 4nd get a graded
school. ti-." -:X-'----
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neep tne cmiaren at nome m
school where thj will : associate
with 'each other Mstead of send
ing them away o young
We are sorry I. to note Mrs.
Twitty Jackson s very sick.
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E. B. Barber Wsio has been in
the Naval hospital at Charleston
for treatment teturned home
Wednesday.
Mrs. Lionel Bi?i$co spent Sun
day with herparerits, J. R
Foster and wifel f '
Misses Carne,Petha, and Jen-
nie carDer ana mips mary nacis
ney -were afterjpn guests' of
Misses Thelma am Jettie Hague
on Tryori Route lySunday.-
J. R. Foster Jrii is visiting in
Greenville', S. CS this week.
J. M. Barber arid wife, visited
J. Ml Lewis andfjwife Sunday.
Mr. Algers ant wife, spent
Sunday with . tlj.eir daughter,
Mrs. Sallie Walked
Ernest Gibbs an 'i Frank Green
were pleasant callers at , -Misses
Letha and Carrie yarber's Sun
day night. ' f fj ; - ' ' : '
J. F. Edwards 1" was a dinner
guest at J. R. Sppwns Sunday.
? Mrs Nora Waif er and : little
daughter, Mary were dinner
guests at Mrs. Jffiniel Splawhs
Sunday. W'-.X- M
Ernest Smith spent TViday
with his father ndir Campbbello.
Miss Mabel , Padi spent Sun
day afternoon wiijf Miss Bertha
Splawn. .
Sheriff Jackson ijtayed at home
Sunday resting f rjm his week's
work. t k,
, Mrs. Jackson $jas .a pleasant
caller at Mrs. Lee Ijohnson Sun-
aay afternoon."
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Johnie Splawn JLee Johnson
and Joe Page weiii to the moun
tain Sunday.
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Items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Pcik County by Our
Corps of Faithfcl
Mill Spring Route 2
G. C. Green called to see his
sister Mrs. Thomas Mills Sunday.
There were nuitp a himph nf
feirls and boys of ' the Cooper
Gap choir at Big Level Sunday.
E. J. Bagwell had two exper
ienced fruit men at work in his
orchard last week. r
J. R. Sams was a favorite
visitor in Cooper Gap last "week
pushing gardening and pastures
which hav been so long neg
lected here as well as all over the
county.
Cooper Gap-with a good top
soiled road from Tryon would be'
the garden spot oflPolk county.
. -Sunny View
There wasn't very many ; out
at Sundav school Sunday on ac
count of the" muddy, roads. ,
Mrs. r Ralph Jackson returned
to her home in Kansas City, Kan.,
Thursday.
Mrs. Ed Dimsdale visited her
mother-in-law Saturday evening.
- Bessie, Jane and Emma Helton
and "Arkansas Jackson visited at
Geo. Bradley's Sunday.
Anay Mcuumn c caiiea to see
Mattie Mae Williams Sunday.
J. L. Jackson ajid wife, Visited
J. M. Gibbs and wife Sunday.
Willie B. McGuinn and Miss
Maggie Jackson visited Mary
Helton Sunday.
very ill but hope he will 1 sbon
recover. 'Jv..-:-f:;- A
Hobart Whit eside, Noah Lynch
Willie; Mills, Terrel Taylor, Any
McGuinn were all joy walking
Sunday afternoon. . ' " ' "H?
Mill Spring Route 1.
Rev. W. J. Hackney filled his
appointment at Lebanon Sunday.
He delivered an interesting ser
mon. " '
Arthur Thompson and wife,
were the dinner guests of the
latter's ' parents A.. A. Edwards
and wife Sunday.
Q. M. Powell and wife; visited
J. T. Edwards and wife Sunday.
Miss Lalice Nanney, who - is
teaching school at Mountan Creek
spent . the week-end with her
sister Mrs. G. A. Womack.
There was a singing at W, H.
Ledbetter ' s last Saturday night,
also one at'A. A. Edwards Sunday
afternoon.
C Walker, of Mill Spring, at
tended services at Lebanon Sun
day and . was the after church
guest of J. T. Edwards.
J. C. Powell went to Columbus
Monday on business.
It was Duffey Harris who cal
led to see Miss Lela Womack in
stead of Duffey Womack. y
Ralph Edwards and wife are
moving to Mrs. M. E. Womack's
farm this week.
Roscoe Whiteside was a caller
on rsroaa mver - ounaay , aisu
Johnie, Griffin. -1
Maggie Sue Edwards is going
to have a cotton picking next
Monday nig h t. Everybody
come.
Cobrr.bas.
Death came to J. G. Hughes,
after suffering many years. He
was laid to rest at the Baptist
church cemetaiy Jan. 21, 1921,
His faithful Dr. Earl Grady
treated Him for twenty years;
The town and community realize
they have lost a good citizen. .
The i ' ,infan ;child of Ralph
Prince is very sick with . pneu-
in the couhtby
Ccrrespcndents.
monia.
Mrs. E. B. Cloud" was called to
the bedside of her mother Mrs.
T. E. Walker who is very low
with pneumonia. :
Miss McNeely was sick two
days last week with cold Mrs.
Loy took her school work.
Mrs. B. F. Green is visiting
her sister at Boiling Spring, S. C.
Prof. Loy and wife, visited
relatives and friends in Shelby
last week-end. I
F.;W. Blanton and Wife,' visit
ed friends and relatives in Mori-
roe and Shelby, N. C. last week
end. J,
H. W. Hill has
returned to
Rutherf ordton to his
work.
Supt E. W. S, Cobb spent a
few days last week in Raleigh.
: F. M. Burgess! visited in
Raleigh last week.
John Burgess has returned
from Wake Forest College and
passed the examination as At
torney at Lawi ' j . .
. The box supper at Stearns
High School was a success.
Amount received was , about $35.
Everyone reported a good time.
A number of Lynn girlff visit
ed the Misses Tallant last week;
.. Mrs. John Lewis! Smith and
daughter, are visiting her moth
er Mrs. J. W. Newman.
Mr Panter and
wife,; from.:
Mrs, Prince's jfothe - and
brpther -visited her one day last
week. oy--'l:.;:r'-'-'-
Mr. Wingo and family, .visited
friends in Landrum Sunday..
Walter Ridings j has about
gained his usual health, who has
been ill with influenza.
-A large number of citizens
from different parts, of. the
county were at the court house
Monday on business. v
Apples Baked by Lightning
When an V apple tree
near South
Norwalk, Conn had been struck by
lightning the apples left hanging on
th tree were found to be baked.
Harmony.
What some men would like to know
Is why, If girls never put - on long
dresses now when they grow up, they
shouldn't keep on wearing; hair rib
bons. Boston Transcript 1
She Wanted Another,
x Edith visited the new arrival at my
home, and was . told that an airplane
dropped It on the roof of a hospital
and that the doctor brought it up. Be-'
fore Edith reached home, she eaw an
airplane and cried' Out. to the" amaze
ment of passersby : "Please, mister,
drop one, drop one.' Exchange.
Comfortable Cave.
From, Bend, Orel, comes the Inter
esting announcement thait a few miles
southeast of that town, at Horse
Butte, has been discovered a naturally
heated cave. It apparently -draws' Its
warm atmosphere ' from a sub-
terranean source. The cave, which Is
near the top of the butte first attract
ed attention by the wave of . heat Is
suing from its mouth.
Unfair Discrimination.
'Nicholas; natched his papa give his
two older brothers money for carfare .
and money for the collection at church.
He wanted to go to church also,' but
bis papa told him he would have: to
stay at home. - He Immediately ' said : "
"Why doht you make them kids ' stay
home? They Is the ones what always
wants the nickels.'' - h - '
Llve Electric Plants.
There are In ; an ahiptt' 50 sjfedes ,
f, electrical fish, tout the electrical ;
properties , of only five or six have
been studied in detalL The best
known are .various species of torpede,
belonging to the skate'famlly found in ;
the Mediterranean 'and Adriatic fieas ; ,
the gymnotusfi, an "eej sfound ixis the ;
irkhri of tfie Orinoco' IiilSonth Ameri:
lear tbimaptemrraash-ror .
thunqerer asm or me no, """" 'r i
of the folk the Nigeri'Senegal and oth-
er Afrtca'h'lvers; and vatlos fepecies j
of skate 'found I In the1 seas .atdbnd
Great Britain; ...
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