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Volume XXVI No.. 38
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OUR COUNTY AGEFIFS DEPARTMENT
Some Timely Talks to Polk ounty Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub-
jects. by County Agent. J. R. Sams.
Polk County Needs 500 Heme Builders
Yes, we want that many or
more if they are good ones, and
if not we do not want any. Now
the question might rise in some
one's mind as to what constitutes
a good home builder. -To my
mind it is either a young man
and wiie, an uiu man ana wne
or any age between, who have
good character and will settle
down on a piece of , Polk county
land from five acres to five hun
dred owing to capital and capac
ity to use land for home pur
poses. We can fit up any capa
city that may apply. We don't
want any more people to come to
Polk county and buy up large
traetsof land for a song and
skin it of its native forest and
then demand a big price to pros
pective home seekers; but we do
want, and encourage young,
middle age or old men who live
in high priced land counties and
desire to purchase and : improve
- the land and build homes in Polk
county. We want, and the op-
nArfnnifv to VtoTo fni vnnnff mon
with red blood v4feemJobegin
right in the forest and build a
home. Any young man with
health and rit can make such a
beginning and succeed. '
i We want our young men and
women to get away from the
purpose of money getting; and
get back to the idea of home
building. The world has been
and is still drunk and crazy about
money. Why not get away from
the money craze and begin to
think about the best thing ever
acquired in this world A home.
After all a happy and useful
homecan be made with very
little money. One of the most
successful homes I was ever , in
occupied a house where the
kitchen had no floor except 'kind
old mother earth, mark you; I
did say the ; wealthiest home.
- The most beautiful home or the
most comfortable home, I said
one of the successful .homes.
.There is a difference between a
wealthy home and a successful
home. I kenw' a home once -that
was burdened with wealth, and
yet it was hell on earth. Again
I knew a home in which two
christian spirits dwelt in never
dying love. They did not so
much as ever own a house or a
foot of land. Six bright children
three boys and three girls canie
into that home. They had ex
tremely little of the comfort of
life. They had little of health
and strength; but they were rich
in faith toward God and 'they
loved God and man. By dint of
hard toil the oldest boy; fought
his way, through the common
school, . then the high school
and college. He then assisted all
his brothers arid sisters through
college and today two of the
brothers are law partners, and
the other brother is county su
perintendent of schools and the
three sisters hold high and hon
orable positions in life, one of
these brothers lately donated to
his Almamater the sum of ' one
thousand dollars as a precious
gift for permanent endowment.
Who would dare' say that v this
was not a successful home. Any
Christian young man and woman
who loves ' Giod and humanity,
and each other can begin in ' the
jungles of Polk county and suc
ceed just as this poor young
man and woman succeeded.
'You.may not? make .stacks of
money; :you may not build a
costly and pretentainuos house;
The Only
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dut; ii you succeed m giving to
the world three sons and three
daughters, the equal of these
spoken of; you will be entitled to
a monument more durable than
brass, your name will be written
among the honor roll of those
who send their good name ' oii
down to inherit the earth in the
time to come and bless it.
That Mud Hole Club
It is no joke. There is
one
sure enoucrh mud hole
club
organized in Polk' county, I six of the Public-Local Laws of
don't know who is president, North Carolina,-session of nine
vice president, Sec. etc; Really teen hundred and nineteen, be
I don't know that it has a presi- and the same are hereby stricken
dent or f vice president; but I
know it has no treasurer; because
it does not operate by means of
money, iney ao -not need
money. They have found the
way to do the thing which beats
money to death; and so much
easier to get and apply - than by
using money. They have found
that a little elbow grease is eas-
ier found than money, and does
the work better. Well I want to
tell you a little more about the
organization then tell what it has
done. I think the organization
consists of Dock Tallant. Lee
Tallant, Ben Gibbs, John Hutch-
erson, Vance Thompson, Alex
F?S& ap -Q,thefs
imve a uetteryuuiic roaajnrougn
tneir premises, inere were
three almost impassable mud
holes on this stretch of road, and
none of the road was good, so
without any organization, cash
or what not. They got together
and with their own teams, tools
and muscle made a mileor more
of the best road in the county, forces to be composed of not less
that is not surfaced. They say than three nor more than four
they mean to organize and keep men, one of whom shall be em
the thing up. ' ployed as foreman of his squad
So far as their road is concern- 0r road forced and said foreman
ed and that people in the rest of shall, before entering upon the
the county, who don't like to duties Of his office, enter into a
either work roads or pay tax, bond payable to the road commis
can just take their part of the sioners of Polk county in the sum
road monev and do what they of not. less than five hundred dol
please with it. Now why not lars, conditioned upon his faith
get up some . more mud; hole ful performance of his duties
clubs.? If every neighborhood as foreman of his squad or road
would look after the bad mud force, and said squads or
holes within its own boundary, road forces are subject to re
how easy it would be to have moval by the said road , commis
better roads and no, one would sioners at any time for failure to
-ever know the difference. What
community Will organize the the public roads of their town
next riiud hole club? Why not ship or road district; and the
do this all oyer Polk county and said road forces shall receeive
just see the difference. It takes such compensation as may be
tax to keep up roads, and people deterrhined upon by the said
closest to these awful mud holes
can fix them and keep them fixed
better and cheaper than by any
other means. Try it one year.
All the townships oi roiK
county have cotton, peanuts, fig
and mountain apple land except
Greens Creek, which alone must
be content with her rolling lands
and river bottoms.
Did any farmer fail, to fill a
gully last month. ? In fifteen
minutes any ; farmer can fill a
great big one and at that rate,
in an hour he can fill four. Try
it next time the ground is to wet
to plow instead of loafing at the
cross road store, or sitting around
quarreling at the good wife? be-
cause she scorched the bread for
dinner. ; h,
Mr. Farmer, have you all laid
in vmir nior or riio-s for meat next
ear? If not get iiisy, arid pre-
pare feed to keep . him growing
and in a crood condition and very
little cornfwill finishhimup ; in
Paper Published in Polk County
Tryon, JN. C.,.
OUR NEW ROAD LAW.
A Bill to fee Entitled at Act to Provide for the
. Appointment of Road Commissioners for
Polk County and Amending Chapter ' 456;
. Public-Local Laws of North Carolina, Ses
sion 1919. r
The General Assembly of North Carolina do
enact
Section!. That C. W. Davisi
and J. H. Gibbs be arid they are
hereby appointed road commis
sioners of Polk county to succeed
E. B Lancaster and J. H. Gibbs,
named as such road . commis
sioners in section two of chapter
four hundred and fifty-six. Public-Local
Laws of North Caro
lina session of nine hundred and
nineteen. ; ! ;
Sec. 2. That sections twenty-
four, twenty-five, and twenty-
out and the following: sections
are substituted in lieu thereof,
to wit:
"bee. 24. mat tor the pur-
pose of efficiently maintaining
and caring for the public roads
and bridges of Polk county, the
road commissioners created by
this act shall divide Polk county
into -three districts and one of
said road commissioners shall
be designated to be in con-
trol and supervise the care, arid
maintenance ' of all the public
roads and bridges in the district
to which he shall have been
designated. "
"Sec. 25. That for the f urth-
efficient care and maintenance
county, the said road COmmiS-
sioners shall employ as many
squads or road forces as may be
practical to give their entire time
and attention to the repair, care
and maintenance of the public
roads and bridges of the town-
ships or districts in which they
arp. pmnloved: said sauads or road
efficiently care for and maintain
road commissioners; and the
said road commissioners shall
furnish to the said s
or road forces alb the necessary
material,ttoQls, .and equipment,
ihcluding ; camping outfit and
utensilSf which the ; said road
commissioners shall determine to
ha fnr th WOT)fir and
effici9nt care and maintenance of
the public roads of their town-
ships or districts; said squads or
r0ad forces shall be at all times
under the direct supervision of
the road commissioners who has
been designated to the district
in which the squad or road force
is employed, and the said squads
br road forces shall be under the
general supervision and - control
of the road ' comiriissioners of
- Polk county created , under this
act; the foreman of each squad
or road force shall on the first
Monday in each month make arid
submit to ' the; roaxi. commis-
sioners of Polk county a written
report, itemizing the number of
days 'and hours his squad or road
Alive Clean, Paper for ihe Home
March. 25,192i:i
force, has been engaged in, work
upon said roads and bridges, the
roads and bridges upon which
said labor has been performed
andi the imileage of - each road
which has been repaired or cared
fox by his squad or road force,
together with the name; of eaeh
of the members, of -his squad
or road force as well as
himself and how -much time
ecfc :of r them : has f beenr en
gaged in : work under ; this t law
during:ihe thirty days period
covered by his said report,' said
reports to be filed,; by the said
commissioners in
their office;
arid, in case of freshet, flood,
torm, or other extraordinary' or
unexpected casualties, : the ? said
road commissioners J may, - - m
ordr.to repair damages to -the
reads of Polk county which may
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uccasioneu uy. sucn csauames,
which as little delay as possible,
commne xwo or. more oi saia
squads or road forces ,uritil; such
aamagesnau nave oeen , as sui-
f iciently repaired as - possible.
I 4 'Sec. '26. ; That tKe said road
commissioners of Polkj county
shall semi-annually on the ' tenth
day of July -and January here
after, publish a statement show
ing: - 'VV:;:-
fl V TIip ammmt of oash'nn
hand on the first days of J ariu-
ary or , July pfeceeding the y date
of their report;
W) - An itemized ; statement of
f X& co'vnsl amnnnst rpppivprl .Tiv
Wo M m' miinnp rlnr J
inctViP qiy. tnonth nrPPPPfl ntr
the day;.of . the month y in
nm1 frnm what ROIirp it ws rp.
ceived;'
f3) The amount
4
of cash on
hand, if anv. on the first dav of
the month in which , the reDort is
made
(a Art 5fom,v cf.r.monf nf
the moneys disbursed by the said
road commissioners, to whom
and for what purpose the said
a,ran,t,w, mA.
(5) The amount, it any, ot
J.-L - J.I'j. xl J. J-t : J 3
tne. uencii Liiat tiie earn ruau
commissioners, may, have incurred
durinsr the said six months
period; and the said report shall
be accompanied with a statement
showing the number of miles of
road built during the said six
months period, " and ? the name
of the roads ad ; the names
of the townships in which said
roads were, built, the number of
miles and names- of roads which
have been repaired during the
caiH oi-s- rnnnths npriod. . and the
names of the tqwiships in which
ooiM woc ofo JftpatPri Said rp-
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nort and statement shall be
posted at the court house door at
Columbus and copies of said re-
port and statement shall be post-
ed bv the said road commis-
sioners at at least three other
public places in each of the town-
ships in Polk county; and, if the
o:l wNol .nmTnicainnprs Rhall
nuhlish the said report and state-
ment in a newspaper published
in Iolk county having a general
circulation in said Polk county,
the costof ,Rublic$tion shall be a
ae-ainst the road
fund of said Polk county; failure
of the said road commissioners to has since had considerable ex
make andpublish the report and perience in chamber of corn-
statement herein provided for merce work, was present ana as
Rhnll Kp a misdemeanor, and sisted in the- formation of the
punishable in the , discretionr of organization. . Mr. Dunn accept
the court." ed the position of v secretary, and
- Sec 3 VThat.: all laws and aided by nis wiae P"
cWs o laws .in conflict with ttb
utU i,hv rpnpaled. - board of trade will bring things
blllO CUt C. -wv x
: ' ,1 i-i! -T-rii iito nass.
.Sec. 4. Jiiiattnisacin.
m force irom anoiaiter iu iauir
cation.
Good! time; tobofldl -poultry
house and repiar oia iarm u,
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FROM OUR FRIENDS
Items of : Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Polk County by Qzr
Corps of Faithful
Salada.
Mrs. , J. Wi: Dunn, secretary of
Saluda board of trade has moved
his family into the Bushnell cot
tage. ' ; - '
' Mrs. Julia K. Campbell and
Miss Killian have retured f rom
Chester.
Mrs. Petty, of Hehdersonville,
visited her daughter,. Helen, at
the seminary last Sunday.
.Relatives from Greer, S. C,
visited Gladys McCoy and Lois
Wricrht Sundav ' ' -
: Miss Hallie Singleton, has re
turned from Trvon. " "
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A" DpVprp Turner nnH wifp
will entei tain at the . Ro' club
Saturdav nirht at which time
they wiu tell of some of the won.
derf things they saw and heard
while, in Florida. - ,
Saluda crossed bats with the
C. M; N. A: on last Monday
afternoon. , . The gamer was, close
front beginning to . end. "The
firiar sco;&tood $9 favor
f ..w i--"'J-
; rsk"Lc-H.Cox," oBelmont, 4s
visiting' her father Mr;-:Lee Hart.
R..T Hopkins - and ;wife,;are
now at home at, the Pines. JLu A
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R. L. Newman and Leo 'Pace,
went to Greensboro this week to
aliU. Btatc cuug.uc
Wobdman of theWorld.
Frei3aileyfeand- J. 'B.
lUiptieiv "went tolCowberis-Suir--
Culli
day.
Rev. J. O. Cox, L. D.
Capps
and Horace Nabers, are in Black
Mountain this week attending
tne district conference, of the
Asheville district ot the Western
uor l" va",m T'
These de egates attended the
banque,t at Central church Ashe-
ville on Tuesday night. Bishop
- uarimsrron was tne auracuve
I Vor nn .h . . n
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Improvement on Henderson St.
Mr. Hopkins and wife have
had a new porch added to their
home and the interior of the
house has been treshly . calso
mined. Recent improvementsadded to
the Fisher home makes the street
more attractive.
The yards of the Charles Hotel
have been given cleaning prior
to the opening ot the hotel.
Saluda Organizes a Board of Trade.
Tn nrenaration tor what It IS
I x ,
anticipated will be a busy season
Saluda has marshalled her iorces
and organized a board ot trade.
The following were elected
officers: Gw R. Little, president;
G. L. Thompson, vice president;
P. H. Bailey, treasurer. -These
with H. L. Capps and w. r.
TTnmp Will constitute the DOaTQ
of directors
J. W. Dunn,, who at one- time
was connected with the greater
Western North Carolina associ-
ation and subsequently with the
land immigration department of
the Southern Jtcanway, ana wnu
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lour Q11Wrihpd at
the meeting: It is believed that
good jmM
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I This aaaeu w uic uaa. .
Pries
$2.00 a , Year
.in THE COUNTRY
Correspondents.
ages and; healthfulness of the
community will make Saluda ft
more popular resort than ever. ;
New Hope
We are . having, soriie' nice '
weather now and the? farmers
are getting ready to plant their 1 ;
crops. ' ' r ' ( - , - -
We have been having very
beautiful Sabbaths. I don't see
anything in the way of haying
a large crowd at Sunday school '
every Sunday. . ; v ...
Miss Annie I Westbrook went 1
down to- Glenn wood Thursday
night and puljed of, a, stunt., A .
number of other girls, from New
Hope-were present! ' v"
M. A. Harrison, from "Spartan
burg, is expected to be at Sandy ,
Springs the first Sundaydn ApruV
Wehavn't any "Flu" in' our. '
community at this writing; r
W. P. Davidson and. sons just
picked their last cottori Monday
last .-,,'. 4
' There will be preaching at
New- Hope Sunday at the regular
hour 11 o'clock.
Esley Dayidsoft, from Chesnee,
spent the day at home last ; Sun-V
day. ( ; -. f . ' ' :
Mrs. Walter Westbrook was at
Sandy Springs Sunday, she re-,
ceived a warm welcome.
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There will be an Easter service
at the Baptist church next Sun
day, and preaching by Rev. Reed.
The members of the Christian
Endeavor were entertained at
the dormitory Saturday night.
. The Tallants, Clouds, and
Thompsons motored to Aboline
Sunday: y . V
Ralph Prince andi amily, visit
ed his mother in Greens Cree
Sunday. , .. - .'v
E. W. S. Cobb and wife enter
tained the teachers one night
last week. , ' .
Mill Spring
We still have lovely spring
weather, and seems now as if
summer, would soon be here.
There was a very enthusiastic
school meeting at Pea Ridge last
Tuesday night. Notwithstand -ing
the fact that Mr. - Thomas
did not' come, we had some good
speaking by Prof. Cobb and
others. 'y;:: r ::C-: i ?,
The people of Pea Ridge are to
be congratulated on taking so
much interest in the school prop
osition. - .
The school children here,
certainly enjoyed the straw ride
to Pea Ridge Tuesday night
Joe Wilson and 'Miss Denton
were . happily married , at the
home of C. G. Walker ; last
Saturday afternoon." We wish
them a long and happy life. -
J. R. Foster and wife called at
the home of Lionel Brisco Sun-
day afternoon. y '
J. H. Gibbs and wife were din
ner guests at Mrs. ' L. C. Gibb
Sunday. ' '
Mrs. Geer and daughter, of
Rutherf ordton, visited the ? form
er's brother, G. C. Brisco, last
weekl "
' Mrs. J; M. Lewis is on the
sick-list We hope she will soon
be better, ' " ,
. Red Ink Stain.;. . i
To remote red Ink' stains from tsbla
linen spread freshly mad mustard r
er them" and : leave on aboat" half tn
hour. When sponged off all traces ct
Cie Ink will have disappeared, .
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t s
ine tan.
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