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C. BUSH, Publisher
Volume XXVI No.- 44
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OUR COUWTY: MEfJFS BEPARTUEMT
Some Timely Talks to Polk County Farmsrs, and others, on Timely Sch
; jects, by County Agent, J. R. Sanis.
What I Saw at Grant Millers
Last Tuesday and Wednesday I
took off from regular dutiefe in
order that I might more fully in
vestigate oar Polk county ther
mal belt, , already famous i for
ever bearing fruits.
On myway out from this ibelt
I spied some very green-spots on
a beautiful summit overlooking
Pacolet valley, and I drove
around to see what was on : the
ground as well as what was in
the air. One year ago this beau
tiful hill top and surrounding
was a worn off unsightly1 place.
No one thought of it as a - place
of science beauty ; but like thou-r
sands of other places in Polk
county, it only needed the hand
of the natural artist ancl a little
elbow grease mixed with a small
outlay of cash to transform such
places into beautiful : honies in
the most beautiful and pleasant
counties in all the world, v But I
must tell you what I saw. v Well
about the first thing I saw was a
negro across the creek , plowing.
There was nothing remarkable
about that; but one year ago, I
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bushes growing along the creek
run between me and him.
Now all this thicket along the
creek is gone just as it should be
along every branch and creek in
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tplaces -mthe - creethadlnf
Polk county. And the crooked
siraigntenea. ine next tmng i
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was a pureorea miiKing snort
horn bull, and I wondered if
farmers e would patronize Mr
Miller and pay a liberal price
for his use, or use -the miserable
scrub bull for fifty cents or noth
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1 'it "i .
ing,1 wnicn wouia ue exceeuingiy
expensive. There' I saw. a very
fine heifer and cow gamboling in
a rich pasture just at, the foot of
the hill on which the snug -little
home now stands. : When I drove
open and Mr. Miller met me with
an outstretched hand and a cordi
al hand shake and welcomed me
to his little home on the hill top
Now begins what I saw Well,
I was so charmed that I almost
forget every thing that appeared,
out right on bare clay one year
ago, there is now as rich a sod 01
white clover and blue grass as
you can find in Tennesse or Ken
tucky and back ; of the barn
"where one year ago was- th6
poorest old field in Polk : county
now is a beautiful start of .all
kind of grasses and clover. Then
Mr. Miller took me through his
house and pointed out the various
rooms, closets, etc.,, and I was
made to wonder how a man's
mind could work out; such a
marvel of beauty and utility; un
til 1 remember that - Miller is an
architect who's mind is 'trained
along that line and on this job',
he was thinking of himself and
of course did his level best. I
also saw a flock. . of- high -bred
Bun Orphingtons, also a Hamp
shire hogs which were well cared
lor- I saw many 'other things
to numerous to mention in this
connection; but here comes .the
interesting thing of the whole
Miller with his own hands
a some additional help built
this most beautiful : little struc
ture. I 4.t- i? . :
stone and cement, put - in the
heating apparatus, . pluming etc. ;
and had the lumber and hard
Wood.floors sawed. onL his own
worked the material
ttgnthere in Polk county and
ai(i all the substantial and fancy
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work about the house with his
own hands, and in an exulting
air said it brings me ' so much
more pleasure than if it had been
done with hired labor. . Now
this is an, example for thousands
of others to do. Men who", can
use a saw, hammer) chisel, trb wel
etc., and - have - a little "Sharp
sand in their gizzard" can go
out on any of these elevated
places in Polk county 'and do
exactly what Mr. Miller has done;
Of course he is a man of means,7
ancTsome aljled bodied men well
acquainted with the above men
tioned working tools will whine
around like weaklings and claim
they had no chance .in life.
What Polk needs, what North
Carolina needs and what the
United States, and all the world
neeas is for red blooded s men o
get ngnt out into me raw
country and like; Miller, take a
strip of mother earth and make
it bloom as the rose and build a
sure-enough v: American home,
surrounded with purebred cattle,
pigs and poulty as this example
nas aone ana live under nis own
vine and fig tree as Miller is do
ing.
We welcome all such worthy
citizens to our soutnern sunny
clime.
Columbus.
-There was a large number of
- i- haTa tTjLt
but did not have court' on account
of absence of the judge. -, '
,'Miss Minnie Arledge and
father, motored to Henderson
ville last Sunday. I - .
Fred Blanton and wife visited
home folks in ' Shelby last week.
Misses Leona Feagan, Aylene
Edwards, Estelle -Pace and Hilda
Burgess represented Stearns
High School in the annual debate
at Chapel Hill April 15. Miss
Starnes chaperoned the girls
Mrs. Carnegie entertained the
high school teachers last Sunday
evening.
Frank Henderson died Monday
April 25, (he was 82 years of age.,
Leaves four sons, three daugh
ters forty-nine grand children
and a number of great-grand
children. The community sym
pathizes with the bereaved fami
ily. May their loss be heavens
gain.
Mountain Page quartette sang
at the Baptist church last Sun
day .Everyone enjoyed their
music. Rev. Reed preached
Sunday a. m. His text was
from Proverbs 11:30. He that
winrieth souls is wise.
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Nothing is - ever gained by
winning a bargain and loosing a
customer.
Times have ' changed You
never hear girls, named Eliza
beth referred to ...as -Lizzie i any
more.
Bv helDincr ; to stimulate the
building industry each of us will
be stimulating our own industry;
The best salesman is the man
that
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TiAta his emnlbvers a fair profit.
Did vou ever notice that
young fellow 'who always has a
lAt ffirls runnin' afterr him; al
ways marries the plainiest lookin
one of the "bunch: - ,
, Nature insists that we adapt
ourselves to conditions or charge
the conditions-rtake your.cnoice
' What has. -become of the old-
fashioned mother who used to
dope her children with sulphur
and molasses every spring.
Pcper FiitHshcd in.PcIK Ccunty
Tryon,,N. C.
TO All Christian People.
The World Conference on Faith
and Ordert -has asked us. rto i ob
serve an i4Ocatave of Praver for
Unity during the eignt days end
ing with Pentecostj? namely, May
8 to 15, 1921. ' The:-Membership
oi the Conference is -composed of
representees bf all branches , of
the Christian Church except; the
Roman Catholic Church,!-which
has repeatedly declined to partic
ipate. It is suggested that ser
mons be preached on the subject
of the unity of Christ? Church on
Sunday jMay 8; and that prayers
for the same end v be said in? all
Churches and homes during these
eight days. r The Ep is c o p a 1
Church will be open ; as always
for private as well' as public ! de
votions,, and it is hoped that ithe
Church -people f of : Tryon will
avail themselves of the privilege
of retiring for prayer in the
Church at any time when - con-;
venient.
. Topics for Prayer. , , '
1. That we may come to know
the meaning of the Church
in its visible organicxmity as
Christ knows it in its perfec
tion and beauty , and "power.
2. ; That our fellowship with God,
individually and corporately,
may become increasingly and
consciously the dominating
interest and torce in our
lives. ,.
3. That both rightnesss .
t: thought and - Tightness
character may be our aim
of
of
in
our fellowship with God. :
4. That our fellowship with the
r'rt-ten may he, truly ChrisW
ian, even to the extreme1 de
gree of loye required as a
matter of course by St John.
Just as our Lord laid down His
life for the brethen, so should
we be willing to lay down
our lives for one another.
5. That our love may reach far
beyond home and country.
That we may not stop . short
with patriotism but 'relate
ourselves
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to all men every-
where An sympathy and
brotherliness cf thought and
intention.
b. That we may De content on
ly . with our Lord's interpreta
tion of unity and ,seek to dis
cover what, according to His
, mind, is the meaning of a
united Church. : -
7. That we may keep true pro
portion in our life in the
Church, exhibiting passion
ate ; loyalty to those things
which are obviously of God
and sitting' lightly to the les
- ser an visible features of
Christain fellowship.
8. That we may work wisely as
well as pray without ceasing
for the removal of misunder
standing and the obliteration
of prejudice throughout
Christendom.
Prayers for The-Peace And
Unity op The Church
0 Lord 'Jesus Christ Who
saidst unto Thine Apostles,
Peace, 1 1 leave ; with you, My
peace, 1 give unto you; itegaru
not our sins, but the faith of Thy
Church, , ' and grant her : that
peace and .unity which is r agree
able to Thv will Who livest , and
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reignest God for ever and ever.
AMEN. 1 - - - :
O God of Peace, Who through
Thy Son Jesus Christ didst set.
forth One Faith for the salvation
of mankind; Send Thy grace and
heavenly blessing upon all Christ
ian neoDle who are striving, to
draw nearer to Thee, and to each
other, in the unity of 'the j Spirit
and in the bond of peace. Give
us penitence - for our. divisions.
wisdom . to know Thy truth, cour
age to do Thy will, love which shal
break down the barriers of pride
A live CIsan PcpcY for the Home
.May 6, 1921.-
and prejudice, arid an unswerv
ing loyalty to Thy Holy Namel
Suffer us not to shrink from any
endeavor, which is in ; accordance
with Thy will, for the peace and
unity of Thy Church. Give us
boldness to seek only Thy glory
and the . advancement of Thy
Kingdom: Unite us all in Thee
as Thou, 0 Father, with Thy Son
and the Holy Spirit, art One God,
world.without end. AMEN.
. Cedar Top.
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We are having some cold
weather atrthis writing, and - the
fruit. is all killed in this' section.
Farmers are about done plant
ing corn in this section.
I: Grant Mills 5 and; wife,- spent
Sunday ? with the Jatter's parents
John Shehan. . - :
r Willie Culbreth. and Lawrence
Way caster, were f pleasant . callers
at JohriShehans last Sunday
afternoon. s
J. M. M. -Fowler and Otis Wal
drop were callers:at J. T. Wilson
Sunday, last -
Robert Melton ; visited his
brother, Willie Melton, Sunday
last: V. '
Freddie Corner passed through
this section last Sunday.
R. B. Fowler and little Tommi e
Byars, were callers at John She-
hahs last . Monday afternoon.
Lewis ' Mills passed through
this section last .Sunday.
, Lynn.
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Kev. ur. rratt niied nis 'vregu
Jar standing appointment last
Sunday. .
Prof.t3ram left several;; days
ago for ,' Savannah, , Ga. , where
he has a position as instructor in
French in one of the city schools.
Mrs. E. H. Craine ; will leave
for Montreat this week.
C. C. Hampton and wife, were
recent callers in Lynn.
G. H.VkBradley and children,
of Spartanburg were the ; guests
of Waldman and family last
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Williams, of Inman,
run up to see her : mother, t Mrs.
J. B. Panther last Sunday.
T. C. Westal, : of East . "Flat
Rock, visited friends and rela
tives in Lynn last week-end.
Mrs. J. L. Eaton, of Landrum,
visited her , daughter, ; Mrs. - Bal
lard last Sunday. . -
Oh bov. ' a new arrival at ; the
home of W. J. Ballard and wife
one day last week, a "big brows
ing boy. - .'
Three of our young men left
last Saturday morning for Wis
consin to work in the hosiery
mill. That sounds strange that
theWisconsin people would come
here for help. But if our bpys
can't get work in the mills a
home they must go to where
they can get work.
The Womanless Weddiiigv arid
box supper .was a sweU affair
and a" success in all its details.
Columbus.
Dr. Adams, pastor of the Bab-
tist . "church of Rutherfordton,
preached an interesting sermon
at the Baptist church Sunday.
Rev John Arledge "preached
here Sunday night
Mrs. Gilman, Mrs.: Loy's woth-
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er, was nere ior commencement.
The high school gave a;, good
play here Monday night and
everyone enjoyed it ..
s i am sure it will be hard to get
a principal that will fill the place
of Prof . Loy. - . .
Misses Bernice 't Smith r and
Mabel Lynch's sisters were here
visiting. Jf . ' t -
Don't try to do everything
let' nosteritv solve i some of the
-Mr . 90 - ' -
problems. - - .
FROr.l OUR FRIENDS
terns of Interest Gathered From Varicas Sections of PcEk County by Clt
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Corps of Faithful
Fishtop.
We are Jioping for another
week'of fair weather so as to
partly recuperate from our 1 loss
of time.
Quite a crowd of Saludaites
were down here last week - fish-
ng and otherwise enjoyed them-
selves. , .
Bee swarming is ,on with a
rush, but we hope they will take Library Hall last Friday night
time to gather enough honey to was well attended and much en-
spare us some. j
T. W. Bradley was in the Bob's
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county one day last week.
Lewis Levi from the' head of
Green river : visited his father
here last week.
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We are sorry to hear , of Ithe
death of Lillie Arledge, of Greenr
ville, S. C, She was born and
raised here. ; She died in Ithe
hospital at Atlanta, Ga. . ;
J. Henderson has just returned
from a visit among his children Qn tine last Wednesday. Moth
and friends. ' . : er nature kindly lowered , Jhe
temperature and greeted every
Mrs. T. E. Pace has got .her one with friendlv taDs of .hail.
second order from one customer
for eggs by the dollar. She
keeps her incubator running at a
lively speed, also we should' have
mentioned last weeK ot iait
Newman's visit to J. W. Bishop's
and dinning with same on Sun-
day previous.
When I was younger I.hadjto
ieea xne caives ana it was iun oiiemonade ana candy were served.
see . theni f get their feed in
baskets and run around but I
haye something novel to r tell i the
uyjya tiua weetv, wmic iccumg
some,yearling calves some meal
in a large wasnpot two got tneir 1
heads m and got fast and it was
a sight to see them lifting it
around.
' Spurgeon Bishop arid brother
visited in this section and attend-
ed the singing at Silver Creek
Sunday.
PnRAv TTp.ndprsnn.' P,nv T.p.vi
and Taft Newman: on one mule
and another a foot nassed this
wav Sundav.
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Notwitnstanaing tne extra-
ordinary cooi speii we stiu nope
enough fruit is spared for horn
consumption.
. vvxicii auuut uiat new xuau,
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via., Fishtop to Rutherfordton,
(no use say some ) as tnis section
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will be under' water
soon; Dut
that's thebetter reason for it as
Saluda will virtualy; be -dead
without it, and the company who
drives over it will need ' it and we
will need it worse. Just imagine
a lake between four and five
miles long and some parts one
mile wide and one hundred feet
deep and within" two and one
half miles of Saluda direct,
boating, fishing, etc. ' .
Saluda , ,;
Dr. E. M; Salley and Mary at
tended the Gray-Schley wedding
in Asheville last Thursday.
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I Albert Salley .. has gone, to
Kenilworth.
.Mrs. Steve Sketon, of Hart-
well, Ga., -visited her father,
S. M. Nabers last week.
Horace Bomar ancf family,
motored from Spartanburg 1 to
Saluda last Saturday. .
: Dainty May baskets were sold
at the Boy's Club last ; Saturday
by Miss Wilcoxs committee. A
nice suni was realized for the
Boy's Club , .
v L Ef. Capps, H9race Nabers,
Q C; Sonner, Ernest Thompson,
and Julian Pace have returned
from a fishing trip in Green
Pries 5Ccat$
$2.00 a Year
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Correspondents.
f River Cove. They report a fine
time. r -
Election day passed quietly in
Saluda. The following officers
were elected: . Mayor; , a: r Li.
Capps, Aldermen; G. R. Little,
M. A. Pace, P. : H. Ward . and
Calvin, Hill. - 7
: The "Average Man", a play
given by local Tryon talent at"
joyed. -
Miss Minnie Cullipher has re-'
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E. Remnson and wife are visit-
incr relativfia in Saluda.
W. W. Edwards well known
friend of young people . was
among the Asheville Boosters.
Miss Lois Pace is spending
this week-end with her mother.
Asheville Boosters. ;
The Asheville1 Boosters arrived
tfy
face and all went well. -
".Frosty Asheville cars - were
parked in Saluda and two' hun-
and , fifty visitor were
mingling with-home folks:- - i
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. I . I I 1 1 TJ II BU 1 Mm LM W W m-M If
ers f .. spoke, and everyone4 chat-
tered awAyinerfily while? aipplei.
Souvenirs .were also ? distributed
freely.
if you Want an Oakland' car ' in
gOOd Condition See U., iiUSh OT
ask Nabers in Saluda: They can
tell you.
Sunny View.
We are having some cold days
to be sf)ring me'
Archie Smith, wife and little
daughter, Ruth, visited the
latter's father Saturday and Sun-
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Several, attended;: preaching
services at Cane Creek Sunday,
L Mamle Pilbert - spent Sunday
night with Misses Maggie and
33 Jacks0n,
Several from this section
motored to Hendersonville Sun
day afternoon. - !
u p TnPv nriri filv
visited at Pink McGuinn's Sun-
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Bessie Jane and Emma Helton r
spent Saturday night with their
aunt and uncle, Geo.! Price. ,
The little daughter Ollie, of
L. B. Wilson and wife, died Sun-:
day night We sympathize with
the bereaved family.
A. J. ; Dimsdale and wife ".visit- ?
ed their daughter, Mrs. F. R.
Coggms, last week ' . '
School closed here Friday-last
There was an interesting pro
gram given. A debate query .
resolved that- George Washing-"
ton is a greater man than Chris
topher Columbus; The afhrma
tive won. There were a good
many visitors ' present. " The
teachers returned to their home
Friday. ; -
At Ths Ccnsrc22tic.".cl Chzrch.
Rev. W. A. Black, A. M.;--Pas-tor.
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Bible School Sunday morning
Public Worship and Sermon at
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Bible' Studies in Acts Wed
nesdays at 4. p. m. ' : - , . ,
. Tourists and all citizens : cordi
ally welcome. , - . .
Eating too much is a brake on
our. activities. . ,
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