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OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
Some Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, , and others, on Timely Sub-
jects, by County AgenCJ. R. Sams.
To The Farmers of Polk County.
For a while I have been silent,
tfot that my interest and zeal
for your interest has abated or
cooled down; but because my
thoughts lately have been so ab
sorbed in your most vital interest
just now, that I could not have
time to give expression to them?
but now, this beautiful sunshiny
Monday morning, I want a heatt
to heart talk with you concern
ing what I regard to be your
most vital interest at this y time
and in the days to follow.
The time has been when great
er production was the paramount
duty of the farmer, deep plowT
jng, ; thorough preparations" of
soil and cultivation in-order to
produce larger and better crops
was the pressing need.' Farm
ers all know the importance of
these things 'now, and - their
greatest need at present is the
marketing of the crop after it
has been produced. Up till now
the farmer has been purely a
producer of . raw materials. He
has paid no attention whatever
to marketing his products, -ex
cept in a hap-hazard -manner by
dumping them , on. what ever
market there happens to be at
the time. Blindly, air would
dump at the same time on the
same little local market, glutting
the same at one point while
their city cousins nearbyjwould
be paying exhorbilarit priced -for
the same commodities.
What we want is to organize
in such a way that.we can make
sale of our own hard earned
products, just as the miner, the
manufacture, etc. , make sale of
their products. Why should trie
manufacturer depend on the
farmers or any other class of
consumers to sell their manu
factured products for them?
And what kind of a mess would
they make of ( their business if
they did? Nowis not the busi
ness of the farmer identical ?
Who has ever made a specialty
of looking after the business end
of the farmer's business?
The time has fufty come, and
much of it already gone to waste
that the farmer must become a
business man so far as market
ing his output is concerned.
Some will say it can't be done,
that it never has been done.
Of course it never has been done
in Polk county and never will
until we make the effflrt, and a
desperate- effort at that. : The
very fact that it never has' been
done is the strongest argument
that it must be done. There
was no talking machines a few
years ago and Mr. Edison was
laughed to scorn when he
announced to the world that he
meant to give this great v luxury
to civilization. A few days ago
there was no such thing as wire
less telegraphy and now even
school boys have their wireless
stations for their own amuse
ment and improvement. The
world is full of. new ideas, new
thoughts and new activities.
So the time is coming and is now
here that the farmers must take
.."i hand the marketing. . end . of
tneir own business and conduct
11 themselves; not to make it
harder on other classes to liver
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Ul.t0 so put their products on a
Ultimate and fair market in
such a systematic way' that con
sumers every where may buy
inese products at
and at the same time the farmer
Who produces the nrodncts shall
price paid by the consumer.
In an early issue of this paper
will be outlined exactly the plan
we tre working out for Polk
county. At this time we want
every farmer, every 5 merchant
and banker, and manufacturer
and everyone in Polk county who
eats anything that grows out of
tne ground to give this matter
earnest thought for a few days
and then when we get this plan
well worked out; let all interests
get together, stick together and
pull together, until the thing isl
accomplished.
the Board of County Commissioners
On Monday-May 2, 1921 ap
proved the resolution of the
Farm Advisory Board asking for
$500 to enable the township Fairs
and Polk county Fairs to cooper
ate with the state authorities
this fall in conducting educa
tional fairs; looking to the stan
dardization of farm products
prepatory to jcooperative market
ing. By this order of the County
Board each townshrp'will receive
the sum of $50 to aid in conduct
ing its community Fair, and the
T 11 "i - T "1 111
roiK county air will receive
$200. Now each township should
- i
meet at once ana organize ana
arid, go to work and prove the
wisaom oi tne county ooara m
making this appropriation by
putting up the best community
jand county Fairj jrx jhe state;'
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At The Congregational Church.
Rev. W. A. Black, AM. Pas
tor. ' y . ' j -
Bible School Sunday morning
at 10. :
Public Worship and Sermon at
11. :-:v
Bible Studies in Acts Wed
nesdays at 4. p. m. " s
Tourists and all citizens cordi
ally weme2
ADVICE TO DEALERS.
Marshall Field & Co., Would Have Re-
taHers Loo For Brisk Trade.
JVIarshal Field & Co., of Chica-
go are urging dealers to use a
larger variety of advertising
methods for 1921. ;
"The flow of trade will con-
tinue toward your store if you
keep the buying public well, in-
formed of your prepardness to st at A. A. Edwards last Sun
meet its needs,,':the firm says. dav : .
"Advertising will sell t he
merchandise if liberally and con-
sistentiy . usea. p"
ink work hard tor you. :, nange
the windows of tener; attract at-
:?fZL ;..Mrv.
I- - VJI to
Advertising initiative helps to
keep business ; normal ' and
i nnuL.. -
Plan now for a brisk business.
Advertise and display the mer-
.t a; mnmoTit it reaches
your shelves. Look with conn-
dence into the future.
Advertised Letters.
Tryon, N. C.
May 3, 1921.
Coffey, Mrs R A
Corn. W D
Dbgan,'E S
nainps Mrs Rebecca-
W H. Stearns, Postmaster,
It Sure Pays.
The Missildine Pharmacy fof
this place has, been running .; a
small ad in this paper advertis-
ing their service. , For the past
three weeks they have been ad-
vertisirig spices1 and flavoring
extracts. . Mr. Missildineinforms
us this week that their sales of
these articles have increased ' 300
per cent since advertising them
in this paper. .
Tryon, N. C,
Report of the Condition of the;
BANK OF TRYON
at Tryon in the State of N. C. atN
the close of business, April
zatn, 11m. ... ,
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts. . $96,232.17,
Overdrafts secured. ........ 845.65
United States Bonds
and Liberty-Bonds 8,750.00
All other Stocks, Bonds -
and Mortgages ............ 1, 829. 41
Banking House Furni
ture arid Fixtures.........: 5, 100.00
Cash in vault and net
amounts due - from
Banks,
Trust Co
Jankers and
ipanies ...;28, 744. 45
Total
141,501:68
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in..; 10,000.00
Surplus jFund. 10,000.00
Undivided Profits, less "
current expenses and ,
taxes .paid.. ; .... 2,227.19
Deposits "subject to i
check.L.: 79, 163.46
Time Certificates of De-
positl:l. .1..::. ... 6, 171.93
Saving Deposits.;........ ..33,854.75
Cashier's Checks out
standing l 84.35
Total. i .... 141, 501. 68
State of North Carolina,
County; of Polk. May 10th,
1921. i
I, J. B. Hester, Cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly
swear tpat the above statement
is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. ,
; J. B. Hester Cashier.
Correct j-Attest:
B. L. Ballenger
V
-v
W. T. Lindsey
' Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me, -this 10th, day of May
1921.
F. Little Notary Public.
Commission expires March 14th,
1923
Mill Spring Route 1.
Rev. W. W. Womack was un
able to preach at Lebanon last
Sunday because he was sick.
We hope he will soon be well
again.
Miss Mary -Willie Whiteside
and sister, Sallie, of Uree, spent
Monday night with Bertha and
Maggie Lee Edwards, also Tues-
day night with Maggie and Gil-
reath Edwards. v
Martin Gilbert was a dinner
Pq1u qyv1q wifp vicif.
d h latter's parents N. E. Wil-
liams and: wife on route 2 last
gund
' , .
Miss Lela Womack spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Maggie
.
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dim nigenun passeu. uiruug"
section DUimay anernuun.
v Miss Minnie Uwens&y nas Deen
real sick for the Dast week, out
is better.
Roscoe Whiteside was on Uree
last Sunday. v
Harley Shultz, Talmage Allen
and others were callers at A. A.
Edward's last Sunday.
A. A. Edwards and little son,
Sellers, spent Wednesday with
the former's ; father J. Edwards
near rniii oprmg.
I.
School closed at Lebanon last
Thursday. The teacher and
pupiis went on a scenery - trip to
Bear Deh Mountain on a picnic,
Thev gathered many wild flowers
an(j had a nice trip, jcaine back
to the school house and" sang the
iast song together which was
Go be wjth you 'till we meet
again' Many tears were f shed
kecause they had to part with
Ungjr teacher, and there was ho
; I more , school. ; ' ; -
May 13, 1921,
KSScoK?
at Tryon' in the State of tf. C. at
the closiof business, April 28th. j
Loans and-Discounts..$85, 620. 59
Demand libans.... . 3, 400. 00
Overdrafts, secured.-:. - 80.10
United , States Bonds '
and Liberty Bonds ! 101,450.00
Banking House $6,260 .
Furniture1, and Fix-f
turn's 2, 900. 00.. '
9,260.00
Cash in vault and f net
amount due from
Banks, Bankers and
f Trust Companies. ...: 16,254.79
iasn nems nem . over -
24 hours .
58.85
TotaL.l.l,;.::. 216,02433
: PLIABILITIES - ,
Gapital stock paid Jn:.;.$10,000.00
Surplus .PHind,;i.l.-4; 1,000.00
Undivided profits less -:
t jcurrent expenses and ;
Vtaxes paid, .l ' 481.02
Bills Payable...'.:.....
Deposits: subject
' checki s L
rf 27,500.00
to." -
.... 45,990.00
Time -Certificates of .f
Deposit.. . 14,342.37
Savings .Deposits - 42,391.52
I .ochioi'o ' l,VQlro ; nnr - - i
Cashier's v Checks out-
&uauuinK
Certificates for. Liberty ,
569.42
, ounas--T.r.... ii w.w
Totals :l..:........216,024.33
State of North Carolina,
;t County of ; Polk March 2nd,
1921.f :?to yf.x 'f';-'1'
I, V. A. Bland, Asst. Cash, of the
above named bank, do solemnly
swear that: the above:
egfandbeliefr
V. A. Bland Asst. Cashier.
Correct Attest: '
V . 0
W. F. Little
G. H. Holmes
Walter Jones -
Directors.
Subscribed and' sworn to be
fore me, this 10th, day of May,
1921.
James Leonard, Notary Public.
My commission expires March
22, 1922. ,
. New Hope.
It seems as if we are going to
have frost all the year. ,
Rev. Teal of Forest City,- was
in this community l nursaay .
We all were glad to see him.
Some of our Sunday school
scholars attended the all day
service at Linars church near
Columbus Sunday and reported a
good time.
F.slev. Davidson railed to see
Miss Tom Roach Sunday after-
nOOn.
We have a lot of colds and
hoarsness in our , neighborhood.
F.vervone enioved the stunt
paty at New' Hopa Saturday
t . . i ! ii :
nignt. iv ;. large coigregauon
was present and many stunts.
C. W. McGinnis has his car in
running condition at this Writ-
mgsomebody may have the op-
portunity of a ride.
-Some of the Melvin Hill and
Sandy Spring people sang at
Walter Mclntyre's Saturday
night, will practice next at Tom
Cantrells. Toni ; Turner - and a few days ago prospecting,
wife: have just arrived from w F. Swann spent last week
Cleveland, where, they have in Asheville.: ;,
been visiting. ; , ; John T. Panther has' recently
Mrs. Hine's baby is improving purchased a second hand Over
iri health. - land. He has not as yet been
: The farmers in- this , section indicted for exceeding the speed
have all finished planting. limit.
A number of us are expecting - Fred E. Swann has purchased
to ero to Piedmont 3rd. Sunday,
If you want an Oakland car in
good condition see C, Bush or
ask Nabersin Saluda. They can
tell you., " ' ; ;
' - . u'iuCk u'-in Court. - -
In a Uhyinney' valley police 'court it
turned out that a defendant shot - a
plffeon, the property of a Mr. Fowler,
csd erldsact was glTcn tj Ur. EV
: FRor.1 our friends in the cowjimry
w - tV ' -' w ' '.
items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Polk County by Csr
Tryon Route 1.
Aye, with five Sunday services.
If we are not rewarded with
fruits and flowers of the king-
dom, surely won't be the. preach
ers fault . .
A huge crowd attended the
Mothers Day services on Lightn
ing Rod Ridge.
E. H. and W.VD. -Edwards.
and H, D. . Shanklp, motorfid to
Asheville Saturday ; and found
Mrs "R. H. RHwflHs
Mrs: H." D. Shankel and little
sons, Billy Sunday -1 arid Sam
Boone, -have just arrived from
the land of flowers, tol spend the
summer in the balmy- oreezes of
our good old North Carolina. : v
i Many of our people attended
the school entertainment at Mill
Spring and found it splendid.
jack Guffey' and wife spent
the week-end , at Mrs Guffy's
0ld home. -
Fbx;, Mountain school closes
. . - . ... . ...
Friday May 13. " A little pro-
gram will be given Friday even-
ing at eight 0cloclc. A11
yited to attend
Lynn.
We still have cool weather.
Larger attendance at Sunday
school last Sunday. $
. The Tryon hosiery mill still
.
Langley and; wife, , of
liittle Tfock; S.'Cr, Itayed over aj;
Mrs. ; Langley's father's J. L.
Jackson, as they passed through
to the y Baptist convention in
Chattanooga this week.
The many friends of Mrs.
J. L. Jackson will be glad to
hear of her so fast recovering
from her serious sickness.
Mothers Day was observed per
Governor's proclamation,, flag
displayed over the school building
all day. A nice program had
ben on short notice trotten up
hv Miss Parker, assisted bv some
good mothers. , . Many songs,
recitations, appropriate ' to
Mothers Dav was rendered bv
the babies, youths and grownups.
Dr. Pratt gave a nice" talk his
subject mother, and we add
what ' s a home without a mother,
Eighteen dollars and six cents
was donated by the Lynn Sun-
day school for the Chinese surfers
1 laOb UUllUttJ , iixuMivio -rj
Prof. Corbin,' of the Greens
Creek consonaatea senooi renaer-
ed very valuable service to miss
Parker while handling Mothers
flow nmcrrflm
W. H. W estall and lamny, oi
West Asheville, were the ' guests
of W. F. Swann and family last
Sunday. ,
p. N. Hood's father and sister
of Flat Rock were his guests
last week-end. - . ;
prof. Kreider, principal of
Melvin Hill school, was in Lynn
for his wife and boys a nice
pony and buggy.
: Miss Kate -Martin, of Grover,
N. C. , is on an extended visit to
to her sister, Mrs. N. W
Randall- y- - ;1
W. Clyde Hooker, of Williams
burv. Ky. , arrived , on the Caro
lina Special last Monday respond-
$2.00 a Year
ing to a telegram regarding " hfo
father's sickpess.
ft. E. Hooker died at his home ?
in Lynn last Sunday night - He '
was taken , sick just one , week
before his deaths with a- severe
cold which developed pneumonia J
with complicated" conditions. A .
wife four sons arid one "daughter
survive him. He was 60 . years t
old, a member of the Baptist,
church, also a member : of the
Local Lodge of I. O. O. F, a T
good husband and father. The -community"
has lost a good citi-li
zen. His remains were laid to,
rest in the Tryon cemeteryi Dr.' t
Pratt, his'pastor conducting " the -
funeral, the Local Lodge I. O.-v
O. F.; assisting. ' - v .
Last Sunday evening as the -people
were passing nurnerously U
from the church,' lots of small
children, some passed through in
some kind of a striped, down or .
open auto at a very high- rate :
of speed endangering , their oVn
lives as well as the lives of others.
Havn't we no protection in this
particular , dangerous everyday,
practice? We need s6me of thej
Saluda officers down this "way.
fits a shame that a fine is .not put :
on such ugly and dangerous con-;
duct. ' ' ,
You had just as well be a pes- .
Coin:
:bas.
- Everythiiigsuitev. herenow "v
ande "miss 'the teachers "much.
Mr. Denton, of IIars Hill,
preached at the Baptist church
Sunday, day and night. Kev.
A S. Caldwell preaches every
1st, and 3rd, Sundays of each
month at the Presbyterian .church
Dr. Grady was -called to the
oedsiae oi Mrs. a. u MCMurray
Sunday who was suffering from
"Flu", also Mrs. Tom Lynch
and Mrs. Ralph Prince. We . are
glad to say they are better at
this' writing.
A number of the Cojumbus
people attended church at Penial
Sunday.
Mpthers Day will be observed
at Columbus May 15th. '
At the town election May 3,
J. R. Sams was elected Mayor,
Lindsey Smith, J. R. Philips and
F. W. Blanton, . Alderman.
. J. R. Sams attended the clos
ing exercises at Mars Hill.
J. T. Gilbert attended v the
Asheville court as juror last week.
C. L. Wingo's son has returned
form the University of S. C,
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ADVICE FROM THE JOP.
Ten Best Retailers Give Percentage
-to Be Spent in Advertising
The ten best retail advertising
men in the country give the fol
lowing figures as the proper
amount of gross business to be
set aside for advertising:
Per Cent
Department stores n. ;.. 3 1-2
Women's' specialty shops.. .... 5 1-2 :
Shoe stores. . 4
Millinery stores , 4 ,
Music stores 5 1-2
Furniture stores . 5 1-2
Electrical stores. 6
Jewelry 'stores i -...;.... 5 1-2
Men's clothing and furnish
m&y Miscelaneous :;; .JJ4 '
The best results in advertising
come -in its cumulative'' value
rather than in direct , and im
mediate sales.
Genius' Blazed In Afle. -Goethe
was more than7 eighty ' when
f wrote the second part cf Tacst
receive a iust proportion of the