Tryon, t JN . : (J. , May, 20, 192) . .
$2.00 a Year -
Some Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, and others; biT Timely Sub-
jects, by County Agent, J. R. Sabs.
A Good Chance For The Right One.
I visited Mrs. U. G. Speed at
Hill Acres Farm, just a little
out from Tryon where she has
adorned, and made a once un
comely, unsightly, rocky hilltop;
into a marvelous place of beauty
as well as utility. You will find
about everything going on over
there that goes on even on farms
of great dimensions. The only
thing I have a quarrel with Mrs.
Speed about, is the fact that - she
is selling the whole "Kit and
biling" out. But this is not
wrote the caption; but here it is,
Mrs. Speed toldme she wants to
give ten of her fine? White Leg
horn pullets to someone who will
build a model poultry house, npt
an expensive one, only; built
right, and a lady or girl who will
read up on modern poultry keep-
mg and will learn how to candle
and preserve eggs in water glass,
and will teach her neighbors how
to do the same free of charge.
These hens are of high pedi
gree and any painstaking girl or
woman with ten pullets should in
two or three years build up an
excellent flock.
Anyone disposed to accept
this proposition can confer with
me and I'll see if -terms can be
made satisfactory. :
Grow Patches.
Of all years that have gone by;
this is the year o all of them for
the farmer tagrow patches, arid
especially in the cotton country.
Grow a patch of Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, sorghum, pea
nuts, soy beans, cow peas, water
velvet beans, lima beans, etc
Yes, patches of grasses, clovers
of all kind and alfalfa, and see
which grows best for you and is
most profitable. Some of these
crops will mature at one season
and some at another, dividing
your time more -evenly through
out the year, and see then it will
afford you an opportunity of find
ing out which of these ' crops i it
will pay you best to plant more
largely in the future; pesides it
will start you on the road to crop
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Another thing to do this year,
lay plans to keep that milk - cow
better.
Now I invite all farmers to
visit especially these farms in
Polk county, W. B. McSwain,
Landrum route- 1, S. C, Mrs.
J. R. Smith, Columbus, N. C,
Grant C, Miller, Tryon, N. C "
and he is just begining. Then
step just over the N. C, line and
wje wnat J.J. Gentry is doing.
Go out and see their cows caper
ing on their grass fields and then
watch them come to the milk gap
and see that bucket overflowing
with foaming milk and then think
what a trifling fellow you will
je if you let' another year slip
before you begin a real sure
enough pasture for the milk cow,
Dozens and scores , of farmers
are starting pastures and hun
dred more should do the same
"ring, and do it on a large scale.
Now try several patches of
new crops this year. ..
What' I Saw Along the Road.
0 well, what I saw along the
rad this week, would be of little
.use to the average- farmer of
J.lk county, and at the , same
ne what j gaw fe the most im
PQrtant thing the Polk -county
laner needs; and still he turns
C ear t0 every entreaty tfl?
rsuaded to do the natural
thing. God is striving with men
in the physical world, , just the
same as in the spiritual realm;
but the eyes and ears are just as
blunt relative to the physical
blessings as to the spiritual.
Well, I have not told you a
single thing I saw along the road
because a few preliminary words
might, prepare the mental soil,
so the idea might take root. The
first thing of interest this morn
ing was a lot of bur clover grow
ing in some poor sandy soil, or
rather where there is no soil.
Also I found in this same field
red clover, alsike clover, Japan
clover, white clover, trefoil, or
hop clover and sweet clover. All
this was in C. J. Lynch's poor
sandy bottom. I also saw or
chard grass, tall oat grass Ken
tucky blue grass, red top and
other valuable grasses growing
right there in that poor sand
Mr Lynch sowed the seed ?: two
years ago on the fresh prepared
loose puffy sandy land and
thought he had no stand at all.
He has been patient until now
the land is , becoming firm and
compact so' that all kinds of
clovers and grasses are taking
hold . and will stay with him.
Then here is another thing I saw
ana anyone can. see tne same
thing by Agoing over to James
Scriven's land and looking. Not
where Mr. Scrivens lives; but
way down the river below the
Cleveland; bridge,:-1; saw . white
clover, trefoil or Hop clover, blue
grass, red top and other valu
able grasses growing along the
road and in spite of Mr. Scrivens
some of at had broken through
his wire fence and is taking" root
in his pasture. I also saw where
Scrivens or some personal repre
sentative had been cutting pine
bushes "to beat the band" in
in this same pasture. The only
criticism I have to make, these
pine bushes should have been
carried to some - nfcarby gullies
and snuerlv tucked in so as to
r cj mr
prevent further erosion.
Then passing on a little further
at the Prince place, right on the
bank of the road I saw blue grass,
orchard grass, red top and timo
thy, growing right along with
hop clover, red clover, white
clover, Japan clover and alsike
clover and there is no evidence
that any of them had been plant
ed there, i
Nature is asserting herself in
man's behalf ' in Polk county
and yet farmers stand aloof with
closed eyes and ears. I don't
ask any farmer any longer to
consult me about whether these
valuable forage plants will grow
in Pnllr Pftimtv or not: but I do
ask him to open his eyes and look
around the roadside and visit the
farms of J. C. Lynch, Judge J. J.
Gentry, W. B. McSwain, J.';R-
Smith, Geo. Edwards, Grant U
Miller, Mrs. U. G. Speed, Tryon,
N. C, and scores of other farmers
and see the stuff with its roots
clinched into the soil, and then
if you have any doubts about its
staying quality ; just call on Jim
Turner who lives on U J.
Lynch's place and ask him. I
saw lots more of all kind of stuff
and no one canrealize what a
Polk ponntv is until
fcp lives in it about seventy-five
or eighty years and then he will
keep on finding more.
Patched-Up Organ.
' a nmmlhent Doetess writes :.. S'My
heart sings only when It breaks.! As
ghe averages one such song per wee,
trtiat a condition her heart must be la.
Boston Transcript. :
SOME UmYRITTEri HISTORY
A Short Story of a "Yank" Ueuteroni
From Spartanburg County, S Cvt
For many years to come we
will hear or read bitspf intensely
nteresting events unwritten m
;he general histories of the World
War. Nrm.
Just the otfier day I drove my
little bay mare to one of our out
of -town manufacturing plants.
As I stood talking to the fore
man there stepped in a. lively
looking negro lad. I glanced at
him and as he, caught my eye,
he almost .dropped his broom
then caught it with both hands,
without taking his gaze from my
face. I saw emotion-sense' memr
ory was possessing him. 1 'Well,
what is it" I asked. His eyes
still fixed, he asked - 'Mr. H. ,
ainjt you Lieutenant H's father?"
May be so" I said, "I had a
Lieutenant son in the service."
I knewd it I'd a swore it the
very minute I layed my eyes on
your face' ' IN thought this
broom was a Springfield, and'I
was listenin for ' 'Come on boys!'
That was what he said when he
he meant charge. Pse scared
till yet." "Scared of what" Jl
questioned? "At one time 'I
thought I never wanted to see
that man again, but I sho do
wish I could see ; him once moire,
I jes knows that was the most
miiitariest man I seed during the
war, I was scared of him and at
the same time I swore by Lieu
tenant H."
' 'Did you see him often", I
asked? (I was getting interested
now.) 'Sho I did, I seed.ihini
many times when . I' hadx&hepf
seen the devil. I believe the
devil his-self would have been too
scared to went where Lieutenant
H. took us." "And you never
get wounded at all? "They say
I get a shell-shock, but it wasn't
no one shell, it must have been
ten thousand a day." "Can you
tell me something about this
shell business?" "No sir, Mr.
H. I can't start, nor if V did I
I couldn't stop." "Were you
in the charge when my son was
wounded?" "I was, me and one
more nigger lifted him out of the
way of the heavy artillery that
was galloping up the gap that
we had just opened. It looked
like they was going to run square
over him fore I got him out. ' '
"Was there anyone else near
when the shell fell?" "Shells
was falling every wher, but there
was two other officers, close by
and when de smoke blowd away
you could not see anyone of them,
but the pieces was lying round
about all over the ground.-'
"Where was the captain?".
"Nobody knowd and no body
cared. The last I saw of cap
tain W, was when lieutenant H.
walked up to him and told him
that he had done turned yellow
and was in the way.". "Now
get out of rny way, I am going to
smash that German defense",
and Captain W.g done just that
thing got away r and . lieutenant
H, done what he said, and we
done it quick, too." . r
V' 'What did you do after the
Germans had surrendered ?' '
' 'There was not many left to
surrender. Why the ' awfullest
part of the whole fight was when
we had to club or shoot them
while they was on their knees
praying. We done learn that if
we ever turn our back on one he
would jump up and shoot us, and
if we was to stop and take ..his
arms v away, another German
would run up from behind and
bayonet us. That is what I
would like to forget Then I
hurried back and found Lieu
tenant H. all bloody and dirty,
ambulance all gone. I called an
other fellow who was not wound
ed and we put him on a litter and
carried him to the first aid hos
pital." . v -
'Tell us something about the
Hospital ! " It was a . long low
building wih a door in the end
and lots of little windows all
ng the sides. When " we got
to the door a quiet little woman
dressed all in white met us. She
smiles, , but you could see tears
in her eyes. She did not say a
word, just motioned us to
follow. Then' I saw another
sight that I wish I could forget.
It looked like the rows of white
cots was a quarter of a mile long.
The. nurses and doctors moving
about mighty quiet, : but . mighty
busy. I just can't tell how it
was, but such a deathly smell,
all kinds of acids and medicines,
old blood, broken bone and dead
boys. I hope you'll never
know." We followed the nurse
way back to the far end to a
little curtained-off room arid laid
him on the operation ' table. It
was a strange sight, , that dirty
bloody, pale man on a snow white
mattress and sheets, his right
foot and knee all turned the
wrong way. I recon the doctor
was gentle, but they did handle
things in a hurry. I turned to
go out and looked back at the
Lieutenant. He did not talk
crept with them coal black eyes
and they said "Charlie don't go
too far", -and I . didn't. I took
my stand just outside by a
little window where I could be
handy. They just slashed off his
boots and poured the blood out;
then cut off his uniform and
handed it to me, and just pointed
to a pile of burning stuff out in
the yard, and I knowd .what to
do. I went back to the window
just in time to see that doctor
run his hand in a great hole in
the Lieutenant's hip and bring
out a-handf ul of black cold blood
all mixed with sand and trash.
That was too much even for a
soldier, I just had to get away.
But I went back in about an
hour and asked the little lady if
I could be any more' help. She
said "No, would you like to see
him?" I takes off -my-cap and
steps inside. There he was all
shaved and clean, his foot and
leg all set right, and he looked
like he was feeling easy; and
when I remembers how it has
been, with him for the last twen
ty-seven days without a change
of clothes, I knows he was feel
ing better. I talked a few minu
tes and then we both heard the
bugle call. He smiled and took
my hand and said, "Good bye
Charlie".' Thats, another thing
I'll never forget; how white and
weak he looked. That is the last
time I ever saw him, but I heard
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he sure-enouerh erot well ana is
now in New York. Mighty glad
to talk to you Mr. H., and hope
some old dav to see Lieutenant
once more." .
Countryman.
At The Congregational Church.
Ilev. W. A. Black, A. M. Pas
tor. Bible School Sunday morning
at 10. '
Public Worship and Sermon at
11. -f: -
Bible Studies in Acts Wed
nesdays at 4. p. m.
Tourists and all citizens cordi
ally welcome. ; .
Services at the Episcopal Jihurch.
Holy Communion.
.a.8:00 a. m.
.;.10:00a. m
Sunday School.
Morning Prayer and Sefmon
11:00 a.m.
Bible Class. - 4:00 p. m.
FRIDAY
Christian Healing Prayer Circle,
"4:00 p. m.
Litany Service. - 4:30 p,m.
FRO WUR FRIENDS
Items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Polk County by Osr
Corps of Faithful
Saluda.
D. W. Simmons and daughters,
Carol and Virginia, visited Wal
ter Jones last week.
On Sunday afternoon at three
clock there was a service for
men only at the Presbyterian
church. The building was
crowded, one boy said he did not
know that there were that may
men m baluaa. Rev. Gills text
was the speculators epitaph.
Mrs. H. D. McCallister has re
turned from a visit to Bristol.
Va.
Mr. Bird, of Eastover, S, C. ,
who has purchased one of the
cottages from C. C. Parlor has
received a car load of building
material. .
Rev. Frank Estes who is to be
the pastor of the Presbyterian
church again this summer arrived
last Thursday.
Mills Nabers who was at home
last week returned to Camp
Oteen Monday.
A Preacher With Pep.
During the Dast week Rev.
Leonard Gill conducted v a series
of revival services in the Presby
terian church of Saluda. Mr.
Gills who is one of the foursyno
dical evangalists of North Caro
lina has a great deal of pep and
a masterly flow of the English
language. While preaching he
drew vivid word pictures which
forcibly brought out .the Gospel
truths he wishes to impress upon
his large congregations. His en
tire stay in Saluda was marked
by his untiring zeal- for Christ
and the upbuilding of Christian
manhood and womanhood.
The meeting will be long re
membered as one in which there
was the hearty cooperation of
the members of the churches of
all denominations all working
shoulders to shoulder."
Forty -five made professions, of
faith in Christ and will be re
ceived into the churches of their
choice at a time appointed by the
various pastors. Besides the
ones who joined many luke warm
ones reconsecrated themselves to
God. And the good influence
for right living is being felt; for
there can be, no greater asset . to
a community than upright
-honest-to-goodness Chr i s t i a n s
men, women, boys and girls.1
Closing Program of Saluda Seminary.
Sunday May 22, the Bacca
laureate sermon will be preached
by Rev. 1 Wv A. Black, A. M.,
pastor of the Congregational
church in Tryon. This service
this year will be held in the Bap
tist church. '
The domestic art work will be
oh exhibition during the week in
the guest room of Ryder Hall.
All are invited to come in and in
spect the work;
Tuesday May 23, at 10 a. m.
the senoir class' day exercises
will be given in Barnard Hall.
At 8:00 p. m. the senoir recep
tion will be held in Ryder Hall.
Wednesday May 25, at 1 o'clock
the 'senoir class luncheon will be
served. At 8 p. m. the graduat
ing exercises will talce place.
' The address of the evening
will be given by Rev J. H. Mc
Larty, D. D., of Asheville.
c The diplomas and certificates
will be presented by the princi
pal, Frederic ollister.
y As has always been customary
the churches of the town will
unite in. the Baccalaureate ser
vice! . - .,
All friends of the class and the
IfJ THE COUWTRV
Correspondents.
seminary will be welcome at the
class day and graduating exer
cises which will be held in Bar
nard Hall.
Saluda Seminary to Close.
The graduating exercises r of
the senoir class of Saluda Semi
nary will be "held May 22 and
25th.
This will be the last graduating
class of the. summer. On May
10th. action to that effectrwas
taken by the executive commit
tee of the American missionary
association of the Congrega
tional church of America at its
regular meeting in New York
City. For more than 30 years
the fine work of this school has
meant much to all of the country
round about. Hundreds of men
and women received all the edu
dation they ever had in Saluda
Seminary and their children have
also" been blessed by its high
grade educational work. It was
established when in all this
region no one seemed to care for
the education of the children.
It was asplendid missionary en
terprise and its influence for
good can never be ; estimated.
But in the nature of the case it
gradually .helped to make its
work unnecessary by creating a
realization of the value of edu
cation inJ:he minds ,of the peopled
Now that Saluda has takenstpps
to have its own school in its own
scnooi jDuiiamg t- ana tne - great
state of North Carolina with its
everincr easing wealth, culture, is
reaching out its helpful hand to
her children. 1 There was but one
thing to do and that was for the
n rirv t tr n mtt 4-r ttti
ociiiiiiai. j vviuiiuavv ilo wuir-
ers from Saluda and send them
and its gifts into some com
munity less fortunate, . whose
need is still like the need of ( Sal
uda in the earlier days. !
Saluda will regret to say fare
well to such an institution, ; but
she can rejoice that others are
to have for a time the generous
help which for so long has been
given here. ' ; v
The closing of Saluda Seminary
will leave three fine buildings
which will be available for a
private school or for hotel . ! and
club house property in whole or
in part.
The school building has been
offered to the town ' on most
reasonable terms and the matter
of taking it over is under , con
sideration, i
There is no finer site in town
for a hotel or boarding house
than that occupied by Ryder Hall.
Lit might easily be made an all
year round hotel with every
chance for a profitable invest
ment. Parties have been on the
ground already looking at I the
buildings to see whether they,
are suitable for a special form'of
school. They expressed great
interest on them. !
- Shoct. Frequently Does Good. '
Keep fear out of your system, bat
don't be troubled at a little fright
Anything In the nature of a shock or
a jolt is helpful' if it doesn't come too
late. It Is the only way 'that three
Quarters of the inhabitants of tbla
earth can ever be made ta realize the
necessity" of doing what is In them to
do. John Blake In Chicago Dally
Hews.
-.-v Early Mesmerism.' i ,
-; Braldlsm Is an old name for hypno
sm. derived . from James Braid, who
Invented this species of mesmerism ja
1S43L ' s
Jud Tunkins.
trouble with a smart 'man.t
The
said Jud Tunkins, ls that he's liable
to spend more i time ahowln' off than
he does workinV