Volume
OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
iryon, N. C, JiinelO,192L
The Possibilities of a Small Farm:
$2.00 -a .'Year
Some Timely Talks to PoftCounty Farmers, and othereon Tiaely Sub
jects, by County Agent, 1., R. Sams. t.-V -
saw in Cooper Gap Township.
irr Editor when I opened my
'v of Polk County News and!
Jr on the front page a square,
all filled around with fancy ; do
ings just to advertise - Cooper
Gap Wnshjp: I wondered what
on earth is going to happen, ' and
wn0 on earth was patriotic
enough to ive a township such
fl'beautiful notice in a county
Then l wonaerea it
paper.
' -4.: n .i;,v
such a notice right in the middle
of the front page of the paper,
made so conspicious by the ar
tistic border, meant' for their
section of the county? I wonder
ed if the subscription list in the
office of the paper shows Jhat
they appreciate such notice? ,v "
Well I was at Big Level church
last Sunday; being the fifth Sun
day and you might think that
Cooper Gap is back in the "stix"
but not a bit' of it. I went
around at one time and - counted
19 autos of one make y and an
other. ' ; :
The occassion was a Sunday
school convention of Baptist Sun
day schools in Polk county". The
church house at Big Level would
have been filled almost- twice
with the people on the ground.
The writer was on the pro
gram and never spoke to avmore
orderly "or ; appreciative pecale
And the ladies proved , equal to
their task when dinner time
came. I saw all this and much
more on Sunday, and on Monday
I saw about as fine clover and
grass growing at Andy Lynches
as I ever saw in any county, and
he has a strip of wheat where he
has used plenty of manure,- that
proves to the natives what
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Cooper Gap township will do
when the farmers grow the
clovers, grasses, and feed and
grow more cattle. Then I saw
.many varities of grasses and
clovers growing in pastures at
T. F. Mills', Grayson White-
sides', J. W. Biddy's, Toney Wil
son s, t$iii Helton's and various
winer places. And there is a
burning strip there to grow pas
te, build fences and grow
more and better livestock. On
Monday p. m. they held a meet-
lngat Sunny View school house
and reorganized their community
dub and fair, and said by their
actions, that thev mean to hold
toe best community fair in Polk
unty next fall.
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community club made an
0rkr to hold a monthly meeting
a 1 o'clock on Thursday " after
ach first Sunday. This club
toeans that every man and wo-
anof anyage in Cooper Gap
WWnshiD TR.fl'TYioTviW'in fill J fol.
wship when present, behaving
uun or herself . And the . fair
ul be to develop the best in--
sts of the erttire township.
1 congratulate Cooper Gap town-
: ior the great progress they
maae since I first came to
r01 county. Not sneakino- He
gftoryof other townships: in
county, I believe Cooper
P. has made more substantial
yresss than any other town-
and has made this progress
and? Very trying conditions;
in tvT me plead with all farmers
township to be encouraged
tioirof 6rtaken t0 a full realiza
ill m What their undertakings
an when carried out.
bull cl h er on some
clubs r POultry clubs,-orchard
etc- Now just watch
; My farm contains 16 1-2 acres
of clay, white-oak 'land and it
produces well.- There are be
tween three and four acres of al-
z
you don t get run over. -Mrse. There are about seven
White Oak township, acres of good hillside bluegrass
-Like Cooper Gap, it is washed Pf86 aid one-fourth acre of
on one side by the same Green fPies; the balance in
River and the other edge is hung cnken lot vard, garden and
over tjie peaks of the mountains ' hP f phm,trees
"ud in the LnH nf w u Moore s Arctics and seven
A-miuarus m zne cmcken lot,
from which I sold $234.75 worth
of fruit last season; ah orchard
01 51 Deach trees, the i
which amounted to $419.62.
spray three times, prune and
give the best of care all the time.
We raise about 250 young chick
ens every year. They are the
Barred Rocks and R. I. Reds.
We pen our breeding stock every
year and use an incubator of 150
they are a different set of moun
tains on the opposite side of the
tnver. White Oak rarmnt nnno
vww.wv VVV
vvim uooper uap m
sweet potatoes and watermelons.
She could put it over her in
growing the clovers, wheat and
corn if she would only try ; but
will she? Cooper Gap is coming
along that line and I am serving
notice on old White Oak to get
L iiiijvk tin fir- iroT orr 'i hor ici
all there is of it" aS7f you g; for hatching and a
urooaer ior - raising tne vouner
w " ; rTr' Ji and lose very few of them.
oVir t t We aim to have the first 'hatch
sned any tears. In fact I would -u 4. -, r,u j
r, a vi come ort . about the 15th of and
rZrZ. rlr. un!T rv if never raise any late chicks, none
Cooper Gap, Whte Oak can pro- after the f May, we
any where in North Carolina, and
iNorcn Carolina can grow any
thing that can be produced , any
where between Canada and Flor-i
da.
This is saying much for a littl I
township but never-the-less it is
true. White Oak is noted for
ts many, springs of sparkling
water. Many of them look in
size as if they "were in f a- lime
stone xountry; but they are free
stone of the best quality.
One thing can be said of White
Oak that puts her ahead of all
other townships in that respect.
She has taken a very advanced
step relative to her public schools,
where ashe has been having
her children taught in about
seven and onejialf schools. She
has accepted a position from the
state and is looking foward to
the time when all the children
will be taught in one, central con
solidated school. This makes
me feel almost as if : we are
catching the educational spirit
of the state of Iowa. Not only
this; but the community club
FROM OUR FIENDS IN TS1C0UNTRV
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Items of Interest Gathered Frcni Vcncus Sections of PcIJs County by Oar
Ccrps of Fdthful Ccrrespcndents.
Melvin IlilL
We are getting pretty dry-in
What Do We Expect From The Home
Newspaper? ,f
Ashley (Ind.) News.
What do we expect from: the
home I newspaper? - First off,
some one will say, the local news,
of course. Others will say, news;
s tunes, iasmons, cooKing re-1
' Viricu c- this section- Ground is so hard
cuunty, sWe,naxiQn ana worm. ir4 2mA
Mmnav srhnnl Ipccrni nhnvnh ,
and-KooiVtv now, aiiVi,; Jo The little two-year-old boy of
pecfed ' by readers. And they FosterHead and wife, is quite
are getting this every week. 1 " Z c p"cu
What Hoe n hnmp n vJ cuu maimers, oi ureen mver,
ner.t? WJfKni, oi;;r,.;f. P"t ouuuay mgm witn rem-
haps, he exDects rather a biff in- tlves here
vestment in eauinment. He ex-
pects to come to the office and were with us last Sunday in the
order a few 6x9 bills or a few Sunday school, lheir presence
thousand 24x36. He wants them was much appreciated.
wnen he wants them. The same me sound 01 the reaper is
thing is true if he wants a few heard in the fields and where
business cards some letter paper, there was waving golden grain
envelopes or statements. He only stubble remains now.
nits a ngnx w expect xnese things -. school has Deen m progress
from a printing office. : Again he here for the last two weeks coh-
has a right to expect that his ducted by-Prof. Kreider.
1 Ml t 1 t 1 ' 'II
worK win De, done, right, proper Mrs. Kreider has been auite
type Used, proper StOck USed, nonrlv fnr'knmo time is imnrov-
ahd th e best of press work. All
right. This' is perfectly clear,
isn't it?.
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Tocni
shp"l
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corn, wheat
buckwheat,
GROWS cotton,
oats, rye, barley,
sweet and Irish potatoes, toma
Toes, watermelons," canteloups Sz; c.
Soy beans, cow peas and vel
vet beans, almost grow wild, and
the pean.ut is at home.
High school with Agricultural
Department, Largest population
and more live stock, than any
other Polk County Township.
Good place to live and grow calves
and healthy children. .
that meets at Mill Spring is work- find they are never as large . and
ing out other -things that will strong.
bring them to the front, They I will give a general account
have an evergreen community of my returns from the farm last
club that meets every Wednesday year, 1920: . -
niffht after the 1st. and 3rd. Sun
day -in- each month, m which
every white man and woman in
White Oak township is a member
in fulf fellowship when present.
You just ought to be present at
some of their meetings and
Three Jersey cows.
995 pounds butter ....,
3; calves ... ..... .
Smearcase.
Milk......
ing in health.
Mrs. Branscom has about
rcovered her usual health.
Mrs. Rachel Westbrook and
little grandatghter, Daisy, called
on Mrs. Stacy Saturday evening.
Elder Branscom delivered an
interesting sermon here Sunday
night on the subject, "Peace and
war.
There will be regular; church
service here next Saturday and
Sunday. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night, singing each
Saturday night and Sunday
school every Sunday afternoon.
.Everybody welcome.
Saluda Selected as' The Assembly
Grounds Each Summer of .The
Congregational Denomination.
The Methodist have their Lake
Junaluska, the Presbyterjans
their Mbntreat, . the Baptists
Ridgecrest, wherein to meet
each summer, to hold inspiration
al meetings under the most f avor-
9 able climatic conditions, and
' i-l x. a 1 1 J-
amid scenes xnat inu tu create
deep religious sentiment. The
Congregational church is a grow
ing body in our southland, as it
becomes better - known; through
its work, and it is fitting that,
after being the mainspring of
meeting place of the membership
of the Congregational church in
this southern district, ; for pur- .
poses similar txAhose. that actu- ,
ate the other denominations.
The meeting was held in the
dining a hall, of the seminary,
where MrsV Hollister acted the
hostess at ( a hastily prepared,
but appetising supper, after
which a business session was
held. DrI Keller expressed him
self as carried away with the
beauty of the setting for the purT
pose, and, acting , as chairman,
submitted a resolution to the C
effect that "This group of citi
zens of Saluda agree with the
Congregational interests in their
desire to promote and carry, on a
Summer Assembly at Saluda, and
promise their support to the .
movement' ' It was duly second
ed and carried.
F, M. Hollister was selected as
chairman af an executive com
mittee, composed of Messrs
Dunn, Pickard, Turner and Mrs.
Hollister, to superintend the
movement, and. work during the
coming summer, it being under
stood that this committee is to
have the close cooperation of
E. E. flJissildine and Nelson Jack
son, Jr., of Tryon. '
One more denominational as
sembly ground is thus added to
the many that grace our moun
tain section, and we -7 are confi
dent that the citizens of Saluda
will cooperate heartily in making
this last addition a complete suc
cess.
Now, the printer, desiring to
be in a Dosition to "deliver print
ing when wanted," must ? have splendid educational influence in
$ 678.80
.. 69.50
.. 51.60
.. 113.70
$ 913.60
see
with what dignity and' ease the 160 Hens
officers of the club preside over 56 Old hens....... .114.06
74 Fryers....-... ...
997 dozen eggs......
... 106.50
523.88
$-744.44
their meetings and what well
behaved children attend these
meetings." And -then you would
be surprised at the singing and Orchard
otherentertaining social features pjums
LIlCJ J1YC .Ul&u wwv.0. -
sides, the organizing effect these
club meetings are having on the
people is bringing them to; the
point where they will be ; able to
organic ,uu', . . Kff ilV ru those fine fried
Amfiaa in tllfl r wuwvi.- """ .
fy hrin to- chickens that we ate all summer,
township. Besides it brings to ,-
Tvriof Roniat Pres My feed bill was . $784, 60. I
byterians, Masons, Odd Fellows have not-been able to plow and
"l. .un!A nt mppt together cultivate any Jand . except my
CIA.,, . - . A. I it '"'A oirzivol -tTtmira frt Q
rhr else, and thus attoras gwucu xui v
j ijv y 7 7 - 4-.
234.75
JRaspberries.. 92.00
138 bushel peaches.. 419.62
' . ' $ 746.37
Total receipts $2,404.41
This does not include the eggs,
an:
a
common meeting ground for all
which a great means of develop
ing love and gQod$ will among
neighbors , in any , community.
Now let every township in Polk
count of heart trouble.
My wife deserves much credit
for all of this, as she helps gather
the fruit, raise the chickens and
runs our Ford to the city every
week with butter, eggs, etc.,
county have such a- club. Who which we sell to private families
direct to the consumer, vv e nve
on a good road, eight milesK from
- TTTi ill ... - ' . . f 1 r r rrr
Ove. hen; house. . wno, w a thnvm&fcrty oti aoout ou,uvaa
uua heW next winter. . 1 : ' a . - Exchange
the eqipment. No longer can he
deliver printing that looks like it
was printed on a cylinder press
with apple butter used for ink.
No sir ee! This means invest
mentinvestment means money.
For instance, a business card to
be properly printed calls for two
or three series of job type. The
same is true in letter head and
envelope printings Invitations,
announcements, legal. - blank
printing, receits, checks, call
for more type. And all call
for good presses, which in
the hands r of a good printer
means good work, the kind de
livered by the News. A good
sized investment, say $8,000, is
some money for' tools, with
which to work, isn't it? :-
Now for the printer to produce
printing with such expensive
tools, he must have a sytem of
applied costs.-; These costs .get
us to the place where we find
that unless we charge our over
head expenses to the goods . we
sell, we will be a loser.
The same applies to an inch of
advertising. ; Newspaper ads call
for more type equipment of .; a
different kind ,from that used
in the better kinds of job print
ing. It calls for a machine to set
thereadmg matter,: an ; expen
sive, v experienced - operator.
This adds jto the cost of produc
ing a good newspaper - like the
this section for upwards of 3b
years past, the scene of its labors,
labors of a most unselff sh char
acter, should be selected for its
summer assemblies, and so Sa
luda has been named for thatpur
pose. ' 5
Last Saturday afternoon a
group of men of Saluda, compris-
ing.Messrs H. P. Corwith, P. H.
Bailey, J. W. Dunn, A. D. Turn-
er, W. JN. riCKara .ana r. jlvi.
Hollister, met with Dr. L. H.
Keller,' of Atlanta, and PV P.
Ensminger, of Star, N. C, who
came to Saluda for the purpose;
to consider the advisability of
adopting Saluda as the annual
' m," 'At '
News. Now the word cost"
must be applied to the news
paper, subscription income and
advertising income must pay the
interest on the investment. Any
fool publisher who tries' to sell
advertising and - paper for less
than it costs to produce it should
ask for a guardian, for if he
doesn't his creditors; will see
that the sheriff soon has the key
to his office. ; - J ;
The News is now conductedon
a cost system.as applied to both
printing and newspaper adver
tising. Thirty, years m the busi
ness has taught us its lessons.
Our policy is to be fair to our
sellincr our product at
cost, plus a reasonable profit
Saluda.
Mrs. Sybil Jenkins is having
the Charles Hotel recovered.
The stores and other places pf
business closed from 10 till 11
o'clock this week in order to at
tend the Bible lectures given by
Rev. R.' V? Miller at the Metho
dist church.
xvev. riCKara ana wue, oi ine
Pickard Land Co.,Jiave returned
to Saluda and are occupying their
model cottage.
The Spartanburg baby hospital
opened this week. Miss Pearl
Boggs is head nurse this year. t
The regular meeting of the
Civic League was held Tuesday
afternoon in the Boys tlub. J
the Saluda school district is ad
vertised on tle Board of Trade
Bulletin Board in the postoffice.
See the advertisement before
Saturday.
Miss Annie Warmer arrived
oaturaay ana is naving sunie mi-,
provements made on h er home.
There were four eleven o'cloek
services in Saluda last Sunday.
One six o'clock service at the
Episcopal church, a seven thirty
service at the Methodist church.'
and also an eight thirty service
at the Methodist church. V 'V
Rev.' R. V. Miller is giving an
Instructive series of Bible lectures
in the Methodist church this
week. Many people are interest-
ea rn the study oi the tJioie.
Dr. E. M. Salley attended the
Alumni banquet at WoffOrd col
ledge last Saturday evening.
Mr. Fields and : wife went to
Ashevilla Monday."
- Hiss ; Lois PaJe one of Saluda's
students t at. Piedmont college
won the medal in music 'this
year. . . .'
; Miss Lila Mae Guicej? is - home
from Piedmont college. - V
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