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BUSH, Publisher
The Only Paper PcIk fl Uye fcr thb lie
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lume XXVH No. 10
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t0 Timely Talks to Polk Couatjf Farmers, end others, on Tfcsly Sub
jectsv by County Aent, J. R. San:s.
er polk County and a Little Out
Iff PnlnTYiVkiio of yl
vlock Monday af ternoon Sept
0 ber 5th and was in the vicinity
;enightvvithJudgeJ. J.Gentry
-4-Vrt oforo lino in SvP
L drove by Grant Miller's place
but did not have, time to arouse
ijjn from his evening nap, , but
0 wonderful sights m the way
of excellent pasture, "live 'stock
to be seen in Polk County.'
jjrs. U. Ci. fepeea s - niu; Acres
. . , .rl -i f nnf Iati O "K A in. Ztr.
farin recci cu ouwhivh auu m m
condition. : svB J
We called on tne prcsiuent oi
jjje Board of Trade of Tryon and
jjje Editor ot tne : f oik bounty
eWS and found out some excel
lent things about iryon, and
this is ihe one of most general
interest to Polk County farmers.
from what I could learn, -Tryon
lias undergone a -full moult and
and putting on a complete crop
of new feathers for the coming
duties she will be called "upon
to preform in the coming days
of world reconstruction. She has
reorganized her Board of Trade
on broader principals and with
a greater vision than ever in the
past thought or dreamed of.
An Agricultural Commitee has
been added to their list of ' Com
mittees which - will extend .a
friendly out-stretched hand to
Polk county farmers not hitherto
known in the past, not only will
the hand of helpfulness and
friendship be-extended to "farm
ers but to all the sister towns in
Polk county to see who can best
work, plan aud aggree on the
best ways and means for general
county betterment. ;
While Judge Gentry is a South
Carolinan by birth and location
at the same time that big heart
of his is in full sympathy with
Polk county movements and he
is carrying out some demonstra
tion work on Bird Mountain Farm
that will ere long revolutionize
some phases of farming both in
North and South Carolina. Keep
your eye on Bird Mountain Farm.
Our visit to Greens Creek this
week was caused by an invatation
to visit Perry Cantrell and some
w ms neighbors relative to pas
ture renovation and building, I
found Mr. Cantrell very enthuias-
tic and he is pretty jwell supplied
with much better than the usual
polk county pastures, but is
anxious to make imnrovement
; .. a.
a what he has and means to do
He is also preparing to pUnt
a Piece of oatsand vetch on im
proved plans and to improve his
Plan of growing corn which is
already a good one. " '
G. J. Scoggin and many other
farmers in that community are
not satisfied with preset methods
f Arming and doubtless grjeat
Egress will be made in their
community at once. See : along
roads every where in county
uuccan Sep msifVo
alon
progress
2 agricultural lines, people
are
uimkmg more than hereto-
V e, and Putting their ' : better
ing more in practice.
. Nw just watch ahead what
gOing to hflnnon in rlumKna
White Oak townships in the
atM?rhood of John Carpenter
as Edwards. They have
iht the grass fever arid are
W Wans and starting,, things
llXl Will . . ...
p uiaKe tor nrogres in
county, r. g. Hamilton
une some snlendid nasture
Jlf?? work, which has just
PoJulr wn eyes to the great
: - 10lllty of what can be done
w cuaB rill I lUOu I
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the nVVif
and in t4he right way. Of course'
W. B. McS wain, I (consider the
pioneer -and first convert ' to
grassology and pasture building
m Polk couhtv:. witli iMvo Trvi,
with littleTnoney and labor; fiut the soil is worse to; deterio- properly treating the growing
it does take some work; but not ate than funds in a bank. Be- crop after planting.
much if applied at the U&ht firo cause funds in a bank will stav ' tt: r- .
Smith a close rival; but at present camed away 5 by evaporation less you are wilhng to do some
there are legions of converts who after evefy rain, and also by thing like the following,
are making good headway. And Caching or nuderground deterio- tt. Select good rich .well
I am made glad in my soul as I a?pn through imperfect sub- drained land. 2nd. Thorougji
see the good work advancing soil- The greatest thing for lyprepare the seed jbed in ad
with such increased momentum Polk county farmers to look vance of sowing, arid let it settle
un :...M . . , after is tli and be firm: 3rd. Select crood
.vu we cenainiy
is m Polk county, because at
Walker Arledge's place Landrum
mnfoQ .o'i-u. jijis-.j-.
of this tribe snuelv tucked ,w.v
m a nuie Don of cotton,
dinnpr hpll pollo o-nA
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Arledge from further investiga-
tion: but I certainlv HiH finH
w w VW A . WXA TV 11 lllimLril ' INI1I. I
if I never see another one in
Polk county. So this is why my
heart leaps for joy when I see
larmers preparing to get away
from theallottnn fft a
system of farming-that will keep
v, iw iu wi, i.
and the nantrv full of familv
supplies the year around and a
surplus of everything to put up
on a well thought out marketing
plan that will give the farmer
better returns for his hard earn-
ed products, and , at 1 the same
time give them to our beloved
cousins and essential friends
in the towns and cities, at more
reasonable rates than they have
hitherto been served.
Now what we want is for Polk
county to arouse from her long
protracted slumber and every
class of citizens strive with every
other class to see which can out
race the other in ?doing good
work; and seeing which can out
do the other in best service to
build up everything that is good
in the county and lend all pos
sible aid in helping suppress that
which is evil. To this end let us
all pray and work with our best
efforts of heart, brain and bodies
physically. ' "
. Soil Improvement
Now don't anybody cry out
nonesense about talking so much
about soil ed soil improvement
because soil either good or bad
seals the destiny of any country.
If the soil is poor, then crops
Will be poor, livestock will be,
and as a result the people of that
country will be poor. But on
flip nnntrarv. if the soil is ncn
then the cropS Wi l be bounfafu .
LilVeSWCK. ux an "t" "" "w ...
kept and fat and the people will
be able w educate tneir cnuuren.
So after air the matter ot son
'mnvVo 4-ViP-rlpstinv of the com-
munity. . In'Polk county ana;?n
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M &&Sw3a
south, the lands nave Deen ciear
ea anu ciupp "-''-t
natural humus and what little
nitrogen there was .in the sou
l J .tftnnUI 1TI 9WV. I.IIL
has been taken out ana tne ; ianu there s a g0od season in the
left in a condition to beV washed jd and finish by using a culti
away easily by the Jieayy , rams packer or iand roller to press the
wehave especially m ruiftwuuy.
So we cannot De remiuucu
often of the importance; of
oil which is needful to grow
cood. livestock i and good
tw-, -.f
people. , JNp iarmerj
i-i- J rtftlia11v. fmm JUS SOU
tO draw w"V ; : i -
and replace nothing, taken from
the soil and 'expect good results;
A farmer, may have a goou
bank account but if he continue
draws checks upon it, it will omy
be a question oi..uie,
not make
some depositSf .vrw
Tryon, N. C,
his checks wiiiho a
uii1Cu lyir
. .:,;wuuu ,.ou il - is witn
iii 1 1 - nairmsw- i' i - : i
vuc ovu. it-we draw nn tho on
Continual! v .
or
, , " r " ac6cji i
returns for
iunas m a bank will atav
re unt1 checked out; but plant I
deposited in the soil is sub-
Ject not only to betaken out by
wing crops; but by being
washed out by heavv rains and
their il rn f
;?ir S01l from the ; surface, and
hls can be looked. after at; any
time during thft vpnr- bnf
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wav xnrougi August and September uiuuagea Dymnessian ny,fana stwc:iciiucwuurviruu yiw&,
The ia the very best time to do this nottoo late tobe frozen out by attended church here last Satur
Mr work. 1st. Because at this W'i,?! da V'Wr- .
through . August and September
season vegetation has just com-
pleted its year's work and
bushes, briars, weeds etc.. are
apter to not send ud snrouts to
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be removed, one year hence.
Then 2nd. These bushes briars
etc., at this time have their
leaves on and when placed in
yia,
are decomposed Quicker and be-
come humus and available in the
sou mucn sooner tnan wnen tne
leaves are off. So this is one
way to build or- rather rebuild
vnnr rlonWnr! cnil an3 fVinn
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up run
down soil that is not
washed into crullies. by sowing
cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans,
vetch and clovers of all kind and
turn them under .and use' some
an'die-perjxent-acidtfrp.
all legumes and watch your soil,
crops, and livestock grow and
then your bank account will
grow also. . "
About Alfalfa
Many inquiries have come to
me Jately about, planting alfalfa.
Now alfalfa is one of the great
est hay crops, if not the greatest
that can be grown ; but our soil
is not naturally adapted to the
growing of this crop. , So in
order to grow it successfully
several things must be observed
nep.esseriallv to the successful
growing'of this crop. . 1st. The
Hrnmprl- Al.
falfa will not thrive long on low
bottom land. 2nd. The land
n
en0 h t0 60 bushels corn
... f
per acre.
thorough, deep preparation. 4th added very muh to the congre
tKe land should be free from gtion, singing at Dr. Pratt's
weeds and grass seed, by grow- services last Sunday,
ing winter and summer H legume The many friends of Jacob
and cover crops. 5th. The land Justice are indeed sorry to - hear
of from 3 to 5 tons ground lime-
afnrP nor nrrP nnnlipH fwn nr
three months, or longer in ad-
vance of sowing. . 6th. It must
be sown at the right season and
that is m Aucrust when all
Liiab xo ii .u,uoii, nuvu .
efOTor
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f Se6d and season. . 7th.
A(m 1K nWnhatfi or
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basic slag per acre Deiore sowing,
and the game amount of cotton
geed , meal. 8th. Sow when
andseed close together. ' 9th.
0rder bulletins and read all you
can get on growing alfalfa. But
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better ; still: visit some good
fanner who has succeeded
m
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and asic mm
. I. AiA :. A m 1a Klriairriea
nOW UC UIU ll, ouu gvuw Mac niov.
be foregoing js only; suggestive,
about the only way to ; grow al-
falfa successsuly is to 'make up
mmd to do it; Then g0 &i
, geg the data poS-
e?w rf k vou f aiP-studv - arid
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September, 16, 1921.
,
xaii, iuay ana nna out tne cause
oi . lailure and , go ahead
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until
success comes. ; Anyone
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can
ib umx enougn to pay xne, price
That XfczA Crcp Aain.
f Now is the time to prepare for
wneat sowing. But don't sow
wheat unlessi youpv right.
von z waste good seed wheat un-
reliable seed 4th Drill "this
"aDle seed. , 4th. Jriii this
mddonbrc,
5th;Sow, not toorsoon :to be
damaged by the Hessian fly,, and
iana r nas ; sumcient nitrogen xo
grow a good-strong straw;, then,
use plenty of 16 per cent acid
cent acid
say40 ihs per ae. . If these!
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.re(mireriients -are complied with,
there is no reason why airriOst
y arm in Polk county .might
not grow some .wheat profitably.
Motic8 to Grggnsycreek Farmers.
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Tere will be a meeting of a l
"t . r!: . vtr.w
committees
community fair at Greens Creek
nign scnooi on : next baturaay.
beDt.. 1. at d O ClOCK D. m. Or
immediately after church service
tnat P-, m-; vDon't forget -nor
neglect to come. Burlen
White, President
: -i Sams County Agent.
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Rev. Pratt filled his regular
aDpointment last Sunday.
Vance Newman ex-service boy
is in the government hospital for
treatment at Asheville.
Coline Rippey who was reported
last week as one of the teachers
has withdrawn and will return
to college, (a wise move)
T. W4 Cannon spent last week-
ena m oparcanuurg.
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Mrs. Chas Williams, of Inman,
run up to yisit her mother, Mrs.
J. B. Panther, last week.
W. T. Hammett run down the
line Iast week-end., ' ! - V
The Lynn Sunday school has
prepared a collection of card,
books, paper etc., to send to
Ch'mm children which will tro bv
parcJ post. : ?
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the state hospital at Morganton
LwWlawi.wnr f a W Aaath '
He leaves a wife and four child-
ren who have the sympathy of
the whole community, :
a w w0v,w ;et iat rnnF
i www m lis.- b a m . m m . km . w
1 A Iwrfht H 10 (irnTi 11
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squirrel ; hunters and ; moonshiners.-
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Hello Columbus glad you have
connected yourself again ; with
!the world. If we only had a
telephone we : mights tell you
something.
; - Faulty Arrangement.
In some sconntrtes only fat . women
are considered beaotlfnl, but thej iar
mat ftsnntrtea even 1
for fat womea-
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The Repeating Rifle. , .
. ,The repeating rifle wa- known and
MmtfA ,. in cnortlne circles as early
as -1840. - bat was not adopted by the
United Suites army until 1854. -
.Srsoa Women's Clubs.'
: In tie : PlIllpplnes, there . are
than fOO woaenVclubs.: ' r y
more
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CcrpS'Cf Fcithful
'. Melvin IHIL
Mrs. Mary Morris of Cliff side,
is
visiting : relatives and cold
friends and neighbors' here' thfe
week.
Quite a heavy in feii here
Friday night.
Word reached here that an
electric storm at Cliffside last
Friday destroyed two barns and
soma livestock, a mule" and a
cow or two. :. f " 'j
Tilden Higgins has gone to
Yay county on account of the
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TO- Ifirtf '. 18
w11111 Bennett.
:;Joe Henderson of Mil toek.
u. u. t eagan ana ; wue, were
shopping in Spatanburg last Fri-
day."
Ed Johnson, wife and babies,
visited the former's mother
Mrs. Callie Johnson, Sunday.
j. A. Morris and family, of
Cliff side, visited at the home of
VCA4' j--
Eldr R. P. Jones, of Rrooklvn.
s; c attended church council
here Saturday.
Fishtop.
A nice shower came Friday
which we were actually needing.
M e nice fodder has nrbbablv
een saved than for several
vears and there is more crrass
an(j pea hay that can be saved if
weather permits than-wouWi
A right lively time has - been
going on with a cow brute, which
?usseJ Arledge chased for two
befre he captured it. He
then took it to Saluda and sold
it to Wm. Pace for beef., A few
minutes later it broke loose and
quite a crowd tried to capture it
but it made its escape and went
into the cove and cot in Miss
N -an,g DastUre meanwhile
'
T. E. Pace offered a reward for
its capture. Rome HOI with
SOme help succeeeed and took it
back to Saluda arid delivered to
Wm. Pace who failed to make it
secure and in less time than it
takes to tell, it was on the way
back toward the cove with- a
score or more Rafter ,jt, but .all
efforts were vam and the last
we have heard of iUt was ing
in the direction of Chimney Rock
arid reports say that Robert Price
is gone somewhere, and it is sug-
gested Dy some tnat ne is cnas-
ing the animal and Will eventually
return withhis prize.
We are sorry to hear of the
death of T E. Stepp who lived
near iJUanuruiu. . ac xuiuiciijr
lived here and has quite a lot of
acquaintances in.this section. :
Surveying out the new cove
road leading to tne muis uap
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Fitzsimons as surveyor v Hurry
un vou CooDer Gap folks with
,.l 1
vour subscription if you want it
continued through your town
ship. The county proposes to
pay one half the expense, so
now isyour time. " , '
T. W. Bradley went to Sunday
school at Mountain Grove Sunday,
t E. Laughter hauled a ; load of
apples to Asheville last week.
, C. 'HilFs twin boysx hauled a
load of apples and figs to HendeM
sonville last week - 'r:
The Levi boys and Posey Hen
derson went trading at Saluda
Saturday.
Mrs. Posey Henderson and
children and Levi went to Salud
one day last week. '
Year
Ccrrcspczdsnts.
T. W. Bradley and Jesse as
hauled a load of pears to Saluda
last week, '
Lewis Levi visited home folks
here last week. r
We hear of one good cabbage
patch only, E. W. Bradley's in
the Silver Creek section.
There seems to be plenty of
sweet potatoes and some Irish
but few turnips. , '
J. B. Bradley is done his fodder
and is plowing in rye in the corn
which is good, his peas are need
ing picking now He has prepared
his clover seed for fall sowing;
Mr. Sams you would be pleased
to look over his farm and see the
improvements made. . .
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- Colss&us '
oThe Colubus cbmmunity fair
extends a cordial invatation to all
the other community fairs in the
county to come to Columbus
October 10th and spend the day
with us.- '
Misses Stockwellr Station
Stikes arid Campbell ass't. nurses
for the state clinic held in Tryon
a few days ago, spent Tuesday
atProf. Cobbs. : .
Miss Pearl Keenon spent the
week-end with the Misses ! Mills.
Misses Minnie Arledge and
Bertha Kelz spent the week-end
in Hendersonville. . '
Freil Blanton andProf. Cobb
spent Saturday in Asheville on
buisness. f H y. ."
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:. Prof, W. D. Loy and sister
Kittie, spent the week-end in
Shelby. 1
Oma j Reynolds has returned
home from a visit with friends
in Charlotte. y . ,
Sallie Lynch acepmpained by
her friend lCliss Clark has; return -;
ed home after an extended visi t
to her old hoine place near Chim-
ney Rock.
The Good Time Cub gave a
roast Friday honoring Misses
Burgess and McMurry who ..left ..
Sunday foi Jpaluda where they
will teach the coming year.
, Tom Lynch Jr. is spending a
few days in Rutherf ordton.
Stearns high school is ; coming
fine. It being one of the largest
and best in the county.
Court commences sopn.. 'Lets
get together and clean things up,
pick up the old papers around in
your yard and street, take the -stumps
jf and cut the weeds
every body is cleaning up why
not you? Iiets make this one of
the prettiest little towns in the
country. -1 '
By No Means a Duds.
The speaker was energetically . orat .
(ng In behalf of a candidate for eta- ,
gress. "What - we want, spoks a":-' '
man In the audience, "is a man frca. .
the rank and file as our representatirs;
a man from the common people, net .
one of these .dudes that , don't knw '
anything bat how to wear a long-tsilei
coat.",: "And that I Just exactly .wfcat '
my candidate Is," the speaker exc
back ; Mone . of the 4 common : peoplsw '
And, by : no stretch f the Imiginatlca
could you call him a 'dude.. .Why. b V
Idea of dressing up Is to buttsa ! -
rest.-. - " ' -
Removes fmpurtOea, -. f t
Tor aoao ess an electrical dsrico
oxonise water; sad remoro all. .irrptsV
ties, which can: be opraU4 frca . a '
light socket, has btsa larcats " :y ,'v-
- History. T ' .
History ,1s the first distinct pre&tt :"
of man's spiritual nature, ' t!s. eailtrl
expression . of what csa ts csXit .
thought CarWe. , ':
Object Axhleved. r I
Oao object- aimed at la chtnrlaj
styles Is to make the old photographs '
ridiculous. Toledo Clada. . r ':
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