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COUNTY AGHIT'S DEPARTHEfJt
Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub
jects, by County Agent, J. It. Sams. .
Our Polk County Fairs
-11 ArAM Cn1l1t
Lware ail uvci. oa-uu
f e first, and on account of the
iness of the date. corn, cab-
i turnips and etc not being
JLly matured, & the., farm
Tfield crops were not well
.J UAiJifivor fV- w
by the ladies could not be
11. J rtn whvfi larrerauanitv
leu 0 1
-the arrangement and beauty
ithis part of the , fair was as
m penecL as . j iwn. xui,
jj this connection 1 will say
StMl
teit in an me c wuuijf
measured up to uieir
ly been brought out. It. seems
almost impossible to get some
people to get a vision of what it
means, to bring together at
Thanksgiving time what God has
blessed them with. . and. com
pare them, with each other and
ascertain where thebest seed ran
be procured for the next crop,
ana nave a good social and friend
ly handshake and one day of real and a few cows ought to be
aty. :'"'. V.
Columbus fair came off. Monday
Oct the 10th, and while credit
jjfl fell for short of what old
s is capaoie 01 aomg.
Columbus made a respectaple
on corn; but iell snort
alive stock and oth.er farm
d field products: but ranked
feS up in the way of entertam
t, and social features, Old
hoperGap came, next on Tues-
if 11th, ana taking into con
'ieratiort the lay of the land; the
Lwinn nf thpir rnnrls nnH rm-
oortimities in every way: their
fir was highly creditable. And
their hospitality was : boundless.
Hr. Dave Laughter had on ex-
home made axe handles,
er iandles, f hamesV ; cradle
km & etc., He also had
lwefae specimens-of corn, to
i3toes& etc. and a basket of
jbo. fine pears, who when the
,rwas over distributed them
jironghthe crowd gratuitously.
m 1 -i
iy people were orderly ana very
itentive while the judges ex-
ined many things,, and they
many questions.
Mill Spring came to the bat on
Wednesday Oct. 12, and knocked
ikme run. this was adiudeed
' w -
m the best all round and most
accessful fair in the county.
we being 33 exhibits of corn,
lua eacn, 4 iarm exniDiis, is
wuen exnioits, 4 garden seed
Afield seed exhibits, 26 head of
M span of mules, 25 pure
pigs, 2 pure bred sows and
purebred-boar; all of excellent
5. Then the ladies had im
visgd a rest room in which the
mothers could coax their
to sleep and give them
t n well arranged beds, this
wy unique as well as ex-
my useful. The hospitality.
entertainment wpre all that
d be asked, if anv one went
hungry, it was his: or her
fault, and every body went
e I am sure, feeline it was
to be there. Sn the -'littlfi
f8? of $10.00 was awarded by
. -o tins as ueiug tnc
rall round tl;W t
t Was nnf fQf tWoi-fl io mnvo
neither
ked harder; but here lies the
White Oak Township has
Zui 1 Spring a Community
0 that..has met monthly, for
. years and twice a monthdur-
warm weather, in which they
yarning to take up and han
. cttimunity problems: in. an
zed way. No xommunity
lts best at any th eXm
HfirOUgh Oror54.mV.af inn Clr-Gana
hnf i ?nd Tryon had good fairs
C ' g0 f ar enough- The
klW hlbited this year, either
wfC !lmbe or Polk counties
ter.5theTryon fair, and there
. tymore if they had bn-
the farm poultry flock.
The sale of cream relieveslthe
house-wife of sa much "work lihd
besides the price of fat atv. the
creamery is usually considerably
higher than the price received
for butter. Not only does - the
sale of cream relieve much drudg
ery and work in the home but it
really means increased profits.
Every farmer in the South
should plan now to get into the
business ; certainly by spring
time and, so far as possible avoid
going into debt another year.
Pastures ought to be planted
a
winter in the sleet,; snow and
cold rams if they are not provided
with good dry houses and then
you will be whining around and
cussing the hens because they
don't shell out the eggs.
That milk cow deserves better
treatment than many of them
jso repair up that leaky roof
and keep the cow dry and warm.
Once more that tool shed.
last J week on my. rounds looking
iaf er the fairs, I saw some mow-
infemachiAesr hay rakes, disc
pldws, and harrows, - and almost
allikind of expensive farm tools
right out in the rain, wind and
sunshine, this is too expensive
anci really, is a reflection on any
farmer's intellegence ; but we get
the? habit of such things and
some habits are hard to shake off.
r ; Now in conclusion let me ad
vis every farmer in Polk County
to Join The Farmers Federation
stick to it until success
FROW OUR FRIENDS IMHE COUHTllV
Items of Interest GatJiered Frca Vsnjs Section of Pc!X Ccu.-rty by, Ca
Ccrps of Faithfd Ccrrts?cdsnts.
Mill Spring
Mrs. Twitty . Jackson ia very
ill with typhoid fever, but we
nope for her a speedy recovery.
Farmers are busy t h ese
days gathering their crops and
sowing small grain, -
f About 125 people gathered at
the home of W. Ml Gosnell Sun
day morning last to celebrate his
70th birthday. A bountiful din
ner prepared by the good ladies
of the community was spread
on a table in the yard, and every
body present ate and was satis
fied that it was a square meal I
After dinner our Rev. Melvin
Hyder made a talk appropriate
to the occassion, after which the
coifes, the poorer the farmer the benediction was pronounced and
worW he i needs the protection it thewd dispersed Reeling
wflj-give him, the, richer the that theyhad enjoyed the day
farmer is, the greater-is the re- and wishing or Mr Gosnell
snonsibilitv to heln his boy and his many ham returns of r same
pooler neighbors to more inde- The beautiful weather is be
dpnfi living. Then, subscribe for enjoyed to the fullest by the
farmers.
recreation and go home feeling fixed part of the farming system
gooQi 1 am aware that this : has just as quickly as it it possible
been a hard year to make ex- secure the cows. High priced
ceuent crops of any farm pro- registered cows are not neressa-
Uuv c ouwuiu xejuice ana i.tiiougn gooa cows insure a
be contented and happy thatxpur greater profit -. and 'everyone
condition is as wel as it is. ; v should get the best cows 'he can
and'planto secure hierlier nrodu-
mux tows IH3 Answer to tha Cotton cing ones as soon as possible.
toii iieeyu. Community cobberation should
The coming of the cotton, boll bad in the matter of breeding
weevil does not mean that we UP be dairy stock and the co
cannot raise cotton profitably ! operative shipping of creammay
longer but it does mean that ' we be-worked out and, cream shipr
cannot safely depend upontithe Pm stations established or cream
crop as the only source of i "cash shipping days arranged whereby
income. S S 1 every farmer may be able to' ship
There is no line of live stock
production. which.fits so . weU;t in
the cropping system that 'should
be worked out under boll fweevil
conditions as the dairy, cow.
During the past several months
SeriT lature has been called: to meet inspec
Sdrrln remove cer-
freeing themselves from cotton
as the sole source of cash income
than ever ; in the souths history ayiHpq inirt Lf AWTl iW
The milk cow has practically ta- 91 ClUGS aBU XO VYIlb OI
ken her place-in the minds qf Uoon AaarnaA nrlvi5iWA tn nwlt t.VlPir
ui iiiusu ioiuicii. oa uciug
basis
be
to have a new $25,000 brick build
ing and also a teacherage f or use
at the beginning of the fall term.
It only means that the Alumni s
of Mill Spring, in a very short:
time will be proudly and lustily
singing the praises of their Alma
mater.
Let everybody get the v spirit,
khe old time spirit, the patriotic
spirit and then watch Columbus
and Fea. Kidcre ouietiy out sure-
Bond Elestion Rsstpsried-
In view of the factthat - the Legis-
tain limitations govehing the financing
It
me
M. G. BLAKE, Clerk.
the organ'bf our Farm Federa- Ljtal without an operating.
tion.
Ki-3ES nna action before' calling- the election.
production of .feed, stuff thisyear This action will not delay the work
the milk cow has. been consider- .
ed as the one safe marketing as it was not advisable to -begin work
iX&KZllKij ao 0x1c win vuiiouuib n
and forage and return payment before April Of next yeaT.
omcklvm the form of a cream sr
check, The splendid and prac
ticable way in which this cream
check may be supplemented by
sales of poultry, eggs and nogs nis cream regardless of how
fed upon 'the skim milk has , like- sman the amount may be.
wise appealed to ths farmer as Southern Railway Develop-
makmg even, more sale rnis ment Service is greatly interested
means whereby he may place his n te development of sour cream
operations upon a cash basis "H dairying. We believe the great-
so far as current expenses are est an(j m0st urgent present need
concerned. is for a practicable, workable
The keeping of a few cows on plan whereby the average farm
every farm, the sale of cream to er may sell sufficient production
a creamery and: the feeding Of from his farm from month to
skim milk to poultry and hogs month to bring in cash enough to
will not only meet ' the, require- meet his current expenses. A
mnfQ for a steady income from few dairy cows, a few more lay-
month to month throughout, the ing hens,' and a little attention
fbp vear but will in amost effec- to them, a brood sow or two -and
tive way meet the condition with better pastures and other feeds
reference to soil improvement for them in connection with skim
mflkinff . it nossible for farmers to milk, will meet this situation.
oririVh their soils so as to realize If we can be of service in help
1 .:Aa fVio afanlfr.croDS. lno vou nlan lor cows and ior
larger - ,1 . . T .
besides it will enable tnem w shipping cream we warn, yuu w
oifiiilv nroduce many; fruit call on us.-So.. Ry Live Stock
DlXVVu-rf tri ,1
and vegetable crops-that cannot Bulletin.
nnw he Droduced prohtaoiy on
farm because of the.
jluc ayciwfiv ,
Notes: in Season.
eroded and generally thm con-. Farmers who are planning to
mnHition of .the soiU v sow wheat should do so now as
Iii many - farmers' meetings ;oon as possible danger of the
throughout the South the writer Hessian fly is past since the late
M"0 - . . a 1 lJ ,. J-..- tnnm Vr4-
has advocated the dairy cow, irost, anu v, T
i-.,. 0a hatrkx as- ameans wheat sowings is delayed endan
LMiw the farmer may, get gers the crop, more of winter de-
awav from the practice' of going struction by ireezmg.
into debVand in many instances Also, all parties who contem-
onH women 'too have told Dlate sowing legumes, grasses
1 . Jl J " w -'. 1 1 '
The fair at Mil Spring not with
standing thef act that we have
had no officar announcement, it
is an evident fact that White Oak
Township won out with a big
margin in the contest for the
best fair in the county. We had
perfect system in each depart
ment, each officer handled his or
her Work with great efficiency
and the social feature was simply
fine. 'The fair officials wish to
fixpress.lheir thanks to.the' neo
pie for their untiring effiorts in
making it the success, it was.
One f can see the leaven is work-
.
ing . its :way and it is hoped that
the. entire township will soon
be leavened. It is suggested
that-Pearidge have1 a separate
exhibit-next year as that is a iine
farming section and those people
are hustlers.
Drr Bell has- - returned from
Charolotte where he has -been at
tending court.
We are glad to say that J. M
Lewis' condition is betters he
having returned from the hos-
J. L. Jackson and family of
Tryon and James Jackson
and family of Boiling Spring, S.
C, were at the Birthday Cele
bration Sunday, enjoying a few
hours with their mother.
District Manager Fred Hall pf
Saluda was here Friday to attend
Tryon Route 1:
Well ;now the fairs, are over,
we can get busy with other, du
ties, hope none of got as cold as
Lieutendant John A. Macready
of the army, airservice (when he
reached a heicrht of nearly 8
miles.; recently): by not. getting the Masonic meeting making his
the 00 prize, hut let , each of annual visit,
us try the. more to have a fair Among the real estate deals
next year. recently-made is a small tract
Quite a ; bunch of us attended "sold to Ruf us Collins by J. R.
the surprize birthday dinner Foster and one sold to . Nelson
given to Sheriff Jackson's moth- Moss by Thad Barber. If cotton
er, all seemed ta enj'oy the -most remains lip the land will' begin
beautiful day hugely. to move repidly.
Misses Pearl Edwards, Bessie Hello Fish Top: Let us know
Hamilton and Messers James Eg- what you hav done with the
erton andHugh Edwards motor- new rbad project in your section,
ed to Brevard Jast Sunday. , '-.: , '
Miss IrineFlentye, N; B. Jack- Mill Spring Softool risiw;
son andifamily James -Page and The Mill Spring School opened
family we? e pleasant: callers - at Monday with the most promising
Walnut Grove Sunday afternoon, year. . Even before time for the
E H. Edwards and wife,- first bell patrons began coming
were. shopping in Spartanburg in with their children and' still
JohnCarDenterand sisterlMiss they came, until theymorning ex
r - .' 1 r '. - -.. mv. it-fn rrrnxr
I Same Carpenter were surprised . cruise was iu u iu d waj.
Saturday eyemng oy vemg v eu
a smallblowoutr ;
of how they have,, been: able to or smai grains of any kind
meet demands for running ex- should get it in now as soon as
penes the past Spring, withmonj possible,
ey received from the sale 01 Remember the hens will be
cream from three or four cows hunting roosting places on the
and from poultry and eggs from f ence corners and apple trees this
Now the leaves ; are ; turning
gold.Suficess to the.News,. as of
old.. - .
Mankind AnalyzedU . '
Man lft physical iy as wen aa.meta
oHyslctHy atWpg-of sbreea. and patch-
S!?! Oiur'schooi
Uf-J3--o- , - ing daily, Next year we hope
Supt. E. W. S. Cobb, Dr. E.
H. Bell, the committee and a
number oNf patrons added to the
opening with heipf ul talks which
showed their interest. The pat
ents whose children are not in
school are urged to .. have them
there as early as possible so that
they may receive the full benefit
is grow-
1 v. move back to-crive us room;
Rah for Mill Spring.
Salada
O. B. Garren's photo; gallery
has been moved to -the .corner of '
M. A. Pace's lot. The; water
from Crystal Springs has been
caused to run through large sew
er pipes and the ground has been
graded preparatory. to the ; erec
tion of the new tearoom. A car
load of rock and a car load of
hrirlf an1 other materi ftls . . hftVA .
been placed on the ground.
A new board- sidewalk is to be
built on the National Highway;
in the city limits. . The grading
preparatory to building this side
walk is now being done. 1:
Mrs. Perry Bishop's friends
will be glad to know that she is
recovering from her recent ill
ness. ,
' Miss Ruby izer has returned;
to her home in St. George S. C.
Melrose Inn is being recovered.
" TTii orlv XTqy - Vi o q . iafiiin'ibff ' f .
his home in Fort Motte after a
visit to his parents;
r en and j Mary S alley went to -Tryon
Saturday.
The regular, meeting of -the
Civic League was held at the
;j ir tt oi
resiuence ui mm. Ej. lyi. oaney
on Tuesday af ternoon.
The Esseola closed for the sea
son last Saturday. '
1 Miss Rosa Box and Mrs. Henry
McKee went to Hendersonville
Wednesday. '
Mrs." Hattie McLean hag, gone
to Atlanta for the winter.
Mrs. J. L. Sims returned, from
Asheville Tuesday. "
Jas. Heatherly has returned to
Dr. Dixon's health resort after a
short visit to his family.
Leo Grumble has returned
from Oklahoma, :
The Baptist. Association will
meet in the Saluda Baptist church
on the fifth Sunday n October.
Dinner, will be served on the
ground. Everybody invited j
Rev. Frederic ; Hollister will
preach at the Methodists ehurch .
next Sunday, You are invited to,
attend.
Rev. J: O. Cox is in High Point
attending the annual-conference
of the M. E. Church, South, of
western North Carolina, ;
P. .H. vBailey ha& returned from
a business trip to New York.
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-nmt mmmi!- VMI VwwiiMI WMW. Vila '
Rev. W. A. Black, A. M. Pas
tor. -
Bible School Sunday morning
atiac . . . ..i
Public Worship and. Sermdn.at
Bible Studies in Matt. Wed
nesdays at 4. p. m.
, Tourists and all citizens cordi
ally welcome.
Cathedral Resembles Grass' Hill.
Of, the world's cathedrals, probably
the most cm tons Is that which crowns
a bill in Uganda. In appeara&ct It
tt-atlas--nothlng so much' asa-csoca
tsinctrcrass, sithotis on dctf ta
spectlon one Is jiblatD seethat txsA
and wood hare been eztenslrely ei
ploytd. The ftnictcre can eccc
eats 4rfCCO pseis. .