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Volume. XXVII, No." 19
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Sesne Timely Talks to Polk County Jcnrshd . oth;rs,xa Xcnsly . Sub
iacts, by CcustYiflgent, J. R. Sains.
What of the Farmer?
The farmers program for 4922
is exactly what it has been , for
more than six thousand, years,
and will : be until the Angel Ga
briel blows his call for ytfie - as
sembling of the living, of all th'e
earth and the dead , of ; all time.
This program will be present
ed as briefly as possible,' so that
every farmer may, commit it to
memory at all times. It ' is as
follows. v : ;"'..; ':: ;:'7
1st. Soil improvement and con?
servation. : - 7
2nd. Crops, their rotation
and diversification', v 77
3rd. Cooperative : buying and
selling through Farmers Federa
tion. ' .,.;7;r:;7 '.-7';
This might be - spun . out into
many heads and divisions and
sub divisidns; but I v want to get
right down to the fundamentals
of farming which, when all is
said, is Soil, i Crops . and disposi
tion of the crops.. : i
It does not take a very learned
or wise man to know that the
best crops are produced on the
the best soils, or rich land as we
call it, and if this be true, which
it is, then the purpose of every
farmer in Polk, county should be
to not plant crops only on rich
land. But says some one, my
land is not rich, very well, V. that
is exactly what we -want tOtalk
xmt tit yoAaairt!iich7
the first thing in our program
for 1922 is soil improvement and
conservation, what does - that
mean? Itmean,s if your soil is
poor, to make it rich or at least
make it better by improving it.
How is this to jbe done? ' Well
that is one of the biggest ques
tions that can be asked and . it
would take a man as , strong , as
Samson and as wise as Solmon
many long winter nights until
late hours to tell the many ways
this maybe done; but in this dis
course I will mention only a few
and let the farmer right out -in
his fields work out the practical
details Of course any farmer
knows that the yery best way; to
build up run down soil is by the
application of stable and other
animal manures. But every one
knows just as well that " there
is not enough of these commodi
ites, to do the work, then lime,
legume crops and live stock must
come into this program to make
it effective. Arid in order to
make live stock profitable, they
must eat something to make
them srrow into horses cattle,
sheep and poultry. : And ihe
cheapest feed that any horse,
cow, hog, sheep or poultry will
ever eat in our South land; will
be the permanantsummer arid
winter pastures, where these
animals will live and thrive, both
summer and winter by means of
their own effort almost without
human labor, aftrhe pasturei
is Prepared, and at the same
time be building arid taking care
f the soil, when the soil is built;
M barn yard manure, the jwise
use of lime and commercial fer-
izers, the growing and plow-
ln2 under lejrume' crops and etc.
Then the next thing in the-pro
-am is the growing of profitable
croPs, and . in ; all the years of
the oldest farmers in l?61k coun
fy there has never been a time
80 critical to the farmer as right
nw, so far as chdosing his. crops
IQr next; and.; . succeeding crops
are concerned, fhe cotton boll
weevil is in Polk ; county, ."without
Qoubt, just what havoc he1 will
The Only
make of the cotton rmn nf
W A.
1922, no one can foretellrbut the
safe and sane thing for every
cotton farmer to do is to begin
now to" plan for other crops, be
side cotton. ; I dpnft say for all
to quit cotton at once or even at
all; but I do say to plant less, as
permisVb; on;richell prepar
ed soil :&-: was not : in cotton
this.year ,4d cultivate rapidly
for best lesults under boirweevil
conditions, i Then plan to di
versify field, anditrucircrops. so
as to have something ready to
market as nearly as possible 7 ev
ery day in the year This per
fectly feasible and must be done:
And in this connection, fanners
must organize locally go they may
learn to standardize ; their pro
ducts and grow: such crops as the
markets - call for and prepare
them in a marketable way and a
good urice will generally Joe paid
for them. Now. this leads upto
the last item in the program, I and
that is the business end- of the
farmers business which is co
operative buying and ; selling
through-, their, Farmers Federa
tion which they have organized
ana win oe r eaay ior service
next spring. Nowdon -t any
body get into your mind that the
Farm Federation will fail. 71
can't see, but one possible chance
for f aitoe7arid"hat is in home
spun JAnguage.7 TChafe-.the farm
ers of Polk county are nbfc?wrS
' 'Dried .apple cuss" and that is
the most useless and- worthless
thing I know any thing " about in
all , the , Universe j 7 The i banks,
merchants, manujfacturers and
all class of consumers in '.1 Polk
county now stand ready to aid
the Farmers Federation in stabil
izing the home market, and,; in
finding a foreign market for r all
surplus; products of Polk : county.,
Products ; not only this ; but the
railroad is lending every possi-
able assistanceto the directors of
the Federation i to help make it a
success. , So where is the ;place
for a 1 'Doubting Thomas" As
stated in the circular sent out to
stock holders, cowards and weak
lings, are not wanted in the
Farmers Federation, Christian
men and women of principal and
courage are desired. 7. The poor
farmers need it worse than the
rich ones ; The well-to-do farm
ers have the opportunity of their
lives to aid the weaker young
men to pay their first $10.00 and
become strong and useful mem
bers later on. So let us ... look
forward with a clear vision and
proceed to build up and preserve
our soils, make diversified crops
arid sell them in the most intelli
gent and .orderly manner. '
Notice.
. .The board .of Education of Polk
County will receive bids at the
Die. meeting for the material to
build a new schoph house atiMill
Spring. The bricks and the lum:
ber may . be considered togetfie
or seperately. 7 The contract for
furnishing the above named mat
erial will be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder.- If : you
are interested be present at the
next meeting of the Board of
Education, Dec. 5th, arid submit
your bid. E. W. S. Cobb Clerk
to Board oi, Education.
' Why They. Were Soared.
A boy's composition ; .iTobacco 'mM
tnyented by Walter, Baleigh, and vhea
tfee people first saw nim:smokins they
thought it waa a steamboat or loccmo
ttre, arid as. they had never heard d
Close .things they" were greatly J tAgiXr
ess CcEtcn Trarrcrijt . 0-7' v
Paper-Polished in Pclk Cc-jnWA Ihe" Cba Psptr :fcr. theltonra
Tryon, , N. . C.;
AIDING FARMERS. IS BUSINESS OF
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
Organization Has Two Functions; Ex-
: port Power and . Agricultural Fi
inancing Power, Ninety-jive Per
Cent of Business Being
of Utter Kind.
; Contrary to a belief which pre
vails in rsome places, the War
Finance Corporation's assistance
toagricultural interests is not
confined to financing agricultu
ral exports. . In fact, the financ
ing of agricultural products de
signed for export iy a compara
tively insignificant part of the
work of the War Finance Corpo
ration; In the language . of Eu
gene Meyer Jr., Director of Tthe
War Finance Corporation, the
corporation has two functions;
We have loaned some money for
exports one-half through bank
ers and one-half through co-op
erative, associations. But our
agricultural, financing will 5 a-
mount to 95 per cent of the total!
We discount the farmer's paper
through the bank. The actual
paper comes to us the paper on
which the banker loans the mon
ey. It is the War Finance Cor
poration's dollar which goesinto
the agricultural loan. Our re
gional committees are mostly
bankers because this is a bank
ing business. Many of them
are also farmers.
"We are loaning a great deal of
money to the - breeder of - live
stock, We loan it for one year.
ana it can oe renewed ' ior an
other year, and still another year
if necessaryw This is, one of: the
fundamental bowers that
been lacking in our financial sys-
. .. - i
tem. This must be provided for
when we get down to a perma-
nent financing institution." The
War Finance Corporation charges
6 per cent to the bank. Under
the law the bank can reloan this
money to the farmer at any point
Detween b per cent ana per
cent. ' But the banker cannot
charge more than 8 per cent."
Mr. Meyer also points out that
there is no limit to the size of
the loan which the War Finance
Corporation can make. There
are also a great diversity of med
iums through which it can make
loans, : Under the terms of the
act any reputaoie ana responsi
ble financial institution or associa-!
tion, witn resources adequate to
carry out the proposed ' underr
taking, may become a borrower
of the War Finance Corporation
for the purpose of promoting
agriculture and . livestock mter-
ftsts. The onlv nrovision rporord-
v ' ' ' . .: 1
ing the total amount of money ad-U
vanced by theWar Finance Cor
poration to any financial institu
tion or association is the stipu
lation that the loan may not ex
ceed the aggregate of outstand
ing, agricultural or livestock loans
made by the borrowing financial
institution of association. -
Another misapprehension pre
vails regarding the total -amount
of money the War Finance' Cor-
poration can i loan agricultural
and livestock interests. It is be
lieyed that a billion dollars is the
limit. " In point of fact, a billion
dollars is the limit of the amount
Of loans the War Finance Cor
poration may have outstanding
arid unpaid" at any f given time.
The law is so worded, however,
tnat xne corporation may reiuau
money as fast as it is paid in
In other words, the billion dollars
forms a revolving fund.
The corporation has not made
any allocation ot iunds among
sections or institutions. It has
rip: authority to do so. Each ap
plication for a loan is corisidered
strickly on its merited in acccrixi
. t ai7:
u,c yvuu-wic law. ; Jiu . wua : w
November 18, 1921.
corporation, regional coriimittees
iaye been . established' : for the '
purpose of consideringwall ap
plications m : their regions fori
loans.k The committees in charge
of these regional offices, or head
quarters, pass on each applica
tion f roriv their territory and for
ward the same, with, recommen-
dationsto the offices of the cor-
iwration in Washington.. The only
exception to this is the, ' applica-
tion for loans made by co-opera
tive associations. .
PROGRAM
CcIu.tJjus Toffnsnip Sunday School
Convention; Baptist Church, Go
7 lumbus, N. Cv November
20; 1921.:
10:30 Period of worship, led by
;J. R. Sams, Supt. . Baptist
Sunday school, Columbus,
10:45 Some things a Sunday
school Supt. should do, by
Nelson Jackson, Jr. Pres.
Polk County S.:S. Assn.
11:00 Ways of increasing Sun
day school attendance, by
Mrs.:'J. W.' Arledge, TMor
5 gan's Chapel S. S. -
11-15. Soncr.
110 Methods of teaching the
' Sunday school lesson, by
Prof. WU .Di Loy, teacher
'; "" Baracca class of Columbus
' v Baptist S. S. :
11:40 Period of business: . .
7 ; v (a) . Record of schools
7 present.
f J (b) Appointment Com-
y&W " mittees.
11:50
Elements of S. S. Success
; by Miss Flora Davis, State
Secretary S. S. Assni : s
er on me grounu-ome anu
t . ... ... ti. . .... j - j
ormg a DasKet. . ,
r AFTERNOON SESSION ; '
1:45 renod ot worsnip ;led , by
J. W. Jack, Supt. Columbus
Presbyterian S, S7
2- Helping the individual
S. S. through county and
township organization ' by
Miss Flora Davis,' State S.
S. Secretary. .
2:40 Song. '
2:3rf How to hold young people
in the S. S. by Rev. R: G.
Liner, Penile S. S.
3:00 Period of business:
(a) .Reports of'.commit-
tees. w7 17 . 7 ;
(b) ' vTiriierand place of
7r. next meeting. . ( .
3:10 The, value of the organiz-
n ed Bible class, by Rev. J.
J. Ruppe, Beulah S. S.
3:35 The one best thing our ,S.
S. is doing. (Two minute
remarks from representa-
tives of each S. S.
400 AdjourB-
E.;.W. S. Cobb. .
Pres. Columbus Twp.
. ,-S., S. Assn.-
Holy Cross, Church.
Holy Communion. 71 7:30 a. t m.
Sunday School . . 10:00 a: m
Morning i Prayer , and Sermon
11:00 a. m.
j : "Week Days
; pomAv " 7 i
christian Healing Prayer Circle,
4:30 p. m. 7 .-7 - t 7; r77;
Litany - 00p:rn5wAfi Everybody is invited.
Saints -Daysr Holy ComrimnibK On last SaturdayJ night I the
1: a.- m. ' ' , :
notice xfSIs-
iThe Board Of education; of -Polk
fnnntv will jsaII to" the hi trhest
bidd on the, schobi; premises,
nvanhnnlhnnu WpH-
nesday, Nov. 30, 1921 at l'clock
UlV V1U UVAV .
p. m. terms to suit purchaser.
E W.S. Cobb. Board of Edu
cation. " . -
" ' Beware of Apologizing. ) '
Apologizing a very desperate habit
-ene that'is ra rely I cured .i. Apologia-
l- - . -rl- otrntkm orrftnc Hide . Otlt.
aoan'8 companion knows cf his sh?rt.
,. wm- m. itftUn w;
MOOUR FRIEflSJtTOE COUWra
Items of Interest Gathered Frcm Vtricus Section of, Pcli County by Ou
. ' . Corps f Ftittfcl Ctrrcspcndcnts.' .
Lyna..
Dr. Pratt filled his regular ap-
pointment last Sunday,
At this writirirwe
fine weather.
Have you renewed your sub
scription to your home paper?
If not, why? - . ".
A' township S. S. convention
next Sunday at the Columbus
Baptist church InterdenOihina-
tional Sunday school work; 4-
R. B. Cannon has purchased
new cornet. ' - 7
John T. Panther and family
motored to Spartanburg Sunday;
R: Y. Turner, mother .... and
brother of. Winnsboro, S. C, mo
tored to Lynn : last Thursday.
Thef were joined here by Mr.
Turner and wife ? in a visit to
Asheville, Canton, Waynesville,
on Friday , Armistice day.
Miss Sarah Hollis, one ('of our
teachers, spent Friday and Sat-
"wlluJlU8 m siievaie.
Mrs,' Hinton Thompson and
daughter, of Saluda., spent last
week-end in Lynn, visiting rela-
tives and friends.
GeneraLFoster has purchased
a 7-passenger car and will do a
public service business.
A fAse of tiintheria ia rprvnrtp
to be in our village at the home
0f C. P. Burrell Dr. Grady has
quarantined theni
I v " : .
guegt 0f W.- A. Cannon, Sunday.
We notice thelrecreation ground
at the Tryon school is being un
improved. A very much needed
improvement. The same should
be done at the Lynn school.
Saluda. v
Born, to Fred Bailey and wife
I on Nov. 7, a girl. - 71
Miss Mary Estes Coats "has
gone to New York to resume her
study of voice. - 7 '
Roy Ward and Ernest Thomp
son are visiting Hugh Ward" at
Ft Motte- ' -
All the teachers of the Saluda
Graded School attended tne meet
ing of the Polk county teachers
at Columbus Saturday. ;
Mrs. Hattie McClain has re
turned from Atlanta. ' ' :
Misses Bessie Sonner andf Lila
iae Guice have returned from a
pleasant visit at Demorest, Ga.
The Ladies Aid of the . Methor
dist church will give a supper at
the Boys' Club ; Saturday, , from
five to eight. Oysters and other
good things will be served. J
.Mr. Hopkins and family r went
to Asheville last week, ...
Mrs. Henry Ward has, moved
her dining room and- kitchen in-
uu V1"f 7u,v
Rev. A J. Justide, of Hender-
cnnvillp and Rev. Orr. vof Camno-
bello, will " conduct revival ser-
vices in the Baptist church next.
members of the Ep worth League
had a ..delightful ' party at.ithe
nfKiM. Sallev. liamea
f un of '-pep-V were played and-a
IQlJlUVUVV v.. - - v -
UrtUvv ww1 time waa7had b V
an. Refreshments were plenti-
a,i nA rvnno wpnt homft harw
I ill! CU1U YWiv.w -w -B -
py :
District Deputy Grarid "Master
Hall visits theiunn Rock Mason-
ic lodge at Brevard tonightf Nov.-
18, to make inspection ana report
to the Grand -Master.
Miss- Lucile " Hazard returned
to Asheville Tuesday resume
her studies at the Mission- tlCCpi-
i '
Prico 5 Cents
$2.06 a Year
Mrs. John. Simms, of Tryon,
wasin Saluda last week.
Horace Nabers went to Spar-
The many friends of Leonie
Bonnoitt are saddened to hear of. .
her deathat her home in Sum
merville; last : Sunday , She is
pleasantly remembered in Sa
luda. ' .
Mrs. Lewis Gordon, after a
lingering $ illness, died at home
near Mountain Page, Monday,
November 14. Mrs. Gordon was '
had been a member of her church
for twenty-five years. She was.
the daughter of Rev. M. M. Sta-
ton. Her body was interred at
Mountain Page Tuesday,
J. F.-Trexler was called before
the grand jury in Asheville Fri
day, to state what he knew about
the K. K. K. activity regarding -the
apprehension of the two- wo
men arrested in Saluda two .; '
weeks ago.
W. W. Owens has returned
from Virginia, where he has :
been at work for several months
Notice of Sale.
5
The Board of Education . of -Polk
county will sell at public
auction on the school site, the
old Edwards i school . building. . ;.
Sale to begin at one o'clock p. m., ; '
Dec; 3rdC ' E. W. S. Cobb,
77 CIerk,-Boardof Education,
- . - ; i i i ' -' - ." -7-:' '. 7
Two Boys Taken to Begin Terms
In custody of. Deputy U.- S;
Marshal W. F. Swann and Char
les Lee Sykes as guard, William
Halyburton and Glenn Cook, two
boys sentenced to serve one year
each in the national 5 training
school by Judge E. Y. Webb in ,
district court here last week,
were taken to Washington Mon
day. The boys pleaded guilty to
robbing the letter drop at the
postoffice in Canton.' They were
first sentenced to two years, but
Judge Webb later reduced the:
term's to one year. Asheville
Citizen. ' '" 'l
Truin No: :ways Supreme. -l ".
It's ihiptjssibltt.7: said Jud Tunklna, ,
always to - tell the -truth. Nobody 1,
would go to a ' dentist who wouldn't .
promise not to hurt jou much."
, Spldefs and ood Fortune. '
; Cpldersr according to superstition,
are omens, of good fortnne, therefore-;
to.kihf them f provokes wrath and in- '.
Vltes disaster,. Superstitious people '.
win-tell N that the bride who finds m ?
spider In the folds of - her wedding -
ioim anay : look forward to a married
ie uuy'
Enough Said.
rrequently a question contains its
4rwn.nswer. sucn a question was tne
ene put recently by a Kansas young
woman who bad failed to qualify for
... ft A.
a position f as teacner. eenng urn
she had not been considerately ! dealt
with, she wrote:' think I am en
titled r to an exclamation of why I
failed. J anyway.TBoston Transcript.
v Raven of Tower of London.; '
The raTcca are an institution in the
Tower of London, although there is no
record, that they-are one. of its historic
features. One of the yeoman warder
charge of the ravens, giving each
ak-particnlaiiiameiKsuclr,aji James
Crow thief," if it suits the character .
'xt itir.bird. '
HaI!t Columbia! -
-nail, Columbia," :was written oy
Joseph Hopktnson, April, Z, i I7a,
when the ; United States was tnreat
ened'withtm' wax. wlUr France. It was
composed to the air of the -Fresi-
denfs rcn," for a young actor ana
singer in the Philadelphia theater, and
became at once highly popular. ;
7 Cathedral Reeemblesrass Hllf.
" Of "the worldV cathedrals, probably
the most ui1otis Ja that which crowns
a JU in Ugauda. In appearance It re
stssiissi nothing ixy much -as a. moun
tain Cf. 6ra. although on. closer i-
gpectlon one is' able to: see that m
and vwood have been' extensiveljr e
rloyedi" Tta structuref can ' t
facilitate the operations of the