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Volume XXVII No. 52
OUR COUNTY AGEMrS DEPARTWEWT
Some Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub
jects, by Countv Agent, J. R. Sams.
What I Saw at Columbus.
I have been quiet busy all day
inmyoffice arranging to go to
the farmers and woraens conven
tion next week at the state
college, Raleigh, N, C. N
During some deep meditations,
I heard a bell ring at the school
building and on inquiring found
that Miss Padgett, - our home
demonstrator was - conducting a
emonstration in home economics
at the school house, and being
desirous to' know more of what
was going on in the community
the writer repaired to the said
school building aad what do you
gaeSs I saw. I saw so much at
a single glance about the room,
that it would take twenty sheets
of legal cap paper to hold it.
Really I am bewildered to know
just where to begin telling what
I did see'.
I know I saw one thing and
that a gas stove in the corner
of the room with some sizzing
hot vessels on it. Then glancing
about the room I saw about
twenty mothers, some doing one
thing and some -another. Then
I saw a covy of girls about 12 to
16 years old peeling potatoes and J
smiling as they worked. I also
saw a crowd of little girls in the
crowd about 8 to 12 years old .
Then there was a bunch o f
smaller girls looking on. VWhat
impression did I get from this
peep into this room? My first im
pression was, that here is a
school. Yes, a real school whose
students were mothers of almost
all ages; girls of almost a 1 1
ages going to school together.
Going to school? Yes, to a real
school, one of human Ixperience.
Was the text book used? Natures
products fresh" from the fields
and gardens and good sence,
This is what home demonstra-
lon work is and it's meaning is
Democrats Nominate Ticket
At the mass convention held
on Saturday by the Democratic
Party, at Columbus, the following
icket was nominated.
Clerk of Court, F. M. Burgess.
Representative, J. C. Fisher.
Sheriff, Frank Jackson.
Register of Deed s. W. C.
Hague.
Surveyor J. B. Livingston.
Coroner, R. B. Williams.
commissioners, W. H. Led
ger and T. H. Steadman.
Spriug
Rev.'Hackr,
ethlehem Sunday. ,
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Revival
BPtist Church Friday night
Wlth o additions to the church.
Mrs. I
p . uiiow ctuvi upvuu
rt0n rP.hirnoH hnma Wtioc.
frOm AcsVittIHq Qnmmav
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Wanbure. S5, fl viQifprl tpIs-
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thQ j cupic aucnucu j
Oliver Crcir.' l-'j
er Creek yesterdav.
Mrs. Will
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clurnb ' - very tilll0t 01
FriH iV1I1is passea away
health for some time; but
hisecen he was confined to
tendtv," The nfany friends "ex
tho , eir doePest sympathy to
iiii?--We'--will greatly
Mills in h i s pleasing
toftp f He was always ready
4e T yone with a pleasing
GlJ a hearty haridshake.
Jackson is visiting her
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to prepare the girls now in the
homes to be ready when the day
comes, and come it will, to pre
side in the future over the homes
of Polk county or some other
county where their lots may be
cast in a more efficient way than
their mothers were prepared.
Of course I saw many other
things, "For instance I saw
Miss Padgett with a white apron
on and a white cloth tied about
her head which becomes her very
much when at work, I looked
for an ugly woman arid - not one
in all that crowd didsI see, for
all were smiling arid who ever
seen a n ugly wbmaa with a
smile on her face. -The big girls
and all were smiling and happy,
doubtless every woman and girl
went from that school ; for a
school it was with new economies.
When the mothers were girls
they had no such opportunities,
but now the state is preparing
teachers of home economies and
sending them o u t to counties
that will avail themselves of
such teachers, paying the big
part of the salary In other
words the states are sending to'
the people teachers that wi 1 1
give their girls the same training
at home that they would get at
college at a great cost. All the
women want their girls to have
this trairiing arid all' thoughtful
men desire the same thing.
What I want to see in the
future is homes with well train
ed girls to become the mothers
of a generation of people never
approached by -any preceeding
generation. We all want to see
that, and the way to see it is to
goto work and give the girls
training and you will see what
yov lcok for.. I saw in that
room what I looked for and we
will see in the future what we
look for and expect.
j grandfather at Mountain View.
Lifeus Jackson and Ralph
Humphries spent a few hours at
the home of John Jackson Fri
day. Minnie Brisco and Mrs. Cora
Duncan spent a few days with
their aunt Alice Brisco, last week
Messers R. Jones and C. Bar-
Lnett of Greens Creek attended
services here Friday, night We
were also glad to have some of
, the fcolumbus peoplewith us.
At Congregational Church.
Bible school at 10. a m.
Public worship and sermon at
11 a. m.
Bible study class at 8 p. m. on
Wednesdays. " ' s
Welcome to the public.
On Camping Trip
The Misses Bettie and Mar
garet Doubleday, Louise Dunn,
Caroline Jervey, and Leon and
Hugh White and Jerry Steven
son left Tuesday for a camping
rip near luxeauai camp xv. x..
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Rock by the Andrews gins ana
Mrs. Kittrell and two sons.
. They expect to be gone about
a week, but from the looks of
the outfit I think they intended
staying longer.'
Will Never Grow Old.
A young wuiiijiiii can: help thinking
that she ..will never gro-v old. because
long before the time comes for that
there will be a change In the laws ct
nature.
Fellow Sufferers.-
Dryxieri "N. sir: I don't know
what wlilsliy r.isres like." Wetmore
I undersfnnd. ' Since we've been re
duced t tliis synthetic stuff I. also,
have orgotten what real whisky
Is'Kles Ii!:e." .
Paper Published in Polk County
Tryon, N. C,
A Letter front Mrs. Copeland.
Kingston B. W I. I
July. 9, 1922.
Dear Clarence, , j
Kingston, the most picturesque
and intresting Rlace. We arriv
ed here at 10 a. m. today and
we who were making the trip to
other parts, immediately went
ashore. Two other ladies and
myself took a car and went out
to see the wonderful Botanical
Gardnn, and we saw some of the
most beautiful, as well as won
derful, plants and trees. One
tree we saw called the Cannon
Ball tree; the balls or seed re
sembling in size and shape a
rusty cannon ball; the flower
looked very much like an orchid,
very pretty in color. Another
was the-Cinnamon tree, the
bark when dried is what we
use, and it is much stronger
before it is dried; the Teekwood,
and the Water Palm which grow
on the desert and if you. are
thirsty you can split it (if your
knife is long enough) and get
pure fine water. The Bread
Fruit tree is very beautiful the
foliage is so glossy and a very
dark green, the fruit when ripe
is cooked (boiled) and. is very
much like our chestnuts, is very
nourishing and not bad to the
taste. A Bannana g r o v e of
hundreds of trees hanging full
of green fruit. I always thought
that they let some of the fruit
get ripe on the tree but they
never do. They are always cut
green and allowed f o ripen in
ston is most beautiful, a regular
land, locked harbor and the ap
proach to the city is wonderful;
and such mountains, they rise
high above the water and are
covered with most luxurious
vegetation. Large palms with
leaves 15 and 20 feet long called
Ostrich palms on account of the
leaves looking so much like a
plume. We also saw a cocoanut
grove; the trees hanging full of
cocoanuts.
The natives are most j pictur
esque with their basket of fruits
on their heads, Mangoes a very
peculiar looking plumb, and the
funny little Burrows with' their
pack baskets fastened to a grass
blanket one on either side load
ed until it seemed like they could
not move; but they would trot
along as though they did not
have any thing on them. The
Police have such a funny looking
uniform consisting of a white
duck coat. Black belt, dark
blue trousers with broad red
stripes on side, the white hel
met and they with their black
faces sure lo o k strange. Oh
yes, I almost forgot to tell you
o f one of the most beautiful
scenes is the soldiers barracks.
Just as you enter the harbor,
on the point is, the light house
along the coast for quiet f e w
miles are all the buildings of the
soldiers barracks and the ground
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is oeauuiui witn nowers ana
palms. Oh it is a most wonder
ful trip and I am enjoying it to
the fullest extent. I will write
you again fjpm Colon our next
stop. Hope you are all well.
With love to all. Rosa.
S. S. Carrillo.
At Sea Kingston to Colon.
July 12, 1922. j
Dear Clarence and Myrtle,
I was just told that I could
get a npte off to you as we would
meet a ship in Colon that would
take mail. The trip from King
ston has been quite rough but
just now the sea is wonderful.
I want to go ashore at Colon if
anyone: else does and I suppose
they will as we will be here al-
nignt. l would nave liked a
longer time in Kingston but I
A Live, Clean Paper for the Home
August 4, 1922
saw quite a lot ony to have been
there such a short while. All
the houses are only two story as
they are afraid of
earthquakes.
And there are so many bon bo
huts taken, taken
all together
is a very interesting place to visit.
We took on there
a lot of deck
interesting to
passengers it was
watch them get settled. On the
afer deck they
stretched an
awing and the passengers all had
their cots or steamer chairs and
provisions; men, women and
children all" toget ler it sure i
some sight. ''We j are nearing
Colon they say, so I will stop
and get this on the ship f or
home. With love to all. Rosa.
Columbus
The Misses Colvin of Chester
SC. visited Mrs. F. W. Blanton
last' week end.
Marion Mills of , Spartanburg
is spending some rime with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Mills.
Mollie Dalton of Mill Spring
visited Marie Burgess here last
week end.
Mr. Lindsey Smith, wife and
daughter, Coy, spent the week
end, with Mr. Metcalf and wife
on the mountain.
Gladys Gibbs of Mill" Spring
visited the Misses Mills last
week.
Estelle Walker visited last
week with her sister, Mrs. E. B.
Cloud. i ; 5
Eva Davis, Gladys and Estelle
Walker Marvin an
students of Stearns High School,
spent Saturday in Columbus.
Corine Feagan spent last week
in Landrum.
Lucian Hicks was a Columbus
visitor for the week end.
Eunice Cloud and Mable
Thompson and Kieth Thompson
attended the Sunilay School
Convention at Silver Creek Sun
day. r
Yates Arledge
Hendersohville vi
Arledge Sundav.
and w i f e of
sited J. P.
Jim Shipman and family visit
ed in Columbus last week. -
Rev. Williamson of Salu d a
preached at t h e Presbyterian
Church Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U, will hold its
regular meeting Sunday night at
8:00. Group No. j i will have
chargfe of the program. The top
icis "God's Help When Times
Are Hardestr" A devotional
meeting and the j scripture les
son is foundN in Mark -14:32-42
verses.
Columbus Baseball team play
ed Melvih Hill team Saturday at
Columbus. The score was 115
in favor of Columbus.
Harrell and Johnie Carnegie of
Rutherford ton were here Sun
day.
Rev. O'Nief a n
McSwain were in
d sister Mrs.
Columbus last
week looking a fj
ter property
located here
Too Mitch,
A verv stout man mounted the scales
In a downtown drugstore the other day
and dropped a ! penny in the slot.
There was some wajt, and the clank
ing and rattling of the Inwards of the
contraption, and the- pointer finally
came to rest somewhere not far from
the 300 mark. There was an unseen
witness to the, ceremony, and, as the
fat man woefully contemplated the re
sult, the voice of a wee small boy
piped up from behinfr him: "Say, Mis
ter, how many times did it go
around?" "j ,
Turned Doyyif.
"Boss." -jvhined the beggar, "speak
In' as man to man. Tin hungry."
"Friend.", replied "
"speaking as man to
the pedestrian,
man. I have just
one dime left for car fare and I pro
pose to see that a greedy corporation
gets It." Birmingham , Age-Herald.
Life as ! See It.
Life Is nM a sprint
Imi an obstacle
well qualify- for
nee. You might as
t on that basis. Louisville Courier
FROM OUR
FRIENDS
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Coopers Gap
Well it is very warm weather
and most of the farmers of this
section are about done work in
their crops.
Messers Buford and Clarence
Whiteside have purchased a new
truck to haul. lumber with.
Leona Witson is at Rutherford-
ton Hospital for a treatment.
Mrs. J. L. Jackson was ill the
past week.
Messers Furman aid Twitty
Jackson andlBelton Jackson and
ivi. a., lvicijuinn nave Deen spend
ing the last week in Morristown,
Tenn. on a visit.
J. H. Gibbs our most popular
R. F. D. carrier is spending his
vacation in Ashville, N. C, a'n'd
is boarding at the Farmers Res
turant while on his stay there.
E. C. Lynch is busy hauling
peaches to Asheville this week.
Sunny View
Several from this place attend
ed services at Big Level Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Gibbs visited her
sister, Mrs. Lilly Taylor Sunday,
afternoon.
We are sorry to say that Mrs.
J.v L. Jackson, who has been ill
some time is not improving. ! ;
4 IBWilsojnaniif amKisitj
ea tneir granamotner Mrs. s. J.
Helton, Sunday.
The B. Y. P. U. at Coopers
Gap is progressing nicely.
Maggie Jackson of Chimney
Rock spent Friday with her
father J. L. Jackson.
Noah Lynch was a caller near
Rutherfordton Sunday, at the
home of J. M. Brian!
Annie Jackson, who has been
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. S.
J. Helton for a few weeks, has re
turned to her' home in Whitney,
3. C.
B. Jackson made a business
trip to Saluda one day last week.
Mill Spring
The revival services will begin
at Coopers Gap the second Sun
day in August. Everyone is
invited to attend these services.
Revival services began at the
Baptist Church Sunday morning.
The ice cream, b6x and pie
supper given b the B. Y. P. U
Saturday p. m. was quite a suc
cess. The proceeds will be used
for church repairing. $39.18
was the sum received. .
J. H. Gibbs is in Ashville at
this wuriting. '
J. Robert Foster, who has a
position in Tryon, spent Saturday
night and Sunday at his home.
Wb are glatl to report that dog
which bit George Vivian" Brisco
was not mad, as reported.
Mrs. C. M. Dicus and children
who "have been visiting with her
mother several months left Mon
day; for Robbinsville, N. C,
accompanied by her sisterr Annie
Lee Gibbs. Mr. Dicus spent the
latter part of last week here,
returning with them;
Victor Lankford and family
were visiting his mother Mrs J.
R. Foster last week-end.
Frank Dinsdale of Kansas City
Kansas, spent Saturday night
With his sister, Mrs. F. R. Cog
gins. He went on to Ccopers
Gap where he will visit relatives
i for a few weeks.
Thearents and many friends
of Ray N. Edwards and wife of
Slaton. Texas, ;were grieved to
here of the tragic death of their
Items of Interest Gathered From Various Sections of Polk County by Our
Corps of Faithful Correspondents.
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daughter, Evangeline. Deepest
sympathy is expressed for them
in their dark hours of sorrow.
t Janet Stroud spent a few days
here last week.
We are glad to see A..M. Lynch
back to his road position.
Miss Padgett our home dem
onstration agent, and Miss Crater
our district agent were with us
last Thursday. The girls meet
with them in the forenoon for
the demonstration ofbeans and
beet canning. In the 'afternoon
the married ladies and girls, ob
served the jelly demonstration.
Mill Spring Route 1,
Revival services ended at
at Lebanon and Big Level last
Saturday with good results.- At
Lebanon, Rev. Rathburn preach
ed splendid sermons and Revs.
Liner and Gosnell at Big Level.
Many souls were led to Christ .
during the past week.
Mrs. M. E. Womack f r o m
near Rutherfordton, but former
ly of this place, is visiting friends
and relatives this week. . . '.
Mrs. J. R. Hardin and children
Hugh and Leona, of Forest City
are visiting at the home of the -formers
parents; -Rev. W:
Womack and wif e
Our; Editor and" wife were.
welcomed guests at the home of
A A. Edwards and family lat
Sunday.
Marvin Edwards and Hortense
Fisher were at the home of A. A.
Edwards Sunday. -
Miss Francis Lynch of Ruth
erfordton spent Monday and
Tuesday with her friend Maggie
Sue Edwards.
Ellen Edwards who graduated
at Brevard last year is at home
for her vacation. She will soon
leave for her teaching. ,
MissesIMildred Womack and
Martha Hickman spent Friday
night with Mrs. Q. M. Powell.
John Womack and wife of
Forest City visited relatives here
last week.
Maggie , Sue Edwards spent
Friday with her friend M a r y
Willie Whiteside near Chimney
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Women's Missionary Society
was organized at Lebanon last
Sunday with about 25 members
and the following officers Mamie
Womack, president; Maggie Sue
Edwards, vice-president; Bertha
Edwards, secretary; M i 1 d r e d
Womack, treasurer. The com
mitties have not been elected
yet. .
Fond i; ilati v
Alice "I o (lit .doctors give yon
much hope regarding yotii- rich uncle'f:
Ulness?" Bob-7-No. iiJtv say he may
live for many years yet." Housto
Post ;
Making Matches.
Matches are turned out In huge
quantities . by machinery. The ma
chines now in use cut up great pla.nks
of wood into match splints at light
ning speed. The ends of the splints
are then passed through a paraffin
bath and receive their heads.
On 'Happiness.
There is no happiness but In a vir
tuous and self -approving conduct. Un
less our actions will bear the test of
our sober judgments and reflections
upon them, they are not the actions
and consequently not the happiness of
a rational being. Benjamin Franklin.
Working Toward an Object
Did you ever hear of a man who
had striven all his life faithfully and
singly toward an object and in no
measure obtained it? If a man con
stantly aspires, is he. not elevated T
Did ever man try heroism, magnanim
ity, truth, sincerity, and find that
there , was no advantage In them, that
it was a vain endeavor? Henry D.
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