K. .... 0. BUSH, Publisher Volume XXVI II No. 4 OUR COUNTY AGENT'S MPARTMENT Some Timely Talks to Polk County Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub Ejects, by County Agent, J. R. Sams. You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Farmer" "Do Sixty one out of sixty four N.C. farm women answer "yes" and they back up their answers with some perfectly good reasons. They do not think of themselves as poor hard working drudges, lonely and isolated and with no social to break the monotony of their existence on contrary they seem to be perfectly well satisfi ed and are contented with their lot as" farmers wives. They find joy, happiness and content ment on the farm and in the homes and havesuch hope in the future that they want their daughters to become farmers wives. Some of the most important reasons for this are; good health conditions, the ever really supply of good wholesome food such as fresh vegetables, butter, milk, chickens and eggs (gee I believe I'll move to the farm), the bal anced physical and mental 'growth that comes from living close to nature and seeing the beauties of his handiwork, the close business partnership be tween husband and wife and the friendly discussion of all busi ness problems, Modern home conveniences such as running water electric light and power for washing; . , wnsolidate and magazines, home demonstra tion work, automobiles "and good roads, all these and more go hand in hand ; toward making life on the farm worth living. With a hope for the future and with a vision of what rural life can become rather than what it is today these farm women ex pressed a "belief that the time would soon come when the coun try women would have all advan tages now possible to the city women and in addition to these the many comforts and pleasures that come only to those living in the country as farmers wives. To the Farmers of Polk County. There is one thing being dene in Polk county to which I desire to call to your attention. So far as I know this is a line of agricul ture not being developed any where else in North' Carolina. I mean the 'growing of Kudzu. Now some farmers may not know what kudzu is. "To such I would say it is a rank ' growing plant f the vine kind; perhaps related to the bean family. As I under hand it is a native of 'Japan. am not so much interested in the history of the plant as its fullness on the farm, to say e least of of- it; it is in my 0Pwuon one of the greatest, if the very greatest of all egume plants. For more than wenty-flve years, I have be leived it to be a great hay and pasture legume; but for lack of sonal knowledge have feared : Courage farmers to plant 11 n their farms; but when I Came to Polk-County I found it wowing in a small way on Rev. J. Branscomb's f arm. On my "rst visit to his farm I became Rested in it and congratulated "a on having nerve enough to lt ut. Since that time Mr. nscomb has increased' his 11? Plantings to something ''e tnrv . i "ice acres. On vesterday V8jt-J-;McSwain we paid a to this farm and to our sur- l5 e found the entire land leches deep in the ;very The Only richest legume growth we had ever beheld. Our eyes could scarcely believe what we saw. And this wonderful legume crop was grown by Mr. Branscomb, on the very poorest kind of- Polk County land, without any pre paration, lime, fertilizer or ma nure' of any kind; but the land is not poor now, having battled successfully with sage grass, weeds, bushes and briars of all kind.' So far as I know it is the only legume on earth that can begin life on poor land, build it up as it goes, without lime, ferti lizers of any kind and without cultivation and competeiwith all kind of obstacles and overcome them and produce hay and pas ture crops and at the same time leave your land rich. Mr. Brans comb, is so pleased with his five or six years experience with kudzu on this poor old rundown field, that last April he selected an acre of his best land , and planted about 5000 plants there of after good preparation and has given good cultivation, and is a sight to behold. Now. to the point in the discus sion in this article; I don't want any farmer to go on ignorantly about this wonderful, plant as I have and not give it at least a small trial. I am not ; prepared to give instructions; relative to growing, this wonderful Kay and pasture possibility; what I want every Polk county farmer to do, is to visit Mr. Branscom's farm at Melvin Hill in Polk county and see for himself, and talk the matter over with Mr. Branscom. Don't hesitate nor wait. Go at once before he mows his old field crop. AlsoMlon't fail to see the acre planted last April. Seeing is believing; but wading through the mass of leafy vines, to see the humus two or three inches deep on the ground is knowing that you are standing on holy ground, agriculturally speaking. Please don't anyone take my word for it; because I am up here at Saluda, in the Land of the Sky, drinking in the precious ozone in this mountain air, and may be somewhat exaggerating go and see for yourself as I did. Then go home and plant some Kudzu on your spoor gullied fields and on your rough, rocky land. . - " r Bank Directors Elected. The regular mid-summer meet ing of the directors of the f Bank of Landrum, at Landrum, was held on Wednesday of last week. Three new members were add ed the board, which now con sists of the following progressive and conservative men: A. Eu gene Geer, Roland L Lee, James H. Williams, Jr. T. Waldrop, J. S. Carpenter, Roy P. Whit lockand H. B. Carlisle. The new members J are A. Eugene Geer, J. H. Williams and Roland L. Lee. -.. , - This bank has increased its capital from $15,000 to $25,000 and has a surplus of $25,000.00 and has done much for the up building of its home town. The officers of this banking in stitution are all well and favor bly known and are as follows: H. B. Carlisle, Pres.; J. S. Car penter, Vice Pres. ; Roy P. Whit lock, Cashier, and R. H. Brady Asst. Cashier. - . Don't think your, wife a fool. The neighbors may have thought the same thing when she married you. ' Paper Published in Polk County Tryonj N. C., Rcihard Lloyd Jones Says: ' Hanging heavily about his neck, the sack of seed bowed down the ancient sower. Today, I without weight, he only, holds the reins that drive the faithful team that haul around ( his har rowed field, the, modern seeder Today we no longer have to walk a fuirow of the plow. We can mount the seat on the sulky and till vast acres where once we turned the soil of patches. Once we used to bend our backs to drop the kernels of corn and finger over the soil that covered them. Today we ride the plant-; er that does the bigger job in the better and easier way. We used to tether hay by hand but now we tether by horse. '.:- Maud Aluller had to j walk the stubbed field when she raked the new-mown hay. Today a loader lifts it on the rack and a harpoon throws it oh the stack. J Millet, the great French paint er of peasants, pictured the har vester bending low" to swing his sickle. Then came . the cradle. At last a Cyrus McCormick found a reaper which in its turn be came the harvester, cutting and binding the ripened grain. Threshing Once done by flay ing the floor is now done by the threshing machine without which the great fields of grain we how sow could never be gathered in huge elevators. . 1 We have made more work possible by making work easier. We let the wind lift our Water. The tractor has come to release the horse. ; : , . - - H'--f- - 'i "The inventor is the greaff arm helper- The machinist! has mul tiplied both 'the muscle; and the skill of the farm hand. r We work more, .produce more and labor less. - Dull drudgery is fast being made a story of the past. The soil that cultived sullen ness in the days of Millet is cul tivating skill and prosperity to day. ; The telephone has brought the farmers into conversing distance with his next county neighbor. The automobile has changed the measure of distance. We talk not or miles but of fitness of the roads. ' ' I .The' moving . picture has brought the ablest actor and the best in drama to our own town opera house. The farm that once was the young man's idea off what he should flee from is now begin ning to lure the town boy as the ideal vocation to workf toward. Throughout all the world the basic business is the production of food and shelter. The farm is the bulk producer; the town the refiner. That business has grown more productive and more profitable as it Has grown more less irksome and more alluring. The business farmer is the ma chine farmer, j ; We build bigger as we unbend backs. When the tiller of the soil is emancipated from toil, when he is able to stand ' erect and be a worker, using more head than hand, then do his eyes behold the beauties of the coun tryside of which the poets preach. Then does the farmer become not the man with the hoe, but the man with the hope. Nothing puts this world for ward faster than unbending backs.' 1 Farmers Market WE WANT , Eggs Chickens ...1... Frying Chickens. r.: Hams corn per bu : .1 30c .wl .20 ... .22 ...V... 1.00 A Live Clean Paper fcr the Home August 31, 1922 Over The Top , ; Polk County raised $999.97 for Near East Relief this year and went .177 pet cent over its quota, c&rding to announcement from Raleigh by Colf Geo. H. Bellamy, State Chairman.: Polk, led the entire state in over-subscriptions of quota. 1 ; - The most remarkable part of Polk County's showing was the fact that there was no-chairman forthe financial campaign, . the Bum of $531.22 having been sent in entirely unsolicited. ' Polk's -uota is only $360. ; ( " ; - ' KImoM'v of ; Columbus took charge of things in time to puto.n a clothing campaign which netted garments to the value of $468.75., , ".;; s ' ; . p; Though called upon : to feed and clothe only six chidren, Pclk's contribution will take care of sixteen, ;hus providing for some of the children which other counties should have taken care pf but failed to do. In thanking his chairman and workers andthe people who con fributeH this money, Col. Bal lamy called attention to'the fact that ii will be necessary, to put on a similar campaign this fiscal year, because the great powers the world . are allowing the Turks to continue their massacres in Armenia and destruction of alL crops, home ahdN industries. 'There have' been twenty-two separate massacres since the Armistice' declared Col. Bal lamy, which make it impossible for these people to r;be self -sup- tedtalyish-thSir pit)- tectorate over; Turkey in their mad scramble for the Mohamme dan calico trade. "The recent British refusal to allow the Greekarmy to stop mas sacres of its own people was one of the most astounding and sordid chapters in history, and until such conditions as this disappear and England becomes a Christian nation, the American-people are the only thing that stand beween Armenia and the entire starv-a tionrof its outstanding popula tion." Mother and Daughter. A home is what a woman makes it. A daughter is in nine cases out of every ten, the re flection of her mother, acccord ing to a writer in a current magazine. f The training of the girl of fif teen is shown in the woman of fifty. A son may, by contact with the rough edges of the world, sometimes outlive , his early home influences; a . daugh ter rarely does.; She may make a mis-step. Indiscretion may be to her a necessary, teacher; but her early domestic training will, manifest itself sooner or later! A mother's word, a domestic proverb, told ai eventide by the quiet fireside, hW been recalled by many a woman after it was uttered. r ; . "I thank God that my mother told me what other women have been tau ght by the world, " said a gentlewoman to us not long ago..; ;... ;: " r This, mother, is the tribute your daughter and mine should be able; to pay to our memories long after we are gone. ' V The worldhas a sharp way" of J teaching its truths to a girl, r Is it not far better, then, that her mother should fell her with that sweet sympathetic grace and gentleness which only a mother knows? I - The flowers most beautiful 'to the eye and sweetest to the smell, grow in. good soil,. v; The world's noblest women have sprung from good homes. . Our School Opens Sept 11 In appreciation of the facts that we have had a long vacation of three and one half months, and also that the good people of Tryon almost unanimonsly voted to give usa larger, well equpped and appropriate school-building with ample playgrounds, Isincere ly i trust that every' patron will see tliat his or her children be here ready to enter on Sept. 11 (Monday.) - Last year our school accom plished wonderful things; but with the earnest cooperation of you patrons we, can do so much more. Please help us to build up a splendid attendance, so that our teaching forces can be increased. Let me beg you to insist upon some earnest, conscientious home study and Application; then, if your children are normal, " you will be encouraged next com mencement to hear their names read out in the list of promotion Any newvor conditioned studr ents will do well to meet me at the School Building ' Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10.30. The regular teacher's: meeting twill be held Friday afternoon at 3. ...... v , In Memory of Caroll Marriott Caroll Marriott who died on Friday the 25th, has resided in Tryon nearly 20 years. He came with his parents soon after graduating at the Weslyan Un iversity, . Delaware Ohio, with the highest rank in his class, and an unusual high'one at that. He had been, in the midst of ex- culosis.J . His residence in Tryon prolonged his life and checked but could not cure his disease. He suffered so severely the past few months, that his final release was a relief both to himself and to his relatives and friends. Even more unfortunately, his affliction cut short a promise, al most a certainty, of a successful and useful career. IJis wide in formation, his keen intelligence his precise, scholarly, well dis ciplined-mind were early recog nized. In spite of his forced re tirement and his few opportun ities for the exercise of these talents, their growth in scope and power were quite manifest here, especially when, as a member of the School Joard recently, he freely devoted them to improv ing the means and methods of educating the children of Tryon. He thereby had much to do with the present prospect of a suitabe school building and an adequate teaching force. For the indus try, devotion, and enthusiasm, he gave to this cause, he de serves a suitable memorial,, in someway connected with the new school. ' It would also in dicate, how much more, but tf or his physical captivity, he ' might have been and, done. E. G. H. At Congregational Church. - Bible school at 10. a m. , Public worship and sermon at 11 a. m. : , vBible study class at 8 p. m. on Wednesdays. Welcome to the public. If some men could hear their j own funeral sermon they would wonder who the pracher was talking about; j ; When most of us get what we ask for, we'er sorry we did not ask for more. Another thing we've noticed is that it's the thing we have for sale that always drop in price and the things we have to buy, that. raise. - -'-r,;;; ; ; -y.y, ..- ; The , old-fashioned man who put tallow cin his boots now ' lhas a son who puts it on his hair, i Price 5 Cents $2.00, a Year Col utuuUS (Intended folast week) A very instructive Jdemonstra- tion was held Saturday afternoon. Despite the heavy rain just at 1 the time of meeting a large crowd attended. Soup mixture was canned. A round table discus sion of canning will be held next time.- It will be the last time the ladies and girls will meet togeht- er as the cluh will be divided after the next meeting. The three Misses- Padgett of Flat Rock, motered to join their sister Sarah Padgett. They are spending the week on White Oak Mountain! Eula Jackson visited Oma Reynolds Saturday and Sunday. Misses Mae and Odessa Mills spent the week in Mill Spring. Mrs W. McChesney left Satur day for a few weeks visit to rela tives in Virginia, ; The play "Mrs. Tubbs of Shantly town" was very much enjoyed by all present. $9.50 was realized. Mrs. John Smifh and daugher Grace are spending the week on White Oak mountain. r- The S. H. S. will begin its session Monday Aug.28. All teachers have been secured and the patrons;6f school are visited to attend the opening on Monday. Mr. Qoke Dogett of Gilkey and MartinJDpgett of Gaf f ney spent Sunday afternoon iif'ToIumbUsr Pearl Tallant is spending some time In Asheyille. :'.;"' FlShtop . A cool wave has visited us but we hope not to stay long. Quite a crowd of folks visiting and hunting in this section. In cluding T. A. Rippy and family, Mr. Sayer and Miss Jones, of Tryon, Bassil Arledge, of Lan drum, Eli Paty and son, of Co lumbus,! S. S. McMurry "and Mrs. Sallie McMurry of Finger- ville, with others from Saluda, and other parts, too numerous to mention. 1 ' Clayton Pace is hauling apples to Saluda to ship to Charleston. Clinton Case has returned from Camp Brag for a few days. N. Case hauled three loads of melons to Saluda last week. " Pospy Henderson killed twelve rattlesnakes one day last week. A few days back- he destroyed five black snakes and forty-six of an. unknown variety all in one day, and all on his' place. That was not a good day for them either. Louis Bradley killed two large rattlers last week.h One was five feet long! He lives in the midst of the snake territory. Others have killed several as the snake season seems to beMn full blast. j Notice :7 Having qualified as executrix of the estate of. Joseph Gurley, deceease, late of Polk county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file same with me for payment within twelve months from tis-date or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment This August 30, 1922. . LlZZIEBETH ' GlJRLEY Executrix v : Some men are ) noted for their good judgment others try to argue with their wives.

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