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The On,y Paper PllDsned in PoK C6un i iLiyeaean Paper for the ome
Volume XXVIII No. 6
Price 5 Cents
iryon, ;N. C., September 21, 1922
OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
Getting here just the same
SWe iimei, ru. voumy farmers, and others, on Timely sh
jects. by County Agent, J. R. Sams.
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(Intended for last week.) .
Wjiat I Saw In Tryon
It was not so much what I
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saw as wnat i neara m Tryon
that did my very soul " good
Togt Wednesday night Sept 6th
at 8.30 o'clock p. m. was the
annual meeting of the Board of
Trade of the- town of Tryon or
city as you may please to call it.
I have sen larger gatherings
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on similar uccasiuns m larger
towns than the meeting refered
to in Tryon; but I must say I
never sat in council, with a
bunch of men who manifested a
higher degree of thoughtf ulhess
enthusiam for the better
ment of their town and contin
uous, country than they.
After reviewing the progress
their town was making relative
to their school, streets and side
walks, and inviting friendly
cinticism: they entered, into a
discussion as to how they could
best cooperate with the rural
districts of Polk county to bring
about the very best results in
the way of progress and com
munity uplift in general. After
short deliberation it was un
animously voted to invite five
representative citizens from
each township in Polk county
to meet with the Board of
Trade of Tryon 5n Missildine's
Hall, over Drug Store at 8.00
o'clock p. m. on Wedneddav.
tfovembeivthe S2-hintIi
first Wednesday in that month.
So five farmer from each town
ship in Polk county will receive
a special invitation to be at Mis
sildine's Hall at the .time above
stated and they will not be ex
pected to eat supper before
coming, nor prepare for supper
after coming to Tryon. The
object of proposing this get-together
meeting is to get men
from every section of Polk
county into one meeting in order
to get at first hand the most
Pressing need of the various
sections of Polk county, and try
to devise ways and means to
Provide remedies for the worst
Wis, and at the same time - lay
Plans to push forward all r the
sood things on foot; and to en
gage any new pnf.prnri.QPs
Possible. When these invita-
uns reach the parties invited;
win expect an answer whethr
r or not they accept "and will
"e Present. Now I have said
J1 little about what I saw-in
lryon:but the beit thing I did
see was the beautiful spirit of
, twooiwic mc
Wdid fijfWnlL-a r, A
8L"eets anH mQrrriifin cOai
nich has been" provided for.
.ere such
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yePle of anv tnwn irmi mill G-nA
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w these zood thi v
"stretched hand, ready to help
uuiuiuues less iavorea
themselves.
farming, and stick to that- truth
until every farmer in Polk conn
ty will catch a vision and every
iarmer right on his" own farm,
pe it small or large, get on his
job and correct some certain
evils. This central agricultural
irurn is the Soil. Rich soil means
rich farmers; poor stii means
puur larmers. You can't get
away from this proposition. ;
What is rich, soil? (We don't
know. But there are a few
things we do know and one of
these things is this; we know
that when we clear a piece of
whatwe call rich ground and
plow and plant corn, cotton and
potatoes and other cultivated
crops continously for several
years, the" rains that come for
our blessing, wash once rich soil
away, and the land is left bare
of its richness and refuses to' re
spond with bountiful crops when
we till it, and we say the land
"poor" yes, ' it is poor and the
reason is because oLpoor farm
ing. The land, when ' properly
treated should yield a bountiful
harvest every year and be better
then the proceeding year. God j
in His wisdom has so arranged !
that there is a ' certain relation
beween the soil of the earth and
the air, that they . cooperate
in such a way tnat one is a com- i
plement to the other. This soli,
and air relation must be un-
derstoodi-nd-theisw obetllirp
order that the soil may be kept
replenished. It is a f actf and of
such universal knowledge at
this time that a farmer should
be ashamed of himself if he is
still ignorant of this fact; that
the air is the great reservoir
and home of what we cal
nitrogen. And without this
nitrogen m the sou it is im
possible to make good crobs.
It is to extract nitrogen from
the air for agricultural purposes
that the great wrangle over
Henry Ford and the muscle
shoals has been causing con
gress to fool away so much val
uable time. Sweet clovers, cow
peas, soy beans and velvet
beans, vetch etc. When grown
intelligent by farmers in con
nection with other crops ; will
supply 'all the nitrogea necess-
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From Bennies. Note Book
Back to the Soil.
In order
m,v ncimiiiding Jll
. j continual subject should not
ume monotonous we have
t, en writing about first one
J and then another. Our
all the while, if possible has
thinV t0 t0 get the farmer t0
jaw k- No one; farmer, banker,
blaoler' doctor' nr even the boot
til h !ver does his best J'ob un"
e thinks out -what he means
Sp COmPlish. We have been
atwmg thugh these columns
nccua ana tne great
needs, at various times; "but
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jreaf VrtllL to come to the
dl antral truth of successful
est
How
Atlantic To Pacific
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Lieut. J.. H. Dooliulc, U. S. Ar.my .
aviator, left friends at Pablo Beach,
Fla., one evening recently, and dined
with other in San Diego. Calif., tht
next, going "from ocean to octn in
about 21 hours of foiiij.
SUPREME BENCH
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Doers varv from hiV f n 1 it-H a
JYom blunt to pointy and wide to flat,
They love bonesnd food and peeple; " ' '
But they cant stand the site of a cat. ? -
Poor fokes have dogs of mixed sizes,
.Wile little fussy ones are owned by the
rich, - - -
Because wen they wunt a dog they buy
' one, , i.
So they have the selection wich.
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The best kind of a dog is a bull dog
And the werst is a fat frentch poodle,
0 it may be a dog to some peeple x
But to me its a mere kioodle. I
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Grayhounds are long narro dogs,
They can run to beet the band, '
And wen you see their long thin narro
legs f ; ?
You can easy understand. j .
1 used to know a dog named Fuzzie,
Who was wite till some red paint stained
her, : r f .
And her tale was so short wen she wag
ged it,f j
That she wagged her intire remainder.
Holy Cros Episcopal Church
o EV- C. P. Burnett, Rector
Sunday services
Holy Communion 7:30 a. m.
Sunday school and Bible class
iu a. m. .
Morning prayer and sermon
11 o'clock. ' pv
(First Sundav in mnntV Wrtl
uommunion also at 11 o'clock.)
Friday afternoon, 5oclock,' Lit
any and Intercessions for the
sick. .
The News, $2 a year
.Mill Spring
Plans are being made for
making the brick for the new
school building. Everybody is
anxiously awaiting the com
mencement of this building.
A goodly number of our.
people attended the sining at
Silver Creek Sunday, All re
port a good - time.
Furman Smith is back in the
village. We understand he is
i making his . home here for
awhile.
Mrs. Dill of Columbus" spent
Friday and Saturday at the
home of A. M. Lynch.
J. W. Cash has put in a filling
station. He has also added the
second store in Mill Springs.
4 The S. H. S. pupils of Colum-
dus spent the week-end at their
home.
The youngsters are off for
school. Miss Carrie Barber has
gone to Greenville, Miss Mollie
Egerton to Asheville. Miss
Leona Egerton has gone to Caro
leen where she becomes a mem
ber of the school faculty. ;
Miss Padgett was with us
Wednesday. The ladies met
her at the school house with
their cans of fruits, vegetables
jetties preserves etc, for a mock
fair. The ladies received much
information - about preparing
icanforthe. fair ;which is not
long on:. : ; 1
Those who were at the party 1
at the home of Mi.?s Aniio
Edwards Saturday night, say
that they spent an enjoyable
evening.'
Former Senator George Sunder
land, 6f Utah, is' the new associate
Justice of the U. S. Supreme. Court,
to succeed Justice J. H. Clarice.
ary to keep up farm fertility
independently of the nitrate beds
in South America. This is the
reason for the Bank of Landrum
offering large inducements
to farmers continuous, to grow
these legume crops. Why?
Because growing these orops
will make the soil rich; this will
make the farmers; and business
with these' rich farmers will
make the banks rich. The great
pitv is that the banks of Polk
county . will remain imDervious
to the thought of helDmfr the
farmer to seevhis greatest need.
and to help him supply the
means to satisfy this need.
Now what is this need? In Polk
county it is humus andinitrogen
in the soil? How can I we get
these two essential soil require
ments? By growing legume
crops. What are legume crops?
All the clover, alfalfa; all the
peas and beans, vetch etc. , that
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draws free nitrogen from the
air and deposits a surplus, after
the plants own; need of nitrogen
is supplied, to ( supply this ele
ment to other plants that" have
not this power. It is now, as
already stated, a well known
scientific fact that these plants
do possess this power and that
.when grown and retuned to the
soil will enrich the soil; andas
stated, the farmer who is now
ignorant of this fact, should be
ashamed of himself ; and the
farmer who knows these facts
and persistently goes on ignor-1
ing them; should be regarded as
one who: is recklessly careless
of the best interests of the ;. wife
and children of the place he
calls his hqhe?
If some womn used as much
care in picking out a husband
as they do in j selecting a hat
there would be fewer divorces in
this country.
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l oAViiD LIFE OF
Mrs, HARDING h
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iphysjoan to President aad Urs.
Haufcraad Dr. Charles Mayo,'
jrozninent : Scrgeon of Minnesota,
PfotogTapbed as they left the White
Hottse alter miaistermg to Mrs.'
Columbus
Dr. E. C. Brooks State Sunt.
of Public Instruction spent two
days in Polk county last week:
While here he was the guest of
Prof . Cobb and family.
Miss Monday a returned mis
sionary from Japan spoke on
the history and ; customs of N
Japan to an appreciative au-
dience at the Baptist church Sun
day morning. ; She came in the
interest of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Columbus, Presbyterian,
church.
Supt. Cobb and Prof. Mc
intosh of the Stearns High
School attended the Superin
tendents and Principals meeting .
of the Western N. C. division in
Asheville Friday and Saturday. -
Miss Padgett the home demon
stration agent spent the week
end with relatives at Flat Rock.
Mrs. Stockton, representing
the Childrens Home in Greens-
boro spent a few days here this
week. ,
Misses Vada McMurry and
,Marie Burgess are again teach
ing in the school at Saluda.
Misses Thelma' Mills, Leona
Feagans, Aylene Edwards left
last week for the N. C. college
for women at Greensboro.
Archie Feagari has retured
f romj Detroit Mich". , on a two
weeks visit to his parents before
returning to the State Univer
sity at Chapel Hill. , :
Miss Katherine McChesney . '
left for college' at Due West
Mrs. Lindsay; Smith and Coy
Smith spent ' Sunday witH Mrs.
Lawter at Lynn.
Miss Hilda Burgess left last
week for Elon College, .
Miss Oraa Reynolds is visiting
relatives at Hot Srpings,