7 in Diihlichpr : 1 T Volume XXV1I1 No. 9l dotice toPoIkounty Farmers: cumber the dates for the various Community Fairs in'Polk v,rhr beginning at Columbus, m c Oct., 9th, which will be Monday. en cooper .uap iwnshiD at Sunny View School Tuesday Oct. 10th.- White Oak Township. Min spring vveunes- jay Oct. Hth, greens Week Township Greens Creek School iwsdav Oct. 12th. Tryon Township at Casino, old Mimosa Hotel site, Lynn, uct. aath. Saluda Township, baludaJN. C.t Saturday Oct. 14th. The presi- i i dents, vice presidents sec- i i ? - 'retaries ana cnairman oi onmmittees of departments are charged -with the holding- of these various fairs. It will be for the judges and attending nublic to say which of the various townships can put up the best fair. There will be prospective nurchasers of land at these fairs to ascertain where the best corn, apples, sweet potatoes, Irish po tatoes, poultry etc. are grown m Polk county. Besides all the benefits to be derived from mak ing a good fair. What township wants to be the laggard, town ship in the county? Any of the six townships in the county, might have the best fair. The one that makes the greatest ef- fort, in an intelligent Way, will have the best fair. . Now come along boys and girls -and .show, the grit of your ancestors. Every body take notice! Daddy Slaugh ter in Saluda township is' presi dent of the fair up on the" moun tain, and has declared -war on the low landers. Ed. T. Thomp son of Friendship and Father Bradley of Green River Cove are giving Daddy Slaughter such loyal backing that Saluda will probably have a walk-over unless the other townships'" get . busy. The ladies up there are also on the war-path. They expect, as usual to walk off with the cake from their men; but the men have served notice that their part of the fair this year shall surpass anything their women can do; regardless of any effort they may make. Let the men everywhere see if they can excel their wo men this year: but let the wo men see to it; as previously that they, shall not. An Original Story FISHING FOR WILD-CATS. Captain Sol, as he was called, was an old bachelor who had retired to East Harris not less than five years ago. - He had been a captain on a fishing sehooner, but now lived in a lit tle two-roomed house by the sea shore. He loved his chickens as old maid loves her nine cats. Wing some of the chickings &ne, he was worried. He had bunted them twice when -he ent out to feed them, and three re missing. He remained up a" the next night and -found the cken theif was a wildcat. ihe next morning he bought a We piece of meat, a large fish-hook and a heavy . rope. ln mght he fastened the meat the hook on the rope,, and Jd it in the chicken oop her The 0ther end of the rope, toea to his wrist, and, placing ""s gunby his side went to bed. 'endtUt midnieht tie was awak ron! y a vi2rous pulling at the it Tvnd his wrist- He knew JJttst be the wildcat eating the theni!0uhe waited a moment, . n&e began to null the rone mi?i. the wildcat was too could him and before he : f.i, Pl UD his mm W hnil Woi; he floor' the-wildcat . limbed UD throng V.P win- dptain Sol picked up a chair Th3,0r.Iy - i i , . i . , ... r . m mw m -i and hit the now racin nnimoi on the head. This stunned it and gave the excited fisherman time to pick up his gun, thus kill the unlucky chicken thief; . Louise Dunn. Report of the Condition of The 0an!i Siiib' at Saluda, N. C, at the close of business, Sept, 15th; 1922, . RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ... $47, 728. 32 Demands Loans ....... 5,039.34 Overdrafts unsecured 512.66 United States "Bonds and Liberty Bonds.. Banking House $3800 Furniture and Fix ture 25001 All other Real --Estate owned ... Cash in vault and net amount due f r o m Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies..... Checks for clearing. . . Expense- 7,250.00 6,300.00 750.00 8,736,69 69.59 978.37 Total.:........; $77,993.97 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in $10,000.00 Bills payable.... ... ... 5,000.00 Deposit sub jec t to check..? ...... 25,712.07 Time Certificates of Deposit,. Due in Less Than 30 Days Cashier's Checks out Standing..L. . ... Savings Deposits. .. ....... Total:..l.....i 25,244.07 21.23 12,016.60 77,993.97 State of North Carolina, County of Polk, Sept 2 J322A I,T. H. Bailey, cashier of the above named bank, do solemmly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. ' P. H. Bailey, Cashier. Correct Attest: R. B. Staton j Henry P. Corwith P. H. Bailey , Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me, ttiis 28th day of Sept., 1922. H. B. Lane, Notary Public. My commission expires March 20, 1924. Mill Spring Route 1 ' (Intended for last week) A number of young folks went muscadine hunting Saturday af ternoon. They report more fun than, muscadines. J. T. Edwards was in Spartan burg last Friday. - Miss Mildred Womack is very sick with diphtheria. Vernie Hyder is suffering with a very sore knee. There are several cases of scarlet fever near here. hope the disease will be check ed very soon. Q. M. Powell, Gordon Hyder, Benson and Fletcher Edwards were in Asheville last week.' Vinetta Hyder left Sunday-for Hillcrest, where she v will enter School; V. B. Hyder attended services at Cooper Gap church Sunday. . - r-1- : 1 Sandy Springs Intended for last week) The weather continues hot and dry, with only two or three light showers of rain in the last ten or eleven weeks. J G. J. Scoggin and wife have returned from Asheville, where they have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Richey, who is suffering from a broken leer.. .. The ioecream "supper at New Hope school house last Saturday night was well attended. 0. C. Smith and wife, of Spin dale,, visited relatives "here last week, r P23Cr Pi!h!icherl in Dib a "li tm , Tryon, N. C, PROG Columbus Township; Suhday School Institute. Morgan's Chapel, Oct. 7, and 8.. 1922 SATURDAY; OC " ' . MORNINGjSESSioN y ,. - ;j " '. 10:30Devotibnal by J. P. Arledge,, Supt Columbus Baptist Sun day SchOOl. , : V- ; - W- --:Jl-' 10:40-How To Secure More Efficient Teachers and Officers, by it Ar w' T - xReed' Pastor Columbus Baptist Church. -ll:05Song. - . r v.- - .jr. ll:10-How to Interest and Hol4 the Young People in the Sunday . School, by Prof. J;iWiMcIntosh, Columbus Presby terian Sunday School. : . ll:35-The Call for Trained Leadershiprby Miss Daisy Magee, State Sunday School Worker. j 12:10-Record of Attendance. , - ' 12:15-Adj6urn. ; OASKET DINNER ON THE GROUND , Afternoon Session t l:30Devotional, led by N. T. Mills, Columbus Baptist Sunday School. ;..:( ' 1:45-Practical Suggestions for Variety in the Sunday School Program, by Miss Bertha Kelz, Columbus Baptist Sun day School. J w I 2:10-Music. :: - --Music and Religion, by Miss Daisy Magee, State Sunday School Worker. 2:45 Methods of Teaching the Sunday School Lesson, by Miss , Vada McMurry, Columbus Baptist Sunday School. d;lo Business Session. j! 3:30 Adjourn. -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th. Morning Session 10:30-Song and Prayer Service, - Baptist Sunday Schnol; v 10:40 The Teacher's Work Between v Sundays, by E. B. Cloud, 1 eacher Columbus Presbyterian Sunday School. llSThe -Challenge- of RelicraEducation by Mss -DisyS Magee, State Sunday 11:45 Our Children, Their Needs and How to Meet Them, by " , Rev. Black, Pastor Tryon Congregational Church. 12:15 Adjourn. basket dinner on the ground Afternoon Session I 1 :30 Devotional, led by Supt. 1:45 The Sunday School Teacher and Teaching, by Rev. Hun - nicut, Pastor Landrum Baptist Church, v if 2:15 The most Important Period of Christian Training, by Miss Daisy Magee, State Sunday School Worker. 2:45-Song. . - : V ; - : 2:50 Finding and Training Sunday School Officers anid Teachers, by Rev. R. N. Hunter, Pastor Sandy Plains Presbyter ian Church. - . . 3:20-Practical Suggestions for Sunday School Betterment,, led by Mrs.J. W. Arledge, Teacher Morgan's Baptist Sunday School and volunteers. j 3:45 Miscellaneous, t '"' j 4:00 Adjourn. s - ' E. W. S. COBB, President, MRS. J. A. FEAGAN, Secretary. Cotton picking seems to be the prevailing decujaation now. The cotton crops are indeed short this year, he boll weevil and the dry weather have cut them off at least half. Miss Virgie Strickland visited Miss Cecil Splann, Sunday. Mrs. V. L. Splann, who has been on the sick list for some time is now improving. Rev. T. Wr Arledge died at his .home on September, 21st. He was laid to rest in the Green River rcemetery Saturday. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. F. O. Miller, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. He had been sick most all summer. :. Miss Eva Davis gayea singing at her home Saturday which was much enjoyed. Sandy Spring Sunday school is planning - to give a box and fish, sandwich supper at New Hope school house on Saturday afternoon October, 14th. The proceeds to be used on the piano fund for the church. They ex pect to have music there, : oxd a good time is expected for all. Be sure.and come. Don't miss itl C WMcGinnis called on Miss Virgie Strickland, Sunday. NJ--JL J L . JL J IM K ); ' ... . - y p Live Clean Paper for the Home October 5, 1922 RftM led by John Owens, Supt. Penile School Worker. Morgan's Baptist Sunday School. Notice.! The heirs of W. M. Russell will sell the homestead, 53 1-2 acres more or less, one .nice j dwelling house and stfcre house, one tenant house. Nice location, lying on the National highway from Rutherford ton to Tryon. Good pasture and buildings and Quite a lot of fruit trees. - Will be sold at farm, one, mile above Pearidge, on Monday, Novem ber 6, 1922 for cash! All parties having claims against W. M. Russell wil1.. exhibit- them to the undersigned and all parties in debted to him will pay same to me by above date. I 9-4-w C: 0. Russell. ' Sneezing Once Presaged Death. In the ancient word , sneezing was the 'subject of much superstition, and was' almost always endowed with sinister Import. Jewish folklore has it that in the first ages of the world sneering was always a presage of death until the coming of Jacob. That astute patriarch, anxious lest he hln self should perish fmra such au in significant cause, ' besought the Al mighty to endow sneezing with more beneficent attributes, ! and since then it has been lucky to sneeze between noon and midnight- j , . . Speeding Up Production. ; Alice "Why do - you go shopping when you haven't any" money?" Vir-. ginla "Oh, I get through so much quicker!" Judge ! ... .. . . . Proceedings. . The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Tryon, North Carolina, met October 2, 1922, in regular session, Present Mayor F. P. Bacon and Commissioners T. W. Ballew, W; W. Creasman and.C. N. Sayre. Absent, none. The following ordinanance was introduced and read to t h e Board: " . ORDINANCE AUTH ORIZ IN G -$12000. STEET BONDS, AND ' PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT v OF PRINCIPAL THERE OF AND INTEREST THEREON. Be It Ordained by the Board of Town Commissioners of Try on, North Carolina: - Section one. That there shall be issued the negotiable coupon bonds of : the Town of Try on, in the aggregate principal amount of $12000; bearing" in terest at a maximum rate of six percentum per annum, for the purpose of improving, paving and extending the streets in and foresaid town-. Section two. That a tax suf ficient to pay the principal and interest of sai,d bonds as same fall due, shall be annually levied and collected. Section three. That a state ment of Debt of'the said Town has been filed with the clerk, and is open to public inspection. Section four. That this ordi nance shall take effect thirty days after its first publication, unless in the meantime a petition for its Submission to the voters. fsTfiled under the Municipal nance Act, and that in such event it shall take effect when approved by the voters of the Municipality at an election as provided in said Act. Section five. That in addition to the above four sections con stituting the Bond Ordinance, it is hereby determined and de clared that the probable period of usefulness of the improve ments for which the said bonds are issued, is twenty years from the first day of November 1922; th&t the said bonds shalbe dated November 1, 1922, and shall be issued in denomtnations of $500 each and shall mature one bond on the first ay of November of each year in the years 1924 to 1935 inclusive and two bonds on the first day of I November of each year in the "years 1936 to 1941 inclusive, with interest at the rate of six percentum per annum, payable semi-annually, both principal and interest , pay able at Peoples Bank & T r u s t Company, Tryon, North Caro lina; shall be excuted- with the written signature of the Mayor and clerk with the corporate seal of the Town affixed, and the coupons ishall be executed with facsimile signature of the clerk; shall be sold at 7:3(1 p. in, Nov ember 6, 1922, and shall be in substantially the following form: COUNTY OF POLK, ; - TOWN OF TRYON WATER BOND Know all men by these pres ents, that, the' Town of Tryon, County ot roik and state 01 North Carolina, hereinafter re ferred to as the Municipality, is justly indebted and for value re ceived hereby promises to pay Bearer the principal Sum of ... FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS , on the first day of November 19, with, interest thereon at the rate of six percentum per annum payable semi-annuallv on the first day of May and the first day of November of each year upon presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they seyerally fall due. Both nrincinal and interest of this . .. ... . Prise 5 Cents Bond are payable in gold coin of . the Uuited States of America of the present standard of weight and finess at the . ;v PeoplesBank & Trust Company, , Tryon, North Carolina. This Bond is one of Twenty four bonds of like date and; amount and tenor, except as to maturities, numbered consecu- i tively from (1) to (24), issued V under the authority of and in full compliance with the Constitution - and Laws of North Carolina, with particular reference to the Municipal Finance Act of North Carolina and for the purpose of improving, paving v and- extend ing the streets in and for said Town as set forth in said -law, and is registrable as to princi pal and interest. - . It is hereby certified and re cited that all acts conditions and thincs renuired to hft done, ri a ri pen and exist, precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond, have been done, have happened, and do exist, as required by the rCbnstitution and Laws of the State of North Carolina; that provision has been made for the levy and collection of an annual tax upon all -taxable property within the said Municipality suf ficient to pay the interest hereon and the principal hereof as. the same fall due, and that the total' indebtedness of the same does not exceed any -constitutional or statutory limitation For ? the prompt payment hereof, both principal and interest, the full faith, credit and resources of the saldTSlunicipality are hereby; irrevocably pledged. r In Witness Whereof the said Municipality has caused this Bond to be signed by its Mayor and Clerk, with its corporate seal affixed, and the interest coupons hereto attached to be " signed With the facsimile signa ture of the Clerk, all of this as of the first day of November, 1922 Mayor. Clerk. (COUPON) No $15.00 On the first day of May (Nov.) 19 , the Town of Tryon, N. C. will pay to bearer at the Peo ples Bank & Trust Company, Tryon North Carolina Fifteen Dollars in gold coin of the United States of America of the present standard of weight and finess, being six months interest then due on its Street Bond, dated November 1, 1922. - v No.l.. ' Clerk. On motion of W. - W. Creas man, seconded by T. W. Ballew, the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the following vote; Mayor F. P. Bacon," aye, W. W. Creaseman, aye, T. W. , Ballew, aye; C. N. Sayre, aye. Voting no, none. r - : f F. P. Bacon, Mayor. : 9 ' W. B. Stone, Clerk. The foregoing ordinance was passed on the 2nd day of October 1922,-and was first published on the 5th day of October 1922. f Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of said ordinance must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication:" W, B. Stone Clerk. ' Farmers Market ( WE WANT Eggs. . 32c ...15 Chickens.. :. Frying Chickens.. HamsjL.. corn per bu: Peas . Peas ; 1 20 .: .22 1.00: 1.60 1.60

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