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Volume XXVI II No. 24
Tryon, N. CM February 8, 1923
$2.00 a Year
Better Biscuit Campaign to be Conducted in Polk County
Bank of Irion
Elects President
. 1 ?
Mr. F. P. Bacon Elected To Succeed Mr.
W. T. Lindsey, Lately Deceased
Mr.. F. P. Bacon was elected was declared increasing the
president of the Bank of Tryon capital of bank from $10,000
at a meeting of the board of di- to $15,000, There was a gen- j
rectors of that bank held on eral discussion held, following
Wednesday, February 6. . | the election of officers, as to
Mr. Bacon was elected to fill the matter of increasing the
the vacancy created by the present capital of $15,000 to
death of Mr. W. T. Lindsey, j $25,000 and thus making it i
former president. 1 j possible to apply for a Nation
During the decade that Mr. \ al Bank Charter.
Lindsey held office, the Bank of j All other officers of the Bank
T\von doubled its assets and j were reelected with the follow
capital. j directors: F. P. Bacon, D. E. j
The report of the condition j Conner, T. T. Ballenger, E. M.
of the bank was very satifcfac- Howes, the Rev. J. F. Black, j
tory according to Mr. J B. Fred E Swann> R. M McCown, !
Hester, Cashier. In addition T u r r i vr t> t i
to paying the usual dividend Jackson, J . B. Jac son, ,
for the fiscial year of 1922, a W. C. Ward, W. B. Stone, B. L. ;
stock dividend of 50 percent Ballenger and J. B. Hester.
Columbus/ N. C. *
January 30, 1923.
Mr.Editor : ?
' I want to give my faithful
animal Dixie, to some one who
will treat her well and can ap
preciate the nobleness, ofxa no
ble aninval. Dixie and I have
been together for seven years,
she has carried me over rough
snow and ice clad mountains in
in the saddle and in ttye buggy.
She has never failed to pull,
when going forward was her
duty, and never failed me when
holding back was the business
in hand. She has been so
faithful that it fs like the sep
aration of Pythias and Damon
or Jonathan and David; but
since I am away from my farm
and the fact that my friends
in Polk County so generously
provided me with more rapid
transportation, I find no use
for her, and desire that some
one who can use her and give
her good treatment will take
her and do so. She is a good
safe saddler, and buggy an
jimal. This is not an adver
; sement for sale, She is not
r >r sale ? but gratis to the per
i : >n who will treat her well.
J. R. SAMS
County Agent |
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The Aftermath
'Wh?n I looked oat of "the k
? \ indow, Johnny, I was glad to j
1 v ? you playing marbles with 1
_ ly Simpkins."
"'We wuzzn't playing mar-^
i ' s, ma. We had just had a
i ^ ht and I was helping him j
1 k up his teeth."
Necessary
"So you desire to become my i
. l-in-law?"
"No, I don't. But if I mar- \
ry your daughter, sir, I don't 1
v 2 how I can get out of it."
If you can't do what you j
i e, suppose you try liking
. at you do and see what
opens.
Tryon Country Club
Has Meeting
Plans Made for Golf Tournaments and ;
Other Improvements
The election of officers
and general discussion of en
tertainment and plans for the
current year was held by the
members of the Try on Country
Club last Friday night in Mis
sildine Hall.
With the completion, of the
new State Highway, the Coun
try Club will be capable of ca
tering to visiting Golfers from
n;igh boring citifes in a larger
and more complete way than
before. The Club has. gained
annually in popularity with |
Spartanburg, Greenville, Ashe
ville and other outlying cities'
and it expects to afford a
nucleus for the up-building,
of a larger and more attractive
'Tryon.
Plans are now being ? discus-'
sed for the building of a swim
ming pool on the Club grounds.
It is thought that this addition .
would be a large factor in in
creasing the popularity of both
the Club and the town as a Re
sort.
The nine hole course of the
Tryon Country Club has been
accorded to be one of the best
courses in this vicinity, weath
er condition's making but little
difference in the playing. The
fairways are in splendid con
ditions with a dozen natural
hazards. The Greens commit
tee have kept the greens in ex
cellent condition. But few of
the winter-golf rules are found
to be . applicable during the
winter season.
The 'entertainment commit
tee are planning several events
for the current year, a number ;
of dances ( and other social j
events being under contem- j
plation.
The tournament committee ,
are making plans for the usual
Spring' Mid-Summer and \ Fall
events that have proven a
drawing card to to Golfers
from cities in various parts of.,
the \ounty. Dances will be
: held in conjunction with these ;
tournaments.
.Greens Committee: Mr. Eu
gene Brownlee, Chairman ; Mr. j
F. P. Bacon, Dr. M. C. Palmer.
Membership Committee: Mr.
H.,A Wilkie, Chairman; Mr. E. i
;E. Missildine, Dr. Allen Jervey.
j Tournament Committee: Dr.
M. C. Palmer, Chairman ; Mr. i
Waverly Hester, Mr. James
Vernor.
Entertainment Committee: !
% Mr. Carter P. Brown, Chair- j
? man.
The following officers for the
1923 Season, .in whom lie the
greater share of the burden/!
are: Mr. Eugene Brownlee,
President ; Mr. H. A. Wilkie, ]
Vice President; Mr. G. F. Stone
Sec'y-Treas. ; Mr. G.vH. Holmes
Director; Mr. James^ Vernor Jr.
Director.
Campaign Conducted by . Home Demon
stration Agent, Sarah M. Padgett
Columbus, N. C.
January 31, 1923
Dear Teacher: ?
Our Home Demonstration
Agent, Miss Padgett, is put
ting on a better bread contest
in each township of the county,
and in each school district in
each township. I know that
you, as a teacher, will be deep
ly and enthusiastically in^
terested in this undertaking,
and that you will give it your
FULL support in every possi
ble way. Miss Padgett has ar
ranged for a number >of very
appropriate and valuable prizes
to be awarded tp the winners
in this contest. There will be
special township prizes and
county wide prizes, all of
which will be fully explained
when Miss Padgett visits your
school.
I wish to say that this pro
ject has the hearty indorse
ment and the unqualified sup
port of the Board of Education
and the individuals and not as
officers are offering a set of
map? as prize to that school
which makes the best pe/cent
of showing in ,this contest,
(ask Miss Padgett when she
fruitful.
Your school will be given a
half holiday each for the * final
contest in the township and in
the county. I \ sincerly hope
that it will be possible for your
school to attend these finals
in a body. I suggest that you
make special use of this pro
ject work, district, township
and county, in supplementing
the written work in your eng
lish courses.
i Looking forward to, <and
confidently expecting your
school to enter whole-hearted
ly into this highly educative,
practical, life project, T am
with personal good wishes fqr
your highest success.
County Superintendent of
Schools,
E. W. S. COBB.
Rules governing the Better
Biscuit Campaign in Polk
County.
Conducted by Home Demon
station Agent Sarah M. Pad
gett.
Feb 1 ? March 9th.
I. Any girj attending school
for ten years up may compete !
for girls prizes.
BOOST TRYON! ]
; What are you doing to put TryonOTi themaS?; !
; What have you done to bring Try on* before tne 1 1
; eyes of of the tourist pubilc? What do you 'know ;
; about Tryon, its environs and its advantages? ;
| i
; Do you know:
? That Tryon has one of the best all-year-around :
; climates in the country?
? That Tryon has a Graded school system that ;
; is comparable to the best in the country? :
I That Tryon has the reputation of having the :
t purest water supply obtainable? ,
? That Tryon has a Golf course comparable to ;
! many of the best nine hole courses in the country? ;
t That the Pacolet Valley is one of the prettiest ;
\ bits of scenery, at any season of the year to be
I found? . * I
! That Tryon has innumerable building sites to :
I offer prospective home seekers? _ _ I
; That Tryon is rapidly increasing in popularity :
: throughout the country and is well known in af- :
! most every State in the Union.
: What have you done toward making in a big
: ger and better Tryon? _ 1
: How many of your friends and acquaintances
I in various in varous parts~of the country have you :
I written to about Tryon? N
Think it Over!
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visits your school what this
percent rating will be.) I
urge you therefore, when
Miss Padgett comes to your
school that you give her a
hearty welcome, which I am
sure you will do, and that you
encourage as many of your
girls as you possibly can to en
ter this contest. Give Miss
Padgett as much time as need
ed to fully explain and demon
strate her work in your school.
Co-operation with her in enlist
ing and holding the interest,
not only of the girls in your
school, but also that of the
mothers in your local district.
"In. your hands, in a very large
measure, rests the success or !
the failure of this undertak
ing. ? Miss Padgett may in
itiate and demonstrate with
her expert knowledge and skill
the "HOW" and the "WHY",
but unless you as teacher and
school leader interestingly,
faithfully and persistenly fol
low up these expert demon
strations, both in seeing that
the number of experiments
done, and in helping to make
these experiments the very
best and most effective that
they can be made, the under
taking cannot possibly be most
/
2. Any girl or woman not at
tending school is eligible to
! compete for the woman's
| prize s
3. Biscuits made by the
students must be judged at
three stated times. Time to
be selected by teacher in
charge.
A. Women in various town
ships may arrange with the
Home Agent at time of her
demonstration for local judg
ing.
4. Contestants must have
made biscuits by the two given
recipes five times each before
a prize may be won.
TOWNSHIP PRIZES.
(Woman)
1st. Woolen Blanket
2nd. One year subscription
to "Asheville Times" donated
by Asheville Times.
3rd. Sack of flour (Obelisk)
Donated by Ballard & Ballard
Co. Louisville, Ky.
4th. Bungalow Apron do
nated by C. H. Flentye. '
5th. Bucket Simon Lard
donated by Armour's Lard Co.,
Chicago.
(Girls)
1st. Collection of Alumnium
(Continued on page i)
Peoples Bank
Increases Capital
Meeting Held on Tuesday and Capital In
creased to $25,000
0
Stockholders of the Peoples
Bank and Trust Company re- !
cently voted to increase the
capital of the bank from its
present basis of $10,000 to a
new capitalization'* of $25,000
and a surplus fun of $6,000.
he amount of the new capital
has already been oversub
scribed according to officials of
the bank.
The Peoples Bank and Trust
Company will be ready within
the next few days to open to
the public a reading-room in
the. basement of the building.
Several other new features
have been added to the present
equipment of the bank in ? the
interest of a broader scope of
service to its patrons. Among
these improvements are a la
dies' rest room to be located in
the basement of the building,
a large storage room, aside
from the present storage vault
oh the same floor, the reading
room in the basement to be
used by the officials of the bank
as a directors room upon occas
ion.
Walter Jones, attorney and
vice president of the bank will
move his offices to that institu
tion and will be located in the
rear of the bank on the first
floor.
Foster Thomson, who has
been associated for the past
several years with the Mutual
Bank, of Landrum, was recent
ly elected as assistant cashier
of the Peoples Bank & Trust
Company. Mr. Thomson en
tered upon his- duties last
Thursday.
The Peoples Bank & Trust
Company is making every ef
fort to keep abreast of the rap
id inrease in popularity of Try
on as an all-year- round resort
town, according to officials of
that bank. Other plans are
now maturing for increasing
the facilities of the bank in
giving better service in every
possible way to the people of
Tryon and to visitors and tour
ists.
ed the barber. "Guess
have to take it off."
"All right. I tried to steal
a kiss from a girl who was
chewing gum."
A Poor Pfauv For . A Sak.
In New York a man burned
his wife's clothes to keep her
from running around. No one
noticed the difference.
ractirift were shipwrecked,
so we are told. For two days
they floated around on a life
raft.
Near the end of the second
day one of them cried: "Ikey,
I see a sail."
"Vat good does dot do us?"
snapped back the formerd sale
man, "Ve ain't got no samples."
Building Operations
In Tryon During Year
Number of New Buildings Erected, Many
Homes Built During Past Year
Building operations in Try
on for the past year have to
talled an amount approximat
ing $140,000 according to the
records of the town clerk's of
fice.
.. The amount includes the new
$65,000 school building, new
houses built by the Southern
Mercerizing Company for em
ployees, a warehouse built by
the same company, a two store
room and office building built
by W. Y. Wilkins and twenty
two residences.
A large amount of Duilding
not included in the above total
has been carried on during
1922 in addition to present
houses and other buildings as
well as ; several changes and
additions in the Southern Mer
cerizing plant involving several
thousand of dollars.
In order to supply the in
creasing demand for rentable
houses in Tryon during the
season, a number of cottages
and large residences were
built, several xof which have
been completed the * past two
months.
A number of visitors to Try
on who have been making this
resort an annual visit have. re
cently built their own homes
here and in one or - two in
stances have thus opetned up
new building sites in most de
sirable locations with spelen
did views of the surrounding
ridges and the Pacolet Valley.
Several other residences are
under comtemplation by tour
ists and local people indicating
that the current year will be
anothei* boom year in Tryon's
growth.
Two new real estate com
panies taking advantage of the
increasing demand for building
sites as shown by the past year
opened their offices recently, .
the Brownlee-Hester Real Es
tate Company,, and the Cal
houn-Blake Real Estate, Com
pany up to the present time
has been handled by James
Leonard and the two banks,
the Bank of Tryon and the Peo
ple's Bank, all of which are
still in the field.
With the completion of the
paving of city streets added to
its former advantages of elec
tricity water and an adequate
sewerage disposal system Try
on is now enabled to offer pw- -
pective visitors all of the Zd*.
vantages of the larger cities
both in this vicinity and ia tike
North.
The Tryon Graded School ?
now in use compares favor
aby with schools of cities much
larger than Tryon, main
taining a faculty selected with .
especial care in view of the
fact that children are entered
in the local school who come
here for the school year from
all parts of the country.
With the opening of the new
Graded School now under con
struction, next fall; Tryon will
be equipped to compete with
the best educational institu
tions for children in the coun
rty.