Greens Creek
* The farmers in this section
have been taking lessons , on
farming once a week, Prof.
Zeigler doing the teaching but
so far most of the work has
been brain work and you know
that won't make bread. '
The all day do at the church
was almost rained out.
Mr. Bayless Collins visited
home folks Sunday.
Miss Bertha Greenway was
out driving Saturday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Feagan
of Spartanburg were up in this
part Sunday.
A number of the sixth grade
girls spent the week end with
their ,teacher, Miss Esther
Gibbs.
Mr. . E. Hinsdale visited A.
Horn Sunday.
It appears that some of the
Polk County boys at Detroit
are lonesome the girls up there
don't look just like the ones at
Cooley Springs and Greens
Creek to them, they like the
same old story and the same
old way.
^ Dr. W. T. Head is thinking of
making a trip to New York.
All try to stay well if you can.
Mill Spring ,
Several frdm here have been
attending court the past week.
I wish to correct the mistake !
that came out in the last issue. |
It said that Miss Nannie Walk- j
er , of Green's Creek Town- j
ship won the medal for the j
best recitation. She was from !
Whit^e Oak Township and from j
Mill Spring School.
A program was rendered by
th Mill Spring School Friday
afternoon begining at 8:00
o'clock a large crowd attended
and all report a nice time. Ice
cream , lemonade and cake,
were sold Friday afternoon be
fore the entertainment the pro
ceeds will go to repair the Bap
tist Church.
Miss Ester Gibbs spent the
week end with home folks.
Miss Carrie Raburn has re
turned to her home in Latti
more, N. C.
We are glad to see Miss
Gladys Gibbs at home again.
There will be services at the
Baptist Church next Sunday
at 11:00 o'clock. Sunday
School at 10:00.
The Club will - meet at the
school house next Wednesday
night, Every body is invited
to attend these meetings.
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Try on Route 1.
Honk, Honk, Honk, here I
. come, after a fortnights ab
sence, no not quite a wreck,
for lo, the beautiful spring
flowers would not be so beau
tiful, if it had not been for the
spring showers.
Did everybody, see every
body, at the County Com
^ mencement? If not, it wasn't
anybody's fault. Wasn't it a
red letter day tho?
Miss Jettie Heague and Mrs.
E. B. Edwards were visiting in
the Melvin Hill section Sunday
afternoon.
Paul Hamilton contemplates
taking the Epworth League
"sailing" before long Mr. Ham
ilton is one of the social com
mittee. *
Mrs. Jack Thompson has
been out recently/' enjoying
horse-tjack riding.
, We are sorry to report that
Mr. Ransom Moss one of our
world war soldier's has been
quite ill for several weeks.
? Farming seems delayed this
spring. Almost a month in our
vicinity.
We can see a smile \in one
corner of our. carrier's mouth.
? Why? Because part of his road
has been worked out.
We can *have good roads
every-where, if .some one
' ' i would be a good Samartian at
/ the wheel.
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To make usTove our country,
our country ought to be lovely.
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A BIG BARGAIN.
For Sale : ? smalT farm,
twenty-eight acres, half under
cultivation. There is a nice
four room cottage and a splen
did barn on .this .property and
the owner will sell cheap.
, Apply: TRYON REAL ES
TATE AGENCY.
v We nave several nice cot
tages, some beautiful building
lots and some Itog farm land,
which can be bomght?at a very
attractive* figure.
Apply: TRYON HEAL ES
TATE AGENCY. \ ?
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Farmers Market
WANT
EggS...? ,
Chickens
Hens
Hams
Corn per bu
Peas
Cane Seed, per bu
FOR SALE
Electric washer with ad
justable ringer; washes
perfectly; electric grill; read
ling lamp; 3 hearth rugs;
woolen blankets; also seperate
hand ringer. MRS. CLYMER.
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I NOTICE.
The regular election for
school commissioners for the
Tryon Graded School District
will.be held in and. for said Dis
trict at the same time and place
'as the Munical Election in
the City Hall in said Town of
Tryon, Tuesday the 8th day of
May 1923, when three commis
sioners will be elected for said
Tryon Graded School District
for the next two years.
. Trustees.
By A. L. HILL, Chairman.
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NOTICE
J. S. Tilson enters 1 1-2 acrev
of land more- or less in White
Oak Township Polk County, N.
C., on waters of Whiats Creek
adjoining land of John King,
Charlie Russell, Ed McDade
and others.
Begining at Sam Tilsons
corner of a 28 acre entry 'and
runs with Charlie Russell's line
to the big road.
'Entered, the 23rd. day of
April 1923.
W. C. HAGUE^
Entry Taker.
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Administratrix Notice
Having qualtified as admin
istratrix of the estate of J. D.
Jackson, deceased, of Polk
County, North Carolina.
This is to nofify all persons
having claims against said es
tate to file same with me
for payment within twelve
month's from date or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This April 7th, 1923
ELIZABETH C. JACKSON,
Administratrix.
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For Sale
Seven acres 2 miles north of
Tryon Howard Gap Road; five
room bungalow, bath, gravity
spring water also 3 room cottage
good barn, garage, other build
ings, orchard. Bargain!
I. C.. FAULK.
Tryon, N. C.
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NOTICE OF TOWN ELEC
TION.
The regular election of town
officials will be held at the
Town Hall on Tuesday May
8th, officers- to be elected are
Mayor and three commission
ers. W. B. STONE, Clerk.
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NOTICE
All persons who own real,
personal or mixed - property on
the 1st day of May 1923 must
[list it with the township super
visors during the montl/' of
May. .
There seems ^to be a great
deal of property not listed and
some unjustly assessed. ^ It is
our duty and whole desire to
get all the property listed and
equalized as near by as possi
ble, and if the gt>od citizens of
Polk County will assjst us by
giving information in regard to
non-listed property it will be
greatly appreciated. *
The followin gentlemen
have been duly appointed
Township Supervisors: ^James
Jackson, Tryon Township, Try
on ,N. C.; Fred Robertson, Sal
uda Township, Saluda, N. C.;
M. L. Hutcherson, Columbus
Township, Columbus, N. C.;
Taylor Whiteside, White Oak
Township, Tryon, N. C.;*R 1.
W. D. Westbrook, Greens Creek
Township, Inman, S. C.; R 5.
Ed McDade, Coopers Gap
Township, Mill Spring, R 2.
Every 'citizen should willing
ly list his property at actual
cash value to the support of his
county and help equalize the
burden of taxation who enjoys
the protection of law for him
self and property.
JNO T. SMITH,
Columbus, N. C.
County Tax Supervisor.
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Few men can say that they have
never had an opportunity
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> A banking connection with a strong bank will
always help you at the opportune time. .
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Start an account Today '
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THE BANK OF TRYON
Polk County's Oldest and Strongest Bank.
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Eugene Brownlee Waverly M. Hester
Tryon Real Estate Agency
We have opened this business with office at the Bank
of Tryon, and are prepared to take charge of your prop
erty while away; also to make rentals and sales.
We Will Be Glad to Have Your Property With Us
For Sale!
A. B. Chase Upright Piano
Mahogany Case insurument. Very
little used.
Mrs. Grant C. Miller,
Try on, N.C.
The Saving of Water
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Is a Great Necessity! How is ^
your plumbing? Let us figure
on your work.
arirr oi" ihincus justice. ,
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Auto-Oiled Aermotor
Self-Oiling, Runs in a breath of air, Never
} needs repairs and Does not squeak.
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% Phone 41 Box 262, Tryon, N. C.
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Mingus justice, Agt
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A wide awake solicitor to take orders for a very
attractive household article that sells readily. ?
Good commissions to a live Agent, ?
Man or Woman.
Address or call -
sanlucda' , A. DeVere Turner
. Dish-Washing Boom.
A lecturer says dish washing can be
made as interesting as golf. But
it cannot be done at fashionable clubs
and in striking costumes, and Hie scope
?ever gets into the sporting columns. ?
Louisville Courier-Journal. _
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Honey of High Food Valuo.
Honey is one of tho most concen
trated foods. Most foods contain a
certain amount of Indigestible matter
which is discharged from the system
In the form of waste. In honey a frac
tion of 1 per cent only is actual wastfe.
"Groeery" Sterea.
Webster's dictionary gives as one of
the meanings of the word "grocery" in
the United States a "retail grocer's
store." It is quite correct to use It in
this sense and to plurallse It, so as to
make it unnecessary to say "grocery
stores," Just as we have "bakeriee,"
etc.
Profit lees Occupation.
An Indian in the Punjab writes in
ink In Arabic verse from the Koran
on a grain of polished rice. The verse
is written by the projected and poK
ished finger nail of the writer and the
Arabic characters are so beautifully
traced that one may read thfm with
the naked eye. ,The artist, a middle
aged man, has been doing this kind
?f work for years. .
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Stray Bits of Wisdom.
Like a great poet,' nature product!
the greatest results with the simplest
means. There are simply a sun, flow
irs, waters and love. ? Heine.
Only Real Purest.
Human progress is calculated by the
contributions that we make, construc
tively, in that work to which we have
issigned ourselves. ? George L. Berry.
Wrote "Blood" Bible.
One of the most noted Bibles is the
"blood" Bible, the work of Frederick
von Trenk. Confined la chains by
Frederick the JGreat, as punishment
for making love to the king's sister,
the Princess Amelia* Trenk imaeribed
two hundred blank pages in his Bible
with love sonnets in honor ef the k**
oess, every word belag written Im his
own blood.
Dreve Through Oh oat
One dark night when I was driving ,
wlong a> lentty read, ay horse became
frightened and refused te proceed. In'
looking ahead te discover t fee cause, I
saw a ghostlike figure standing In the
middle *of the road. Believing thnt
someone was trying te frighten me, I
whipped the horae and attempted te
run the joker down. I was very much
surprised when I ran my horse com
pletely through the ghoet ? a donee pil
lar of fog rising from n mud puddle. ? ..
Chicago Journal.
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. We now have for sale many l,eautif ,i
x lots in Glenwalden. One of the prettj
. parts of the Gillette property, also all 2
property of the Jas.. H. Paine subdivision
Lincourt, and -The Tryon Hills tract, to'
? grether with many dwellings and farms'
Let us show you!
Blake & Calhoun
M. a. BLAKE
JULIAN
calhoiu
Real Estate and Rents
Office Over Drug Store
Blake & Calhoun
Holmes-Calhoun Seed Co.
Spartanburg, S. C.
Dealers in highest quality GARDEN SEED Pr.nl
y ^essones, Buckeye Incubators and Brooded
Mail us your orders. J A post card will E
a catalog to your door free orcharge.
Better Seeds?Better Crops
SEDAN
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Even More In Demand
The Ford Sedan is accepted everywhere as
the car for the family. A convenient car to
drive, comfortable to ride in and it affords
so much pleasure at such low cost that its
use is practically universal.
n Finer upholstery, adjustable window regu
lators and refinements in chassis construc
tion have built up quality and yet the price
has never been so low. v
The demands for this cat are so great that
delay may prevent your getting delivery.
List your order now. A small down pay
ment ? the balance on easy terms.
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* Fmdpricn ktmmmrbmm so tm -?
Fsrd+uality has
Ballenger-Morris Motor Co.
- Tryon, N. C.