'JHSf - * mm < 1i;H&FRg^ul,listiefS XXVIIt No. 42 Tbe Only Paper Published in Polk ; County ^ Live Clean Paper for the Home llunie Try6n, N. C., June 14, 1923 Price 5 Gents $2.00 a Year Warden System Planned For County st Fires Destroy 934 ?s of Timber in Polk County in 1922. e report on forest fires in .jj Carolina lor ^ the year in most counties based ?jy 071 information eorrwxmdents from hajs ir been made public by 'ntl;, ? 1 and Rron Cjolog'W "?u xe) Economic The nature of the re ecludes the pos psent in pr fay of any great accuracy, .^results are at least con j ? * Thev show a of 1227 total fires ative.* the State ? jj burned 100.737 acres and Ida damage of approx ;eiv S650.000.00. [Reports from ,Polk County jo* that in 1922 this county ? forest tires which burned 934 acres and caused an jrnated damage ,of $2,474. ;uallv only the larger fires are iticed. and it is more than ?ejv that the numerous small ?es in the county did as much mee as the tires mentioned jus report. The above tires were reported ? voluntary correspondents 1(j by a warden employed by lie Survey. Polk County is >perating with the Geological Economic Survey in forest e prevention and a forest iden system is now being or ganized. This consists of a Forest warden in each township 'or similar district with deputy wardens under them to get on all tires as soon as possible after they are started. This system together with educa tional campaigns conducted by the forest wardens should re sult in fewer and smaller fires. Superior Court To Hold Special Term 36 Cases on Civvt Docket. ? Judge McElroy to Preside Judge P. A. McElroy of Marshall will preside over the Special Term of the Superior Court of Polk County at the Columbus Court House begin ning Monday June 18, Thirty-six cases are slated on the Civil Docket for the Special session. These cases include land and damage suits, diverse cases, -etc. The jury have been notified to report for duty. 0 ? : ? COLUMBUS On next Sunday night at 8:00 o'clock Tryon will be fav ored with a visit by the Billy Sunday Club of Spartanburug. They will conduct a service in their wonderful way at the Methodist Church. Be sure and come. You will enjoy greatly this hour with the Billy Sunday Club. 1 COLUMBUS BAPTIST CHURCH Preaching Every 2nd, 3rd, ant.i 4th Sundays at 11 o'clock. Every Sunday nigtet. S. A^BTROUP, Pastor. -o TRYON baptist church. Services each Sunday morn n'v^nt 11 o'clock. For Sale: ? Good fresh milk < ;v for sale. C. V. ELLIOTT, ??Hil Spring, N. C. 2w-pd EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Rev. C. P. Burnett, Rector. Sunday Services: Holy Communion ? 7:30. Morning Prayer and sermon ^ Holy Communion of 1st Sun day in the month.) 11 A. M. Friday afternoon 5 o'clock Utany and Intercessions for the sick. State Organizes For C. M. T. C. Applications Summer Military Training ? Camps Ready for Third Season. Mr. Albert L. Cox, Raleigh, the State Ai^e to the Secretary of War for this state has com pleted his organization for pro curing of candidates for the Camps for which young > men from 17 to 24 years of age from this state are eligable. Be tween three hundred and four hundred more young men from North Carolina can be accepted for these healthful camps, | which are entirely at govern ment expense, with no cost to the candidate. Application blanks and information regard ing these camps, which are now entering their third successful summer, can be obtained from Mr. Albert L. Cox, Raleigh, N. C., or from any of the fol lowing local agents: McKinley Prichard, Asheville ; Michael Schenck, Hendersonville ; and Sol Gallert, Rutherforton. o Commercial Club Holds Rally Meet Landrum Urges Cooperation of People in Civic Improvements The Lanrdum Commercial Club held its regular June meeting last Wednesday, June 6, at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall. The meeting this month was devoted entirely to a "get-to gether" program to stimu late interest in the club and in the community as a whole. The usual business session was dispensed witfi following a brief opening of the meeting by the president, R. P. Whitlock. Several prominent "* men of GAINS FAME JIA RADIO 0. Russell Locke, son of Mrs. H. T. Locke of Fairview House, Saluda, has been singing with the Piedmont Quartette for the past several months. Radio fans may posssibly have heard ' the Piedmont Quartette which has gained much fame throughout, the country via radio. This group of male singers representing our own section of the country have sung before the micro phone of several of the largest broadcasting stations on the eastern seaboard. They will be "on the' ?ir" again next Thursday night June 21st. at at 8:30 o'clock at the Mbdford Hillside, Mass., Station. "T 0 SHERIFF THOMPSON BACK IN HARNESS. \ Sheriff G. L. Thompson of Saluda, who has been seriously ill at his home for -the past month is now at his duties. "The necesssary work," stat ed Mr. Thomrjson, yesterday, "has been adequately taken care of during my illness by the various deputies and rural police in the county whom I wish to thank for their co operation during my absence from' duty." Sheriff Thompson urges the j people of Polk County to tele phony or write him at any time his services are needed. -^-0? : ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. I SALUDA Fairview House, opened May 1st. Among the recent ! arrivals are: Miss Ellen Mc Alpin, Savannah Ga. ; Mr. Sal- j loway, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss E. F. Holmes, of Charleston, S. C. ; Miss Madeline Holmes and Master Allen Holmes ; Miss Alice 0. Edgerton and Miss Elizabeth Drayton of Washing- j ton, D. C. I COUNTY AGENTS DEPARTMENT TO POLK COUNTY FARMERS. This is the busy of all busy times for the farmers, and the recent heavy rains make it more so. Cotton to chop; corn to cultivate; the garden to be plowed and cultivated; sweet potatoes to be 'planted ; toma toes to be set out and cultivat ed; rye, oats and wheat har vest on hand; and a thousand one other things. There is but one thing on the farm that is forging ahead during this rainy weather with out human aid. That is a good well set pasture. Where the farmer has one, ,it is doing business just now on a big scale. Milk cows are coming in at night with heavy loads of foaming milk without ex pense to their Masters, and the work animals are collecting their own living. This is a digression from the main liine: but a happy one, if only one farmer will take the hint a,nd go to making pas tures instead of tying his poor old cow out by the head I to get a living from weeds and bushes. Now back to our subject: which is any thing to get the farmer to think and act for his own betterment and that of his neighbor. Another thing to thing to think about is the com ing Fair this Fall. Now is the time to collect many of the most valuable farm products, to show what Polk County can and is doing. Samples of rye, oats and wheat should be saved now to show both grain and straw, and when threshed, samples of grain. Then there is alfafa and all the clovers that should be saved. Pig and Poultry Club boys and girls should think and work to make the best out of their pets in order that they may make a good showing at the Fair. Another all important thing is for those who agreed to grow tomatoes and beans for the Cannery at Columbus to see to it that their stuff is planted land well worked, and it will | bring you the cash in a very short time. p So there are a great many things now for farrmers as well as business men of Polk County to think about and to do. Now in conclusion let us* all; farmers, bankers, merchants, and all other business men and wo- . men in Polk think, work and pull together for a great and better County. Respectfully J. R. SAMS, County Agent. 0 . : TO THE FARMERS MONEY IN BEES. Bees may be handled as a side line or as a regular busi ness profitably. - I beliieve there can be a good profit made from bees here in our community if they arehan dled and cared for properly. Only a few weeks ago Prof essor Wilbur F. Massey, the garden expert, died. Last week A. I. Root, pioneer bee raiser and honey merchant passed away. The life of Mr. Root an interesting one. When a young man Mr. Root took a short course in jewelry and began business as a manu facturer of coin silver jewelry, while he was talking with one of' his fellow workman in front of his business one day, a swarm of bees flew overhead.. Root was interested, so his friendasked how^ much he would offer for the swarm, young Root offered a dollar, for the sake of humor. To use Root's own words: "I did not dream that he could by any means call them down. To my astonishment he returned in a short 'fime with the bees hived in a rough box he had hastily picked up." -~ continued on page 4