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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
<i*andrum and tjie vicinit^werej
called on for appropriate taJjcsTl
all of which were brief and to
the point. Business men and
farmers who were present as
non-members were urged to
join the club and "put their
shoulder" to the wheel for a
bigger and better community
and to bring into closer touch
the relationship of both mer
chant and farmer.
One or two of the speakers
referred to the coming Com
munity Fair urging all present
to cooperate with the Fair Com
mittees in making this year's
Fair the best ever held.
A buffet luncheon was served.
It was stated that the June
meeting was one of the best in
the history of the club.
Much can be done by the mem
bers of the Commercial Club
for Landrum, both by the in
dividual members and by the
club as a whole. Upon its suc
cess or failure devolves to a
la^ge extent the growth and
general success and improve
ment of Landrum.
BILLY SUNDAY CLUB
TO CONDUCT SERVICE
v
The Billy Sunday Club of
Spartanburg will conduct a
service at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening
at 8 o'clocft.
JThe service is conducted in
a manner both unique and de
lightful. The public of all
denominations are urged to at
tend.
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THE METlfoDIST AND
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES OF TRYON.
Sunday School at 10:00 A.
M., P. G. Moris, Superinten
dent.
Reverend Fikes preaches on
1st and 3rd Sundav mornings
at 11:00 A. M., ana 2nd and
3rd Sundays at 7:30 P. M.
Reverend YaadeiJ preaches
on the 2nd and 4th Simdays at
11^)0 A. M., and 1st and 3rd
Sundays at 7 :30 P. M.
Swimming Pool to
Open Next Week
Sluice Gates Closed Today.
?Lake Filing Rapidly.
Equipment Instaledl
Final preparations for the
formal opening of the swim
ming pool constructed by Chas.
J. Lynch, are being made (his
week.
Work on the dim was com
pleted today. ^-The sluice gate
hasr been closed and the lake is
filling rapidly.
A few of the minor details
are yet to be completed, but the
majority of the bathing equip
ment has arrived and is in place
for the opening day.
Announcement of the open
ing, together with the names of
those persons winning season
passes willbe made in the next
issue of the Polk County News.
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EDITORIAL
STANDING STILL
Mistakes are often expensive,
and errors unpfbfitable, and yet
it is only thro' mistakes and er
rors that we learn.
The world is constantly chang
ing and things that don't
change with it are always be
hind the times.
The records of any business, !
of any indivulial of any town
show that they have all made
their quota of mistakes. In
fact to advance, to go upward in
any phase of life involves the
danger of making mistakes.
The greatest mistake that w?
as individuals or as a town can
make is to feel we have reached
the place where we can stand
still. Standing still in a world
of motion is the same as go
ing backward by lightning ex
press. i
Jhe stage coach was alright
-until steam took its place, bat
the day of these things are
over.
We are living in a day oof pro
gress. We are either going
backward or forward. Are
you doing your part?
Did you ever think about the
shortness of time. If we live to
be seventy years old we live
25,567 days.
A good many days, we say,
wait- a minute ? Sleeping eat
ing, bathing, dressing etc., take
up over half your life leaving
only 12,283 days.
Under modern conditions it
takes about twenty five years
to get started. Ten years of
absolute childhood, ten years
getting an education five years
getting under way and one
third of life is gone. How these
remaining years fly, fade and
pass away.
A kind word to every one with
whom you come in contact will
make the world a better place
in which to live. ^
Knocking is one of the worst
forms of evil. Be a Booster.
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ARRIVALS AND
DEPARTURES j
OAK HALL...
Max Eustin, Charlotte; T. J.
Bagwell, Asheville; H. M. Rex,
Raleigh ; Wayne T. Jervis,
Charlette ; Earnest Busbell,
Charlotte; H. T. E. Newberger,
Charlotte; W. S. Glenn, Spar
tanburg S. C.; Mrs. Allen Y.
Graham, Spartanburg ; Miss
Duval, Spartanburg; Mrs. Rob
inson, Spartanburg; T. B. Alle
man, Greenville, S. C.; Miss
Elizabeth Peterson, Spartan
burg, S. C.; W. H. Gray,
Brevard, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Reynolds, Clanton, Ala.;
Mrs. J. M. Bridges, Richmond,
Va.; 0. L. Reynolds, Clanton,
Ala. ; Mr. and Mrs. D. Cardwell,
Mr. and Mrs. -Charles Mc
Alister, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pat
terson, Mr. and Mrs. Milam,
Greenville, S. C.; H. G. John
son, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Scoville,
Greenboro.
State Fair Exhibits
To Surpass Last Year
Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt Plan
ning Best Fair in History
of State.
Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt is back
from the Orient with many new
ideas about making the next
State Fair bigger and better
than ever before.
Like other North Carolinians,
Mrs. Vanderbilt is proud of the
State, and she wants to make
the State Fair representative
of a great State. Of course,
she expects to have agricultur
al exhibits in keeping with the
splendid work that is being
done in farming, but she wants
to do more. Sne wants all the i
various industries of the State
represented also.
There is the textile industry.
Here North Carolina leads the
South. Some of the best ex
hibits at the last State Fair
were those shown by cotton
mills.
Mrs. Vanderbilt doesn't ex
pect to stop with exhibits of
agricultural and industrial pro
gress. She wants to show
what the schools are doing, for
she believes that intelligence
must be the basis for all sub
stantial progress in any line of
endeavor.
'Wholesome entertainment is
one of Mrs. Vanderbilt's hob
bies. She is arranging to have
many interesting features in
the way of first class amuse
ment at the State Fair this
year. Careful study is being
given to this important feature
of the fair. . N
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PAVING BOND ISSUE
DEFEATED AT SALUDA
* Resort Town Not To
Pave Streets
After a long hard fight on
the part of the minority, Salu
defeated the paving bond ise
sue at th election held last Tues
day. . *
P. H. Bailey, Mayor of Salu
da, who was reelected for this
term at the last election, cam
paigned to a large extent on a
" paved streets " platform. It is
apparent that Mayor Bailey
was reelected to office on some
other qualifications.
EDITORAL
The $65,000 bond issue for the
purpose of paving and improv
ing the streets of Saluda was
defeated at the polls last Tues
day by a vote of 130 to 62.
And with this defeat came
also the defeat of growth and
subsequent prosperity to the
community. For the next few
years at least, taxes will con
tinue to be sunk in ruts, mud
holes and wash-outs. The above
statement does not refer to the
natural growth of each and
every resort community of
Western North Carolina, but it
does mean the development
that would follow a modern,
pated street community 'in
which its citizens may take
pride.,
A town in Polk County re
cently completed a street pav
ing program. That town in
that same year reported a
quarter of a million dollars in
building construction exclusive
of its bond issue for paving.
Saluda is on one of the main
arteries of the Land of the Sky.
Thousands of motorists pass
through this community each
summer. To the motorist
there is no better advertise
ment of a town than a paved
street. Saluda has much to of
fer the summer vacationist
seeking the cool breezes of our
Carolina Mountains.
Last' Tuesday the town of
Saluda refused to cater to those ,
people who were looking for a
modern up-to-date-paved street
summer resort.
There are approvimately 250
votes in Saluda, of this number
62 voted for the issue, 130
against, and the remaining 58
failed to vote. . * |
Work Progressing On
New Power Project
Million Dollar Dam to Form
400-Acre Lake
Preparation for the concrete
work on the Blue Ridge Power
Company's project at Turner
Shoals is being made under
the supervision of Jack Ward.
Mr. Ward was with General
Goethals on the Panama Canal
work and several years ago had
charge of the building of the
power plant at Tuxedo.
Equipment began arriving in
Tryon sometime ago for the
project, which is located about
halfway between Tryon and
Rutherfordton just above
where the Highway from Try
on to Chimney Rock crosses
the river.
# The Turner Shoals dam ig ex
pected to involve an expendi
ture of approximately $1,000,
000 and is planned to develop
about 10,000 horsepower. A
large force of ljien is now en
gaged in excavating for the
dam which, will form a lake
flooding about . 400 acres of
land, or a development slightly,
larger than the Lake Summit'1
development at Tuxedo.
The dam will be 87 feet high
and will be of the mutiple arch
type. It will not be as high
as the Tuxedo dam which rises
about 110 feet from the base.
Work on the new project is ex
pected to be completed for the
delivery of power early next
year. Three power manufac
turing units are to be installed,
one more than is maintained at
Lake Summit.
Transmission lines will be'
run as far South as Campobello
at which point a substation
for distributing power to Ches
nee and Spartanburg and con
necting with both the Blue
Ridge Power developments will
be maintained.
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PIEDMONT QUARTETTE
> 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.
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SHERIFF THOMPSON
BACK IN HARNESS.
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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.
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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.
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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." -~
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