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XXVIII No. 48
^ Drown When Boat
Capsizes at Sumpt
. l? A. Wall, Spartanburg,
?nd Harold ShoM of Con
cord Victims.
tiunilu Shoaf, aged 19, a
tudem ?t the Textile Indus
-.1 Institute, whose home as
^Concord. X. C.. and John A.
2,11 aged IT. son of Mr. and
Si \ i ' Wall, of Saxon Mills
Smm'umi.v.' lost their lives by
Lrniiip in Lake Summit on
freen Kiv^r between Saluda
and Henderson ville Monday
Ifternoun about 5:15, following
the capsizing of a canoe in
which they and two other
young men were rowing from a
houseboat on the lake to the
JJore. Voting Wall lost his
jife in a heroic effort to save
j,js companion, Shoaf, Wall
taving gone back into the
water to etTect a ? rescue after
swimming to safety.
Bodies Brought Here.
The bodies were brought to
Spartanburg about .1 o'clock
Tuesday morning, having been
recovered in less than thirty
minutes after they disappeared
for the last time. Efforts by
phvsicians using pulmoters,
who worked three hours, failed
to bring any sign o^ life.
The two young men were
among a party of twenty from
I Saxon Mills which left Monday
morning to spend a week on
the houseboat maintained on
the lake , where many ? other
groups from the mill have
spent happy vacations.
Four in Conoe
According to later detail of
the tragedy there were four in
a canoe just previous to the
capsizing and the craft was go
from the houseboat to the
bank, which was stated last
night to have been only about
fifty feet away. The four in
the boat were Jean ,W.offord,
Walter Smith, Harold Shoaf
and John A. WalL.^ .
It was stated that the canoe
had reached a point about
twenty feet from % the bank
when in some way the boat was j
overturned, throwing the oc- 1
cupants into the deep waters of
the lake. Wofford, Smith and
Wall swam for the shore and
reached the bank, but upon I
turning they found Shoaf un- j
able to save himself and asking
for help. Roy Bishop, book
keeper at the Central National
Bank, who was on the bank,
was the first to go to Shoaf's
rescue. When Bishop reached
the struggling boy, Shoaf grab
bed him and pulled him ' under
and Bishop found it necessary
to extricate himself and swim
back to the bank. Following
Bishop's unsuccessful attempt,
Wall and Wofford went to
Shoaf's assistance, both arriv
ing at the spot where Shoaf
was struggling at the same
time. The drowning youth
grabbed both and all three
went under. Wofford managed
to break away but Wall went
down with Shoaf,, neither of
the boys returning to the su^>
face. >. '
Vssistance Too Late.
At this time a man named
Tate came across the lake in a
boat to he of assistance but it
was < ? ?o late. Gus Waddell of
Saxon, then dived into the lake
t y e place where the two boys
had disappeared and found the.
bodes lie succeeded in bring
ing ill .! of Wall to the surface.
This nceured fifteen minlites
alter V.e two had gone down
i 1 'i time. The body of
Shoa was recovered ten
ftiinu'f < later by Waddell with
the assistance of Tate.
Pulmotors Used
this time two physicians
had a 'rived on the - scene, one
lr?ni Saluda, Dr. Salley and the
oth.T Dr. Durham, of Tuxedo,
rubi ,ters secured in Asheville
Wer'J used and efforts made to
j^su^itate the two young men
aiier three hours of con
tinuous work, the attempt was
given up. ,
At the time the drowning oc
J^ry- John A. Law, president
^ the Saxon mills, who has
providing a place of re
' t:id recreation for the em
of Saxon for three
j cat-.,, was at Chesnee Mills.
Prominent Young
Couple To Marry
Womanless Wedding For
Benefit of School Library.
Coming as a complete sur
prise to their many friends is
i the announcement of the com
;ing marriage' of "Miss" W. H.
Stearns (Uncle Bill) to one of
the most prominent debutantes
of Tryon's younger set, Harold
: Doubleday. The ceremony
: will take place next Tuesday
! night at 8:30 o'clock in the
auditorium of the old school
s building.
| Rumor has it that "Miss"
| Stearns was determined to be a
j J une bride but owing to - the
j opposition of both families, the
| young couple were unable to
j arrange the ceremony at an
earlier date. However the
j bride elect decided that in as
| much as she could not be mar
jried in June, July was the next
[best month, > "and anyhow
i what is thirty days between B.
jand G's." The groom natural
ly refuses to postpone the
event until next June.
Bride, groom and parents
| compromised after much argu
| ment and the happy young
! couple will be joined in the
| "holey bunk" of matrimony
next Tuesday.
! Every effort is being made by
the families of botfl unfortun
ates to make this one of the
most brilliant affairs of the
social season. The friends and
families of the bride and groom
| will see that expense and labor
are not spared. A well known
firm of local interior decorators
will have charge of the floral
scheme and the caterers will ar
rive early in the week from
a neighboring city.
, The bridal gown an$ gowns
for the brides maids have been
ordered from the Racket Store.
The wedding party is being
carefully chosen from among
the younger set of Tryon and
will include many of the ?ocia!
lights of the community.
Among these are the brides
maids as follows: Archie But
ler, Waverley Hester, Dick
Watson, Oliver ? . Andrews,
Ralph Jackson, and Theodore
Wilcox.
Flower girls: Dr. A. J. Jervey
and W. C. Ward.
Organist: Ray Jackson.
Ringbearer: Fred Swann.
i Owing to the various attrac
tions of the- flower girls, the
; limited seating capacity of the
school building and the con
! ditions of the Parent
Teacher's Association Treas
| ury, a charge of 25 and 35
c^nts will be exacted.
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MELVIN HILL CLUB ,
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Home Demonstration
Club movements under the
guidance of Miss Sara M. Pad
gett, * home demonstration
agent is rapidly gaining a foot
hold throughout Polk County.
Melvin Hill Township is the
last community to fall in line
with the movement, the club
having been organized and of
ficers elected at a meeting held
last Thursday.
Under the capable instruc
tions of Miss Padgett, the wo?
men of this county are being
taught new and simple
methods of dress making, can
ning, cooking and conservation
of household expenses.
The following officers were
elected for the Melvin Hill
Club: Mrs. Clara F. Watson,
president; Mrs. W. D. West
brook, vice-president ; Mrs.
Laura Cole, secretary and
treasurer; The Misses Docia
Davis, Mayme Cantrell and
Louetta Malone, boosters girls.
Upon hearing of the tragedy he
and Miss Marjorie Pot wine,
welfare workers at Saxon, has
tened to the scene and accom
panied the bodies to Spartan
burg. Mr. Law, stated that
this was the first fatal accident
to happen -at Lake Summit.
A. D. Wall, father of John A.
Wall, met the body of his son,
who gave up his life in an effort
to save another, when it arriv
ed in Spartanburg.
Henry Ford Leads In
Conserving Lumber
Auto Company Salvages
Nearly 90 Million Feet
Annually.
Salvaging of approximately
90,000.000 feeet of lumber an
nually at its Highland Park
plant' is the Ford Motor Com
pany's contribution to national
forestry conservation.
Aside from the wood used in
manufacturing autombiles, the
.company's requirements for
packing and shipping run into
enormous fi'gures and to pro
vide lumber for this purpose
every bit of scrap is utilized
through the salvage depart
ment, even to the smallest pos
sible pieces. The little that
cannot be salvaged is used for
fuel.
The department, formed
principally as a means of re
ducing waste, is conducted
purely as a conservation
agency While it was not the in
tention of the company to make
it profit-producing, yet by put
ting it on an efficient basis, it
has progressed to the point
where it is now self-sustaining.
An average of 800 men are
employed, working twenty-four
hours a day in three eight-hour
shifts, and the work includes
the operation of the lumber
yard, saw mills and handling of
all new . and old lumber for
shipping.
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Splendid Programme
Rendered at Saluda
Oxford Orphange Singing
Class Delights Audience,
The Oxford Orphanage Sing
ing Class offered an exception
al programme before a iai%a<
and appreciative audience at
the Princess Theater, Saluda,
lalst Saturday night.
This Singing Class has made
an annual tour of the moun*
tains resorts of Western North i
Carolina for the past few 1
years and has been one of the
most popular of the summer j
diversions in the tourist j
towns. ;
All of the numbers were well j
rendered and showed careful ;
and thorough training by the 1
director and considerable j
talent on the part of the chilli
dren.
Choral singing, quartets, |
duets, and solos interspersed I
with recitations made an en- 1
joy able and entertaining even- j
ing. One of the best features |
of the programme was the op-^
eretta ? A Hose Dreajn, by Wil- 1
lis Forman with a cast of four- 1
teen of the children depicting |
ing the well known fairy story ;
of Hop-O'-My-Thumb, The
parts were all well, t&keni the
number proving to be one of
the best on the program.
The Singing Class programme
was followed by a motion pic
ture featuring Harold Lloyd in
"Grandma's Boy", a picture
that has caused considerable
favorable comment throughout
the country.
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Fruit Growers to Meet,
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A meeting of the fruit growers
*of this section has been called
for Saturday July 28 at 10
o'clocka t the Swannonoa Test
Farm,
Several of the leading mak
ers of orchard heaters are ex
pected to make a demonstra
tion .of their various heaters.
This should prove of interest
to all fruit growers as it has
proven its worth repeatedly in
saving crops from frost and
cold winds in the Spring.
Apple shows and other mat
ters will be discussed. All
fruit growers are urged to at
tend and bring th^lr luncheon
for a basket picnic,
v The apple crop will be about
one-quarter of the usual crop*
this year due to the severe
Spring frosts however the ap
ples are expected to be of good
quality. ' I
Broken Flange Cause
, of Wreck On Mountain
Three Cars of, coal Upset,
Two Derailed Near
Melrose.
Passenger trains numbed 9
and 28 were rerouted . via
Marion over the C. C. and 0.
railroad Tuesday when all traf
fic on the Spartanburg-Ashe
ville Division was blocked by
the derailing of five cars of co^l
near Melrose.
A broken flange on one of the
cars was said to have been the
cause of the wreck which oc
curred about 10:50 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Five of the
cars loaded with coal jumped
the track, three of which turn
ed over on the mountain side.
The wreck occured about a
mile east of Melrose at the 37
mile post. The train, Train
Second Number 80 was in
change of Conductor C. C.
West, Mr. Steppe was engineer..
Wreck crews and derricks
from Spartanburg and Ashe
ville were rushed to the scene
of the wreck to clear the track..
Trains number 27 and 10 were
delayed by the blocked track
which was not cleared until
after 6 o'clock Tuesday even
ing.
No one was in juried.
Returning from the wreck
near Melrose, the Spartanburg
wrecking - crew were again
Called on to clear mainline just
west of the downtown crossing
in Tryon when Westbound en
gine number 4617 crashed in
to a train standing at 1 th6
station about 7:30 o'clock.
It was stated that the engin
eer on East-bound engine num
ber 618 had overlooked orders
to wait on the siding for the
West-bound train to pass. The
pilot of the West-bound engine
and a box car were badly
damaged in the crash. The
truck was cleared in about an
rtW and a
New Hosiery Mill
Slated For tandrum
Committee Appointed to
Select Name for $50,000
Plant
Announcement was made " at'
the first stock holders meeting
of the proposed new hosiery
mill for Landrum that approx
imately $36,000 had been rais
ed in Landrum toward a goal of
a capital of $50,000.
- The meeting was held last
week wjth the majority of the
stockholders present,
About three weeks ago a
group of representative busi
ness men of Landrum headed a
subscription list for a new cot
ton goods manufacturing mill
for Landrum. xAn effort was
made to have, all pf the stock
subscribed to by Landrum jteo
ple. - At that time no * definite
goal was established arid no
further plans made, as to the
particular line of cotton goods
the new mill would turn out,
At the end of the first , week
about $30,000 hade been -raised
and ten more days brought the
quota to $36,000,
A meeting of the stockhold
ers was called last wdek to
discuss further development.
It was decided to make an at
tempt to raise an additional
14,000 bringing the capital to a
total of $50,000 an amount
which was thought to be suf
ficient to start a hosiery mill,.
A commitee was appointed
to select an appropriate name
for the new industry,
Further investigation will be
made of available sites in and
about the vicinity of Landrum.
Application for enlistment
for the United States Navy will
be accepted at the Tryon or
Saluda Post offices during the
next two weeks ^according to
Thomas P. Murphy, B. M. first ,
class.
Applicants must be over 17
years of age and under 35
years. . Ex-Service men can
obtain special assignments up
on request. v
farm Demonstrators
\ Meet For Conference
Agents Tour W. N.C. Couit
ties This Week.
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J. R. Sajns, agricultural
agent of Polk County, left last
Monday to attend the County
Agent's Conference that is be
ing held this week in Ashe
ville.
Farm Demonstration Agents
began arriving in Asheville
Monday and Tuesday of this
week to attend the conference
which will include a tour of the
counties of Western North
Carolina including Madison,
Yancey, Mitchell, Avery and
Watauga counties. The agents
started the tour Tuesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock and held a con
ference and discussion of the
day's trip at NeWland. ; A ban
quet was held for the delegates,
yesterday noon at Linville, fol
lowing which they returned to
Newland to continue - the con
ference. Following an all day
meeting at Newland today the
agents will take a trip to Blow
ing Rock where they will be en-~
tertained. \
The concluding conference
will be held tomorrow. -
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Interest Increases
in N. C. State Fair
Textile and Furniture Firms
To Enter Many Exhibits. \
Interest in the progress of
the North Carolina State Fair
is, growing stronger, according
to general Manager E. V. Wal
born.
Since Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt's
recent expedition into Eastern
North Carolina , Mr. Walborn
has his hands full, for in addi
tion to getting the premium
list in shape he has had many
inquiries about the kinds of- ex
hibits desired.
Many housewives are busy
getting canning exhibits in
shape during these canning
days, and many a farmer is
keeping a close watch over his
corn field for likely specimens
to send to the State Fair.
Many a chicken fancier is busy
in his poultry yard with a view
to capturing a blue ribbon this
fall. The agricultural end is a
big feature of the fair, and is
going to be bigger , this yeai; |
than ever before, according to
Mr. Walborn.
North Carolina manufactur
ers are manifesting great in
terest in the plans for enlarged
industrial exhibits, he states.
Better . textile exhibits than
ever before are promised while
the furniture manufacturers
at High Point, the second
largest furniture manufactur
ing center in America, and. at
Lenoir, the third largest furni
ture making city in the coun
try, are planning to put these
cities on the State. Fair map
this fall.
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AUXILLIARY REVERES
MEMORY OF MR. McKEE
The Auxilliarykof the Clergy
House Association realizes this
year an almost irreparable loss
in the death of Mr. H. H. Mc
Kee who for the past thirteen'
years has spent his useful life
in Saluda, much loved here
and elsewhere.
To him the Clergy House
Auxilliary owed the most
efficient help throughout the
seasons when the auxiliary
prepared for the reception and
welcome of its annual guests
in both the Georgia and South
Carolina houses. His advice
and suggestions were at all
times practical and valued.
The Women's Auxiliary and
that of the Saluda branch of
the Episcopal Church of Saluda
have each expressed ? their
heart felt regret and sympathy
to those nearest to Mr. McKee
and to the Association.
The community of Saluda
unites in the feeling that it can
ill spare one who "wore the ;
white flower of a blameless
life" and bore so nobly the
"grand old name of gentle
man". '?
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State Panning New
Bridge at Valhalla
Survey Mad* to EUnhft|l
Dangerous Curve on
Vkl|*^ "Road. -
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According to the present
plans of the. North Carolina
State Highway Commission the
dangerous curve and narrow
bridge at Vallhalla Will be eli
minated within the . near
future.
A preliminary survey was
made recently by the resident
engineer of the Highway Com
mission located here in Tryon.
The present plan will straight
en out the road from a- point
directly in front of the resi
dence of C. M. Howes on* the
Valley road, throwing the
bridge across the.Pacolet River
at a point slightly to the left -
of the present curve and
straightening out from the new
bridge on a gradual curve back
into the main road near the
point at which the Lynn road
enters the highway.
The combination of this
sharp low visibility curve and
the narrow temporary bridge
constructed by the county fol
lowing the flood of seyeral ,
years ago has for some years
made this point on the valley
road one of the most dangerous
on the entire trip . from Tryon
to Saluda.
Just when this road work will
be started could not be learned, i
It was stated by orje of the en
gineers that there was a possi
bility of the construction be
ginning at a later date this
summer.
* Repair work on the Valley
road is progressing slowly due
largely to the dry weather. It
was assured yesterday that
work on the rough stretch
within the town limits would
be started directly after the
next rain. The excessive dry
weather h%s permitted the top
soil ~feo pulverize and vbtow off
with the high winds. A road
maintainance crew is working
out some of the narrow places
on the road between Tryon and
Melrose and Saluda.
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John R. Early In Tryon
On Unofficial Leave
Visits Friends in Many Cities
Before Being Returned
to New Orleans.
A late issue of the New York
Times publishes in a recent is
sue, a column Washington Let-'
ter about John R. Early, not
unknown in Tryon.
A veteran of the Spanish
American War, Mr. Early has
attained during the past few
years almost a national reputa
tion due to the fact that his
particular case has been
brought to the attention df a
number of medical experts,
some of whom have asserted
that he is a victim of ^ leprosy
contracted while in the service
in the Phillipine Islands, others
declaring it to be merely a '
harmless skin disease caused
by contact with wood-pulp in a '
paper factory. ' ' " ,
Mr. Early has, . at various
times, been secluded and quar
antined and' has in some man
ner eluded officials .of the quar
antine department upon four *
occasions in order to visit
friends in various sections of
the country. Recently he es
caped detention and was ^sit
ing Washington when a cor
respondent met him. Mr.
Early is said to have stated to
the newspaper man that he had
been in Chattanooga, Chicago*
Milwaukee and Tryon before
his arrival in the National cap
ital.
While in the immediate vic
inity of Tryon he visited1 *rela-V
tives and friends and stated
that except for a few instances
when the quarantine officials
and medical personnel demand
ed that he - take an alleged
more or less dangerous experi
mental treatment for his
malady he had had no cause
for eomplaint aside from the
prolonged isolation from his
friends and relatives.