Tree Experiment Being
Tried in Washington j
A sequoia gigantea, the California
big tree, was transplanted from Cali
fornia to the St. Elisabeth's hospital
ground^ at Washington, D. C., some 17
or 18 years ago. The tree was trans*
planted as an experiment to see if it
is possible for the sequoia gigantea to
attain its enormous height in the east
ern climates of the United States.
Rod Catches 10,400 Fiqfi.
Rapid City, S. D.? Lucius Alexander
who is rated among the champion trout
fishermen of the Black Hills, has a fish
ing rod of "10,000 battles." "That
rod," said Lucius, of his weather
browned, split bamboo, "is three years
old and has landed more than 10,400
fish. All of them came from Rapid
creek."
Wild Animals for Germany.
Hamburg. ? One of the heaviest ship
loads of wild animals ever to pass
through the Suez canal arrived here
recently from India. It Included nine
young elephants, having a combined
weight of more than five and a half
tons, seven tigers and a number of In
dian leopards, besides black panthere,
Tibet bears, monkeys and birds.
Ca*. Turrjd <~n Cr..i. *
A <*:i I nl (*olr!t(??<t ,%r. i '!. i '
Ing h mouse in flic r.' : ' ' t . turned on a
g; is tap by a pat of its paw, impris
oned Itself In the kitchen, nearly pol
?oned the dog. and would perhaps
have poisoned a sleeping man, woman
end child if the dog's howling had not
awakened them.
I Europe is giving a high-class dem
onstration of how wrong a lot of na
[ tlons can be If every one of them Is
rtght.
Any fool knows money can be made
| by hard work; what folks want to
know is how to get slathers of easy
money.
They had better be careful. There
may be an Installment or^two due' on
some of those things of King Tutankh
amen's.
Another pleasure of autompblllng
consists in guessing what the driver
In front Intends doing when he holds
out his hand.
In certain ways, on certain days,
this old world is getting better and
bettor. On other days' you wouldn't
notice it so much.
Matrimony settles down to normal
when the bride decides never to let
Nher ?irl friends know how disappoint
ing husbands are.
The Church of England proposes to
reduce the Ten Commandments. Thia
won't mean anything to quite a few,
one way or the other.
Canned beef 3,350 years old has been
found in the tomb of an Egyptian king.
This proves nothing much, except that
le wasn't a vegetarian.
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Books written on the World war are
^uite a disappointment to those read
" ers who turn first to the last page to
lee how it Is going to end.
Since an American reports having
dought 12,000,000 rubles for a dollar
In Moscow, why not simplify things
nnd call 1*20,000 rubles a Red cent?
On the other hand, the amount of
stuff Tutankhamen took with him into
his tomb furnishes a possible explana
tion why the rest of the neighborhood
Is a desert.
A research association, in a report
just issued, says the automobile In
dustry is using more copper than
ever before. And reckless drivers
more brass.
Ambition may be defined as not that
.form of aspirational Impulse that
takes a country boy from Qod's open
country and sends him to town to be
come a Jitney driver.
Small boys vote as a unit in de
claring that one of the greatest Im
provements that have coine about in
recent years Is tills idea of having
circuses In winter as well aa in sum
mer.
m Oifdeir a.
and in a short time it will be yours.
If you have delayed placing your order
because of the cash outlay necessary ? you
need wait no longer.
If you have been depriving your family and
yourself of the pleasures and benefits of a
car because you felt that you could not
afford it ? order now and know that it: will
not work any hardship on you* _ Use the
/
So plan to ride and be happy, you and your '
family. Make the first payment of $5 today
^hich will be deposited inV local bank at
interest. You can add a little each week.
"Soon die payments, plus the interest paid
by the bank, will make the car yours.
Come in and learn about this -new plan*
NOTICE V*
The Board of , Education of i
Polk County, N. will, on
Tuesday July 31 at 3 o'clock P.
M., at the office of Walter Jones,
member ofvthe Board of Educa
! tion, receive sealed bids for the
erection of a one story, tten
room, brick school building,
Frank B. Simpson, Raleigh,
! architect, in Green's Greek
Township. Said bid to be ac
companied with certified check
of good faith for $500.
A complete set of plans and I
! specifications can be seen at the j
! office of Walter Jones, Tryon, N. I
j C. Out of county contractors !
? will be mailed plans and spec- '
jications^on request and deposit
! of $5.00. The Board of Educa- ;
Iticn reserves the right to reject j
j each and all bids. In case con- i
i tract is let, the successful bid
der will be required to give
l bond for faithful execution of;
' same to the amount of 25 per
cent of contract price.
All rough lumber can be had j
;on the ground for $20 per
' thousand and other materials in
proportion.
I For further information ad- 1
i dress either Walter Jones,
member of the Board of Educa
tion, Tryon, N. C., or Fragk B.
Simpson, architect, Raleigh, N.
|C.
E. W. S. Cobb, Clerk, B. E.
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NOTICE OF SALE.
i
Pursuant to the power of
saJe contained in that certain
mortgage deed executed . by
George A'. Gash and Nannie
i Gash, his wife, to Ml W. Page
on the 28th day of January
1913 and of record in the office
of Register of Deeds for Polk
County, in, Book 9 at page 199,
to secure payment of the in
debtedness and interest therein
set forth, default having been
made in the payment of said
'indebtedness and interest, the
undersigned will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder,
for cash at the Court House
door of Polk County, in Colum
bus, North Carolina, on Friday
the 17th day of August 1923, at
1 12 o'clock noon the following
described land and premises,
! conveyed by said mortgage, to
wit:
That tract of land lying . and
' .
being in the Town of Tryon,
County of Polk and State of
North Carolina and known and
designated as follows; Begin
ning at tjie Northeast corner of
Mrs. Alice Missildine's lot . and
extending thence NortheHy
along the Lynn Road one hun-.
dred and sixty-six (166 feet;
thence 86. 39 min. West ' one
hundred and twenty-nine and
feet thence South 10. 5 min.
East one hundred and sixty-six
(166) feet to the Northerly line
of the said Mrs. Missildine;,
thence along said line Easterly
one hundred and twenty-fjhree
(123) feet to the place of the
beginning.
Being all of lot One and sixty
five and five tenths (65.5) feet
of lot Two of Hadley Subdivi
sion of the Town of Tryon.
This 16th day of July 1923.
Walter Jones M. W. Page,
Attorney. Mortgage.
The Bank of Tryon, Assignee
and owner of mortgage.
CO
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of D. C.
Westbrook, deceased, with the
: will annexed, notice is hereby
; given that all persons indebted
| to the said estate are required
? to present their claims . to the
| undersigned within twelve
| months from date and failure
to do so will be plead in recov
ery of any such claim. Notice
is further given to any person or
persons owing said estate to
make immediate payment of
the same. This the 6th day of
July, 1923.
ANNA GREEN,
? Administrator.
C. 0. RIDINGS, Attorney.
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NOTICE
Sealed Bids will be received
for a County Jail Building, Co
lumbus, North Carolina, before
j 11 A. M., July 23, at the Court
(House of Columbus. Plans and
Specifications may be obtained
from Ronald Greene, Architect,
'407 Oates Building, on deposit
'of ten dollars for them. All
1 bids shall be addressed to
Board of County Commission
ers, who reserve the right to
'accept any one ? or reject all
j bids. Contractors shall de
posit with bid certified check
I for two per cent, of their
proposal.
SERVICE TALKS
Lubrication
In your car there is a system of gears or
, toothed wheels, out of sight and to the- aver
age motorist, out of mind until trouble results
from lack of attention, this article cannot ex
plain the driving mechanism at length, so we
will say the transmission converts the speed
of the motor to varying speeds to meet road
conditions, the universal that is so often over
looked, is the drive shaft shock absorber, and .
the differential or rear end are the gears be
tween axles to permit different speeds of the
rear wheels when making sharp left or right
turns. . I . .
In order to reduce friction the gear teeth
must be cushioned with a tough film of semi
liquid grease, oil being too light to prevent
contact or metal friction which Will also result
when the grease through heat, and wear is
reduced to the point of breaking through.
v Let us drain the gear housing as the ad
dition of new to the old grease detracts 'from
the value of the new. Bring your car ' to us
for service.
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Service Counts
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Next week; Bearings. "
v Peril in Sneering.
v Scientists any that vve are never
nearer death than when we sneeze,
the act causing a momentary concna*
sion of the brain.
o
NOTICE.
North Carolina
Polk County
Having qualified as admin
istrator with the will annexed
of the estate of J. G. Hughes,
deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against
the decedent- to exhibit the
same to the undersigned admin
istrator on or before the 31st j
day of May 1924, or this notice !
will be plead in bar of their re- i
covery. All persons indebted |
to the decedent are requested to ?
make settlements to the under- j
signed administrator at once, i
This 31st da/ of May, 1923.
J. B. HESTER'
Administrator with the will an
nexed.
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lie down on n?. ' ''**> 01
F*>rb?| ?
J
Administrate r *
Wachova i^nk *
Company havim,
Administrator
nexed of the - ot,,, ^1
McKee, decoct* |
County, Xon; 'cS
is to notify all p?r Jf"
Claims against the b 1
?said decease,! ? \M
to the und.M ' ,exI?ibil
the 20 day
this notice v;|l u \ ^
b" "V ??*
persons inciting tft?%
Estate will ?i,a,e ?*
mediate p&\ , ?n[
1923.'S **<
Sn?;,'' " ?
Henry H AkWd J
1 trust n
OCTAGONAL
STRIP SHINGLES
Distinctive
Roofs ?
Artistic 2 -color designs in the finished : i!TV
the big feature of the new Barrou Ever*
Octagonal Strip Shingles.
These shingles are octagonal in form a id surfaced
with mineral in rich fadeless shades of red, green or
blue-black. Merely by interchanging sirips of the
. colored shingles, many distinctive patterns are
obtained.
You must see these shingles to appreciate their
beauty. Come in and let us show them to you.
They're inexpensive too ? and the Barrett label
insures highest quality.
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J. T. Green Lumber Co.
\
Tryon,
N.C,
Fordson Often Does More
In a Day Than Six Horses
The Fordson substitutes motors for muscles.
The Fordson substitutes tractor wheels for the
legs of man and horse. v
The Fordson takes the burden off fleeh ^
blood and puts it on steel. ,
It allows the farmer's energy to be devoted W
v management, and not merely to operation,
gives him time. It cuts his producing costs.
There's a big story of savings made poss*
by the Fordson. Let us tell you. Wnto
phone or call
Ki
Motor
IB S2ZLBS11
Company
Try on, North Carolina
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