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XXVIII No. 49
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Tryon, N. C., August 2, 1923
$2.00 a Year
I tsf/luthoritiee of
[three Counties Meet
I To Plan New Highway
IN(W Road From Spartanburg
fto Chimney-Rock to Pass
I Through Columbns.
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?"Representative business men
?md farmers County
I ?et last Friday afternoon with
?the County Highway Commis
Ijjons of Folk, Spartanburg and
?Mherfordton counties, to dis
Icass the matter of a new high
ly across this county linking
Spartanburg-New Prospect
Iroad with Rutherfordton-Chim
|Dey Rock road.
Business men and farmers
?from the central part of the
?county have been vitally in
?terested in the proposed new
?road for sometime. When the
?plans for the new link were
Ifrst discussed, there was con
L'derable talk to the effect
?that a new road would be' cut
Ijcross country from Green's
?Creek entering the Ruther
Ifordton Columbus road
?near Mill Spring. The
?Columbus Board of Trade at
?once took steps to have the
(Green's Creek-Columbus road
I made a part' of the link and sent
[a delegation to the mass meet
ling to urge this. Work has al
ready been started on this road
by the Polk County Commis
sion, with a view of widening
the road and top-soiling it.
At the present time the Mills
Gap road has been improved
from Spartanburg to New Pros
pect but the intervening five
miles in Spartanburg county to
the North Carolina State IJne
is in serious need of attention.
According to members of the
highway commission from
across the Line, it is the inten
tion of that commission to im
prove that section of the road
it an early date.
Following speeches made by i
i number of prominent men ;
from various parts of the three j
counties among whom were A. 1
B. Calvert, Mr. Blackwood of i
Spartanburg, Mr. Gallert of j
Butherfordton, and W. H.
Stearns of this county, a reso
lution was passed by the assem- 1
Mage as follows :
Whereas Green's Creek !
Township of Polk County is the I
latest township in said coun- ;
fy> has the largest population
? the county, has the largest ,
taxable property in said county,
Ms more automobile^ than all
rest of Polk County and
Pays more automobile license
kxfis than the rest of the coun- ;
ty, and
Whereas, * Green's Creek
Township in Polk County at j
Present has no State maintain
ed highway, and said township
j8 the natural outlet for travel
wni Spartanburg County and
mountains of Western
North Carolina via a practical
highway now in existence from
that point where the New Pros
it road leaves the South
Urolina, through Green's
. reek Township, via Columbus,
J1 Columbus Township, Mill
opnng in White Oak Township,
the point on the Rutherford
0n County line at or near Bud
* MeGuinn's and thence in
pjjtherfordton County to the
harlotte- Asheville Highway,
now
Therefore, it is resolved at a
Jla.S8 Meeting of representative
ifens of Polk County, at
Jch the Road Commissioners
^ Rutherfordton and
Wanl.urg Counties were
sent, held at Green's Creek
? ??1 House on the'' 27th. day
?t July, 102o>:
^e Highway above des
the should be adopted by
Highway Commis
Stflf6rs .^orth Carolina for
Wif A maintenance at the
thof8 Pp^le date, and with
Kisti in view> ^on- A.
er? State Highway^ Com
Southern Railroads To
| Spend 400 Million
New Mileage and Increase
of Rolling Stock Planned
I Nearly $400,000,000 is now
being expended by railroads of
the South in the expansion of
their facilities for the handling
of traffic. This includes the
building of some new mileage,
the betterment of existing
mileage and a great enlarge
ment of rolling stock, for which
orders have already been
placed.
As shown by reports the rail
roads are doing their utmost to
better transportation facilities,
and the work which they are
now doing is indicative of their
appreciation of the needs of en
larged facilities and their de
termination to the utmost ex
tent that business may justify
them in providing these facil
ities to handle the ever increas
ing volume of traffic.
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Columbus Board of
Trade Active
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The Columbus Board of Trade
is out to show the rest of Polk
County what a group of busi
ness men and farmers who be
lieve in their community can
do.
Last week the Columbus
Board decided that three things
were essential to the growth of
the town: a modern hotel, a
baseball diamond and a swim
ming pool. The following * day
after the meeting word was
sent out that alterations to the
present hotel would be made to
bring it up to date [in every
respect. The money was forth
coming for the pool and the
ball-grounds.
Last Friday Columbus sent a
large delegation of representa
tives citizens to the Mass Meet
ing held at Green's Creek in
order to assure themselves that
the proposed new road would
go through their community.
A picture show opened recent
ly under the supervision of the
school authorities in Stearns
High School.
Columbus is placing itself on
the map through the efforts of
their Board of Trade.
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Hospital Has Many Visitorr
At one of the big hospitals in i. n*
don as many as 3,000 visitors >;<?
tim?? arrive to see patients in ? <*
day.
missioner of District No. 8 shall
be asked to inspect said high
way at an early date.
That a copy of this resolu
tion be sent to Hon. A. M.
Kistler State Highway Commis
sioner at Morganton, N. C. and
to Hon. C. H. Moorefield, State
Highway Engineer, at Colum
bia, S. C. at an early date.
(The Highway Commissioners
of Polk and Rutherfordton
Counties, N. C. and the repre
sentatives of the Highway
Commission from South ~ Caro
lina agreeing to work out their
part of the roads to make said
highway in fine condition be
fore same is inspected with a
view of getting said route to be
taken over by the two States
and make Highway.)
0. J. Zeigler, ' Chairman
Fred W. Blanton, Secretary.
In compliance with the reso
lution, a copy of the reso
lution was forwarded toa A, M.
Kistler, Eight District Commis
sioner, who wrote Mr.. Blanton
as secretary of the meeting to
the effect that due to the heavy
road programme now scheduled
for North Carolina it would be
impossible for the State to
plaice the new road on the main
tenance schedule for the time
being but that at some latter
date every effort would be made
to do so.
Work on the new highway
will be conducted by the Polk
County Commision and will be
rushed to completion at once.
State To Top-Soil The
Rutherfordton Road
Tryon - Columbus Section
Nearing Completion.
Work will start soon on im
proving the Columbus-Ruther
fordton road according to word
received this week from A. M.
Kistler, Eighth District High
way Commissioner.
In accordance with the North
Carolina State Highway Com
mission programme for linking
all of the county seats of North
Carolina, the commission will
start widening and top soiling
the Rutherfordton road. It is
the present plan to eliminate a
few of the more dangerous cur
ves on the road. No plans are
being made as yet to hard ^ sur
face this road.
' Work on the Tryon-Columbus
gressing rapidly. All of the
section of the highway is pro
rough grading has been com
pleted and nearly all of the fine
grading. The road has been laid
and much of it topped as far as
the rock crusher. This leaves
approximately one mile yet to
be completed. It is expected
that the entire road will be
thrown open for traffic by the
middle of September.
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Board of Trade Meets
Next Week
Members of the Tryon Board
of Trade are urged to attend y
call meeting to be held Wed
nesday, August 8, at 8 o'clock
in the Masonic Hall.
Several matters of importance
to tl>e community are expecte^
to be brought to the attention
of the Board with a view of tak
ing definite action.
The last few meetings of the
Board of Trade have not been
well attended and officers
of the organization are partic
ularly anxious to have every
member present.
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One Million Cars In
i Half Year New Record
Ford Plants Average Over
6,000 Cars a Day.
Detroit, Mich., August 2 ?
The Ford Motor Company is
now on its way toward the 9,
000,000 motor it became known
today when it was announced
that Motor No. 8,000,000 went
off the assembly line at the
Highland Park plant Wednes
day night, July 11, establishing
a new million production record.
Motor No. 7,000,000 was
turned out January 17 of this
year, so the companyproduced
the last million motors in six
day? less than six mohths.
Production at the start of
that period was around 4,800
motors a day and on the in
crease schedule in effect since
has been brought up more than
7,000. The average for the
period was slightly above 6,711
a day for the 149 working days
or an increased manufacturing
capacity the company was able
to manufacture the last million
motors in two months less time
than the previous million.
Motor No. 7,000,000 was pro
duced eight months after the
6,000,000 motor passed off the
assembly line which was on
May 18, 1922, and nearly a
year before that date, May 28,
1921, the 5,000,000th motor
was turned out.
It was in 1915 when Ford
Motor No. 1,000,000 was pro
duced and under the steadily
growing demand for Ford Cars
and Trucks production has
been mounting yearly, and
maintaining an annual output
approximating that of all other
automobile manufacturers com
bined.
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Held Up.
Some men are held up as examples ;
-others for what they've got about their
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Womanless Wedding
Makes Hit of Season
Hundreds Attend Marriage
of Popular Couple.
The School Auditorium was
the scene of the season's most
brilliant social event last Tues
day -night, when Gerald F.
Stone, popular man-about-town,
became the hesitant- bride
groom of "Miss" Billie Stearns,
debutante of several summers.
Long before the opening
strains of Lohengrin's Wedding
March sounded through the
building there gathered in and
about the auditorium, the elite,
bon-ton and eclat of Tryon
society. The traffic squad were j
kept busy providing parking
space for the long lines of auto
mobiles and Fords.
During the interval spent
in waiting for the groom to
muster sufficient courage, two
courses of music were served
by local "Bella-donnas."
Promptly * upon the stroke of
eight-thirty the groomsmen
came in two by two followed
by a gay galaxy of bridesmaids
)vho rushed slowly up the aisle"
one by each. Next came all the
sisters and aunts of the blush
ing bride who following tramp
ed majestically to the halter in |
all her glory and maiden modes
ty*
It must be admitted that the
groom, as he tremblingly await
ed his bride looked as though he
meditated on the joys in
cident ''to the occasion ^Bfthout |
finding much comfort
meditations. Great
due him for the <
which he concealed
ancLdoubts.
? ^irter some little
straightening out the B
when the ceremony began, a
difficulty quickly righted by
the bride who thereby an
nounced herself as boss of the
ranch, the service proceeded
marred only by the vociferous
objections of Baby Pink.
Following the wedding a
formal reception was held for
only the close relatives, friends
and the town at-large on the
auditorium steps. ?
A collection was taken up?
at the door ? for the benefit of
the School Library. A substan
tial sum was raised.
Sunday Services at
Try on Churches
THE METHODIST AND
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES OF TRYON.
I Sunday School at 10:00 A.
M., P. G. - Moris, Superinten
jdent. ?
Reverend Fikes preaches on
1st and 3rd Sunday mornings
at 11:00 A. M., and 2nd and
3rd Sundays at 7 :30 P. M.
Reverend Yaadell preaches
| on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at
! 11:00 A. M., and 1st and 3rd
| Sundays at 7 :30 P. M.
The Presbyterian Church of
Tryon.
Services next Sunday at 11 :00
o'clock at the Methodist Church
The Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper administered at this
hour ? All are invited to worship
with us.
Congregational Church.
W. A. Black, Misister.
Sunday School at 10 a., m.
Nelson Jacksop Jr. Supt.
Public Worship at 11 a. m.
Christian Endeavor 7:15 p.m.
Alice Andrews, President.
Bible Study, Wednesday,
,8: p. m.v.?
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TRYON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Services each Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
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One of Life's Ironies.
It is sometimes more difficult to
prove that yon are right than it is
to prove the other fellow is wrong.
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Thought for til* Dsy.
ifls not success but cmtfnued effort
I >fiat makes 1?s stronger
Saluda Plans To Have
New School Building
Contract to be' Let For
Structure of Nine Rooms
and Auditoruim
Contract bids for the new
school building proposed for Sa
luda were announced this week.
The Saluda school will be erect
ed at an approximate cost of
$25,000.
The building is to be complete
in every detail and will be large
enough to care for about 200 or
more pupils, and it is to be a 8
room building with an auditor
ium seating about 500 people.
The new school is to be built
| of stone and brick veneer. Con
tracts will be let next week.
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Saluda Committies
AppointedFor Fair
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At a meeting called by Miss
Sarah M. Padgett last Friday
at Library Hall, Saluda, the fol
lowing committees for the Polk
County Community Fair were
formed with their respective
chairman :
Committee on serving, Q. C.
Sonner; Pantry Supplies Com
mittee, Mrs. John Bushnell;
Art Committee, Mrs. A. DeVere
Turner; Home Weaving, Miss
Wilbar Stone; Tea Room Exhib
its, Miss E. R. Martin.
Miss A. Nash is chairman of
the Art Exhibit Committee for
Polk County.
The following men were ap
pointed a Booster Committee:
P. H. Bailey, J. Davis, Eugene
Sanders. These men are re
quested to accompany the other
committees visiting through
thacoaafcy. ^ ^ ?
Miss Padgett and J. R. Sams
expect to call a meeting this
week at Frendship to assemble
some of the joint committees
and demonstrate new methods
and exhibits and also to explain
a booster programime for the
Fair.
According to present indica
tions the Greater Community
Fair of Polk County to be held
this year on Thursday, October
ftl, will be the largest ever held
in the county. The Fair will be
held in the County Court House
from 10 o'clock in the morning
until 6 o'clock in the evening.
Exhibits placed in the building
the day before will be carefully
guarded overnight.
Thanks to the merchants,
bankers and other business men
of Polk County the Fair
Premium List committee were
enabled to have anattractive
Premium List printed. The
List will contain forty four
pages and will be bound in an
attractive blue cover. The sur
plus over and above the cost of
printing and mailing the two
thousand books will be devoted
to prizes.
It was at first planned to
have community fairs in each
community throughout the
county, prize winning exhibits
at each of these fairs to be sent
to a Polk County Fair and the
winners here to exhibit their
produce or handiwork _ at the
North Carolina State Fair to be
held at Raleigh. After some
deliberation on the part of the
Fair committee it was decided
to hold a Community Fair for
the entire county to be known
as the Greater Community Fair
of Polk County. Green's Creek
Township is the only commun
ity that will hold an individual
fair this year. i
The Premium Lasts will be for
warded to the List' Committee
the first of next week by the
News Printing Office. .
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Thought for the ,
OH en the man of ability lyisn'i
nerve enough to >*ell his ability wi.Mf
some men of limited ability r^ell t; eii
nerve.
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Nothing to Brag Of.
An advertisement reads: "The beat
?its are grown in America." True
r.'i! gh, bnt why brag about 'em?
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Seminar
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Convene On Monday At
Saluda Hospital
Southern Specialists to
Meet for Two Weeks
Course. Free Baby Clinic
for Polk and Adjoining
Counties.
The Southern Pediatric Sem
inar will open its summer course
in methods of diagnosis, pre
vention and treatment of chil
dren's diseases beginning next
Monday, August 6, at the In
fant's and Children's Sanitar
ium, Saluda. %
The Seminar offers a aplen
did opportunity to the people of
Polk and the surrounding' coun
ties, Hendersonville and Ruth
erfordton, for the treatment of
ill or undernourished children.
There will be present during
the course a large number of
physicians who are considered
to be the best children's ail
ments specialists in the South.
The governing committee of '
the Seminar decided that it
would be well to maintain a
free climic for Polk and ad
joining counties.
The Southern Pediatric Sem
inar was organized by a group
of- Southern pediatrists who
were interested in the advance
ment of their specialty and in
the diffusion of the lastest
knowledge of children's dis
eases among those who are
brought in contact with the
most children. This group of
medical men have volunteered
their services to create a teach
ing center at which may be
presented the latest develop
ments in this important branch
of the practice of medicine.
The course ia- especially in
tended for the general practi
tioner.
Clinical material for the
course will be chosen from the
sixty beds available in the In
fant's and children's Sanitaiv
ium.
In order to put the Seminar
on a self-supporting basis, a
registration fee of twenty-five
dollars is charged. This is the
only expense connected with
the course. Accomodations
may be found at any of the
hotels or boarding houses in
Saluda, Tryon or Henderson
ville- ?f. u ?
The Tryon Country Cljub is
offering a special rate of five
dollars for the two weeks of the
course.
The Seminar will close Sat
urday, August 18. Seven
lectures will be given daily by
specilists.
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Funeral Service For
Mrs. James Brownlee
Funeral services for Mrs.
James Brownlee, who died last
Sunday night at 11 o'clock at
Oak Hall, were held Tuesday
morning from the Congrega
tional Church, the Reverend W.
A. Black officiating.
Six weeks prior to her death
Mrs. Brownlee was taken ill
with pneumonia. After a pro
longed fight, she recovered only
to suffer an attack of heart
trouble during convalesence and
died Sunday night.
The body was taken by her
son, Eugene Brownlee, to the
old family home Cobleskill, N.
Y., for interment.
Mrs. Brownlee is survived* by
four sons, Eugene Brownlee,
proprietor of Ook Hall, Tryon;
Clayton Brownlee of Birming
ham,\Ala^; Dr. Harris Brownlee
of Danburg, Conn.; and Clar
ence Brownee of Vancouever,
B. C.
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Thought for ih>? O ay.
It !s vastl> better to pet a mrin to
*ork with "you than inprely to work
for you.
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