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IftT IN TO PAY SILENT TRIBUTE TO HARDING FRIDAY
jte ' uneral Ceremonies Attended By All
Hor >rs Accorded by a Nation in Sorrow
Lple f rewell of Friends and
[ Relatives to Mark Rites in Marion
geials reclaim Hour
of L '-" Tribute
1 3 o'clock (central standard
e), Friday ;-Jl that is mortal
he late president, Warren G.
$ng will laid to rest at
rion, Ohii the home of the
sident. Wi n the hour's dif
!Dce in tune, the funeral
qces will hi.- hold at 4 o'clock,
il time.
feterday it\ noon the state
eral service was held in the
jitol rotunda in Washington,
nation paying its silent
Ate during the noon hour,
business throughout the
ntry ceased for fifteen min
s as the final rites were held,
'reparations for the services
re completed last Monday,
e body of the late president,
nsported across the country,
m the scene of his death in
iFrancisco to the nation's
)itol was received at the
tion in Washington by Presi
lt Coolidge, the members of
i cabinet. Chief Justice Taft
d Senator Cummings, of
fa.
The body was taken at once
the East Room in the White
use where it remained until
hour of the funeral. Var
s branches of the military
naval service escorted the
leral cortege to the White
use. Mrs. Harding, met at
train by Mrs. Coolidge and
es of the members of the
inet, did not ride in the pro
won from the station but re
d to the White House to
lit the body.
Re funeral services in Wash
?on were conducted by Dr.
[Freeman Anderson, acting
?tor of the Calvary Baptist
?arch, assisted by Dr. James
?Montgomery, chap&in of the
?& of representatives. Seats
? 800 were provided for the
?embly during the service,
?mediately after the service
? doors were thrown open to
? public to pay their final res
?? and tributes. The doors
?wined open until 5 o'clock
? evening
?or 'Marlon, the funeral ser
ies will hv for the late Presi
?t as that of a private citizen
?h the recognition that he i
Pthem ^' distinguished in
? nation. There will be no
?p or elv)0"ate ceromony in
?jng to v> >t the dead Presi
Wha <iignity there is, I
P be moi-1 through the pres- (
cl; * n^uished persons'
P> journe^ i.ore to pay l'ast
?bute, th.i through any effort
?make it - The funeral, in
Par as jKjy ;> will be a meet- ??
B of rela and friends to
P^st far . - ]l to a loved one.
?Hs Mr-. Harding's wish,
Pnerwj ill prevail.
?Orders f., simple funeral
|[e rec(; ? "if late today by
? onelF. * :,,.hn, from Colon
?0- ^ ' ill. in charge of
tt'al ar- vments at Wash
I on- !>? ' ; for carrying out
?rd<!r ?- io be .furnished
to those close
he far- i v who met the
?ntri:! Chicag0 this
8 Xhr, I. _ itizens were of
atid ^ 1 ,!,)on by Procla"
- n tor,, y Mayor George
itia6, l"' suspend all act
,sthe( of the funeral,
ienJ?in a ' neighbors and
1 1* ? to *he tribute which
y fell in our hearts."
Trinity ^Baptist Church, of ;
I which President Harding was ;
' a member, was thrown open to j
; the public today. Hundreds i
| passed through in silence to '
view'the draped pew in which
' Mr. Harding sat while attend
ing services. Guards are sta
| tioned both within and outside
!the church.
Proclamation of
the Governor I
"Funeral.1 services over the re- j
mains of the late beloved presi
dent of the United States will
be held in* the Capital at Wash
ington, Wednesday, the eight,
and I ask the. people of the state
on that day and at thef hour o |
12, noon, to suspend all busi- j
ness for 15 minutes.
On Friday, the tenth, at some
! hour which has not been denite
jly fixed at this time, the re
mains of the president will be
? interred in the city of Marion,
I in the state of Ohio. This hour
i will be announced later, and can
| become known to the people. I
I At the hour of interment in
Marion, Ohio, I ask the people
of the state to arrange in every
community of the state to have
joint religious service, and pay
spoken tribute to the great pub
lic servant who has departed.
"I am sure in this hour of sor
row and sadness over the death
of our president we recognize
the smallness of party differ
?nces between the citizens of
our great country and that in
all fundamental principles and
that we have sustained a un
iversal loss.
"The president *of the United
States has set aside Friday, the
tenth, as a day of mourning and
prayer, and I hope upon this
day the people of North Caro
lina will suspend all social am
usements, refrain from every
thing of a festive and merry
character, and in every -possi
ble way make due acknowledge
ment of our dependence upon
God."
Singed.)
CAMERSON MORRISON,
Governor of North ? Carolina.
Proclamation of
the Mayor
To Tha Citizens of Tryon :
I, W. S. Green, Mayor of the
Town of Tryon, request that all
business and amusements be
suspended between the hours of
3 o'clock and 4 o'clock on Friday
afternoon, in order that we as a
community may, with rever
ence, humbly bow in public
acknowledgement of an All
wise Divine Providence who has
removed from our midst our be
loved President, Warren G.
Harding.
Let us take this occasion to
strengthen our National love
and respect for the Almighty
God of the Universe, for these
United States and for our Flag.
(Singed) W. S. GREEN.
Mayor of Tryon.
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Congregational Church.
W. A. Black, Misister.
| Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Nelson Jackson Jr. Supt.
! Public Worship at 11 a. m.
Christain Endeavor 8:00 p.m.
Alice Andrews, President.
Bible Study, Wednesday,
8: p. m.
TRYON BAPTIST CHURCH.
Services each Sunday morn
iijig at 11 o'clock.
Contests Arranged
By Mrs. Vanderbilt
Students to Compete For
Prizes for Clay Modeling,
Hisjory and Best Story.
I Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, presi
dent of the North Carolina Ag
i ricultural Society, is giving
! special attention this year to
three contests which she has
arranged for Students in
chools and colleges.
She is again offering a gold
medal for the best specimen of
clay modeling which is submit
i ted by a pupil in a North Caro
llina graded school and the best
| history of any North Carolina
county by a high school student
Mrs. Vanderbilt offers # a
standard American history.
For the best short story sub
mitted by a coHege student,
Mrs. Vanderbilt is offering a
complete set of O'Henry's
books.
Entries for the prizes must
be made through -the office of
j the general manager of the
! State Fair. The manuscripts
will be judged at the University
of North Carolina under the
direction of Dr. Chase.
To compete for the prizes
the contestant must be in at
tendance at some North Caro
lina institution, and the article
or specimen must be prepared
during the school year that
opens this fall.
Gtjiicrol Mananger E. ?V. W^l
born will furnish full particul
ars for entering the contest.
Letters should be addressed to
him' at State College Station,
Raleigh. - #
Preparations for making the
State Fair more representative
of North Carolina that ever be
fore are now under way. The
premium list is being prepared
and will? be ready for sending
out in the few days. ?
Every effort is being made to i
carry out the aim of the State
Fair, which is to show North
Carolina. It is the purpose of
the a management to have a
more varied line of exhibits ?
than ever before in the sixty
two years that State fairs have
been held in Raleigh.
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Local Post Office -
Made Second Class
Examination to be Held Aug.
25 for Position of Post
Office Clerk.
Examinations for the posi
tion of clerk in ..the local
Post Office will be held at 9
o'clock Saturday morning,
August 25, according to an an
nouncement made recently by
the Post Office officiate.
Applications for this examina
tion must be made on the pre
scribed form, which, with
necessary instructions may be
obtained from the Civil Service
Commission's loc^l representa
tive at the Tryoii Post Office.
All persons wishing to take
this examination should secure
blanks and file their applica
tions with the local secretary at
the Post Office in order to allow
time for any necessary correc
tions and to arrange for the ex
amination.
The Tryon Post Office was
recently made a Second Class
office which entitles it to a Post
master and two clerks and a
substitute , clferk. There has
been an increase of over $1,000
per year in business in the local
office, which has brought the
total up to and over the pre
scribed $8,000 necessary to en
able this Post Office to become a
Second Class Office.
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Farm Convention
, Is Great Success!
Meeting Well Attended Scott
Re-lected President.
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With 797 ?farmers and wives
registered for rooms in the Col
lege dormitories on the second |
day and the number swelled by j
automobiles coming in loaded i
with occupants on each of the I
thred days, the. twenty-first an
nual convention of the farm j
folks passed into history last j
week as one of the most sue- 1
cessful events of its kind yet j
held at the State College. The
program was interesting and re
plete with strong topics ably |
discussed by leaders in the i
agricultural world. Of greater
interest than anything else,
perhaps were the experience
meetings of the farmers them- !
selves when they told of how
they did things on the farm.
There were a greater number
of farm women that ever be
fore. The women|s section de
cided to unite its program foif
the future under the Home
Bureaus and the Convention
from now on will be, "The
Farmers' and Home Bureau
Convention of North Carolina."
Business matters, farm fin
ance, livestock and the boll
weevil were the main topics for
the men. Selling surplius pro
duce, putting the garden into j
the pantry, and beautifying the
home and farmstead were the
leading topics discussed by the
women. A report was heard
of the first year's operation % of
the "Co-Ops" and the farmers
gengr&Uy seemed much en
Cptu c$ed by the results obtained
time th
ative vnarketing has been un
der way.
Bob Scott of Haw River was
again elected President of the
farmer's section after twenty
years had passed since he was
the first ^president and started
the organization on the road to
its present size and importance.
Mrs. Rosalind A. Redfearn of
Anderson County was elected
President of the women's sec- 1
tion. James M. Gray will con- j
tinue to handle matters as Gen- j
eral Secretary, will Mrs. Es- !
telle T. Smith of Goldsboro will
fill the position of Secretary of |
the women's section for the j
coming year.
Is Your Name John?
John's Picnic Aug. 16
John D. Weaver Issues Call
to Johns to Assemble for
Big B'aw-out.
Mr. John D.' Weaver of Green's
Creek, Polk County, has issued
a call for all Johns living- in
Polk County and other parts of
the United States to assemble
themselves at Columbus Court
House, Thursday, August 16th
for the purpose of uniting in
one grand picnic ? the occasion
to be known as "John's Picnic".
Only those named John with
their wives, children and
sweethearts are invited, on
ly those named John will be al
lowed to speak, that is publicly.
The pass word is John 3 :16
The badge is a piece of white
ribbon worn oh the lapel of the
coat or, in the absence of a
coat, on the suspender or over
all apron.
A quartet of Johns will sing,
a John will preach, a score of
Johns will address the Johns
present. . -
All of the Johns are expected
to bring a full basket of dinner.
Otherdetails of this interest
ing affair will be worked out
and announced later.
Dont forget the date, Thurs
day, August 16th.
Remember the place, Colum
bus, N. C.
JOHN.
Southern To Operate
Three Trains Daily
For Cotton Products
Increase in Textile Industry
of South Necessitates
More Train Service.
Three special textile trains,
to be loaded solidly with the
products of Carolina mills, will
be operated daily by the South
ern Railway System beginning
August 1, according to an
nouncements made from the
Southern's office in Charlotte.
All cotton factory products
for points outside the South
I will be handled in these trains,
i which will run on fast schedu
i les and be given the ' same at
| tention as has been given to the
! special trains handling peaches
:and other perishables.
Trains wiH-be run from. Green
ville, S. C., to Potomac Yards,
Va., handling textile freight,
| moving all rail to Eastern des
ignations; from Greenvillle to
i Pinners Point, Va., handling
freight via boat line to Baltimore
Philadelphia, New York, Bos
ton and Providence; and from
Spencer, N. C., to Cincinnati,
Louisville and East St. Louis,
with a connecting train from
Hayne, S. C., to Asheville,
handling freight for the West,
including twenty-five daily
package cars for destinations
on and beyond the Ohio River.
Solid cars loaded by the mills
as well: as package cars loaded
at the^ Southern's assembling
stations at Spencer, N. C., and
Hayne, S. C., will be handled on
these trains.
Na ? rw-1 ?
Handled on them and there will
be no switching at intermediate
terminals.
The establishment of this ser
vice exclusively for cotton fac
tory products strikingly illus
trates the growth and diversi
fication of the textile industry
in the Piedmont territory, the
variety of goods now being
turned out and the wide range
of destinations to which they
! are moved having influenced
! the management of the ' South
ern to inaugurate these special
trains as a further contribution
to the upbuilding of the textile
| industry in the, territory it ser
ves.
Schedules of the special tex
tile trains will be as follows:
Lv Greenville 6:10 P. M., lv
Spencer 4 :30 A. M., arr. Poto
mac Yards 4:30 A. M.
Leaves Greenville 6:10 P. M.,
lv Spencer 5:00 A. M., arr. Pin
ners Point 4:30 A. M.
Lv Spencer 12 :01 A. M., lv
Hayne 5:00 A. M., Asheville I
10:00 A. M., arr. Louisville 1 :30
A. M., arr. Cincinnati, 4 :00 A.
M., second morrting, and ar^.
East St Louis 7 :00 A. M. third
morning.
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N. C. Leads Cotton Belt
With High Average
Crop Reported an Good Con
dition Except in Small
Areas.
North Carolina leads the
main cotton producting belt 1
with a condition of 82 per cent
of normal. The average of the 1
belt is 67 per cent. This fore- 1
casts a July 25th prospect of
875,000 bales for this state and
11,516,000 bales for the United
States.
The cotton crop is unusually
promising in most parts of
North Carolina as reported on a
basis of July 25th conditions.
Complaint is ifla.de from the
Southern Piedmont area that
the crop is damaged due to dry
weather. Rain is needed es
pecially in the Piedmont coun
ties.
The damage by boll weevil is
Parents Killed When
Car Plunges Off Road
Tragedy Attributed to Soft
Dirt at Edge of Road
Near Green River
Mr. and Mrs.Smith White, of
Jonesville, S. C., were instantly
killed and their seven children,
ranging from eight months to
17 years, escaped with minor
injuries when an automobile in
which they were riding plunged
over an 80-foot embankment,
near Green River, Sunday
afternoon about 5 o'clock.
* The accident happened about
four miles from Saluda, on the
Henderson ville, road. Accord
ing to R. L. Newman, Saluda of
ficer who visited the scene, the
automobile %was passing along
the edge of a precipice and the
bank gave way, causing the ma
chine to fall to the river bank,
a distance of about 80 feet.
The car turned over several
times before crashing on the
rocks below and was almost
completely demolished.
The injured children were~
j rushed to the Infants' and chil
jdren's Hospital at Saluda and
I given medical attention.
I The injured: -
John H-. White, age 17, driver
I of the car, severe bruises.
Lucy, age 14, scalp wounds.
Juanita, age 12, body bruises
and broken ribs
W. C., age five, broken arm
| and body bruises.
Pearl, age three, broken nose
and cuts about face.
H. Smith, Jr., age eight
months, hurt about face and
head. )
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engineer on the Southern Rail
way and was weM known
throughout South Carolina.
They were enroute home after
a day- in the mountains.
Relatives were immediately
notified of the accident and
Icame for the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. White, which were carried^
; to Spartanburg Sunday night.
The accident happened at an
hour when the road is filled
with Sunday afternoon autoists
and hundreds stopped to view
the demolished automobile and
learn the details of the accident.
SONG WORDS ?WRJTTEN
BY TRYON VISITOR -\l
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Valhalla and the Valhalla J
i Road have been immortalized m *
song1 by a Tryon visitor, Miss : "
Nell B. Geilheim of Howell,
Michigan.
The song, "Wildwing", is an
Indian iove song, the words of ,
which were written by Miss '
! Geilheim, to music written by
John F. Ryan.
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conspicuous from Mecklenburg ;
to the Coast with several com
plaints showing up in the Cen
tral Piedmont and Northern - ?'
coastal counties, although there ? ?
is evidence that the damage in
the latter area is not as great as * ' ;
was expected. This is to a less " V'
extent true in central coastal
belt also. The boll weevil rav.- 'T
ages usually,show up effectively' 5" 1
after July25th. ?
The crop is late and the plants
somewhat small, but they are . ; ...
well -fruited, which after all is ?? ?>
the valuable factor. The crop 'vv
throughout fhe state is general
ly in good state of cultivation- *>"
and growing nicely, fhe stands*?
are unsually good and the crops
are clean. As many reported, it
is the finest crop in ntany years ;;'rr*
in North Carolina. Very , /feyr ^ s
places report poor stands;;
these being primarily in the
lower Piedmont, while ? theT;uJ.
northern part of the state re
ports the red spider doing some
damage. The old adage that; a
dry June will make a good cot- w..
ton crop seems to be holding r>u a
I true this year. - i
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