North Carolina Newspapers

*1. :<j JOSH ? FRASER Publishers ?m,> XXVIII No. 51 The Only Paper Published in Polk Clean Paper for the Home 1 16, 1923 V \ "V \ *4 ^ V \ \ ^ Price 5 Cents a Year Jal Bo:1 Injured At Crossing By Auto nJvtrSr^ds Away. Arrest Ixpecled Thi* Week. Arrest A the driver of the ??iobik that ran down and frioush* injured James Brock, Sfarthe State Highway Siroad crossing last Friday Sht abou. 10 o'clock, is ex ited to he made within the twenty four hours, ac *_jjne to local authorities. Accompanied by William Bridgeman with whom he ex ited tc spend the night, litmes Brock, son of Mr. and lirs W. H. Brock, Maple w;;s returning from the jtoand Theatre . about 10 o'clock Friday night and- had cached the railroad crossing then a speeding automobile ap noached the crossing from frade street, knocked down and fin over the Brock boy who ;vis unable to get out of the tiy, and sped off down the ijhway toward Landrum without stopping to assist the injured boy. Car Speeding According to R. I. Lownes, who was eye-witness of the ac cident, the driver of the motor ar was making a high rate of ipeed when he approached the crossing. t "I noticed the boys walking along the street but paid no at tention to them until I saw the oncoming car," stated Mr. Lownes. 'The Bridgeman boy ran for the left side of the road and the Brock boy for the right. The latter must have become confused when the driver of the car yelled at him for he made one step back directly into the path of the Automobile. The ear struck him in the back, tossed him ?bout ten or twelve feet and passed over hin^ the differen tial housing rolling him onto the second track." Mr. Lownes further stated ?that in so far as he could see I the driver of the car put on ?more speed immediately /after Jriking the Brock boy evident ly anxious to make his escape. Injuries Serious At the Infirmary it was found that the boy's injuries consist ed of concussion of the brain, ? broken jaw bone, severe con tusions and lacerations about y* head and body. For two JjJjB following the accident but JjjJe hope for his recovery was out by the attending phy He regained conscioua Monday morning to some tent and was able to recog !? ^embers of his family ?ter in the day. May Know Driver JJ^out Monday and esday he made repeated ef to murmur a name and it ? ^at he knows the of the driver of the car 51 struck him. Thus far Physicians nor kien kf ^ *amily have Won? t0 obtain any co Ittirfllf <ry fr.om him as to the that! ^ is exPected few k tlme within the next ZoZv' they ma>r be able to driver m !r?m him who the Schot; Children of Try e n To Be Examined . view of the Tonsil and Adenoie 0!inic to be held the *tter pr.it of this month under JJ? auiiri vS of the State Board * Healtn at Columbus, Miss wunn. SLnve school nurse assist JJ ny Beatson, will meet achc-.i children of Tryon in 2S roups. The first ^ group i'or examination at v ; at the Southern Jttcerirlijg Company's plant, jjjurday at 1 o'clock. The group will meet at the von school the same after *??a at 4 o'clock. meetings will be for ex , Nation purposes only. It JJJ been requested that parents ^company the children when *r Possible. State Fair To Offer Liberal Premiums Urge Farmers to Send Pro duce From Every Community. This year, the State. Fair, which will be held during the week beginning October 15, is is offering very liberal prem iums for the county, commun ity, individual crop and crop products exhibits. The oc casion will afford a rare oppor tunity for those interested in the advancement of the State to set forth the Agricultural re sources of the different coun ties. To those who send ex cellent exhibits carrying valu able lessons in profitable farm* an unusual opportunity will be offered to win premiums, vary ing from $500.00 downwards. As something near ninety per cent of the income of farmers' of the State is from the growth of crops, directly or indirectly, if a display of Agricultural re sources of the State is to be made, farmers and others inter ested in farming of the dif ferent sections of the State should see to it, if their coun ties are to be properly present ed, that the best from their counties is sent to the State Fair in October. Spartanburg Men May Lease Lake For Club Plans Indicate New Country Club at Lynch Lake. Plans are being made by a group of Spartanburg men to take over Lynch Lake and form a Country Club that will com bine members from Spartan burg, Tryon, Landrum, Saluda and a number of other commun ities in Polk and Spartanburg Counties. The present plans indicate that the lake will be taken oyer by a large group of men with the view of building a club house of adequate proportions to include accomodations for those desiring to spend week ends at the club as well as a dance floor, and other direr sions. A golf course is one of the tentative plans being considered at this time. R. A. Leonard mapped out a splendid nine or eighteen hole course on the land immediately adjoining the liak# last Spring and stated that the course as shown would un doubtedly prove to be one of the best courses in Western North Carolina. The group of men who talked over the proposition with C. J. Lynch last Sunday were en thusiastic as to the future of the proposition. It is expected that definite action will be taken in forming the organization for the new club within the next few weeks. o? Vacation School Has A Successful Term Miss Yarrow to Conduct Similar School at Lynn. The Daily Vacation Bible School which Mi^s Yarrow of Wlellesley College has been car rying on, brought its work to a successful termination with a pretty entertainment for the Juniors on Friday night. Miss Yarrow begins a similar school this week at the mills, near Lynn. The Board of Educa tion of the Congregational Church is sending out a number of student-workers who are conducting such inter-denomin ational vacation Bible schools in various parts of the country. o Eskimo, fay for Cure Only. Tb?- Pskimos give the doctor his fee it, soon as he comes. If the patient recovers he keeps it, otherwise he re t irns it. Human Propensity. Wherever there is authority there is ii natural inclination to disobedience. ? Haiiburton. # . Cheap, But Divorce costs 20 cents in Russi but we would hardly say ttwt t cheapness of It recommends It. Bankers Confer With N. C. Cotton Season Association Arranges For Opening of Cotton Season. An interesting conference was held at the headquarters of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association Wednes day. It was a conference of bankers who discussed with General Manager Blalock and Treasurer Bing the work of the Association through last year and its financial needs for the coming season. The officers of the Association asked for the conference to ar range for a revolving fund of $2,000,000 in order to be ready for the opening of the cotton season. The bankers present were' R. G. Vaughn, President of the American Exchange National Baftk of Greensboro, John W. Simpson, Vice-Presi dent Atlantic Bank & Trust Co., Greensboro, E. B. Crow, Vice* President Commercial National Bank, Raliegh, G. H. Andrews, Citizens National Bank, Raleigh, Gilbert T. Stephenson, tional Vice-President Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., Raleigh. These gentlemen were enthu siastic in their appreciation of the success of the Association and expressed themselves as willing to stand behind it fin ancially for the coming season. o Blue Ridge Increase Construction Force 400 on Pay-roll. Power to be Brought From Station at Campobello. vts' With the arrival of more equipment daily at the^ Blue Ridge Power Company's Tu*fiesi Shoals project, there has ^ been an increase in the payrolls of nearly double those of last month, according to officiate at the project. The Blue Ridge Power Com pany is carrying approximately 400 men on its weekly payroll at the present time. The majority of these men are Polk County men living either at the dam in houses provided for them or in nearby homes. A fleet of trucks have been maintained daily carrying ma terial and equipment from the railhead in Tryon to the dam. The company recently built a small warehouse at the foot of Godshaw Hill for incoming equipment. A number of base ments and vacant warehouses in Tryon have been taken over by the Blue Ridge Company temporarily in which to store cement pending its being trans fered to the dam. With the completion of the coffer-dam below the site of the power dam, it is expected that work on the abutments for the big dam will be started soon. Crews have been kept busy quarrying rock for the mixers and building up the enormous sand pile that will later be car ried to the concrete miixers on the dam over a narrow guage railroad. 1 The motors to be used on the * derricks and booms in the con struction work arrived this week and were taken directly to the site. A large portion of the work that is usually done by steam hoists will be done by electric motor on the Turner Shoulds project. Power for these motors will be furnished from the company's lines at Campobello. The right of way has recently been completed through to that town and work on the erection of the towers for carrying the high voltage j lines is now under way. 0 * The First Saxophone. M. A. points out that the first saxo phone was made in 1846. He adds that the evil men do live# after them. ?London Tit-Bits. "Hymen." Fvmen, u. rlassical mythology, was god of marriage, the original meaning of the word being "marriage song." Equipment Here For County Road Work r' i' rd Rushing Roda Work Throughtout County. ? - Plans for working out all of main roads of Polk County being made by the Polk iunty Board of Road Commis pners, according to word re ived this week. With the ad dition of two new road plows |nd scrapers and the two new Jors the ^county authorities bending" every effort to ce all of the roads in good on . while the good weather lasts. three of the road ma es are now working on the er Gap road -with a view completing that section first fore- starting on the other ds. The Columbus-Greeris Creek jroad has been widened ' and made ready for a top-soil dress IH L v The State Highway Commis sion are rushing the work on the hard surface road to Co lumbus % No further word has been received by the local Board as to the possible date that the State will begin work on the Rutherfordton road, but it is hoped that this work will begin this year. Although the preliminary survey has been made for the construction of a new bridge across the Pacolet River at Val halla, it is thought that this work will be delayed for some time. The present survey will necessitate several hundred .yards of new road in order to straighten out the present dangerous curve in front of the residence of Mr. C. M. Howes. The State Highway mainten ancee crew working on the Pfecole t Valley road are making fcood progress in widening that road in several of the more dangerous places as well ' as in top-soiling the road over some of the worst parts. -u Sunday Services at Tryon Churches THE METHODIST AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES OF TRYON. Sunday School at 10:00 A. M., P. G. Morris, Superinten dent. Reverend ? Fikes preaches on j 1st and 3rd Sunday mornings | at 11:00 A. M., and 2nd and 3rd Sundays at 7 :30 P. M. Reverend YaadeJl 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'a-j Supper administered at this hour ? All are invited to worship with us. COLUMBUS BAPTIST CHURCH Preaching Every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays at 11 o'clock. Every Sunday night. S. A. STROUP, Pastor. The Rev. Dr. Parsons and wife are visiting at the John Orr home. Dr. Parsons is Pro fessor of Bible Study in Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. He preached an able sermon to an appreciative audience in the Congregational Church last Sunday morning. o The Rev. Vernon Patterson, as institute worker under the Y. M. C. A. is spending his vaca-? tion in Tryon. He has kindly consented to preach in the Con gregational Church on Sunday morning. Some musical num bers have been secured for the service. ? ? o? ? Inferenr > Mrs. Huyler? "My husband fias in creased ray allowance." Mrs. Cuyler ?"What did you catch him doiggf' ?American Legion. Board of Trade Told Plan For New Hotel Committee Appointed to Discuss Plan JWIth Hotel Group. Tentative plans for a new hotel for Tryon were discussed last Friday' morning at a special call meeting of the Try on Board of Trade. It was learned recently that a group of business men had in terested themselves in a hotel for Tryon and had made local interests a proposition whereby these men would assume the responsibility of -raising the capital necessary for the con stuction of a modern tourists hotel. These men according to plan outlined are to raise the capital among Tryon business interests, having themselves placed a definite amount at the disposal of the stock company to be formed. ? ?. A general outline of the plan was made at the call meeting of the Board of Trade. Following a brief but enthusiastic discus sion of the plan, a committee of the three representative local business men was appointed to go over the plans in detail with the group of outside business interestes and make further re port of the plans to the Board of Trade at the next meeting. As yet no definite amount of money has been mentioned but it is expected that local people will cooperate heartily in a pro position that cannot help but be a valuable asset to this com munity. o Tennis Tournaments To * Be Scheduled Soon Hendersonville to Have In ... ter- City Matches. Announcement was made recently that the Henderson ville Real Estate Company are building what are expected to be the finest set of tennis courts in this section of North Caro lina. Plans are now under way to hold a series of tennis tournaments that will' include players from nearly every community in this district. Among the summer ( visitors in the various- resort towns, of the mountains are tennis players who have carried off honors in their various homes and it is hoped that these players can be prevailed upon to enter their names for the" tournaments. These tournaments are ex pected to attract players from Charlotte, Asheville, Waynes vilte, Tryon, Saluda, Spartan burg Columbia, Greenville and numerous other cities. Children Entertain For Saluda Library The Gypsy Festival, a mus ical selection, was rendered last night at 8:30 o'clock at the Goelet Library, Saluda. The play, offered for the bene fit of the Library Fund, was given by a group of Saluda children. , The entertainment was divid edinto two parts, the Gypsy Festival coming first followed by a number of vocal and in strumental selections and sever al> recitations. The entire pro gramme was well received by an entftusiastic audience. A substantial sum was raised for the Library. EPWORTH LEAGUE The Tryon Epworth League held its regular meeting last night with an enthusiastic crowd present. On Wednes day, August 8, the League held its usual devotional meeting with Mr. Sloan in charge. A splendid program was ar ranged. The meeting was held out of doors. Following the meeting a water-melon feast ar ranged by Archie Butler was offered those present. The Epworth League holds its meetings each Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The pub tic is cordially invited to attend. Tonsil And Adenoid . Clinic For County Complete Equipment for Clinic to be Installed at Columbus School. Beginning Tuesday August 28 and continuing through August 29, 30 and 31 the State Board of Health will conduct a tonsil and adenoid clinic for school' children in Polk County between the ages of 6 and 12 years, inclusive. Miss Dunn Here The clinic will be conducted at the Columbus School House, with Miss Dunn, State school nurse in charge. An exper ienced specialist to be selected by the Polk County Board of Health will perform the opera tions. This surgeon will be as sisted by a full-time anesthetist who is a physician, eight train ed nurses and a hospital order ly, all belonging to the regular staff of the bureau conducting these clinics. The clinic will continue throughout the above specified time provided the de mand for its sendee is suffic ient. Moves from County to County ? A full hospital equipment is moved from county to county on a specially designed truck, and every facility for establish ing a complete emergency hos ital is at hand. Over 9,000 children have been successfully operated oil in these clinics during the past few years. Carefully Examined No child will be operated on until after having been careful ly examined by both physicians "to determine the actual neces sity for the operation and whether or not the child is in proper physical condition at that Jtijne to be treated^. '? 1 " The children are kept over flight after the operation and a nurse is in constant attend ance: Parents will be permit ted tp.remain with their 6OT dren if they desire to dp so. Terms A nominal fee of $12.50 will be charged every parent able to pay, and they will be expected to come prepared to pay the day the child is operated on. Needy Cases The number of children op erated on will be limited to 100? so those applying first will be called first. A limited number of children will be given free treatment if application is made in advance to Miss Dunn and they in found to be worthy cases. - - . Further information may be had from Miss Dunn, at Tryon or Columbus are Dr. Earle Grady, at Tryon. z O ' Jury List Drawn For Fall Term of Court Superior Court of County to Convene Monday, Sept. 3. The Fall term of the Superiot Court of Polk County will con vene at the Columbus Court House Monday, September 3. Following is the jurors Mst drawn for jury service for thia term i Ffrst Week : J. F. Trexler, W. . K M. Barnett, J. B. Johnson, T. M. Lynch, Gold Holifield, J. E. Carter, Fred Gibbs, W. E. Cole, E. W. Thompson, Matt Earley, Nelson Jackson, Jr., A. B. Por ter, W. B. Stone, C. B. Summey, John B. Bradley, Leonard Scruggs, Wiley Goforth, Robert L. Johnson, J. P. Horn, J. H* Laughter, John McMurry, Marion K. Leckie, J. O. Hooper, D. M. Fraser, John Middleton, J. T. Green, Hubert E. Pace, A. D. Cantrell, T. J. Holbert, G. L. Pace, S. L. Price, Henry C. Davis, Jay Corn, W. G. Egerton, Noah Harden, A. M. Salley. Second Week: J. L. Garrett, J. N. Jackson, C. W. Ford, J. C. Statt, J. C. Fi3her, Lewis Hipp, Wilson Howard, Melvin Parker,, J. M. Miller, Henry Hipp, Jack Foster, Joseph Staton, J. A.. Phillips Jr., J. W. Fisher, J. A. Davis. i - - ?* x