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' tinjr was opened by
g ine. president for
vears. who an
that the meeting was
.wt officers ior the
jallenger Heads
L Board of Trade
L increase Activities'
This Year.
gjfleniror was elected
r-ous voir to head the
Lrd of Trade ar the
?tjon hold last night
Hall. W.E. Kil
led a.- vice-presi
, jj Q. M*ke reelected
ofice of secretary and
feting v
siJdine.
;wo ye
Jiat the
, elect otiirors ...
rear. Mr. Missildme
ie attention of the as
0 the fact that in order
Board to carry on ef
rork it would have to
ter support than had
jven it heretofore,
on discussion arose as
^ility of continuing
uiigation. Several of
libers present spoke
i the possibilities -of
niand the work that
i done through similar
dons in all cities. A
n$ made and carried
Board continue. Fol
a motion that the
?officers he maintained
piine stated that he
| that a change would
(the Board that new
tid be instiWed into the
offices of the organ
ling the election of the
lew committees were
Id which include an ad
f and publicity contmit
a Boosting committee,
le now being made to
?Board luncheon once a
After discussion it
ided that the meeting
the Board would be
to the second Wednes
ftt of each month in
the first as heretofore.
and Adenoid
inic Successful
*ven children of Polk
*ere successfully oper
d by the Tonsil and
clinic conducted
lie past week at the
%h School, Colum*
the auspices of the
Department of the
wd of Health.
^ring the limited
^nich we had to make
ftion of the children of
?"J. stated Miss
tenuse of the de
made the ar
for the clinic, "we
excellent response to
out into the
^munites. Sixty
, en were operated
essfully for either
onsijs or adenoids.
?? -IcCall. Specialist, of
,*as the surgeon in
*as assisted by a
rses and physicians
-tate department."
u?n expressed her
? parents of Polk
, ,neir cooperation in
> children before
^_^the clinic.
sand hines ?
^SCHOOL house
Ckfts ,ve,re comPlet
& the turning
tade!fus '"terest in
Skins "7' ,!JUi!din? t0
ee ? ui"l VY . 0. Hines
AS* lm|wuncement
deal
tofitemni t , the Pur"
f office, t remodel
Vr, ,SK'retary and
aficld|hoel. Mr.
8 DOthino- if ? as yet
! use of (J .? as to
~ building.
WK of kitchen
'' launrio""1!, material
the hnn 'd are ?f
them T They
| Ces S6lves in Pro
fction ft..1' i. say home
|e?e an?drk?rs of the
J^ure. d department
Credit of Si* Million
Arranged by Go-ops
The National City Bank of
New York, goes on record en
dorsing without qualification
the management of the North
Carolina Cotton Growers Coop
erative Association.
A. E. Bing, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Association
and John H. Boushall repre
senting the Citizens National
Bank of Raleigh have returned
from New York City where
they concluded arrangements
with the National City Bank
for a line of credit for the
North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Association for
the coming season of $6,000,
000. The officials of the bank
expressed their interest in the
cooperative marketing organ
ization and stated that they
were glad to aid financially in
every way possible the North
Carolina Cotton Growers Coop
erative Association.
Reports from Cotton Growers
Cooperative Associations In
nine of the twelve organized
states show that 690005 new
members have been signed up
during the progress of the
membership campaign. Geor
gia leads with 6626; Texas
second with 6571 and Oklaho
ma is third with 6082. Still
larger additions are expected
before the campaign closes.
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Broken Rod Upsets
Landrum Motorist
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Swerving sharply to the left,
almost force enough to turn
over, the automobile driven by
Tandy Pruitt, of Landrum,
with several other occupants,
turned upon its right side,
spilling the occupants in a dis
heveled leap upon the road two
mites north of Inman on the
Appalacian highway Sunday
morning as the party were en
route to the Baptismal services
Ebenezer Church. Besides a
scare no one was hurt. Pas
sersby asaiated in extricating
the passengers.
It was discovered that the
radius guide rod to the front
axle of the car, was broken,
otherwise the accident was un
explainable, it was stated,, the
driver not traveling over 10 or
15 irfiles an hour. Persons
traveling the highway when
they saw the automobile, turned
up on its side, assisted the
driver in righting the car.
Those in the ear were: Misses
Essie, Pearl and Bertha Pruitt,
sisters of the driver, Tandy
Tandy Pruitt, of Landrum.
Jeddie Pruitt and Horace Gos
nel were also in the car at the
time of the accident.
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BIRD MOUNTAIN FARM
INTERESTING PLACE
Mountain farm, the home of
Rev. J. J. Gentry, formerly of
Spartanburg, and for a number
of years judge of probate of
Spartanburg county, is located
about one and and three quart
er miles from here, and it is an
interesting place to visit. Here
one sees all varieties of -farm
ing and soil cultivation, from
cotton to alfalfa, from pea vine
hay to Niagara and Delaware
grapes, from apple and peach
orchards to hog and sheep and j
Hereford cattle raising.
Mr. Gentry and his foreman
recently attended the apple or
chard confernces held near
Saluda and Hendersonville, N.
C., and as a result Mr. Gentry
will this fall set but several
hundred additional apple trees
on the mountainside where he
has a splendid peach orchard
ready growing.
Variety of Farming.
Mr. Gentry's farm is located
in a pocket between Spartan
burg and Greenville counties,
almost touching Polk county.
His residence is inSpartanburg
county his big barn a short dis
tance away, is in Greenville
of woodlands, meadows, pas
tures, hillsides and thoroughly
improved farm lands. Here
Mr. Gentry has started a var
iety of diversifications, along
sane, moderate lines.^ For in
(Continued on page 4)
Soil Erosion Control
Outlined By Peattie
Donald C. Peattie Explains
Use of Plants to Beauti
fy Slopes.
Some time ago Mr. Edgar
Upton wrote to Donald C. Peat
tie, of the Department of Agri
culture, asking for information
on the control of, soil erosion.
In this neighborhood of steep
banks and heavy rains this is a
subject of interest to al!>, and
Mr. Peattie's reply will suggest
means by which we can pre
vent some of this loss of valu
able land and at the same time
beautify slopes otherwise glar
ing and ugly. This is the let
ter.
Mr. Edgar Upton
Tryon, N. C.
Dear Mr. Upton:
I am sending you under sep
arate cover some pamphlets on
soil erosion and its control, con
sidered chiefly from the stand
point of engineering. It is re
grettable that no treatise on
control of erosion by plants has
been written. The bulletins
which I send you are now al
most out of print and might
well go to Tryon Library when
you have used them.
Taking up the various possi
ble plants which might con
veniently be used for controll
ing road gullying near Tryon ?
you mention first Bermuda
grass. This is highly effective
for such purposes, but it is
likely to become a serious weed
and hence cannot be recom
mended.
Kudzu Vine (Prersri* Thun
bergian) is a legume t)ic
tropics hardy as far ig^Yir
ginia, a rank grower and fairly
effective binder. It \jmy- avail
able for distribution Ajmxthis
office. I think the daager of
its becoming a weed however is
so irreat that it is hardly to be
recommended.
Mimosa (Albizzia Julibrissin)
spreads extensively by suckers
and is plentiful around Tryon.
To propogate it, make a cat
ting from the half -mature
wood of themain stem, where a
young branch is shooting out.
Be sure to secure a "heel" or
bit of the main stem' at the
foot of the cutting.
Willows. Almpst any willow
will make a good sand binder or
earth binder. The big tree
wilifcw or black willow requires
much moisture, but the shrub
by ones around Tryon do not
require so much. Willows can
be set out just as "slips".
Wild or Goose Plum. IThe
little plum trees around Tryon
often serve as gully binders in
nature's own erosion control.
Pine saplings will do very
well, and are employed in na
tural reclamation of eroded
land. They can be dug up
whole, I should say, and closely
planted.
Locust. The big black locust
suckers extensively and is very
effective for soil binding. It
is propogated from shoots of
the suckers, with a bit of root.
The little dwarf pink locust
with no thorns, with larger
pink flowers and young twigs
and flower stalks covered with
long stiff hairs, is even more ef
fective and is propogated from
root cuttings. I have seen it
growing on Melrose and Rocky
Spur. Both lucusts are for
sale by nurserymen.
Japanese honey sucke is one
of the commonest plants to be
seen binding down loose earth.
I would not recommend it for a
region where it was not known,
lest it becomle a weed, but as Is
already about as bad a weed
around Tryon as anything
could be, it can be safely be
planted on roads, and there
should be liberal donations
of plants It is highly effec
tive.
(Periwinkle or myrtle (Vinca
minor, Vinca major), is a very
effective soil1 binder and highly
ormental, with no weedy ten
dancies. It is common in
many a garden around Tryon
and donations of plants would
certainly be forthcoming. Our
office could supply large
amounts. %
(Cotinued on page 4)
Polk Comity Sunday
School Convention
Program; Announced For
Two Day Meet at Mill
4 Spring.
Those, in charge of the ar
rangements for the Polk County
Sunday School Convention,
which will be held at Bethlehem
Methodist Church, Mill Spring,
N. C., Thursday and Friday,
September 13 and 14, are con
fident that Sunday School work
ers from all sections of the
county will be in attendance at
the various sessions of the meet
ing.
Programs for the convention
have been ?ent throughout the
county and each Sunday School
invited to send a large delega
tion of : teachers, officers and
other interested members to the
convention.
While the convention is plan
ned primarily for Sunday School
teachers and officers, all who are
interested in Sunday School
work are invited to attend, and
a special invitation is given to
the members of men's and wo
men's organized Bible classes.
The full program for the con
vention follows :
OPEN! m; session?
Thursday Afternoon, Sept. 13
2 :30 ? Song.
2 :35 ? Scripture Reading and
Prayer ? Rev. Mr. Freeman
2 :45? Staking the Sunday
School Attractive ? Rev.
Mr. Stroup.
3 :10? /The Sunday School Meet
ing the Needs of the Chil
dren ? Miss Flora Davis,
Assistant Superindent,
North Carolina Sunday
^ School Association.
3 :45 ? -Jtolding Present Pupils ?
Mil D. W. Sims, General Su
-vjjjroendent, North Caro
lina Sunday SchooT Associa
tion. r
4:15 ? Record of Attendance.
4 12&? Announcemnets.
A :30 ? Adjourn.
SECOND SESSION ?
Thursday Night
8 :00 ? Songi
8 : 05? Scripture Reading and
. Prayer? Rev. Jake Ruppe.
8:15 ? Bait That Catches and
Holds Mten and Women in
the Sunday Schools-Mr.
D. W. Sims.
8:50 ? Song and Record of At
tendance.
8:55? A Strong Arm of the
Sunday School. ? Mis?
Flora Davis.
9 :25 ? Announcements.
9 :30 ? Adjourn.
THIRD SESSION
Friday Morning, Sept. 14
10 :30 ? Song.
10 :35 ? Scripture Reading and
Prayer ? Rev. J. B. Ar
, ledge.
1045 ? The Sunday School
Meeting the Needs of the
Young People ? Miss Flora
Davis.
11:15 ? Period of Business:
a. Reports of County and
Township Officers:
(Continued on page 4)
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MAKING FINAL PLANS
FOR OPENING SCHOOL
Final' arrangements are be
ing made by the Tryon Graded
School Board and Principal
Schilletter for the formal open
ing exercises of the school term
next Friday, September, 14.
It is planned to have several
local speakers ? and other
features to open the new
school. The exercises will of
necessity be brief due to the
lack of seats in the auditorium.
Every effort is being ipade to
rush the completion of the
school in order to have it ready
for the Fall term.
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CAMPOBELLO SCHOOL
OPENS, 300 ENROLLED.
The graded school at Campo
bello opened yesterday morn
ing with an enrollment of
around 300, with Prof. Wilbur
Upton, principal, in charge.
This school has nine teachers,
and is an accredited state high
school, teaching from the first
through the eleventh grades,
and continuing ' for ? nine
months.
Poetic Ad Of Local
Firm Gets Results
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The accompanying poem ar
rived in recent mail in answer
to the J. T. Green Lumber Com
pany^ advertisement 1of
Auguest 9.
With the poem was the fol
lowing letter:
The Polk County News
Tryon, N. C.
Gentlemen :
lam enclosing a copy of an
advertisement in your paper of
recent date, which was headed
"A darn good lay-out for the
fix it is in."
The Carolina Citizen carried
a reprint of the Green Lumber
Company's poem in its issue of
August 16.
Yours Truly
W. L. JACKSON
Campobello, S*. C.'
In the Tryon News
One day last week ?
There was a little poem
Whose contents I did seek.'
It advertised a hay-wire mill
Thats hard indeed to find
But just such a mill
I'd long had in mind.
When I had finished reading
I just had to grin
Twas described as a "darn
good lay-out
For the fix it is in.
To own that mill
I'd give just lots
Even for the plank
Thats rotten 'tween the spots.
But this is my trouble
My wail and cry
I aint got the cash
Wherewith to buy.
Tho' I aint got the cash
I've got some stuff
I'd like to exchange.
If terms aint rough.
Got twenty head of cattle
Over half of them dry
Cost sights to feed 'em
Hulls is so high.
Eight are so poor they aint
much
When it comes to looks
And the horntess one is gentle
Except when she hooks.
One aint got no hair
Upon her left side
But a heap of ribs
Show through the raw hide. ?
For good full measure
Several calves I'll add
When you see them
You'll be mighty sad.
They aint been fed a square
meal
In all of their days
They crawl through the fence
And have terrible ways
In addition to the cattle
I've got twenty acres of land1
Red brick mud everywhere
And not a spoonful of sand.
On this brick land
Not a thing will grow
It holds a good fortune
For some fellow though.
If he'll buy this land and .
Start a brick yard
Wont have to do much work
The mud is so hard.
I'd like to use the words
Of the poem again j
Mine is a "darn good lay-out
For the fix it is in.
W. L. JACKSON
Campobello S. C.
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Judge Bisray Holds
Fall Term of Court
Twelve cases have been dis
posed of at the Fall term of the
Polk County Superior Court
now in session at the County
court house at Columbus.
Twenty four cases are schedul
ed to come before Judge . Bis
ray, of Barnesville, presiding
judge.
This term is devoted to the
criminal docket, the majority
of the cases being violation of
| the prohibition law charges,
| carrying concealed weapons,
statutory offenses.
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Brunswick county women
continue to take in about $75
in cash each Saturday at the
Women's Exchange Market in
Wilmington,} reports the home
agent
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Visitors Win Honors In
Labor Day Golf Meet
Dean Makes New Low Score
For Local Course.
Thirty-two entrants qualified
in the annual* Labor Day
Tournament of the Tryon
Country Club, among whom
were players from Greenville,
Gastonia, Columbia, Ruther
fordton, and Saluda.
The qualifying rounds were
played off beginning last Satur
day morning and ending Sun
day evening. R. E. Spence of
Columbia won the Cup for low
score turned in in'the qualify
ing rounds with a score of 78.
Dr. M. C.. Palmer was runner
up with a score of 88.
Three flights were arranged
for the players as follows :
First flight, 78-92; Second
flight 98-102; Third flight 102
up.
In the first flight W. G. Perry
of Greenville defeated F. P.
Bacon in a well played match
one up on nineteen holes. The
second flight cup went to J. M.
Miller and the third prize, a
half dozen golf balls was won
by R. G. Rankin. The ladies
flight was won by Mrs. Murphy
of Rutherfordton. In the
second flight, Mr. Miller defeat
ed A. M. Means of Greenville
three up and two to play. In
the third Mr. Rankin defeated
E. B. Jennings one up. F. P.
Bacon won the runner-up cup
in the first flight.
In an exhibit match played
Monday H. H. Dean, local pro
fessional, turned in the lowest
score ever credited on the Try
on course, playing the nine
holes in 35, or 3 under bogey
which is 38. Dean made three ?
birdies and played the re
mainder of theholes in par.
Tuesday in an exhibition four
some arranged between C. W.
Ballenger, R. E. Spence and
Henry Norris of Rutherfordton
and Dean, the later turned in a
score of 74 for the eighteen
holes.
Weavers To Display
Wares At State Fair
One of the most interesting
features of the North Carolina
State Fair this fall will be sev
eral complete weaving outfits
by North Carolina cotton milis.
The Rosemary Manufactur
ing Company, which last year
had a blue ribbon exhibit in the
shape of two highly complicat
ed looms for making table
cloths and napkins, will be back
again this year with a larger
assortment of machinery.
The Erlanger cotton mills,
of Lexington, will also install: a
loom for the manufacture of
light shirtings. Other Tar Heel
cotton mills have indicated
! their interest in the fair, and
| the textile feature will be one
i of the distinct attractions this'
fall.
1 "Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, presi
dent is interested in the devel
opment of the furniture indus
try, and is particularly interest
ed in having exhibits at the
fair, in view of the fact that
High Point is the second largest
furniture manufacturing city in
American while Lenoir, another
North Carolina City, stands
third.
Several furniture manufactur
ers have made reservations of
space, and this new feature of
the fair will give added interest
to the plan to show what North
Carolina is doing in the way of
manufactures.
Reservations for space in
Floral Hall, which will be given
over entirely to the industrial
(enterprises of the State, indi
cate that the fair will have the
'most complete line of exhibits
in this department in its his
tory.
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Now is the time when good
farmers are getting their ex
hibits ready for the county
fair.
"The best paying Job I ever
had," said one farmer who
selected his seed corn in the
field. This man, increased his
acre yeilds the next year.