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iW Only Paper PnMsfced in Polk Comity A Live Clean Paper for the Home
Tryon, N. C., October .1, 1923
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$1.50 a Year
Indication s Point To
Anol':?r Big Season
Many ffc-se. nations for VVirv
+or. h i?ses Much in
."nand.
ter.
pre*'111
V us point to anoth
- : i son this year ac
tf**00 ; jT(?ni the various
, houses and real
l>otelN ' ^ rvations are be
?ut?? ofti " * ^
^ , 1 i i v ? winter at the
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i>- " :-sy houses, and in
irrive daily in the
,airios *"
jjiik
The m;i
cottar ?
^son ?
tenant !i>
ftsals or.
cot
the houses and
leased for the
vera I prospective
i siven limited re
houses that have
wen r
In 0
pa>* nin< >
premium a
jj?
inuv.
aifeni - t- : ioral rents have not
fcrn inM
?uilding boom of the
houses will be at a
this ? year. Accord -
w it ' -1 business rutin, it i?
iht ii u(- of- house ; owners
0
W
(or i'urni^ii
ihe heavy demand
tres.
Engeno I>r. wi. j?-o. proprietor of
Oak Hall. a*:M -ii-ntes a record year
for ris iMi-ument. Pine Crest
jjc op(,D*'?i f week with a few
ariy c,u?'sts. iV'Uh hotels turned
jway ton
jpgce'.'iU
ifa.v tor.ri-:- :..st year for want of
;ltr a
v. -r- unable to accomo
? iuiImt of people desir
n.vrvaten- throughout the
winter months. Cherokee Lodge
found it iuivssar\ to obtain rooms
ia Dvighborins homes in order to
2ke tart- oi th?' winter visitors.
take cart? of the winter vistors.
The Try. mi Koal Estate Agency,
Blake and Calhoun and J. A.
Leonard ha v.- all stated that they
are in receipt of many inquiries for
furnished houses or cottages.
SHIPS FOR SEVEN SEAS
SAIL FROM DIXIE PORT8
Louisville. Kfntucy., October 11.
Extent of foreign . trade through^
Goifaad South Atlantic . ports
shown by th< fact that during Oc
tober there will bf an aggregate of
'5*6 sailings to foreign ports from
the seven - .port cities served by
th- Southern Railway System: New
Orleans, Mobile. Jacksonville, Bruns
wick. Sav;iiin;!h. Charleston and Nor
folk. accor.iiim to information con
tained iu th first number of the ]
Directory o:' Steamship Sailing
which will issued monthly by the
Southt-rn's Foreign Freight Depart
ment.
Ships for ;i 1 1 ;he seven seas are
listed in th- Li t-ctory, the sailing
for October bring divided by coun
:nes n> follow-.; Continental Europe
h2r Cuha I'nitod Kingdom 75,
En.-: ? _ South America .39,
> xi li W'.-st Indies other than
C-bu < , ntral America 31, Med
?'?rranean i'aeific Coast 13. The
's' steamer will sail and
2am- (?:' th steamship company
~tM:: , L5? nt in whose care
?r? h' ?> forwarded is also
shown
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'ETTER of APPRECIATION
from manager of a. r. c.
Ed!Tf,r h.; County .News:
As nian;,- r of the Southern Divi
tl0j "! ? rican Red Cross, I
tja .
' v ly appreciation of
/ ; : ' i "t" your community
Relief campaign.
3 lit1^ - ?" ? nn*rgency, the Red
t3, u: ( ;r ? . vvas simply the or
' 1 1 "? u i designated by the
H ii' tltr , which you could
*"rk :"L (h? .? To the Church,
. aTv:,! r -i Commerce, the Am
tnran i .
mi' Salvation Army,
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;?n<1 to every co
jjj.' '"1 ' : 'f.tion is due the
. ,s iIV : ,r generous and
y. . 1 ^lr : "i service in which
s <:a11 for help*
know that every
C(I?V t t*i i 4 i
" " " to the Japanese
relief > H (lirectly for actual
earthquake victims.
Expense of letters,
(ro.. 1 ? was met from Red
j ' r,> 1
y0, t 1 1 gratifying to all of
4 ^clt . **? i\ *
4l0I1 " ? ' 1 ' 1 tii has done its part,
r?riiev ,r'st of the nation, to
?rfca,( *'Ul' ' !!l caused by the
'Sl .' tors.
' ry Sincerly Yours
Jos. C. Logan,
r Southern Division
Aaierican Red Cross.
'Vlt *
u. M'ay be more surely
-ctSllv ii
N sh r' 11 by U8e ?'
\ w . Ifi : in any other way.
l? " u'ct ^is seed is from
* the faU. ... .
Jan.-Oct Building
Shows $200,000 Total
Many New Residences Built
in Past Wine Month*, -i
Building permits for approximate*
ly $130,000 in residences have been
issued by the mayor's office in the
past nine months according to the
town records.
A large portion of this amount has
been expended in residences. The
completion of the new Tryon Graded
school building brings this - total to
about $200,00. The Southern Mer
cerizing company has completed a
number of v three and four roonri
houses for its " employees and will
build three more four and two more
three room cottages, work on which
has been started.
Several new homed are^now under
construction and a number have
been completed within the past
month. ... The Episcopal parish
house has been completed and seats
installed. The" auditoBW will seat
about 250 people. The auditorium
includes a well designed stage with
outside entrances. The building con
tains besides the auditorium, ' the
rector's study, a vestry room and
cloister leading into the church.
The rectory for the Roman Catho
lic church will be completed soon.
The new parsonage built by C. N.
Sayre for the Baptist church has
been completed for some weeks and
is being occupied by Dr. T. L. Jus-|
tice, pastor of that church.
The Methodist church has been
completely renovated and a Sunday
School room added
W. C. White of Duluth who built a
cottage on his property has started
construction of another larger home
on the same lot.
The Columbus Mercantile com
pany will start construction on their
new warehouse at the foot of God
shaw Hill soon.
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Buying the kitchen equipment for
their club was the recent experience
of the Blantyre Hotoe -Demonstra
tion club in Translvania County.
The home agent accompanied the
girls on their shopping tour and gave
a lesson in how to select and buy
needed materials
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New Canning Industry
May Be Developed Here
P. C. Squires informs us just as
we go to press that ifv quick ' action
is taken by the business - men of
Polk county it may be ? possible to
obtain an industry that will ' be of
great value to this county.
A - practical canning man, now is
Mississippi is desirohs of locating in
some section of North Carolina
where the pimento pepper can be
grown successfully for canning pur
poses.
Previous to the world war the en
tire supply of canned pimentoes
consupied in the United States was
imported from Spain and Portugal.
California was the first state to en
gage in canning this vegetable.
There are now two plants in opera
tion in Georgia and one of these
factories located near Macon * can
ned the products of' one . thousand
acres of pimentoes last year. This
plant recently exported three car
loads of the canned products to
South America.
Mr. Squires stated that he has
seen some fine pimentoes "growing
on the farm of Mr. Voprheis^ near
Mill Spring and it is expected that
this variety of peper will be on ex
hibition at the county fair this week.
The party referred to is now using
an improved process for c&iining
sweet potatoes and would like to
make pimento peppers and sweet
potaoes his leaden.
Jones county is bidding for this
enterprise but Mr. Squires is con
fident that he can swing it in this
direction if the' business men of the
county will cooperate, by taking
stock in the industry. v " "
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STATE LEAD8 SOUTH IN
R. C. FUND FOR JAPANESE
North Carolina headed the list of
the eight States in the Southern
Division of the American Red Cross
to respond to the call for funds for
the relief of the Japanese with a
total of $44, 404.48 out of the total
amount for the Division ol 1270,277. .
Tennessee raised a little over
$43,000 and. Louisiana about $40,000.
Approximately nine millions of dol
lars was - raised by ;tfce - nation for re-T
lief. : ^ ?
Polk County To Turn
Out For Fair Today
All Roads Load to Columbus
as County Fair Begins. -
The interest of the ooonty will be
centered today in the Greater Polk
County Community Fair which is be
ing held at Columbus, the County
seat.
According to the Fair officials this
will be the largest and best Fair in
the history of the county. Many ex
hibits arrived yesterday and were
placed in the various booths. Farm
ers from all parts of the county
brought entries of stock . and farm
produce to compete for prizes. The
exhibits from the Green's Creek
Communty Fair were transfered to
Columbus yesterday following the
closing of the exhibits there.
The merchants of Tryon have been
requested to close their places of
business during the afternoon from
1 to 5 o'clock. Many people from
Tryon are expecting to attend the
Fair. Cards bearing the name Try
on have ' been distributed to the
various automobile owners through
the courtesy of the Boari of Trade
BoosterV oouusdtte*.
Every citizen in etery oonun*rCt:
I of the county is urged to attend
Fair, if not for the entJr**: day h?
; least for what portion of it they can
I leave their duties. Every elfor an
being made by the Fair committees
| to make it the gala day of the year.
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URGE FIRE PREVENTION
CAMPAIGNS FOR STATE
Following the proclamation of
Governor Morrison last week, call
ing on the people of North Carolina
to observe Tuesday October 9, the
anniversary dMho - great. Chicago
lire, in whidN^Bfc persona lost their
lives and mafltofcousands x>f homes
and buildinga^Bproyed at a loss of
ten millions iftttan as Fire Pre
vention Day, Kir Insurance Com
missioner SUtMt Wade has aflktd
that not tr-:ty 4Hv%fee bt
aside bnt tfcat ."entire y week fetj
set aside for State- wide anti-fire J
campaign.
"The object at - Wre Prevention I
Week," he staM, 'is to impress up
on the community *t large the nec
essity of consoMtag the resources of
the nation by preventing 'fires. Thfr
campaign is national in scope, and It
is hoped will be the means whereby
permanent fire prevention cam
paigns will be inaugurated In all
communities."
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WILL MAKE FILM AT
?CHIMNEY ROCK
The Chimney Rock section frill
soon get a big boost and nationwide
advertising through the chronicles of
the America Movie company, spon
sored by Yale university with head
quarters in New York City. A party
-of 25 movie men will arrive at Es
meralda Inn Monday and stay sever
al weeks. They are working on a
history of America from the discov
ery of Columbus to the assassination
of President McKinley. They want
shots, or pictures, where there is no
sign of civilization, no homes, or
fields, only mountains and valleys.
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WEATHER REPORT
Meteorological Record
For Tryon
Geildall ' Brownled, Official Ob
server of the United States Weather
Bureau.
October 9.
Prevailing Wind* and
Character of Day
? Wed. W. Clear; Thurs. N. W.
Partly Cloudy; Friday S. Cloudy;
Salt. N. Cloudy; Sun. N. Cloudy;
Monday S. Cloudy; Tuesday W.
Clear.
Maximum temperature for week
81; mimimum temperature 37.
A farmer in Perquimans County re
ports a profit of |100 from his hogs
this year as a result of a feeding
demonstration which he conducted
in cooperation with County Agent L.
W. Anderson.
Now time to get the winter
garden started. Head lettuce, onion
sets, caraoU, beets turnips, radish,
cabbage, osIItiU, celery, and var
ious greeas laay all be planted now.
Temperature
Day
Wed
Thurs
Fri. .
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Max. Min.
..81 60
..69 56
..74 59
..70 54
..69 49
.71 41
..79 37
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Polk Oversubscribes
To Near East Relief
County Itoblos Quota With
Total ?f Over $1,000.
Polk coutty raised $1,004.56 for
Near Bast Relief this year, accord
ing to offlc&ls figures just announc
ed from R&leigh by Col. Geo. H.
Bellamy, state chairman. Thi s is
nearly trip? the amount of Polk's
$360.00 qucta.
In announcing these figures Col.
Bellamy p?id tribute to E. W. Ded
mond of C)lumbus, county chairman,
who was idcharge of raising this
sum, and ill of those who helped
Mr. Dedm>nd. Official figures were
$508.56 In castf, $145.00 in unpaid
pledges on June 30 laBt, and $351.00
in clothiig. Mr. Dedmond had
many difficulties to overcome, the
foremost of which is the miscon
ception in the public mind as to the
continued need in the Bible lands.
As the Near East Relief, in its de
finite child-saving program, works
from year; to year, results of work
fromJuly 1 to the following June 30
only are announced. During the
fiscal year, Mr. Dedmond raised
funds to feed, cloth and educate six
. -a Vw.tle children now in North
a orphanages in the Near
and dependent on Polk county
for Jh^ir lives. Sixty dollars takes
eo2:;#fote care of a child for a year,
bo (illcient is the work of the Near
East Uelief overseas.
Tho report will also show that
North Carolina greatly over tub
scribed its Quota. Over 1,000 volun
teer workers marshalled together
ax*4 directed by Morris A. Bealle,
suta director, made possible the!
raising of this sum, Col. Bellamy de
clared.
He stressed the fact that the end
of this work is not yet in sight, that
itstil the Allied Powers make some
provision for these homeless
Christian wanderers who made such
sacrifices during the world war and
a^ndoned to a fate worse than
their former? ullTes, thajr
aajm t become self-snpportiac.
The spectacle of an entire nation
feeing saved by another people 3,000
mile s away is without parallel in
feSetory, Col. Bellamy pointed out. In
|K?nclusion he declared that if 4m
?rici. does not feed them and keep
tfeem alive now, they will - starve
and our splendid work of the last
five years will have been invain. No
other nation in the world appears to
be humane or Christian enough to
do tftis, he stated.
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COLUMBUS 8CHOOL TEAM
DEFEATS TRYON 5 TO 3
. Columbus Grade school defeated
Tryon Grade school in seven innings
of baseball last Monday afternoon at
Valhalla Baseball park by a score of
U
A small but enthusiastic crowd of
rooters witnessed the game which
was the first of a series of games
that is scheduled for interscholastic
meets for this year.
Columbus: Smith, 2b; Hinsdale, 3b;
Dedmon, p; Ledbetter, c; Claude
Lynch, lb; Cobb, cf; Lindet, rf; J.
Lynch, ss; Hines, If.
Runs, Columbus: Hindale, 1; Ded
mon, 2; Ledbetter, 2.
Tryon H. Nesmith, If; Morgan, c;
Fuldner, ss; Fisher, p; W. Nesmith,
3b; Jackson, cf; L. White, 2b;
Gaines lb; H. White, rf.
Runs, Tryon: Fisher, 1; Jackson,
1; Gaines, 1.
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Sunday Services at
Tryon Churches
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Public Worship at 11 a. m.
Bible School at 10 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at 4 p. m.
TRYON BAPTI8T CHURCH
A Cordial welcome to .alL
Thomas L. Justice, D. D., Pastor.
Preaching service each Sabbath at
11 o'clock
Sunday School each Sabbath morn
ing at 10 o'clock. E. Hagemen,
Supt
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. C. P. Burnett, Rector.
Sunday Services:
Holy Communion ? 8:00
Sunday School ? 10:00
MBf&ing Prayer and sermon (Holy
Communion on 1st Sunday in the
month.) 11 A. M.
JMday afternoon 5. o'clock Litany
and Intercessions for the sick.
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Game Laws To Govern
Polk County Hunters
Stat* Issues Digest of Game
Laws as Season Opens.
With the approach of the hunting
season the game law as applied to
this county becomes interesting. The
following information is taken from
a synopsis of the game lawB of
North Carolina as complied by the
State Legislative Reference Library:
In all other counties the license is
good only in the county of issue, and
other exemptions are specifically
noted.
The following digest shows the de
tails of open seasons, hunting li
censes, and written permission re
quirements. The first date of the
open season and the first date of the
close season are given, so that the
close season may be found by re
versing the dates, If the open is
October 1-February 1, the close
season will be February 1-October 1.
Polk. Deer, October, 1-Feb. 1;
squirrel, Aug. 15-Feb. 1; quail (par
tridge), Nov. 15-Feb. 15; ruffled
grouse (pheasant), Dec. 1-Feb. 15;
wild turkey, Dec.; 1-Feb. 15; dove
Nov. 1-March 1; woodcock, Nov. 1
Jan.l; blackbellied and golden
plover, yellowlegs, Sept. 1-Dec. 16;
ducks, geese, Wilson snipe, Nov. 1
Feb. 1; opossum, Oct. 1-Feb. 1. Non
resident license, $10.50. Written
permission required
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I LARGE 8TILL FOUND NEAR
i MILL SPRING BY AGENT
A thirty-five gallon still was locat
ed and destroyed by Federal Prohi
bition Agent Hutcherson last week
near Mill Spring. Lynn Connor was
placed unddr arrest by the federal
agent charged with violation of the
prohibition act and released under
bond of $500 to appear at the Fall
term of the United States District
court Which will convene in Ashe
ville the first Monday in November.
Hutcherson, accompanied by of
fleer Lindsey Smith, discovered the
still last week about one and one
half miles from Mill Spring and Fox
Mountain. They later succeeded in j
capturing Connor as he approached
the still. Two bushels of corn meal
and several stands were destroyed !
?with the still.
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Income Returns Must j
Include Land Sales
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Investigations conducted by field
deputies of the Internal Revenue
Service indicate that hundreds of
taxpayers have neglected, uninten
tionally or otherwise, to include as
income in their returns for 1919,
1920, 1921, and 1922, profits realized
from the sale of real estate, accord
ing to the Bureau which several
weeks ago ordered a ridig probe to
be made of suspected evasions of in
come regulations.
In order to close up the Govern
ment tax net, the Collector, has ord
ered that a transcript be made of all
doubtful tranfers. A careful inves
tigation will be made of all these
files, to determine whether or not
the sales involved have been report
ed upon the income tax returns. It is
suggested that all persons who fail
ed to include the profit realized from
real estate sales call at thet Collect
or's office, or file amended returns,
as it is the policy of the revenue de
partment not to assert heavy penal
ties when the disclosures of failure
to include income are voluntarily
made by taxpayers.
It is believed that the failure of
many taxpayers to include real es
tate profits in their returns was due
to an erroneous interpretation of
the income laws, and to misleading
publicity that was given out prior
to the ruling of the United States
Supreme Court, holding that such
gains were taxable income under {
the revenue laws. j
In cases where the taxpayer does i
not voluntarily disclose items of in- 1
come that were omitted, and where
the gains from real estate sales have |
not been reported, it will be neces
sary to assert full penalties on all
returns where the investigation dis
closed the failure of the taxpayer to
include real estate gains in his in
come tax returns.
It will be greatly to each taxpay
er's advantage to find if profits from
real estate sales were omitted and
make correct "amended ? returns"
before the records in each connty
are searched; this will save the tax
payers heavy penalties and in many
cases court proceedure.
Green's Creek Fair
Is Well Attended
Many Exhibits Displayed in
All Departments.
The Green's Creek Community J
Pair attracted people from all parts
of Polk County and many from
across the State line in Spartanburg
county. Automobiles from all sec
tions of the county began arriving
at an early hour Tuesday morning
some from Green's Creek township
bringing in last minutes exhibits to
compete for the many premiums.
The school building was found to
be too small for the many exhibits
making it necessary for some of
them to be displayed on the out
side. The various rooms of the
school building were devoted to the
several departments. Farm and
garden produce were displayed on
long tables in one room, another
was devoted to floral display in one
section, and home economics ex
hibits in the remainder. Sewing
clubs and indivual garment dis
plays were exhibited in the third
room. Live stock was given a
place near the building as well as a
few of the late entries of farm and
garden produce.
AH of the exhibits were attrac
tively arranged and conveniently
placed so as to allow careful examin
ation. ^
Judging went on throughout the
day,: prizes and ribbons being
awarded for the best display in each
department. Winners of the prem
iums will be announced In the next
weeks issue of the News.
?he flower exhibit attracted many
during the day.
Late summer and fall flowers
were beautifully arranged and
created considerable comment by
many people who stopped before the
tables. Many kinds of ferns, for
which Polk county is famous, were
displayed.
Due to the fact that a large por
tion of the- Home Economics dis
plays bad been sent to the State
Fair at Raleigh, this department
was scant, but ample evidence was
shown of the capabilities of the
housewives of Green's Creek.
One of the farm exhibits which
attracted considerable attention was
that of the mung bean, a display of
which was shown among the farm
products. This crop is a compara
tive stranger in the United States
and is making its appearance for
the first time in this section. It Is
an excellent live stock feed and is
said to take but little cultivation. It
bears a bean or seed about one half
the size of small green peas and is
of the same color as the pea.
A large delegation of Tryon busl
iness men arrived in the afternoon
and were given a cordial recceptlon.
Several automobile loads motored
to the Fair by way of Columbus,
many of whom returned through
Landrum.
Against , stiff competition Tom
Moore was voted the ugliest man at
the Fair.
All of the exhibits at this Fair
were entered at the Greater Polk
County Community Fair yesterday.
O. J. Zeigler, principal of the
Green' Creek school made a brief
and interesting talk to the assem
bly in the afternoon,, thanking the
people of Green's Creek township
as well as those from various other
communities for their cooperation in
supporting the Fair this year. In
explaining the necessity of the new
school building now in course of
construction, he urged the people to
bear in min<? that for the present
term the old school would be badly
crowded with the 200 or more
pupils that will enter when school '
opens next ' Monday. With the
opening of the new building on
January 1, every effort will be made,
according to Mr. Ziegler, to make
that school one of the best in the
county.
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NEW STORE BUILDING TO
BE ERECTED ON TRADE 8T.
A building permit was issued by
the mayor's office to W. Y. Wilkins
for the construction of a new one
story brick store building on the
corner of Trade and Maple streets.
It was stated that the new build
ing will be forty feet across the
front and sixty feet deep taking np
the corner lot adjacent to the
present Wilkins building. Founda
tions and walls will be constructed
to support a second story in the
event this addition is made at some
time in the future. Work on the
new building was started this week.