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The Only Paper Published in Polk County A Live
Meo 5 Cwte
$L?>0 a Year
Display
Shown At State Fair
, r ADPS <s Feature of
K#-S- " E?"ibi,s'
? v t 0, tober 24. Those
I donW North Caro
5r,;tt cultural State
I? 134 V 1 i:.i't doubt entirely
|>* tl,. . had visited the
l^ir'in last week' To
the v'm A iural display was
?<ud M:- r han ever is a
?#' . u.-iii method of ex
Wl* <*??? ? s,,ch a state"
?C'aW "?? Tbe livest0ck
hr-iT than ever with
Tvor-r un mug the pens built
?*!f class and a large tent .used
B the "Vrnlow. The sheep
?,k!ilSe mit o' humor because
were on
W ,at not b'Kcr 1uart"
?' -a'tho .-how was excel
I', in aJ'Htw. i.. iho large nura
K, poultry mries. there were
F piS(V?.. ducks and geese
Kp numbers. Most of them
?Lbom fine strains too.
? md counties, liimcombe, Colum
Quiliortl. Johnson. Durham,
Ke and Wilkes were entered in
I county competition. Five com
Kjties. "including Alexander. Wil
kin Alamance County, Calypso in
?L Fairvit w. N'euse Road in
I^d and Mills River in Hender
County, competed for the coki
?Lity ribbons. Seven individual
Iji displays were made, including
-Dtirit* s from the Biltmore es
? pic of Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt and
? leOcconeechee Farm belonging to
l^ral Julian S. Carr.
I Apple? from the mountains' of
I istcrs North Carolina featured the
? irinLtural display, while corn,
I fen, cotton, tobacco, soybeans,
? pints and the other leading crops
? die State entered in large num
I |m in the general agricultural d?
I iBtmem
I Fonv-iitree counties sent exhibits
I i Suits and vegetables and these
I rai tie pantry supplies featured
? frflrmes in the Woman's- *~Build
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? POLK COUNTY RED CROSS
CHAPTER TO MET NOV. 6
I A meeting of the Polk County
? iapter of the American Red Cross
I ? been called by Dr. W. W. Gray,
? toman, tor Monday afternoon,
?Member 5. at 4 o'clock at the
liuier Library.
? program tyr the ensuing fiscal
B W of the local ihapter will be dis
Bfced a? well plans for the annual
?*1 Call and th?? Membership Drive.
Motile same tirn>> there will be held
annual election of officers to
tie chapter. All members
I chapter are urged to be
I heat
d fjrm
[tar Club To Hold
first Meeting Nov- 8
^ first uu-' ting of the Lanier
^ tor the svuson of 1923-1924 will
Thursday, November the
?fob at the t'li; ?) rooms, Mrs. Peat
^ presiding.
programme will consist of the
ol the s; >li lociuies of Hamlet
I'to, Dwighi Smith, and the first
| durance b.-t'nr- a Tryon audience
1*^8 Willett?i Wilbourn, a young
7?^ of extraordinary talent who
Ijftg hen this season. Miss
^?irn a lars*' repertoire, but
'< consented on this occasion to
own c-nii positions.
v^8ts are. i?k always, welcome,
^Dtlemen ??specially invit
vjea served under the
; ^ o[ Mr;, w. F. Smith, chair
of th> -i; l committee.
chair wo! , uf thP programme
ij^ttee is y. Robert Dennison,
L Mr. J^nnison's retur^,
^ ^anl Hoitl. 't and Dr. Mary
' the othtr members of the
^ ttee ar. in charge. New mem
^ 10 lhe ciu'n a?e desired, and
^emberi ,(I tj-cv ciub are parti
anjci?Ui uat no new comer
Ac J? ciub associations if
them.
m
u Iifty clu^ boys and
and S1tool: l)art in the con
[He (rations arranged
i^Ion <? dlV 0y 1116 Agricultural
a Servio. iaax
last week.
leg
J\of hj mynuments to the
P* ai0lle.Vil0 fann for them*
lt to ihV meu who ^ve *?
long v,'fare of coming
A3HEVILLE BIDDING FOR
NEW JUNIOR ORDER HOME
Inspecting Sites Throughout State
for Location of Orphanage
The national council of tfte Junior
Order of the United American Me
chanics now in North Carolina visit
ing various places for the purpose of
selecting a suitable site for the lo
cation of a National Junior Order
branch orphanage, is expected to
visit Asheville before completing its
work in the state.
Asheville is a bidder for the loca
tion of the orphanage and a special
committee representing the lodges
of the Junior Order now has under
consideration several sites which
are expected to oner to the na
tional council, it was stated Satur
day. The committee expects a
visit from the council but it has not
yet been determined just when that
body will arrive in Asheville.
The council has visited Raleigh
and the last place where sites were
inspected last week was Reidsville.
There the national delegates looked
over several locations, in Asheville.
Several other points are understood
to be in the itinerary of the coun
cillors. Among those in the party
are National Councillors Tunison of
New York; Vice National Councillor
Waters of Pennsylvania; ' Chairman
Cooper of the state committee at
Raleigh; and* Chairman Noyes of the
oders immigration committee at
Washington.
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KEITH GRADY RECEIVES
HONOR AT CHAPEL HILL
Keith Grady, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Earle Grady has been elected to Phi
Zeta Nu, an honorary electrical en
gineering fraternity at Chapel Hill,
according to word received this
week. .
Eligibility to students obtaining
the honor of election to Phi Zeta Nu
is based on high standards main
tained in all classes and in other
collegiate activities. Mr. Grady
was one of five in his clasp to receive
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Thirty-Three .Placed
On School Honor Roll
t
Following is a list of pupils placed
on the Tryon Elementary School
Honor Roll fdr the ? month ending
October 12.
In order to be placed on the Honor
Roll, each pupil must meet the fol
lowing requirements: sustain an
average grade of 95 on all subjects;
must not be absent more than two
days during the month; and cannot
be tardy for the same period.
HONOR ROLL
Seventh Grade
Katherine Jones.
John Kittrell.
Robert Burnett.
Pinckney Williams.
Sixth Grade
i ? / Louise AvrilL
Helen Leonard.
Ollie Lindsey
Fifth Grade
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Myrtle Mills
Janet Durham
Florence Moore
Earle Rion
Mary Sayre
Estelle Pettit
| Naomie Whitmire
Fourth Grade
I
| ? Sarah Esther Millikin
Viola Lindsey
Lenore Goodwin ?
Elizah^th Avant
Third Grade
John Chapman ?
Modena Bradshaw
Bertha Blackwell '
Walter Newman
Donald Flynn .
Fred Swann
* # Francis Justice
Second Grade
- Myrtle Lindsey
, Elsie Mills
~ Bertha Palmer
Bob Millikin
Isabel Durham
Raymond Waters
Lore Waters
Gwendolyn Edwards.
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The primacy of agriculture in
North Carolina was fully demonstra
ted at the State Fair in Raleigh last
week. * ^
N. C. Parent-Teachers
Meeting November 6
i Several Prominent Men and
Women to Deliver Ad
dresses.*
Winston Salem, Oct. 24. Men and
! women of the State and the nation
prominent in the field of education
are on the program for the 1923 con
vention of Parent Teachers Associa
tions of North Carolina cities and
towns here November 6, 7 and 8,
among them Dr. A. T. Allen, State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, Mrs. A. hT Reeves, president of
the national Parent-Teacher Associa
tion;^ Dr. Ashby>Joues, pastor of the
Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, At
lanta Ga.; Mrs. Clarence Johnson*
state commossioner of Public wel
fare, and others. * ' .
The state organization of Parent
Teacher Associations is officially cal
Jed the North Carolina branch of
the National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teachers Associations
The convention at Winston-Salem
will convene the evening of Tues
day, November 6 with greetings
from local group&. The opening
address will be made by Dr. Allen,
the state suprintendent of the public
instruction. ?
Morning sessions of the confer
ence will be given over to ' reports1
and roundtable discussions. All ad
dresses will be made at the after
noon and evening sessions.
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Besides the speakers already nam
ed, other persons on the tJbnvention
program tor special addresses are
W. H. Livers, extension directoi of
the North Carolina College for wo
men, Greensboro; Miss Mary M.
Palmer, North Carolina Library com
missioner; William Breach director
of music in the Winston-Salem puty
lie schools; and E. C. Coltrans, pub
lic schools superintendent of Roan
oke Rapids.
Besides the official delagates, of
ficers, departmental heads and dis
trict vice-presidents are asked by
fhe presfdent oi the State organiza
tion, Mrs. J. F. Spruill, Lexington,
to attend the convention
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BURGLUR GETS CLOTHES
AND CASH FROM BEE HIVE
Smashing tht* glass in the front
door in order to release the lock
from within, a thief entered the Bee
Hive Wednesday night or Thursday
morning, rilled the cash register of
several dollars in change and Com
pletely dressed liimself from the
stock of clothing in the store in
cluding shoes, underwear, soxs, out^
er clothing and hat, leaving his own
discarded clothing behind him ia
his flight
The robbery was discovered
Thursday morning when a passerby
noticed the broken window behind
which the "blind had been pulled
down. . il V v
Local police have a description of
the stolen articles of wearing ap
parel and have notified police in sur
rounding towns to be on the lookout
for the man.
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Birth And Death Rate
, Increases In State
Raleigh, Oct. 24 ? The general
death rate in North Carolina in
creased from 10.5 per 1,000 popula
tion in August to 11.5 in September,
but' the general birth rate of 26.4 per
1,000 population in August was in
creased in September to even a
greater exentent, 34,4, according to
the 'monthly vital statistcs report of
Dr. F. M. Register, of the State
Board of Health, which was made
public today. #
The deaths, according to the re
port, numbered 2,500 for the entire
State,, while the births for the same
period totaled 7,6 ll. Seven hundred
and twenty still births y^ere report
ed. ' ?
Dr. Register's report showed a de
cided decrease in the infant deatth
rate. ? The death rate -among chil
dren under two years # of - age in
August was 3.3 per 1.00 while In
September it was 2.7. Dlorrhea and I
enteritis were accredited as the
principal causes of deaths among
children.
Mortalities from typhoid fever
showed a decrease of from 59 In
August to 39 in September, ? but
deaths ' from diptheria increased
from 24 to 44. In August there
were 194. to 44. UT August there i
in September. J
Spartanburg Fair To
Begin Next Tuesday
^Merchants of City Jfako
Ready for Record Fair
/ Crowd.
I Spartanburg, S. C. Oct 24 The
! Spartanburg County Fair opens its
sixteenth annual exhibition next
Tuesday, Oct 30th. From that date
through November 2nd the/ fair
grounds will present a scene of acti
vity that will draw many thousands
of visitors. Every phase of the
propress of the most progressive
county in South Carolina will be
shown in exhibits at this fair. The
entire county from the line of the
Old North State to the Enoree on
the South will be represented, Every
town, village and hamlet will have
a part in the Fair.
Poultry, cattle, swine, sheep and
every kind of product raised in the
County of Spartanburg will be shown
at its best Besides this varied ex
hibition of the f&aterial wealth of
the second iiohest county in the
Palmetto State there will be a, great
number of shows* and free enter:
tainments.
Spartanburg merchants cure of
fering many special values for Fair
Week. This should be a good draw
ing card fox; those who would like to
shop in the metropolis of the Pied
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FEDERAL
P
i
J. Y. Jordan, , Deputy Clerk, Re
ceives Word from Judge Webb,
Who Is In Greensboro.
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J. Y. Jordan, deputy clerk of the
United States Court here, received,
word yesterday from Judge E. Y.
Webbs at Greensboro, advising that
the time tor the convening of the
District Court has been postponed
one week from November 5. The
first session of the term will be held
on November 12 and Judge Watkins,
U. S. di&fcHat judge for the Western
District of South Carolina, will pre
side. Owing to the illness of Mrs.
Webb, Judge Webb will not hold the
term.
Judge Webb has requested Mr. Jor
dan to give out the notice as official
that all. jorors, witnesses, and de
fendants can be advised of the
change. They are requested not to
appear until November 12.
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LANDRUM COMMUNITY
FAIR TO BE HELD TODAY
Fair Unusually. Large This Year.
Athletics Events in
Afternoon
Beginning at 9 o'clock today the
"Bigger and Better" Fair of Lan
drum will be in full sway. From re
ports the farmers have made every
effort to have unusually good and
varied exhibits. 4
The school is to -have several at
tractive exhibits, and the following
athletic events are scheduled: At
3 o'clock the boys will have a game
of Basket ball with Campobello High
School and at 4 o'clock the girls will
have a game of Basket b%ll with the
Columbus High School girls.
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C
OURT TERM
8TPONED ONE WEEK
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juncfcy Services at
Irjfon Churches
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH '
W. A. Black, Minister ?
Public Worship at 11 a. m.
Bible School at 10 a. m.
Christian Endeavor, 4 P. M.
Bible Study, Wednesday 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. B. Hagemen,
Supt
EPI8COPALCUURCH.
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Rev. .C. P. Burnett, Rector..
Sunday Services:
Holy Communion ? 8: Of ; ?
Sunday School ? 10-: 00 /
Morning Prayer #od sermon (Holy
Communion on 1st Sunday in the
month.) 11 A. M. .
Friday afternoon 5 o'clock Litany
and Intercessions for the sick.
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One way of improving farming in
North Carolina is to think over what
1 you have seen at the fairs this fall
LANIER, CLUB INVITED
TO FEDERATED CLUB MEET
>
Federation of Women's Clubs
to Meet In Aaheville Next
* v Monday.
? District No 1 of the North Caro
lina Federation of Women's Clubs
Will hold its annual meeting in AsW
ville on Monday October 29. A cor
dial invitation has been extended to
the members of the Lanier Club to
be present at this meeting which
will convene promptly at 9:30
o'clock Monday morning at 4 Kenil
worth Hotel. ?
Luncheon will be served at Keiiil
worth; The chairman, of the En
tertainment Committee, Mrs. O. C.#
Hamilton requests that members of
the various clubs ? anticipating at
tending the meetings make reserva- 1
tion. A charge of $1.00 per plate
will be made.
Mrs. J. P. Coston of the Trans
portation Committee will meet the
trains to take guest$ to the hoteL
All members should detrain at Bilt
more. /
Members of the Lanier club are
requested to report to Mrs. R. B.
Peattie at once if they expect to at
tend the meeting.
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR THOMAS M. FISHER
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Funeral services for TTiomas ?M.
Fisher, aged' 66, who died last Mon
day, were held Wednesday non at
the Tryoni Cemetery, the Rever
end T. L. Justice officiating.
Mr.Fisher died at about 8:30
o'clock last Monday night following
an acute attack of Appendicitis .
.H# is survived by his widow, two
sons, John and Joseph and two
daughters, Louise and Addie. ?|
Mr. Fisher has lived in Tryon for
many years and was a well known
?nd respected citizen > of * the com- :
munity. , v, ,
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1. E. Floyd, Sanitary
Inspector In Try on
John E. Floyd, Sanitary inspector
of the State Board of Health De
partment, Raleigh, arrived in Tryon
this week to make a survey of the
sewerage disposal conditions of the
various communities of the county.
Inspection of hotels, cafes and
home sanitation will be made in all
communities wltiiin the next month.
Special attention is being paid the
latter phase of this wdrk with parti
cular attention to sewerage disposal,
according to Mr. Floyd.
"Tryon seems to be in?good condi
tion with respect to its sewerage dis
posal system," stated the sanitary
inspector. "With the exception of a
few homes, I should say that Tryon
is complying with all of the State
Sanitary laws. Conditions heua com
pare favorably with those of (larger
resort town8 in Western North Caro
lina/' . ?
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TWO INCH SNOW FALL IN
MOUNTAINS ON TUESDAY.
Trains ?entering Tryon last Tues
day evening gave evidence of the
blanket of snow that covered the
vicinity of Asheville and Henderson
ville last Tuesday afternoon..
Although snow has been known to
fall at earlier dates in past years the
snow of Tuesday was the heaviest
on record for this time of year. On
October 10 and 11, 1906, was a slight
snow fall in Asheville and during
another year there was a trace. A
snow fall there on October 29, 1917,
according to weather reports.
WEATHER REPORT
Metcorofogical Record
For Tryon
1
Gendall Brownlee, Official / Ob
server of the United States Weather
Bureau.
For week ending October 23.
1 Temperature ?
^av % . M?x. Min.
^Ved ..69 50 ?
Thurs. ........ .71 52
Fri ..70 . 52
Sat ' 70 51
Sun. 68 46
Mon. ...65 44 j
Tues ....43 ? 37
Maximum temperature for week
85: minimum temperature 37.
' Prevailing Winds and
Character o* Dav
70 Minimum temperature 37
Wed. S E. Cloudy; Thurs. S.
Cloudy; Fri W. Cloudy; Sat S.
Clear; Sun. S Partly Cloudy; Mon.
S. W. Cloudy; Tuea N. W. Cloudy. ,
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Campaign For Nome
School Improvement
''Beautify the County44 to be
Slogan for Month of
November.
for Polk County' for the ensuing
Beginning November 1, the slogan
thirty days will be "Beautify ' the
County." Plans are now being made
for a Home and School Improve
ment campaign that will Include
every community and individual
farm in the county.
Boards of Trade, clubs, churches
and schools will participate in the
campaign. All organizations in the
county are urged to join in making
an effective effort in the campaign.
E< W. S. Cobb, county school su
perintendent, will direct the school
program. J. R. Sams, County agent,
will have charge of the farm pro
gram and Miss Sarah M. Padgett
will supervise t?e arrangements or
the kitchen and interior decoration
of homes. It will be the object of
the several heads of departments to
see that all homes, schools, churches
and other public buHdin& banks
and all business houses are painted
and cleaned up; lxi urge the clean
ing up of surrounding grounds; lo ?
urge the planting of trees, flowers
and shrubs in abundance; to make
suggestions of a practical nature
and assist in the installing of better
sanitary and lighting facllties; and
to suggest more and proper house
hold utensils for the housewife.
HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL . /
AT LIBRARY WEDNE8DAY
A Halloween Festival will be held
at the Library next Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock under the aus
pices of the Baptist Ladies' Aid.
The various acmmittees of the
society are busily engaged with the
arrangements for the occasion
which Include ghosts and fortunes
telling in the witch's corner.
Witches' brew will be served and
games appropriate to the Hal
lowe'en" seas fiave an "toportant
place* on the evening's program
me.
The twenty-five cents admission at
the door will Include refreshments.
The public is invited to attend.
Plant some nitrogen-gathering le
gumes for soil improvement and live
stock pasturage.
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North Carolina has more native
shrubs and plants that might be
used for beautifying the home
grounds than any other State in the
Uuion, reports fTe. McCall of the
Division of Horticulture. Why not
use a few on the home grounds this
fall?
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Deputies Seeking Two
Convicts Shoot Negro
Considerable excitement was
created last Monday night at about
8:30 o'clock in tbe vicinity vof the
! Librafy when a negro mistaken for
one of two who had escaped from T
the convict camp at Landrum was
shot by one of the deputies inchase. -
I Two negroes succeeded in making
their escape from- the road camp In
Landrum last Mpnday evening. It
was thought that they had caught a
passing freight Tryon bound. Chief
Stedman, together . with deputies
from the camp telephoned the local
station to stop the freight and gave
chase in an automobile arriving
here just as the freight pulled in.
A negro was seen to step off the
train and make toward the Moun
tain Industries building. The de
puties gave chase and the negro ran
up the hill toward the Library.
Revolvers were brought into play,
several shots being fired at the flee
ing negro endangering the lives of
pedestrians one of whom fell to the
pavement to escape* the flying bul
lets. . The gegro was brought to a
stop with a bullet wound in hi* leg.
It was then found that he was a well
known negro named Belue who lived
about five miles from Landrum and
had "hopped a ride" to Tryon to
make a call here.
The injured man was . taken to *
the Infirmary for treatment where is
stated that* Ills wound was not ser
ious, being a flesh wound in the up
per part of the leg. He waa removed
to his home that night. . '
The deputies returned to Landram,
minus their prisoners .word con
cerning whom has not as yet been
received.