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Tryon, N. C., November 22, 1923
$1.50 a Year
i COUNTY IS FAST IORGING TO THE FRONT!
pty 3 lining Under Construction
Total' Nearly a Million and a Quarter
Ele * ' * Months Sees Completion of Half Mil
lior )}!!ars in Po,k County.-Prospects
sight for Progress in 1924
Under Construction
fsmer'N > Dam . j
Ounty i! Schools and Jail *1.000,000 1
farm Hon: and Agricultural Building S'
fan R^' Vves * 25,000:
IndustrirJ ii:i;?n>vements 66, 000 1
Tl>tai % 7,000 i
Completed 7 $,'200-(,l?j
farm Ho : ;? and Agricultural Buildings ? inrtnrti
Columbus Highway ' '? 40, 000
Irj-on F;r. ' 160,000:
Ih'on Graded Seliool ' 72, 000 j
I Titoi* Resiliences in 1923 (app.)
Industrial Improvements, Additions and New
I. Industries
Total : 30, 000 j
total Completed and Under Construction . " $l,7o|oOol
Building in iVlk county under,
coarse of construction approximates
Kariy according to statis
tics from the various communities,
ftis total includes the Turner
Shoals power plant being erected by
it Blue Ridcc Power Company at a
tost of about oiu> million dollars.
About $2.*.<h'o is being expended in
ike agricultural section of the coun
ty for farm homes. barns and out-!
hildia.es.
County building including schools
Oder construction and 'the d^w ?
unity jail tota.l approximately $100,
W I Thr- " large schools ai*e being
constructed in tin1 county Including
the addition t<> the Saluda school,
meat Green's Creek and one at Mill
Spring All will have been com
pleted about i he first of the year.
Town r?'sid?'iices the majority of
rtich are b-ing constructed in, or in
the vicinity of. Tryon total in the
leighborhood of $f>6,000.
Industrial improvements and ad
ditions amount to about $7,000.
Half Million Completed
Due to tin- lack of actual building
fword< in th -county only an approxi
mation can made of the amount of
construction work completed in the
^cultural section and small com
munities in the county, but the
?ount has l? ? n placed by a con
wsus of opinion of merchants and
?fcer busim >s men at about $40,000
to toe past . lfven months. This
?fount toe.-? h?T with the completion
^ the Columbus Highway, the Tryon
Wng .program, the Tryon Graded^
?tool, a la nr.. number of residences
^ Tryon and industrial improve
a&d additions about the coun
ty gives a t' tal of construction work
" approximately $500,000.
Prospects Bright For 1924
Aspects "? r the* coming twelve
?ths ar<-c . r?!ing to various sources j
inform^;.. n i00m exceeding
L As Previously slated In the
th? I i i i ' ? Hidge Power com
1 conf ruiitate the construction
L ree ail,i Possibly four more pow- ?
'lb ntS 1 ^reenRiver, two or
L. of will be within the
ers "i tli- ? ounty and one of
Wili f !i' ilt at a cost of about
and(M, half million dollars.
^ es^-. ai;f'nt^ in Tryon report
. ttcr??as:?:;- '..niand for cottages,
. many inquiries for available
^ . f11"' several new sections
* e,DS ? ? ,i l]p an(j lt lg stated
l0on D'',v allotment will be opened ?
"tUbarE h! ' "''KU 0t Try0n' Spar"i
Ti ' ,r"'ss 111 on are looklng t0*
ij >o:, . summer homes with
-aSV
o|||Ce * -ag distances of their
and Polk county with
ly bec r?!in ' r"c?rt climate is rapid
ly Co0rnini' ^'i(>wn in all parts of
*ithinUntr;' a<t acting home builders
lls h;:;:n laries.
AS-?cutural Progress
h' 8 10 it- ? ,
Poiw ? "-ricultural advantages
k count ? ?
111 thr. growing season or
iQy 5j0] " 10 Six weeks longer than
^0rth ' r" fount-v *n Western
"Pon lt: has l>een stated
^ty ^ of authority that Polk
as a. soil and climate that
will grow anything that can be , '
grown between the Northern Florida
line and the Canadian boundary.
Quoting from the Manufacturers
Record for this week in ^regard to
cr^p condition8 of . the State of Nort|i
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Galgano Duo To Offer
Concert On Wednesday
The G&ig&no JJfca, cou^ustin* - oX,
Mr.'-ud Mn. m. L. CalRBiM^. irtU I
render .the next concert under the ;
auspices of the Tryon Graded school
athletic association at the school
auditorium next Wednesday, Novem- j
ber 28, at 8 "o'clock. 1 1
Mr. Galgano is a noted Italian
musician who is said to have few su- 1
periors as a harpist. Communities
who have been fortunate enough to
hear him have stated that his play
ing is full of color and that he
brings out all of the shade8 of tone i
of which the harp is capable. j
The Galgano Duo offer a pro
ceeding concert rendered by the La
Salle Quartet. This concert will
consist of harp solos, Hawaiian
guitar solos, readings and harpolo-*
gues.
Proceeds from the entertainment
will be devoted to the athletic as
sociation for the purchase of equip
mene and construction of an athletic
field. Tickets may be purchased at J
the door on the evening of the en- 1
tertainment or from J. N. Jackson or j
Howard Strong. ' <
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WEATHER REPORT
Meteorological Record
For Tryon
Gendall Brownlee, Official Ob
server of the United States Weather
Bureau.
For Week Ending Nov. 13
Temperature
Day . Max. Min.
For Week Ending N<>v. 20
Wed 70 31
Thurs 57 35
Fri. 64 41
Sat. -....70 37
Sun 69 40
Mon 71 36
Tues 62 34
Maximum temperature for week
71, Minimum II.
Prevailing Winds and
Character of Day
Wednesday S. Clear; Thursday S.
W. Clear; Friday N. W. Clear; Sat
urday W. Partly Cloudy; Sunday N#
Cloudy; Monday S. Clear; Tuesday
S. Clear.
Salaries and wages paid to rail
road employes of all classes for the
first six months of 1923 averaged
$136 a month, an increase of ap
proximately $4 a month over the cor
responding period of 1922. The total
number of employes inservice was
1,850,000 as compared with 1,600,000
last year.
Public Invited To
Attend Scout Meet,
Boy Scouts to Entertain at
Parish House Friday Night. !
Scout Executive Turner of the
Spartanburg County Division of the
Boy Scouts /of America will address
a meeting to be held on Friday night
of this week at the Parish House
under the auspices of the Boy Scout i
troupe of Tryon.
The public are urgently requested
to attend this meeting in order to
know the work?of the Boy Scouts
nationally as well as that work that j
will be carried on by the local troupb
in the way of civic improvement. 1
Under the supervision of the Rev- j
erend George Sheffer, temporary ?
scoutmaster work has already foeen I
started at Pierson Palls last Satur- '
day. Tools havebeen provided for
the clearing of trails, consisting of
light but durable trench picKs, shov
els and machetes for cutting un
derbrush and superfluous growth ob
structing the paths.
An entertainment programme is
being arranged which will Include
speeches, and music, both vocal and
instrumental.
It was stated this week that meas
ures are being taken to regain the
charter for the local troupe which
was lost in 1921 due to the inactivity
of the chapter. *
Every citizen of Tryon and Polk
County interested in boya and boys* j
work aud play are invited to attend j
the meeting which will begin at 8
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Tryon Infirmary To
Increase Capacity
J^hi.more rooms will Le added to
the Tryon Infirmary upon the com
pletion of the new Wilkins building
now in the course of construction on
the corner of Trade ana Maple
streets
The new plans, according to VV. Y.
Wilkins, owner of the building will
include two store rooms in the base
ment of the building with the street
entrance on Maple street, two store
rooms on the first floor facing Trade
street and an L shaped second floor
containing eight rooms to be equip
ped for the infirmary^ The north
east room of this new addition to the
hospital will be glassed as a sun
room for convalescent patients. The
second floor is being constructed in
the form of an L in order not to ob
struct day-light in the operating
room installed in the present hospi
tal.
The new building will be modern j
md fire-proof throughout and will J
complete the block from the Ballen- |
ger Company to the corner of Maple I
street.
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REPORT OF STATE MEET
, READ AT P. T. A. MEETING
Mrs.T. J. Kennedy, who has re
cently returned from the State
meeting of the Parent Teacher's As
sociation of North Carolina, held last
week at Winston-Salem, read the re
port of the meeting to the members
of the local club last Monday after
noon at the school house.
Following a discussion of the re
port, the routine business or the as
sociation was taken up and commit
tee reports heard.
Fourteen new members have been
added to the roster of the club since
the last meeting in October.
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HALL? FORD
A quiet wedding was performed
last Saturday evening when Miss
Easter Ford became the bride of J.
Vernon Hall of Inman, S. C., at the
Parsonage of the Landrum Baptist
Church, the Reverend Mr. Hunnicutt
officiating.
Mrs. Hall is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J, Ford of Tryon. Mr.
Hall is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Hall of Inman. He . is connected
with the firm of Wall Epton of In
man
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Hall left for Columbia, -
S. C., and other points South.
Upon their return they will make
their home in Inman
County Schools Meet
/ Saturday to Columbus
Prominent Speakers to Ad
dress Meeting. Public
Urged to Attend. .
Closing the National Education
Week programme for Polk County
there will be a general meeting of
all of the schools of the. county on
Saturday morning at 10 * o'clock.
Every citizen in the county is urgent- ;
ly requested to be present and to
take part in the programme.
The principal speaker of the oc- j
casion will be the Honorable I. C.
Blackwood of Spartanburg who will |
deliver an interesting address ap- 1
propriate to the Education Week.
A number of other prominent
speakers are scheduled to make ad
dresses on Saturday, and a special j
programme will be rendered that ac
cording to the committee In charge
of arrangements will be of interest !
to all.
The majority of the schools of the
county have been following ' the
elaborate programme arranged by
the school board for this week. Lec
tures have been delivered in many of
the schools pertaining to the various
subjects outlined by the National
committee as given in last weeks is
sue of the News. I
.E. W. S. Cc(bb, County School Su- '
peHntendenft urges that every man,
woman and child make a special sac- 1
rifice if necessary in order to be
present at the meeting on Saturday.
"The Dover Koad" To
be uiven tfy urama Cluj)
"The Dover Road "written by A. A.
Milne, and one of the most success
ful plays of the last few years * will
be presented on Thanksgiving even
ing at U o'clock' at the Parish House
by the Drama Fortnightly Club.
This play enjoyed a long run in
New York and has been the vehicle
of several road companies. "The
Dover Road" is a comedy of the
highest type filled with humour from
beginning to end.
The following members of the
Drama Fortnightly Club will, read
the parts: Mr. and Mrs. Doubleday,
Dr. Palmer, Miss Elizabeth Kinloch,
Mr. Mazzanovitch and Mr. Skinner.
The public are cordially invited to
attend the reading.
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SALE OF XMAS SEALS TO
BEGIN THANKSGIVING
Last year there was raised from
the sale of seals in the United
States $3,842,500. In North Carolina
the sum of $45,093.51 was realized.
$7,604.82 of this money was spent by I
the State and National Tuberculosis j
Associations for cost of Seal Sale I
and Education campaign, leaving a
total of $35,488.69 for thffc work in j
North Carolina. Of this amount I
$21,156.98 was retained by the local
chairman for tuberculosis work in
their towns and communities. Try
raised a total > amount of $65 of
which $30 was retained for use in
our own town. ? '
Tryon has a population of about
1200. Should our p^>ple purchase
seals to the amount of 10 cents each
the amount this year would be
$120.00. Since 75 per cent of this
money is retained and spent here. In
our own town our locacl committee,
of which Mrs. Grace demons is
chairman, would have $90 to invest
in good health for our community In
any of the following ways: Educa
tional work as to the nature, treat
ment, and prevention of tubercu:
losis; employment of nurse for as
sisting and nursing tuberculous
sick; payment in whole or part for
maintenance of patients from our
town in hospitals or sanatoria;
medical aid or material aid for
families in which there Is a case of
tuberculosis which cannot be placed
in a hospital; payment of cost of
supplies for Modern Health Crusade
work and Nutrition Crusade, thus
teaching the school children health
habits/ and in numerous other ways
aiding in the improvement of health
conditions in the community. ? i
Mrs. Grace, Clemons ha8 urgently
requested the citizens of Tryon to
buy liberally of these seals, and thus
help to prevent and combat tuber
culosis. The sealg will be placed on
sale from Thanksgiving Day until
Christmas.
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Schools Form Basket
Bali Association
Columbus? T ryon -- Landrum
and Campobello Organize
Blue Ridge League.
Interscholastic athletics have be
come a reality in Polk County with
the recent formation of the Blue
Ridge Basket-Bail Association organ- j
ized by the schools of Tryon, Colum
bus, Landrum and Campobello.
Following a conference held sev- !
eral weeks ^ago by the principals and i
members of the faculty interested in !
school athletics of tfie four schools
plans were at once laid for the or
ganization of a league. About the
middle of this month the association
was formed and the following offlers
elected for the ensuing school year:
President, Roy J. Ellison, of Lan
drum; and Secretary and Treasurer,
W. L# Epting, of Campobello.
By-laws were drawn up to govern
the rules of the game from the
standard basket-ball regulations and
a definite schedule made out as. fol
lows:
Nov. 16. Landrum , vs Columbus,
and Tryon v8 Campobello, at Tryon.
Nov. 23. Landrum vs Campobello,
at Campqbello, and Columbus vs
Tryon at Tryon.
I Dec. 7. Campobello vs Columbus,
at Columbus, and Landrum vs Try
on, at Landrum. %
Among the by-law of the associa
tion is the clause that each player in
order to be eligible must make an
I average in school of at least 70, al
| lowing 5 points off on one subject a
j month (not aUowed to repeat the 5
point8 off on any one subject for %
successive month,
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Constant Appointed
- As County Speed Cop
The new hard surface road to Co
lumbus is undoubtedly offering much
temptation to motorists to open up
and "give her the gas" as evidenced
?by the number of fines that have
been paid within the past few days
to Edwin Constant of Columbus, who
has been appointed by the county as
a motor cycle policeman to patrol
county roads.
Among the recent offenders against
the thirty mile speed law as set by
: both county and state Mayor W. S.
? ("Doc") Green who paid out his
I seventeen fifty cheerfully last Sun
day afternoon. Proceeds from the
I "speeder's benefit performance" are
paid to the county school board.
! "Doc" Green said he found it neces
sary to make out a check Sunday so
| he just made it payable to the school
i board. |
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COUNTRY CLUB TO HOLD
TURKEY DAY GOLF MEET.
The annual Thankgiving Day Golf
Tournament . will begin Thursday
and last through Saturday according
to invitation8 mailed out to pembers
of club in adjacent cities. The
qualifying rounds will be played off
on Thanksgiving Day and will be
played off in flights of eight The
usual trophies will be presented this
year. . '
F. P. Bacon won the Golfer's Magi
zine Trophy in the members tourna
ment played last week. Mr. Bacon
won up in a play off match to decide
a tie score between him and W. Y.
Wilkins. Both members finished the
first day of play with a score of 81.
Following i8 a list of the players in
the tournament and the scores with
handicaps: F. P. Bacon, 61; N. A.
Rose, 83; J. W Snitzler, 87; J. H.
Rion, 85; L. P. Truxon, 100; W. Y.
Wilkins, 81; C. W. Ballenger, 87; W.
M. Hester, 86; Dr. M. C. Palmer, 82;
W. J. Conrad, 101; Dr. Earle Grady,
96; Dr. A. J. Jervey, 103; B. L. Bal
lenger, 89.
BUTLER ? BAUMGARDNER
Miss Florance Baumgardner be
came the bride of Arch Butler laet
Saturday evening, the ceremony tak
ing place at the residence ot R. A.
Leonard. ?
Mrs. Butler is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Baumgardner of Cashier
Valley, N. C., and has been making
her home in Tryon for the past year.
Mr. Butler is the son of J. M. But
ler and is an employe of the Ballen
ger Company.
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Many Attend Parish
House Dedication
Speeches, Music and Fellow
ship Mark Formal
Opening.
Formal dedication exercises for the
new Parish House of the Chureh of
the Holy Cross were held last Friday
evening. Due to an unexpected and
important conference demanding his
attention in another part of the
state on Friday Bishop Horner, who
was expected to make the principal
address of the evening, found it
necessary to send the Reverend Mr.
Clark, rector of Trinty Church,
Ashe vi lie, to take his place on the
programme.
Mr. Clark's address was filled
with interest to the large assembly
who attended the exercises. Point
ing out the value of the Parish
House to the church and to the com
munity at large he urged its use by
the public regardless of denomina
tion for entertainments, lectures and
play. Mr. Clark complimented the
local parish on its good fortune in be
ing able to- construct a building of
such importance to Tryon people.
The exercises opened with the
Ringing of a hymn, following which
the Dedication Prayer was spoken
by the Reverend C. P. Burnett, rector
of the Church of the Holy Cross. Mr.
Burnett then gave a short address of
welcome to the lar^e number of pes
pie in the auditorium and urged
their constant use of the building.
The welcoming, speech in behalf of
the vestry of the church was given
jby Dr. Allen J. Jervey. Dr. Jervey's
speech was witty and amusing as he
mentioned in turn the varioua men
who took an active part in the ereo
tion of the building.'
Miss Eunice Stockard rendered
two solo numbers accompanied \>T
the Doubleday orchestra.
Cooperation of the churches of
Tryon was urged by Dr. T. L. Jus
tice, pastor of the Tryon Baptist
Chtfrch.
Mayor W. S. ("Doc") Green kept
the audience in an uproar of laugh
ter a8 he interpersed his "pearls of
wisdom" with a running fire of
humor. ,
The Reverend George Sheffer,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church
spoke in behalf of the Boy Scouts of
Tryon and urged the puollc to co
operate with the boys in whatever
work they may undertake.
B# L. Ballenger, President of the
Tryon Board of Trade, spoke in be
half of that organization, thanking
the church for its work in establish
ing a community gathering place. .
Miss Martha Jackson offered two
solo numbers accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Harold Doubleday.
The formal exercises closed with
the address of Mr. Clark, followed by
the singing by the assembly of
"America."
New Addition Made To
Andrews Stable
Progress of Tryon and the Clean
Up campaign now under way In Polk
county have extended to the livery
stable of M. P. Andrews on the low
er end of Maple street. Mr. Andrews
has recently .begun construction on
an addition to his establishment,
building a new front on the old
stable. The new addition will con
tain the office on one side of the
main doorand the saddle and har
ness room on the other. The entire
structure will be newly painted up
on the completeion of. the building.
Mr. Andrews returned to Tryon j
this fall from his summer stables in
Flat Rock after a busy season with
twenty saddle horses. A large num.
ber of the horse8 now in the stable
are gaited. Anticipating another
record breaking winter season, Mr.
Andrews announced that he has In
creased his equipment this year to
six carriages, four carry-alls, ("three
seaters") and two buggies.
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FUNERAL 8ERVICE8 FOR
JOE CARPENTER FRIDAY
Joe Carpenter, brother of John D.
Carpenter and Sallie Carpenter died
at Cleveland, Tenn., last Wednes
day.
The body will be brought to . Mill
Spring today for interment
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