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POLK COUNTY-The Gateway of Was
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folume XXIX No. ' 26
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[products Of Mountain
People Gain In favor
mountain Industries is Asset
to Community and Country
Folk^
It is interesting to those who have
follow- (! the developement of moun
jjln industries in this section to
n0ti<y 'v improved the character
of the product is, and also to what
extent the market for this product
jia3 increased. It must be about
ten >v possibly? since a group
of neighbors ^ started the Tryon
yountaiQ Industries, and encouraged
country folk to revive the old
home industries of weaving, basket
making tufting etc. At first Only a
few workers responded and they
were mostly past middle age. The
young failed to see in It an outlet
for their industry. But this point of
view is now quite changed.
It is five years and a half since the
present management of the Moun
tain Industries was assumed, and
during that time the business has
grown ten fold and beauty of the1}
product has increased Immeasura
bly. Crude workmanship has been
replaced by tine workmanship. In*
harmirous coloring has been super
ceded by pleasant color harmorles.
Id many homes one of the chief
source?? of income is basket making,
the weaving or the spread work.
Some of these homes a few years
ago saw great poverty, now genuine
comfort has taken it place. One
family which was extremely poor,
knowing nothing of the comforts
and lacking many of the necessities
now is on the point of building a
new home and within the last year
purchased a mule, a cow and a fine
hog. all with money earned by mak
ing baskets.
Not only have the old industries
been encouraged by tbe increased
market and good prices paid, but
new industries such as the making
of hook rugs hamp been introduced
T h* products aaw from nrnif'iJ- 1
coast and from Canada to the gulf
in hundreds of shops, and this large
increase of opportunity encourages
the workers to enlarge their out-put
Naturally the .young folks, seeing
how well the work pays, are taking
it up.
Another recent introduction Is
that of the fine weaving In linen or
in linen and cotton. This really ex
quisite work is done by an ex
service man, who is incapacitated for
heavy work, but who has developed
his weaving until he produces the
best work of its kind in table sets,
runners, bureau covers and all such
articles.
Time was when many prophesied
that the life of the mountain indus
tries was limited and that as soon
as the old workers died, there would
be no more making baskets,
spreads, rug8 an0 pottery. They
thought these arts would be lost
and forgotten. But with the en
largement of the field there has
come a steady increase of out-put.
^'or is the supply sufficient yet!
There is a never satisfied demand
for these products of the mountain
homes and the Tryon Mountain In
dustries is seldom able to meet the
demand placed upon it. It is true
that work sometimes has to be re
jected but that ig because the work
? not up to standard. Those who do
one work and do enough of it now
rid to Tryon in their own cars In
step of truding on foot,
Th(J introduction of the Gift De
partment with its charming and un
usuai articles is proving a genuine
convenience to Tryon people, who
longer have to go away from
( hoii,. to select pleasing ornaments
for thoir homes or gifts for their
Meads.
T},e Tea Room at the Industries,
*"hvh is a feature of "the season"
to ik. .s an agreeable addition to Try
on social life. It provides an objec
tiv': for those who want to go some
*kcry or do something in the after
Qo?n and has never failed to prove
PoR'ihr. The tea room, newly and
fc&i'T decorated already promises
Pliant things. It will be conduct
ed tliin year by Miss Fassett and
^ Clifford of Portland, Me.
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THE 8TRAND THEATRE
Christmas Day.
Charles Chaplin
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THE VAGABOND
William S. Hart
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THE MAN KILLER
Drama Club Will Give
Play Thursday Dec. 27
The Drama Fortnightly will hold,
its next reading at The Parish House
Thursday evening December 27, at
eight o'clock. The play is Milne's
"The Truth About Blaydes," a strik
ing and unusual drama which enjoy*
ed excellent success in New York.
It will be given under the direc
tion of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bacon;
those in the cast will be Mrs. Denl
son, Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Carson, Miss
Loraine Stone, Mr. Frost, Mr. Mas
sanovitch, Mr. Gerald Stone and Mr.
Skinnter.
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OFFICERS FIND 8TILL IN
FIELD RAID AT LANDRUM
A sheet-iron distillery of 60 gal
lons' capacity and between 500 and
600 gallons of whisky mash were
destroyed, and T. W. Abernathy,
white man aged 45, was arrested by
prohibition agents last Thursday tn
the Smith's Old Field section above
Landrum. Abernathy, declared the
^officers, was a member of three
seen in the vicinity of the still,
which was lighted up, ready to
make mash.
When the officers approached the
men, two white men and a negro,
ran. Giving chase a full half-mile^
officers said they came upon Aber
nathy pulling corn in a nearby corn
field in the rain. In view of the
fact that very little corn had been
pulled and too of the deoending
rain. Abernathy was arrested,
charged with violating the prohibi
tion law, declared the officers. He
gave bond of $500, however for his
appearance before a magistrate.
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MARGARET W. MORLEY DIE8.
Biologist and Author Succumbs in
Washington After an Operation.
Margaret Warner Morjey, author
and biologist, died Wednesday in
After graduation from the New York
City Normal College she specialised
in biology at the . Armour Institute
and the laboratories of Woods Hole.
The fruit ?* this work was the
series of books Illustrated by her
self that included "A song of Life"
rather a sensation in the early '90s,
being early attemps to deal delicate
ly for children and youth with then
tabooed subjects of sex and blrtfe.
Miss Morley spent much of her
life in Tryon at the home of William
Gillette, the play-wright and actor.
She was closely related to Chas W.
Warner. After the death of long-life
companion, she went back to Boston
where she had been a teacher for
many years in the public schools,
lecturing on botany. In addition to
"The Carolina Mountains", which is
one of the most interesting books
concerning the Western part of
North Carolina, she had written
"The Song of Life", "The Bee Folk"
etc. \
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HENDERSON VILLE MAY .
HAVE RADIO STATION
It is stated that definite steps will
be taken within the next few days
toward the establishing of a radio
broadcasting station In Henderson
ville for the coming summer season.
Radio fans of the city are organis
ing themselves into a group toward
the perfecting of these plans which
will be of considerable advertising
vfelue to the resort town. One of the
principal features of the programmes
that could be sent out through the
air would be the broadcasting of the
Garber-Davls dance orchestra which
it seems will be in the mountain city
again next summer.
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"THE MARIONETTE MAN" BY
MRS. LIGHTNER PRODUCED
) The following quotation from the
theatrical news of The N. T.
Sunday Times (December 13) refers
to a dramatic adventure of Mrs.
Clarence A. Lightner, a well known
Tryon citizen.
"Mr. Brock Pemberton Is about to
break forth again as a play-producer.
One is 'The Marionette Man' by a
new playwright It is a melodrama."
Mr. C. A. Lightner and family ex
pect to spend the Christmas holidays
in Tryon.
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Clinic for Mothers.
A daily clinic for the instruction of
mothera In the care and feeding of
young ehlldren soon will be openaf In
UtxiM CUT.
Christmas Spirit
Prevails In Tryon
: Community T ree Will Be Held
Christmas Eve at 7:30.
Holly, mistletoe, galax leaves, toys
of every description, and gift sug
gestions in the windows of Trade i
street stores ,long lines of patiently
waiting ifeople sending or receiving
packages, last minute shoppers,
[carol rehearsals, pageants, special i
church music and the returning of
students from the various schools i
and colleges all give indication of
the spirit of Christmas season.
The community Christmas Tree
for the children of Tryon will he
placed and decorated on Monday In
readiness for the arrival of Santa.
Claus at seven-thirty Christmas Eve.
The carol singers under the direc
tion of Howard Strong and Mrs.
Grace demons have been drilling
and will sing at the Tree before
making the rounds of the homes of
those in ill health. The Tree will he
placed near the fountain on Trade
Street
Christmas mails, according to the
Postofflce department have been the
heaviest in many years, both as to
incoming and outgoing malls. The
people have responded readily to the
"Do Your Christmas Mailing Early'"
slogan, although as usual there are
many who are rushing off packages
during the last few daj^.
Church choirs are rehearsing
special Christmas music toij the Sun
day preceeding Christmas ^s well as
for the Christmas services.
The usual Christmas Tree for the
children of the employees of the
Southern Mercerising Company will
be held Monday afternoon in the
new community house recently erect
ed. Gifts will be distributed to the
children, including toys, dolls and
candy.
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CHRSTMAS SERVICES
AT HOLY CROSS CHURCH
Children's Festival at the Parish
on Sunday evening, December 23, at
7:30 o'clock.
Christmas Day service at 10:30 A#
M.
AH are most cordially invited.
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Sunday Services at
Tryon Churches
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CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH OF CHRI8T
Will O'Neill, Minister.
Church School 10:00 A. M.
J. Nelson Jackson Jr. Supt
Morning Worship 11:00
C. B. Society 4:00 P. M.
Mid-week service Wednesday, 4:00
P M.
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TRYON BAPTI8T CHURCH .
A Cordial welcome to alL
Thomas L. Justice, D. D., Pastor.
Preaching service each Sabbath at
11 o'clock
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Sunday School each Sabbath morn
ing at 10 o'clock. ' B. Hagemen,
Supt
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rer. C. P. Burnett, Rector.
Sunday Services:
Holy Communion ? 8 : 0#
Sunday School? rlO: 00
Morning Prayer and sermon (Holy
Communion on 1st Sunday in the
month.) 11 A. M.
Friday afternoon 4:30 o'clock Litany
and Intercessions for the sick.
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METHODI8T EPI8COPAL
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Walter Jones, Supt. ^ ,
Epworth League, 6:45 P. M.
First and Third Sunday morning,
11, Ak M.
Second and Fourth Sunday even
ings, 7:30 P. M.
R. P. Fikea, Pastor.
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PRE8BYTERIAN CHURCH
bev/Geo. W. Sheffer, Pastor
Services first and third Sunday
nights. Second and fourth Sunday
morning's.
Servloes next Sunday night at
7:80 Subject, Meeting My Obligation
to God.
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$T. JOHN'8 CHURCH
Rev. J. A. Manley, Rector.
Mass: 9:15 A. M.
Nativity I mm
Sunday
Itation of Tryon's
| "Pageant of ?M
[be given at the Parlih
?evening December
pclock. i
ren will give a Mirage
("The Christmas Guest"
[wed by the Community
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j Teverenr Pageant
with its six scenes from the time orj
our birth; the Prophesies
of Gaj&el and of Zacharias, the
song ? Mary, the MMsaf* to the
Shepherds and Wise Men before the
Infant. Christ.
Everyone in Tryon;|g cordially
vited. tiA.8 always admission is free.
CHARLOTTE HAS HALF *3
?vf ? MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
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Several buildings and contents
were destroyed at a loss of well
over ia half million dollars in a
disastrous fire occuring tn Charo
lotte last Sunday night
Tb^fee is said to have started inS
the Sipith-Wadsworth hardware
store on Bast Trade Street and he
fore It could be placed under control
spread to a much larger area doing
soma damage to the entire block.
It is declared to hare the most
disastrous fire that has occured In
Charlotte in many yean.
Fffre apparatus from neighboring
toi^jjaa placed at the disposal of
the Charlotte department, several of
the nre companies making record
runs over long distances to ^re as
sistance. vfo-'
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MILL CPRINa 0ET8 MAIL
DELIVERY TWICE DAILY
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Beginning last Monday star route
service was established from Mill
Spr&g to Tryon via Columbus and
Lynn a distance of 15.59 miles ac
cording to th^cOntracit witlt delivery
twelve4 tBhes w" -**-**
The contracts was awarded to A.
L. Mac Murray who has been carry
ing the mail for the past twenty
years. Under the new award Mill
Spring will have mail delivery daily
except Sunday,
Polk County Cotton
Men Meet Sat. Ian. 12
Association ftflembdrs' to
Hold Conference at Sandy
Pi*?nn.
Members of the Polk County dis
trict of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative will meet on
1 Saturday January 12 at 2 o'clock at
? the Sandy Plains School house by
call of the president of this district,
A. J. Humphtfes.
A number of things of Interest to
all cottoh growers in this section
will be discussed. Reports will be
heard from committees as to the
number of new members, amount of
cotton raised in the county, amount
ginned, etc.
- Polk County has never been cor
rectly quoted as the amount of cot
ton raised or ginned in the county
due to the Jarge amount that is gin
ned in ginning mills across the State
line in South Carolina Qlns.
Growers from every section of the
county are expected to attend the
meeting.
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MID-WINTER POULTRY
SHOW AT CAMPOBELLO
With over three hundred chickens
entered in the mid-winter poultry
I show held last Saturday In Campo
bello much interest was shown jn
the "Better Poultry for Spartanburg !
I County campaign" under way In j
that county under the leadership of .
the county agricultural department, '
Fanciers from a wide area were
represented at the show and high
standards were maintained.
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STRAND THEATRE ^
Friday December 21
Y?up last chance *o tee
I THE BIRTH OF A NATION
The mightiest pictture of all time. (
Matinee" 3:15 night 8 p. m.
? v Prices
fMatinee 10 and 50c night 25 and50c .
Friday ,
Matinee 3:15 nighgt 8:00 _
THE BIRTH of a NATION
? Saturday
The laughing success
"WATCH YOUR STEP"
"Good Fellowi Ctab" jjj
Prepare Xmas Baskets
Food and Clothing Will be
id to Needy
. Families.
Christmas baskets containing sup
plies and cloth^MT will 1 >e distribut
ed this year on Christmas day
through the efforts of the "Good
Fellows Club.".
The "board of the
Club composed o? , C. J. Lynch, Nel
son Jackson and James Vernw be*
gan a 1 l|jn j for
organization last week; theoniywt
quireftients
candidates to donate/towmrd ' the
filling of the baskets for im
proverished families of thfe commun
ity.
About two hundred do^ars were
raised for the taoyement which will
ftjfllstribated undetthe direction of
Miss Katheritte Beatson. The sup
plies were purCttlM^Wednesday
and will be stored in the basement
of the Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany building. The same move
ment was started two years ago by
the same group of men. There was
a surplus that year which was added
to from time to time and the sum is
used through the year in helping
ne^dy families.
Following is a list of stores bought ;
for the basket: flour, coffee, sugar,
hominy, oatmeal, salmon, tomatoes,
bacon, syrup, lard, crackers,
0 ranges, raifins and articles of
clothing.
W. B. MILLS IN GALE THAT
1 SWEPT WEST COAST DEC. 7
Word was rcelyed this week by j
local friends from W. B. Mills who i
is serving on the 3* S. Mississip- j
pi with the Pacific Fleet. Mills '
stated in his letter that he was j
ashore (on December 9) after one j
of the roughest legl ike kad exper- j
ienced since)* enlistment rfThe two !
worst gales? in many years accord
ing to "old timers" in - the service. |
The storm swept the West Coast
doing much damage to coast-wise
shipping trade as well as playing
havoc with several of the smaller
crafts of the Navy.
Mill is expecting to sail with the
Fleet for Panama about January 2
and thence around to the East
Coast in the Spring. .
RED CLOVER SCORES
AS A SOIL BUILDER.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 19. J. C.
Ashcraft of Union County has just
completed a demonstration in soil
building that shows the good re
sults secured by usjng lime and red
clover, reports E. C. Blair, Exten
sion Agronomist for the State Col
lege and Department of Agricul
ture. The land used in the demon
stration was partly limed, with a
part being used in the demonstra
tion was partly limed, with a part
being left without lime for compari
son. -Soybeans were grown for soli
improvement, followed by oats,
then by red. clover. The lime had
very little effect on the soybeans
and oats; but produced a fine
growth of clover, in comparison to
a failure where no lime was used.
After turnig under the clover, the
whole field received 400 pounds* or
8-3-3 fertilizer per acre, and planted
in corn. Then the results begfin to
show, Mr. Blair stated that some
farmers would think tfiat having re
cently turned under soybeans, and
having just , applied four hundred
pounds of good fertilizer per acre,
It would not make much difference
In the yield whether clover * waa
turned under or not. But where no
lime was used and no clover grew
Mr. Ashcraft made twenty-six bush
bIs of corn to the acre. Where he
limed the land and got a good crop
5f clover he made thirty-five bush
els p?r acre, or nine bushels more.
The type of soil on which this
iemonstration was carried out is
known as Alamancc gravelly silt
loan. This is a light gray silty soil
)ffloury texture, with a subsoil of
pellow silty ?lay. This soil and
closely related are extensive fn
Union, Anson, Stanly, Montgomery.
Randolph, Davidson and other coun
ties in Central" North Carolina.
THE STRAND THEATRE
Monday
Jack Hoxle
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. WOLF TRACKS
"Polk County In Early
Days" By J. B. Cleveland
v The tot night I spent to Cotton
bus was in jalL My glltd flUMT,
John Bomar, had the conrtact fbr
making IJie bricjt tor the jail
' court house. He sent his oror sefrfr
and a gang of mnles and, negroes^'
there.- The brick yard s was on ?
branch Wbjkih heads nearly In < th|r
I town iu^runs east. The tail, time
I was there there wen yet a few old
bats where the kilns Wtifi;' 'mh'
? There were no houseThere hot ' f
had very comfortable CBfjjjtors %
the jaiL It had Just been MfUM
and my recollection is there were mo
prisoners: It was the first
ever saw an iron cage ibir J KpjMtf '
and a whipping post and ""Si**
painted a deep red .m perlMtgf ^
new. I was about ten years ol4">
The town named for Dr. Co
lumbus Mills,, was beautttully tocat
ed. Grandfather had faith 4n the
toture of the place and bought two
tracks of land and two lots at t?i
i corner* of Peak and Ward Streets
but the bond issn6 of Fifty Thou
sand Dollars by the County to bulla
a railroad from Spartanburg to AaWf-*
ville and to go thru Columbus was
defeated and the road was
so as to run by T^yon, which titiftl
I not then on the map. r<
The bond issue was v defeated bf
the opposition of two men wt* 1
woifid have been the principal bene
ficiaries had the road
Columbus. 'fijjf
The Civil War cam+3M>d Brice, the
Over-seer, ran away with the mules '
and w4?0118 to Tennessee and
never heard from him again. "
1 made frequent trips to Cotpftfti?
and have pleasant memories ot
people I met Many years ?co m
late Tom Moore of WettfOrd, my
brother and myself went up Tryon
j Mountain and found a large diatlH
! ery making peach and afepl^ brady.
The peach and apple orchards . were
near the top. The fruit
^ed and carried to
[was sent by
several hundred hundred feet below.
This, of course, was before there was
any law prohibiting the making of
spiritous liquors. There was no
road iip the mountain only a trail for
I wooden sleds and hjorses.
? Years afterward^ we made the
same trip and when I got to a cabin
on the mountain side, I told my com
panions I did not care to gd further
but would go back to the hotel
About two A. M. they came In very
tired and hungry and said they had
hitched their horses to a log house
and walked up the mountain on foot
and when they got* to the top they
found a distillery run by a wopian
who brought out about a quart of
fine peach brandy in an old fashion- .
edgourd. They came down the moun
tain where they found that one of
the horses had pulled down one or
two logs of the house which they
paid for against the protests of the
owner. It was then so dark that
they engaged a man to pilot them
down the mountain with a torch. He
said that the man -who lived In the
house had a rich son in Atlanta and
I wondered if he was related to %
family now prominent in Atlanta.
For many, many years Columbus
was the same. It seemed not to
grow. A good many years ago I was
passing the Sis Talent House. She
came to the road side and said, "I
now have achance to sell my home
place, what would you do?" I re
plied, "You are not so very far from
Columbus, suppose you wait and tee
what the Town will do." She replied
"Mr. Cleveland; I have been waiting
on the Town for fifty years." As a
digression, her father, who for many
years looked arfter the large farm ot
Mr. Jason Carson, was one of the
finest men I ever knew. Large fram
ed, always neatly dressed, he wcm id
Impress anyone with his poise, dig
nity, and strong personality. So hft<.
daughter, who- married Mr. BOMl,
was a woman of uncommon goad
sense and fine character. I Mall
now several of her quaint saylaga
and keen observations.
In my next, I propose to gfo? Ton
my recollections of the early days Of
rryon and other Incidents coniectad
with that place.
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Snake Bite and Motor Cars.
Venomous snakes! and m??n-hatln|
animals still outtshadr v n ?r~ traa*
portation In swelling casualty Usts la
British India. The mortality frou
snake bite for the par year Is tm
corded at 20,000 as against 10,396 tfcs
previous 12 months. ? From the Toleds