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Dignity Cer*
ing in Court Pr
By J. B. Clevil
Columbus stagnated
kind of Cranford. The
. year was court wee^t,
? hotel would b0 fille<i
Montgomery fH?
and Justice, who after*fd? be<*me
Tn Hep from Rutherford t^n, Shipman
^Zers- mat .trvpmi ??t
WM the lack of < ceremony, al
t hough the Judiciary aid . lawyers
were the equals of my ofn state and
tie law in many respects better
V than our*. There was qo ceremony
'"and less dignity in opening and con
ducting court than in ilonth Caro
lina. Here it was the custom, now
discontinued, for the sheriff to
escort the Judge with .1 illltary .hat
adorned with a large plume, and
drawn sword, to the (DUTt house.
When the Judge wlthdiew to hla
private room and pdt on a large silk
gown and all the lai yers * would
stand and bow. No lai Ter was al
o lowed to address the a art In other
a black coat. Alt r court % ad
journed the sheriff wiU the same
ceremony would escor the Judge
back to his boarding pi ioe.
Attending court at JOolumbus -a
very cold day, I heard a lawyer mak
ing a speech apparently to no one
particular. On closer napectioa I ;
saw a crowd of men sit) Ins aronnd^aj
stove and among them"
smoking his pipe. It ;
common when a jury s
case another would ; go
shade of some large
ting on their hunkers
handy pockpt knife,
stick reach their con
the inspiration of th
Whep a wii
him at the window." When the of
ficer would go to a bra ten pane of
glass and cry as Joud ? as he could
the name of the pe "son wanted,
i am not critisizing, Iajmonly a faith
ful chronicler stating
? a North Carolinian by
no one is prouder of
North Carolina is
state of the south. Tl
Carson who' boasted
Polk County never
cour* there in his yot
illustrated the time
many anecdotes he
glee by the following]
"A native ret
night from attending!
? with cuts and broisej
the door by his wife,
she said "John, what
the matter"? "I wt
lumbus. I never
never cussed an
rock, never spoke
see what they done
probabilities were
juilty of all these
The day court was
quiry went around
come, has the Soli<
Mr. Ralph Carson.
will have court".
Another of Mr. * Carson's ai^
e co dotes may not be' amiss. "In the
adjoining room he leard the follow
ing conversation between a man and
hi8 wife sitting by i biasing Are on
Sunday morning. "Where are yon
oOing today he asktd." The fenawer
"I thought of J going down. to.
the big meeting at the brush arbor.
'\Vhcre are you going." He replied
am ,nolng to Sheen's still houfe"
She answered "That, is just like
you. You always Wish yourself at
the best place." These anecdotes
are only illustrative of the time and
were not peculiar :o Polk County.
What a change has 'taken place'. Co
now destined to. 'prow;
since the completion' of the new
highway from Tryoa. drove over
there a few days igo from Spartan
facts. I am
descent and
the fact that
no# the empire
ie late R.. K.
was from j
led to attend
>r days, and
among the
with much
:home late at
ticourt covered
was met at
much troubled
the world Is
down at Co- 1
a dram,
never threw a
a woman, and
for me." The
it he had been
liscretiofis."
begin the in
the Judge
>r come, has
ie. then we
hurg in a little ovi
never more pleae
the town seemed
hour. Was
strprifled,
turned around.
And to be entered foy the back doorx
The brick church! formerly bad*
In the woods is now *
maii; highway. Tie hard^ surfaae
road with cement bridges and easy
grades is one of Ue t^sst engineered
roads in the couni y. ? It will be the
making of Colnmb is. ' And
"Town" has arrived. My
be of gome people| eariy settlers \
Polk Co., and the -bulWlnf of the
Asheville railroad*
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I COURT CCOLLBCTft 9600
J IN tikST 8IX MONTHS
Costs and flues collected b y
the Municipal Court here dur
ing the past six mouths" totaled
I ? approximately $500 according
I to W. S, Green, Jtayor. ^
f >* Of this amount $3M was col
fleeted in fines and turned over
to the ,BbDe County Board of
| Education, and the remaining
$106 was placed 10 the town
treasury.
r Twenty ^ix cases have bean
( recorded on the docket during
the ':'w * z
? disorderly. There were three
I, cases of .traffic ylolaticpL
* The last two months hare
seen an exceptionally low
number of arrests for drunken
ness or disorderly conduct ac
cording to the mayor and In
spite of expectation at this
particular season of the year
there were no arrests on either
Christmas Day or New Tear's
Day.
TRYON ROUTE ONE
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Some of tlpe young people on the
route held a. watch party New
Year's Eve to 'ring out tile old and
ring in the new.
Santa Claus must have done his
duty on the route because we hare
heard no complaints. However one
of our girls is missing. We think
Santa Claus must have carried her
to Mr. Bdgerton's in Mill Spring as
James Edgerton and Pearl Edwards
were happily married at the Par
sonage. ?/
. Miss Essie Edwards is spending
the' holidays at home.
,Mr. Fords family have measles In
their hom<5.
Mrs. Franklin died Sunday morn
ing.
We ? wish you all a hOppy and
Prosperous New Year.
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Tribute To 8 mall-Town Paper.
Speaking recently at a Washington
State Utility Conference, Charles E.
Blackwell, a successful county mer
chant located at Okanogan, paid a
high tribute to the- small-tgjni paper
as an advertiseing medium. Be
said:
. "There are many lines ^of publicity
that the country store can use to ad
vantage, but the one Me can use to
best advantage is his home-town
paper. I venture to, say that if the
money spent each year for fancy
calenders and other knick-knack
giveaways were invested? I say In
vested, not spent or donated ?
in carefully planned newspaper pub
licity, the actual net returns to the
advertiser would bo ton- times aa
great,1 to say nothing^ of the ad
vantage the small-town paper would
derive from the additional and much
needed revenue."
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' Don't Waste Time.
.f/When n man "ays thir lie is ?willing
to change hl4 opinion if you can con
vince him that he la wrong, if s a
that you'll never be/able to
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Chamber Of Commerce
Dinner At Oak HaH
The Chamber of Comm
of Tryon will have a din
ner on Wednesday evening, January
9, at 8 o'clock at Oak Halt Plans
are being made by the entertain
ment commMtf which wffl include
one or two specials features to be
followed by a business discussion of
large interest and importance toil
Tryon and its fdture.
. Every member of the organisation
will be expected to attend the dinner
and tickets will be placed on satil
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TRYON GRADE SCHOOL TO
OPEN MONDAY JANUARY 7
Classes will be resumed following
Christmas recess for the Tryoifc
Grade School on Monday morning,
January 7.
There has been an increase ot
125 percent in the attendance of the !
school in the last three years ac- j
cording to members of the school ?
board. This year ther* are fifty
more pupils in the scchool tha^i last 1
An effort is being made now to
have the school made an accredited
high scchool. It is said that owing
to the fact that there are three or
four pupils under the quota Tryon
school has not been made accredit
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NATIVITY PAGEANT 18 |
GIVEN AT PARI8H HOUSE;
v The fifth presentation of the
'Tageant of the Nativity" was given
at the Parish House on Sunday
evening proceeding Christmas!
The pageant, a religious one, por
trays in six scenes the events per
taining to the Birth of Christ, be
ginning with the prophesies of
Gabriel and Zacharias, the song of
Mary, the Message to the Shepherds
and the visit of the Wise Men to' the
birthplace ^f Our Saviour.
Preceding the pageant, a miracle
play "The Christmas Guest was
giveil by a group of children.
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JACK80N AND JACKSON
INCREA8E OFFICE 8PACE
. The firm of Jackson and Jackson
have taken over the .entire second
floor of the Postofflce , building in
creasing their office space by two
rooms.
All of the office /ooms have been
completely renovated and several
changes made in. the ? rooms, to ac
comodate /the various departments
of the business which has Increased
to a large extent in the past year.
LANIER CbUB WILL AlEET
' THURSDAY, JANUARY TO
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^The next meeting of the Lanier
Club will be held next Thursday
afternoon, January 10, at 8: SO
o'clock at Lanier library,
The essayist will be Miss Mary
Fuller^ late professor of History at
Smith College. Her subject will be
"The New Psychology."
Visitors are cdrdiaily Invited to.
this and . to all meetings of the
Lanier Club, and, if they wph, to be- !
come associate members. Tea will ,
be served as asuaL
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Cotton Growers Will
Meet A! Sandy Plains
Cotton growers frcjm every section
of Polk County will meet on Satur
day, January, 12 it % o'clock at
Sandy plains school house to dis
cuss plans for the local district of
the Cooperative Association for this
year.-. j'- .
Report i will be made by commit
tees of interest to all of the planters
of the county. Tlie meeting has
been called by A. J. Humphreys,
' "lent, who urg^s every planter
others Interested
DRAMA CLUB TO
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Galworthy'S\ "Loyjalties" . will be
the next play to 1>e presented by
the Drama Fortnlgltly on Thursday
evening, /January -1(7, at the Pariah
attend the
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PRE8ENT
ES" ON JAN 17
House. The cast
kill
include Mrs.
Miss 'Mary
Elizabeth Willian s,
Lindsey, Miss Helen Morton, Dwlght
Smith, Edgar Upton, Eugene Srown
lee, R. B. Peattie, L. A. Avantl W. B.
Stone, Mr. Mazzonpvitch and Dr. M.
C. Palmer. , ' I I ( / s " -
The drama Is a strong onedeallng
with a salient feature of English
modern life and eijoyed a long run
in New York rece itiy as weH in
London where it was originally pro
duced. The play Will be under the
direction of Mr. aud Mrs. R. B.
Peattie, j
The great succens of the last play
given, "The Trutli About BlaydeS"
under the supervision of Mr. and
Mrs. P. P. Bacon has given a great
impetus to the a tendance at the
Parish House am ' the arrangment
of the stage and lights by J. F.
Searles has tontri juted tp the enjoy
ment bf the audience in the plays.
Many new menbers have joined
and the prospects for thls^ season
are very bright All ^visitors to Try
on are invited to theBe readings and
it is hoped that tiey will unite -with
the members in I making them a
success.
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NEW YEAR'S v r(eC^PTION
LANIER LIBRARY
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one looked for
AT THE
The Lanier Clib held Its annual
New Year's reception last Tuesday
afternoon, the ofl cerp of the present
year and seven lexpjresidents receiv
ing.
The occasion tras
ward to annuallj with pleasure by
Tryon society ai d tfhe many~~ annual
the winter sea
3 liar room was
its Dooklineff
ice, the decora
and the
It | is a room or
ns and
in the ' social
visitors who sp^nd
son here. ^ The
most attractive
walls, the open
tions of natural
charming tpble. |
many . beautifu
holds the chief
life of Tryon.
Delightful h
wejre serred by
Williams, Mrs.
Stone. Mrs.
j refreshments
Vernor, Mrs.
?wn and MlssN
was responsible
for , tile decoradon of the-rooms^
Those receiving were Mrs. *Peat
tie, Mrs. Beats* n,
Qrr, krs. Orad; ',
Sruest Missile J
Strong Mrs.
Nash.
i. Holden, Mrs.
it "Stone, Mrs.
'Mrs. powant
and Miss Diana
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INCOME TAX \UT
A NUTSHELL.
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Who? Single persons who
had nejf income of $1,000 or
more or gross income of $5,000
or more, and married couples
who had net income of $2,000
or mor^ or ; gross income of
$5,000 or more must file ro
ute ns ,
When? The filing / period is v
from January 1 to March 15, *
1924. - '{
Where? Collector of Internal
revenue for the district in
which the person lives or has
Ais principal place of business.
How? Instructions on Form
1040A and Form 1040; also the
law and regulations.
What? Four per cent normal
tax on the first $4,000 of net
income in excess of personal
exemption and credits for de
pendents,-. Eight per cent nor
mal tax on balance of net in
come. Surtax from i per cent
to 50 per cent on net Incomes
over $6,000 for the year 1928.
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MAJOR GRAHAM DIES
ON CHRI8TMA8 EVE.
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 2. A sorrow
ful throng of state officials, agricul
tural workers, friends and relatives
paused in their celebration of the
holiday season and passed in rever
ence about the bier of Major W, A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, as his body lay in state in, his
great monument the new Agricultur
al Building on Christmas day. For
fifteen years, Major Graham had
served the agricultural interests or
this Statp and during that time had
seen it grow to one of the greatest
agricultural sections of the world.
Just before day on Christmas^ Bve^
he finished his work on earth, dying
in harness as he had wished, and
jqfined his illustrious ancestors
awaiting beyond the grave.
All of those who worked with him
in the Department of Agriculture
will miss him sorely. It 4s true that
he has been some-what feeble dur
the past few years* because, had he
lived until December 26, he ? would
have been 84 years of age; but, he
8 till had & remarkable grasp of the
work being done by the Department
and his kindly smile and gentle
ways endeared him to those associ
ated with him. His one outstanding
trait was his love for North Carolina
and- his devotion to Ifer farming pro
gress. Because of this he helped to
make North Carolina the great State
that she is.
Major Graham was born at ' Hint*
boro on December 26, 1839. Follow
ing his school days and his gradua
tion from Princeton in I860, he en
tered the Confederate army as Cap
tain of Co. K. 2nd, N. C. Calvary and
Major. F*qm 1874 t? 1875 and Iron
1878 to 1879 he served as State
was later promoted to the rank of
Senator and In 1905 lie wis Repre
sentative tnjtr *?unty^ in the
State Legislature. During fl*
years' interroalng lie tanned rte
cesafnlV' aad took an actlre inter
est to the political Hte ot Ue Stete.
ISM to 1*08 ke wa# a -*?
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Trade Board Becomes
Chamber Of Commerce
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Discuss Sovoral Questions
of Importanco to
Community.
Following a brief iHmmlon at tits
last meeting of the Tryon Board of
Trade, held on the Wednesday be
fore Christmas, it was unanimously
voted to change the name of_ Board
of Trade to Chamber, of Commerce
of Jryon, ant align that organisa
tion with the national organintion.
in spite of ' Inclement weather
there were a fair number^ present
who made up in enthusiasm what
they lacked in numbers. '
Mayor W. S. Green outlined the
conference held recently with of
ficials of the railway in regard to
the. crossing situation and theik of*
fered a plan for the consideration of
the board to eliminate the danger,
suggesting the cutting back of the
bank between the two crossings
and urging the cooperation of the
board jln 'making this possible by
backing the^ commission in what- .
ever steps they took to Ming about
this result. Following some little
discussion the board passed a reso
lution to back the town commission
in its efforts to eliminate the danger
by cutting back the bank.
R. B, Peattie then outlined the
plans of Western North Carolina,
Inc., and urged the members to take
action on the matter of Tryon p an
ticipating in the benefits of that or
ganisation, pointing out the- fact
that Polk County's quota for the
work ^planned wou^d be 1 1,0 00 per
year for a period of five years. Fol
lowing discission of the question It
was decided to make an effort to
raise the money; through a com
mittee whiei would be appointed at
a later date.
The Reverend J. i. Gentry f who
was a guest of the Board at the
meeting mage a .brief, but interest
CHRISTMAS SEASON GAY
WITfcf HOLIDAY EVENT*
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Tryon Is once more settling down
to roat|ge alter a gay and boij
i Christmas season. Many of N the
young people have returned to their
: respective schools and colleges
and business houses are beginning -
to take stock Inventories.
The Community Christmas Tree,
i planned . and erected ty Carter
Brown and G. F. Stone for the chil
dren of Tryon was one of the oat
standing features of the holidays.
The large tree was brought down
from the valley on the Saturday pre
ceding Christmas and decorated '
with lights ahd trimmings the tol*
lowing Monday. Promptly at f:M
o'clock Santa Claus put In his ap- ?
pearance and distributed about S99
attractive boxes of candy and
oranges among the large crowd of
children. Carols were sung by the
assembly.
The Southern- Mercerising Com*
pany held its usual Christmas Tree
for the children of the .l employees
giving them toys, candy and fruit
The carols singers were given a
supper on Christmas Eve by Mr. an#
Mrs. W. C. White at the Paris*
House, following which they made
their usual visit to the home* of a
number of people singing the carols. *
A Community Dance was held on
Christmas night /gt Oak Hall.
Special Servjctes were held to the '
churches on Chfrstmas day, and or
era! of the churches had trees for
the Sundiay School q)as?es. .
The Drama Fortnightly presented
the play "The Truth About Blaydes"
on Thursday evening at the Paris*
House to a large and delighted*
audience, ^
The Spartanburg Conoert Com
pany packed Lanier Library to
capacity on Friday evening, all a*
tending expressing themselves ss
delighted With the concert given
under the. 4aspfces of the Ladles AM
Society of the Baptist Church.
There werj* a number of dinner
jparttai given daring the holidays .
several card parties and private
i dances' for the" young people.
: On New Tear's night He Bo f
, Scouts ^are, their snnual party in
the Parish house with a large e%
tendance. Games were played until v
a late hour followed hy refresh v
ments. t '
ber of the State Board of AfHofr
tare and In 1908 he was Heeted to ???.
the offloe he held at the time of h*
death. He.had been ngn laity re
i elected in mx U1S tad UMl r
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