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POLK COUffTY NEW ?ibl !i* d C. BUSH. PoblWher H. M: FRASER. Editor Phone Published every Tryon, North hursday at Carolina For*i?'.? Advertising H IF. AMERICAN PREi ^preventative fc association PAVE THE HIGHWAY of hard sur chian High th Carolina endersonville Asne ridW Ways and mea facing the Appal way from the N state-line 'to linking in with th , ville-Hendersonvillf highway will be taken up at a mectm? to be heki in Tryofa within t ie next thirty days of members of the highway commissions oi both North "and Squth Carolina. Plans are underway to assem ble the commissioners here to gether with representative citi zens of Spartanburg, Ashevi le and intermediate fflomts mtei - ested in fostering |of a paved r?Parts of the Appalachian Highway between I Saluda ana Hendersonville, ha|e been m bad repair throughput the win ter season- As onaiof the prin cipal roads from th| Piedmont section into the resbrt towns oi Western North Carolina it was pointed out by the Relegation of Tryon and Spartattburg busi ness men who attended a con ference with Col. J Pratt, director* North Carolina, Inc day, that some me be taken in the nea place this road in tion for the annual summer tourists an ists. It was furt that Ashevilte and ville were advocatin the Greenville-Heij highway as a . motoring to southern! points, in spite of the fact that the Ap palachian Highway was passa ble under all conditions- Atten tion was also drawn tp the fact that the delegation did not want to eliminate travel lover the Greenville highway, qbt on the contrary wanted to -see both roads hard surfaced which would give an excellent loop road for recreation raivtoring. The delegation frontf Spartan burg assured their h port to any move th made to surface this ing that this region v playground." With pletion of the bridge Savannah river withinjthe next few days, it was pointed out that the route via Spajrtanburg and Columbia south tot would be considerably than the present rou used. Considerable attention was given the road conditions j of Kentucky and Tennessee j north to Cincinnati which dis- j closed the fact that this high- i way would be in good condition in ample time for summer; travel. This would throw a large vohime of travel, Florida-bound each year through Asheville, Tryon and Spartanburg rather! than through Ohio, Pennysal vania and south from Washing- ? ton as the route that the major-) ity of south-bound mottyr traffic eph Hyde Western last Fri ures must future to bod condi influx of vacation r shown enderson the use of ersonville eans of trty sup may be load stat is "their ;he com tcrosslhe Florida shorter being now takes At the present time a well or ganized bus-line is runiiaiw be tween Greenville and HAder sonville over forty odd miles of highway along which there are but few settlers. All hard surface road from. Greenville across to the. Landrura road through Gowansville, connect ing up with the Appalachian Highway and thence through Tryon, Saluda, Flat Rock and into Hendersonville would per mit well regulated, passenger runs for busses serving the Piedmont sectionsxas well as the resort sections. It is true that this routing of bus-lines would increase the mileage but not enough to offset the tional territory served by Such a step on the pai the Chamber of Commer? Hendersonville, the secretary of which states that that or ganization's pledge has q been given to Greenville in its at tempt to hard surface , that road, would be of immeasurable benefit to the mountain j com munity as well as vacationists and business interests inGrreen vill^ Col. Pratt has repeajtedly outlined the value of circuitous roads , throughout the mountain region in giving motqrists pleasure runs' through the scenic drives of thisgreat '^play ground." But it is essential that highways entering West ern North Carolina, of which there are three in this imnaedi ate vicinity, be placed in S the best of condition in order to at tract the thousands of <autom bilists going to and from Flor ida annually. ? 0 ? THE HELPING HAND The Helpng Hand, together I with the Red Cross, stands as a clearing house for the charities of Tryon. This fact is not suf ficiently recognized and the re sult is that individual gifts are occasionally made in cases of destitution or disaster without the knowledge of these societies. In such, instances jften times duplications of ser vice take place. It is not the wish of any j or? janization to discourage indivi dual charity, but rather to let the public know that, with its .ntimate knowledge of local conditions, the Helping Hand is in a position to administer | idp promptly and without | waste of efforts or money. If | ontributions are made through Liiis group such waste may be I ivoided and ,funds may be | iiade to cover a greater area of j activity among the needy o j TVILLE C. of C HAVE GIVEN ROAD PLEDGE The following correspondence ?esulted from a conference be* .ween the Tryon highway dele^ nation and the secretary of the rlendersonville Chamber of Jommerce, A. M. McWhirter, and is self explanatory: Tryon, N. C., Feb. 16, 1924. Mr McWhirter, ^ Sec'y Chamber of Commerce, Hendersonvjlle, N, C, , My dear Mr. Secretary : I have been in Tryon just two ! winters, so am ready as yet to do not much more than to ob* serve, learn and gradually form my conclusoins. There fore I was with the Tryon dele tion yesterday almost' as an jbservant third party, and as such the President of the Tryon Chamber of Commerce asked me to write a. note or two. * . May I venture then, as a man also over 70 years of age, to make a comment or two an d jome suggestions growing out of the discussion of yesterday with you and your President. In the first place, I suggest that, regardless of where one ccmes from, when he hires him self to a city's Chamber of Jommerce, it is his one para mount duty to work in the in terest of his employers and nev ir as a partisan of anyone else )r any oher community. I In the second place, I con cieve it to be his duty to take nothing as fact until he has first made himself by proper in vestigation absolutely sure of -lis ground, and that all inves tigation must be without pre judgment. With these principles in mind may I now state one ortwoper onal conclusions as an obser ver, in complete good nature? i Greenville's road to Hender onville is an important, feeder nd connection- Tryon's road 0 Henderson ville is equally im portant to it, and in view of the lumber of communties between he places, I should say some . hat more important. . Neither should be aided to develop to Jie detriment of or against the -ther. Thus far, from your tatements, you are discrimin .ting for one and against the >ther, to the harm (I should say) of Hendersonville. | You stated that you had ob 1 gated yourselves in favor of the Greenville Road, which was perfectly proper, but you pre judged the attitude both of Col. Pratt and of. the Tryon and Spartanburg delegations to ward that road and yourself :nd youif Chamber. Col. Pratt did not, as you stated, pledge imself for the Tryon road and commit himself against the jther; he specifically stated to us that he wanted both, and ad vocated for Hendersonville and Asheville the loop through Hen dersonville as a pivot to Green ville and Tryon; he specificially warned us against knocking the jreenville highway; unneces sarily of course, because wei had no such intent. We want' both- ? i You should go on and fulfil your obligation (If any) to Greenville; in your own inter* st you should take up your ob ligation to your own Chamber, for Hendersonville, to bring in the road from Tryon; but you accused us of knocking Green ville, when one of the party merely asked the question what Greenville would say if your at titude to them was what it* seemed to be toward .us. ; Hen dersonville should pujl for it self in any and all directions, and will be harmed only as it varies from the rule of fairness and equal and Qourteous treat ment for all "who seek its con nection. Go on, as I say, and fulfil any obligation and if Greenville or any other point asks that beyond this you re fuse rights or courtesies or fair dealing to others, it will be to their detriment alone that they do so, unless you yield to such suggestions; as it would be if the shoe were on the other xoot and we were asking for discrimination as against any othfcr section or community. I know you wish to do what is right and that you will? be glad to have well-meant sugges tions; and it is one suggestion tnat I would like to Insist upon cnat I offer as the first thing for you or your Chamber to do; and that is to get into immedi ate touch with Col. Pratt and und out exactly what he desires and why,, and then co-operate closely with him. He has at neart, first and foremost, the interests of hi$ principals, "Western North Carolina Inc", and you and we and all Western iNorth Carolina must cooperate actively with hjin. Tryon in vites HendereonviMe to take off its collective coat and work in iriendly competition with us and everyone else in assisting aim in his work; which can beat be done by getting togeth er. For the Chamber* of Com merce of Tryon, I am Very truly yours Wro C. WHITE. February 18, 1924. Mr. Wm. C White, Tryon. N. C. ? . Dear Mr. White: ? Your letter of February 16th surely contains much wisdom, good advice, and carries every ear mark as coming from a gentleman. You can be assur ed of its appreciation by the Writer. . We agree with you that the Spartanburg Road is of much importance to Hendersonville. I tried to be frank with you gentlemen, (and I am sure you are a man that appreciates frankness above deceit X and show you that we had pledged (now get the word, pledged) our cooperation with Greenville Dver twelve months ago in building the Greenville High way. It seems I could not get your delegation to understand .hat we were not against the Spartanburg road but were afraid if we should start agitat ing the Spartanburg Highway, Greenville might misunder stand our efforts, thus causing them to withdraw their co-op eration with us. We certainly cannot treat our pledges and obligations lightly- We must first fulfill our obligations to Greenville; then we will be free to join hands with Spartanburg. We do not mean to discrim inate against one community to Mie detriment of another, and this we firmly deny. We have no attitude toward Tryon other than friendly. If Tryon and Spartanburg had come to us be ffnre the Greenville delegation, md secured our pledge to co operate in building to Spartan burg, we would have been bound to have stuck by your people; nd, if later Greenville had rtome to us as you did, we would have been iust as frank with them as we were with you. Now Mr- White, it is not a mat ter of which road with us; ? it a matter of honor. I The Writer firmly denies that e had jumped to any prejudg ments in regard to Col. Pratt nd your delegation; We are yying to act in good faith with narties concerned. If you can build the road to Spartanburg without tearing wn -ur program, we certainly 11 be glad to see it done ' ? , * TLE ; \|?vr?7Y ? '? ? Tryon, N. C. ?to, ii?NT 1 Cottage on Godshaw " vHill. Close in and "?on van ! . Apply to t I SAM P. HILL E*s* Hat IjwV. 1. C. However, we must not dream but face the facts as they are. Where is the money coming from to build both roafls at the ^ame time We certainly shall be 'glad to Inave a large delegation of your Citizens to come to Henderson Iville and put before our citizens {/our thoughts and ideas. Before closing the Writer wishes to reply to the fourth Paragraph of your letter: \ The Secretary of the Hender jonvilie Chamber of Commerc? , ries to visualize the future and vorks to that end; his first Ihought is for the City for <yhich he works. He tries to put ? ver the concerted ideas and , lans of all the citizens, and not jny partisan thought or idea of uny individual or group. If the whole citizenship of xiendersonville want the Green ville Highway in preference to viie Spartanburg Highway,? it jehooves the Writer to work j.6r what they want, and not for what Greenville, Spartanburg jY Tryon might want. Under ?he conditions the Writer fails .o see any reason why Tryon or opartanourg should have any grievance toward Henderson .ule. Remember we don't ob j At to anything you people do Iget this road, but at the ? j*tne time we hope you will give onsiclerauon to our pledged ^la|ns. We hope you can give both roads. Most Cordially, A. M- McWhirter,, Secretary. uS A. My 1 ous with is t tual uiis Tryon, N. C., Feb. 19, 19924 & McWhirter, Sec'y. Chamber of Commercce, rieqdersonville, N. C? dear Mr. Secretary: thank you tor your courte letter and 1 quite agree you that mutual frankness fie only sure basis for mu unaerstandings. With this . in mind, may 1 refer to two \ 1 ^ara|graphs of your letter? VJ. J VU1 AWWl/WJL ? paragraph 5 you stare that f if wje "can build tne road to : opartanburg without tearing 2 down your program' ' you wilir be glad to see it done, but you ask where the money for both roadu is to come from. Now we have frankly stated that we do ne t ask or wish to have your program varied; we wish it sim ply extended; neither road be ing discriminated against. As to ths wherewithal, that re mains to be seen and in that we would expect co-operation on the part of the pivotal point, Henderson ville in your final paragraph you say that "if the whole citizen ship of Hendersonville want the Greenville highway in prefer ence to the Spartanburg high way, it behoves the writer to work for what they want and not for what Greenville, Spar tanburg or Tryon might, want" ' This approaches frankness bat does not quite arrive. Is that what the citizenships of Hender sonvilie wishes? And I would suggest that if you are not quite certain, you consult your president before answering this question. ; ! We cannot tbinV but we would ho jriUf] ^ ,%\ sured on this point. Yours very trulv W":- ^ White Some Load; In the United si-.:. ? Vrn.. ?crtdler's equips dothing, weighs 1;-. inon^' ? A Man's Shoe Men Like !i A very popular model for men in 1! leather; finest workmanship, superior These are points to consider. $5.50 Special Attention to Mail Orders BeaUtiful Hos iery to Match Always w s -Protection For Them s1,< *.? ? ? .j ' . \ Death is the heritag4 of all men. When or how it may come is- problematical. Such being true, why not proviee for your family now while there is yet time by starting a savings pccount. Then you can face the future in the knowledge that they will be well taken care of no matter what may happen. The Bank of Tryon. ??! THE UNIVERSAL CAR ? ' Buy Your Ford Now , i TT 7TTH spring almost here thousands of families, antid W pating the demand that is certain to exist for Ford Cars and Trucks are placing their orders for immediate delivery* Sales now are far ahead of sales at this time last year. Advance orders calling for delivery under the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan have already reached a total of 255*758 Cars and Trucks. ^ The prospect of securing prompt delivery is daily becom ing more uncertain. We cannot urge too strongly, there fore, the necessity for placing your order immediately, if you are planning to drive a Ford Car this spring. See the nearest Aathorized Ford Dealer 9 my let your car in full in sea cm pc on the piikiied kn* It ia doc # , to Kcure delivery, ^ ywnn am lor early , delivery by naUpc a nail payment down. Or, il you wiah. you can arrange for delivery under the terma ol the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. ?
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