10 Pases
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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Cardlina
Volume XXIX No. 40
Tryon, N. C., April 10> 1924
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Capt. J. Y. Mclntyre
Died Last Saturday
p. T. A. Elects Officers-Sen
iors Entertain S. S.
Convention? Locals
Captain J. Y. Mclntyre died
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. T. M. Lynch, Saturday
night, April 5, shortly before
nine o'clock. The end had been
expected for ^several days.The
deceased had been in feeble
health for some time. But
prior to that time he had been
a most active, energetic, man
enjoying the very best of
health. Several days ago he
suffered a stroke of paralysis
gradually growing weaker un
til the end came. v
C aptain Mclntyre, who would
have been 86 years old in
August, was the son of the
late Dr. Tom Mclntyre. At
the age of 21 he enlisted in the
army and took an active part
in the War between the Sftates,
attaining the rank of Captain.
After the war he settled
down on his farm on Broad
River, in Rutherfordton Coun
ty, and married Miss Mary Mc
Campell of Paris, Tenn. To
this union were born two
daughters, Mrs. T. M. Lynch of
Columbus and Mrs. W. C. Brit
tain of Nashville, Tenn., both
of whom survive. His wife
died when the oldest child was
six years old. The "Captain"
never married again but i de
voted Jfcis time, love, and affec
tion to his two children.
Funeral services were con
ducted in Rutherfortfton Mon
day at two o'clock by Re y. J<
C. Grier pastor of the Presby
terian church, assisted by Rev.
Knight, rector of the Epis
copal church. - ? The body was
laid to rest in thd Rutherford
ton Cemetery. . , ? jj
P. T. A. Elect Officers
The regular monthly meeting
of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion was held in the school
building last Friday after:
noon. This meeting was given
over to business and the elec
tion of officers. The following
being elected :Mrs. H. H. ^Ed
wards, Pres.; Miss. J. A. Fea
gan, . Vice-Pres.* Mrs. Fred
W. Blanton, Sec.; Mrs. J. J W.
Mcintosh, Treas.
Seniors Entertained
The Junior class of the Stears
High School delightfully f en
tertained the Seniors with a
reception a?t the dormitory
Thursday night. The large
dining room, which was the
scene of merriment, was artis
tically decorated with ferns
and wild flowers. After many
games and contests ambrosia'
and cake wre served.
H. H. Carson Appointed
Mr. H. H. Carson has been ap
pointed by the County Board
of Education as?a member of
the Board of Trustees of the
Stearns High School to fill the
vacancy made by Mr. Fred W.
Blanton who recently resigned
after serving for three years.
Attend Mission-Lecture
The Cohimbus-Tryon Auxili-'
ary had the pleasure of hearing
Rev. Bedinger, a Presbyterian
Missionary from the heart of
Afrca, give an interesting talk
on his work there, at the Meth
odist church in Tryon last
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. and
Mrs. Bedinger have only been
in the States about ten weeks
Among" those from Columbus'
who went to hear Rev. Bedin
ger, were Mrs. J. A. Feagan
Prof, and Mrs. Mcintosh and
little daughter, Mrs- Fante,
Mrs. McChesney, Prof, and
Mrs. Cobb and children, Mrs.
H. F. Sikes, Mrs- J. W.f Jack,
Miss Laura Jack and Jeanette
McFarland.
Sunday School Convention
The Columbus township Sun
day School Convention met iri
the Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon beginning at one
o'clock. Quite a large crowd
attended and the following
program was given:
Period; ;of Worship ? Led by
D. W. McChesney- The Sun
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To Let Contract For
' New Saluda Reservoir
Construction of a 94,000 gal
lon capacity concrete reservoir
as a part of the new water sys
tem is being planned by the
Town of Saluda. Sealed bids
for the construction of the
reservoir wiW be received up to
April 17 at the office of the
town clerk, J. B. Cullipher.
The present plans as outlined
for the water system include
enlarging, repairing and ex
tending the present system.
A bond issue not to exceed the
actual cost of the work to be
done will be sold. ? This was
decided upon by a Citizen's
Committee recently following
the adopton of an ordinance
providing for a bond issue of
not to exceed $40,000. The
plans call for an adequate and
Sanitary water system that
will take care of the growth of
the community and its increas
ing population.
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The Misses Uchtmann of
Chicago have purchased the
lot adjoining their property on
the Corwin estate.
The Baptist Ladies Aid met
with Mrs. N- B. Jackson last
Monday v afternoon at three
o'clock.
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day School Organized for Ser
vice, by Rev. Sheffer. Finding
and Training Teachers and of
ficers, by Rev. Stroup. How to
Better Equip the ? Sunday
School, by J- R. Sams, Fred W.
Blanton and Rev. A. S. Cald
well; Graded Lessons ? Their
advantages and how to use
th 6m; by J. W. Mcintosh; Our
Children ? Their Needs and
How to Meet Them, by Mrs.
Nelle McHugh; Poetical Sug
gestions' for Sttfatey School
Betterment, by E- W. S. Cobb.
The Association reelected
Fred W. Blanton President, D.
W. McChesney Vice-President,
and Mrs. J. A. Feagan Secre
tary*
Ladies Aid Meet
The Ladies Aid Society of
the Baptist Church held a very
intersting meeting with Mrs.
Major Hutcherson Tuesday
afternoon. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. W. S. Mc
Dowell next Tuesday after
noon^ April 15, at three o'clock.
Tryon People Attend Service
Quite a number from Tryon
attended services at the Pres
byterian church in Columbus
Sunday morning. Among them
were Rev. and Mrs Caldwell
and children, Prof, and Mrs.
SchiJletter, Miss Lucy Monday
and neice, Miss Lucy Moore,
Mr. Fred Swann, Mr. and Mrs.
John Monroe, Mrs- Preston and
children, Mr. and Mrs> R. M.
McCown and two grand
children and Mr. W. A- Can
non from Lynn.
Miss Sarah / Padgett spent
Monday in Asheville shopping.
Messrs. Frank Green and
Keather Thompson came home
Thursday from Detroit and
will be here for some time. Mr.
Green is taking Miss Minnie
Arledge's place in the bank
during her ilness.
Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Caldwell
and children of Tryon were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Jack. Mr. Caldwell
is a former pastor of the Co
lumbus Presbyterian church
Mr/ and Mrs. H. F. Sikes and
baby spent last week-end In
Monroe with relatives.
Mr. Alvin Lynch, who has
been confined to his bed the
past week with pneumonia is
better.
Mrs. H. H. Edwards spent
Tuesday in Spartanburg shop
ping.
Miss Martha Creighton,
Home Agent for the Western
District of N. C., is in Polk
County this week assisting
Miss Padgett with her club
work, Miss Creighton is stay
ing at Mrs. E. W. S. Cobb's.
Mr. end Mrs. Fee of Orange
burg S. C., are camping in the
grove near the Baptist Church;
Mr. Fee is engaged in painting
signs in and around Colum
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Saluda Raises Quota For
W. N. CJnc. at Meet
Major Hall und Tryon Men
Address Public Gathering
Despite the inclement weath
er of last Friday evening, a j
small but enthusiastic ' crowd
gathered at the Princess Thea- j
tre in Saluda to hear Major;
Warreiv Hall, secretary ? of j
Western North Carolina, Inc*
Major Hall made plain tne!
work and ideals of his ..organi-^
zation as well as ambitions
for this section of the country,
inspiring such confidence by
his quiet assurance of what
Western North Carolina, lac.,
would do toward the ultimate j
growth of Saluda that follow
ing his talk the group of citiz
ens at once took steps to raise
their share of Polk County Sj
quota, pledging $127.50 of file
necessary $250 at the 5?ee^n^
and assuring Major Hall that
the remaining amount would
be at his disposal within twen
ty four hours. '
In order to supplement Major
Hall's remarks and to give
what assistance they couldVtn
raising the quota in Saluda, a
delegation composed of C^jyJ.
Lynch, C. Bush, Fred Swann,i
the Reverend W. B. O'Neill jand
C. W. Morgan attended jthe
meeting, Mr. Lynch, at the re
quest of the Saluda members,
pointing out the co-operation
that the organization *naa
iiven Tryon even this early in
its history. M
Following the talks, Mayor
P. H. Bailey appointed a com
mittee consisting of Dr. E. M.
Sallev, G. R. Little, and
Newton to take up the work of
completing the quota. Mr.
C. Barnard, cashier ti the
Carolina State Bank " was ap
pointed- treasurer of the com
mittee. ' ,
Plans were then discussed
for the reorganizing .of the
Saluda Chamber of Commerce
io co-operate with similar or
ganizations in this section and
?with Western North Carolina,
Inc., Miss LiWian Heriot was
appointed secretary of the
committee which will take Im
mediate steps to form tne
Chamber of Commerce. Pub
licity for Saluda was discussed
with a view of . raising an ad
ditional amount to supplement
the publicity that will be put
out by the organization. It
was decided to table this dis
cussion until more definite
steps were taken in regard to
forming the board.
It was pointed out to Major :
Hall that with the entrance of
Saluda into Western North
Carolina , Polk County was
practically one hundred per
cent behind his office.
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ARRIVALS AT OAK HALL
! Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Meyer,
Salem; Mrs. Fred Tailor and
!Miss T. E. Taylor, Mount
Airey, Pa.; Miss Bertha Stott
and Mrs. Leonard B. | Orloff,
Detroit; Miss Gertrude Car
man and Miss Mabel Anderson,
Cleveland; Mrs. N. R. Cely and
Mrs. H. T. Mills, Greenville; W.
C. Larksby, Cincinnati; Mr.
and Mrs. L. Mitchell, Newark,
j Ohio ; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Stage,
i Pittsburg; Mr. vand* Mrs. Geo.
jWest and Miss Grace West,
Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. ^ McQuire, Evanston, UL ;
Mis's M. L. Bronson and Miss J.
C. Bronson, New Haven; Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. E. Crofut, Cleve
land; Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Nor
ton, Birmingham; Mr. George
Webster, Belmont, Mass.; Dr.
A. A. Newbarr, Detroit; Miss
Florence Ackerman, Detroit ;
Mrs. L. B. Linkman, and Miss
Marion Linkkman, Chicago; j
Mrs. Louis Bopp, Boston.
BAPTIST LADIES AID.
The Baptist Ladies Aid Soc-i
iety will conduct the Exchange
Saturday afternoon, April 19,
at the Lanier Library. Beside
"the usual tea there will be a
sale of cakes, jellies, candies,
flowers and fancy work
Orders for cakes during the
week preceding the sale should
be/ phoned to Mrs. Lecount, j
and orders for flowers to Mrs.
Kennedy.
C. Hi Howes Commended
By District Warden
County Increase Forest Fire
Prevention Fund
Polk County's approprition of
$150 was increased to $200 for
fire prevention and protection
at the county commission
meeting helcjj last Monday at
the county seat. This addi
tional amount was granted as a
result of the) efforts of C. I.
Peterson, District Forester and|
C. M. Howes, County \ Fire
Warden who appeared before
the commission to > urge . that j
body to rertew the agreement'
to cooperate | with the N.; C.
Geological and Economic Sur
vey in stamping out forest
fires as a result of careless
ness. Ths sum is met with anj
equal amount by tjie Survey to!
be used in tlhe county.
Mr. Peterson highly com
mended Mri Howes for his
work in cooperating with the
State department stating that
the county [warden had proven
himself capable in his ? work
and that largely through hi*
efforts county forest work was
now being conducted on a
thoroughly effective plan.
The county was organized
last September and at present
has, six forest wardens and
twenty foiir deputies. Ap- i
proximately 20 fires have been I
reported -fn that length of time !
and all have been efficiently
handled by the wardens. The
total acreage bured was about
1,600. The largest fire occur
ed February 13 of thisyearand
covered 800 acres in White
Oak Township.
Mr. Peterson pointed out that
the next few weeks will be try*
ing ones for the 1 wardens and
urges every citizen to cooper
ate with |the department in
stopping fire loss.
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DRAMA FORTNIGHTLY
GIVES FINAL BEADING
With '[The Merchant of
Vinice" given this evening
at the Parish House, the read
ings of The, Drama Fortnightly
for this season were concluded.
This season the society has
read William Archer's "The
Green Goddess", Milne's "The
Dover Road," "The . Great
Broxup, and "The Truth About
BIjaydes | ^ Racl el Crothers'
"Old Ladv 31," Elia Peattie's
"Job's Tears" "The Family Re
union," arid "The Great Delu
sion," Su3an Glaspell's "Close
the Book," certain scenes from
"Othel'lo," and Singe's "In the
Shadow of Glenn."
The meetings have been well
attended, the \Parish House
usually being filled to its capac
ity. * Mr. knd Mrs. J. Foster
Searles h?ve had charge of
two playsi Mr- and Mrs. F.
Pickens l?acon, one and Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton Holmes,
one. Tjhe remainder have
been conducted by Mr. and
Mrs. Peattie, 1 save "The
Merchantj of Venice," which is
being read under the super
vision of I Mrs. Peattie and Mr
Dwight Smith.
Those who have read in the
plays this year have been
Mesdames Holden, Kelley, Car
son, Seartes, Holmes, Hurst,
Bacon, Strong, Beatson, Wil
liams, C^they, Peattie, Dyer,
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Andrews
Peery,
Lindsey ;
Arnette,
the Misses Kinloch,
Doubleday, Grady,
Stone,' Putnam, McFarland,
and Messers Upton,
Searles, Little, Peat
tie, Stone, Dwight Smith, Em
bury Smith, Bacon, Ballenger,
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Palmer,
Holmes,
jWhite, Tabor, Dyer,
Doubleday, Skinner,
Mazzanovitch and Barnes.
GRIMES-OLIVEROS
Word was received by local
friends of the recent marriage
of Miss Madeline Lillian
OliverosJ daughter of Mrs. An
ne I. Oliveros to Mr. William
Franklin Grimes. The young
couple were married on March
22 in the Church of Ascension,
Washington, and will be at
home after April 15, at 103
North Pasadena Avenue, Pasa
dent, Calif. \
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Quality Bakery Will
Open Next Thursday
Tryon's new bakery, "Thei
Quality Bakery," owned and
operated by George S; Thure,
will open its doors to the public
on Thursday morning, April
17. The entire shop, including
the baking department will be
open for inspection.
Mr. Thure comes to Tryon
with a number of years experi
ence in the bread and pastry
making business having been!
in charge of the Quality Bak-j
ery of Asheville for the past
three years. The new bakery
will be thoroughly up to date in
every respect. A new type
oven, the result of several i
years of study of baking on!
the part of the owner is being j
installed.
Dairy meals will be served at j
the bakery as well as * iced 1
dairy drinks throughout the'
Spring and Summer months.
Three _ bread bakings will
be turned out daily at eight
and eleven o'clock in the morn
ing and three in the afternoon
These bakings will be followed
by pastries, pies and cakes.!
Mr. Thure plans to give curbj
service if the demand warrants
on iced dairy drinks and sand-;
wiches.
MILL SPRING ENROLLS
THIRTY FIVE IN CLUB
Thirty five new members
were enrolled last Tuesday in
the home demonstration club
organized by the ladies of Mill
Spring and vicinity under the
direction of Miss Sarah M.
"Padgett, county agent- The
club met at 9 o'clock in the
morning and continued in ses
sion throughout the day .Hat
riiodels from the Asheville
stores were used from which a
number of those present -made
seVferal hats adding individual
touches according to jtaste.
A great deal was accomplish
ed by the members during the
session according to Mss Pad
gett and considerable enthu
siasm was snown by those;
present. Similar meetings were
held this week in ^ Green's
Creek and Columbus. Miss
Padgett was assisted by Miss
Martha Creighton of Char
lotte who has similar schools;
throughout the State.
BOY SCOUTS
Tryon in general and/ The|
Lanier Club in particular is !
under obligations to the Boy
Scouts for the splendid work
they did in helping to tidy Try
on during Clean-Up week. It
is many years since the Boy
Scouts began co-operating in
this work. They have made
personal sacrifices to do it, and
have worked in shine, rain,!
chilly winds and on holidays. I
They have the thanks of an ap
preciative community.
Tryon would be very grate
ful, too, if the colored boys
would organize and have a
Clean Up day in their neigh- i
borhood. Will not the teach
ers at the schools for colored
children,, select leaders and en
courage the boys and girls to
give thier communities a fine
Spring cleaning.
CLUB SWIMMING POOL
BREAK GROUND FOR -
Ground was broken last Mon-|
day morning for the new
swimming pool at the Tryon
Country Club. The new pool
will be situated in about the
center of the course near the
second green. It is to be con
structed of concrete with ce
ment aprons on all four sides
and enclosed with dressing
rooms and showers.
Water for the pool wiH be ob
taind from a clear branch of;
sufficient flow to permit empty
ing the pool two or three times
each week giving a coirtplete
change of water beside the
natural flow which it is esti
mated will change daily.
It is expected that the^ pool
will be ready for use at the
latest about the first of June.
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County Teachers To
Hold Final Session
Program .Arranged For Tea
chers Meeting Saturday
At, Tryon School
The final meeting of the Polk
County Teacher's Association
will be held on Saturday at the
auditorium of the Tryon Grade
School beginning promply at
10:30 o'clock.
The meeting will be divided
into two sessons, one in the
morning, the second in the
afternoon following a dinner to
be served at the school by the
Parent Teacher's Association
of Tryon.
The following programme
wiH be given : Song ? "The
Mill Wheel," Tryon High
School ; physical exercise
demonstration-boys, Tryon
High Schbol; trio ? "A lifay
Day," JosephineHill, Geraldine
Sayre, Elizabeth Doubleday ;
recitation ? Kate Rose; chorus
? "The Brook," girls, Tryon
High School; address ? Mr. E.
W. Frost; address ? Miss Fulg
ner ; dinner. '
Following the dinner the
teachers' will* be taken ' for a
drive through Tryon and vicin
ity.
The afternoon session will be
taken up with the usual busi
ness meeting following an ad
dress by Mrs. E. W. Peattie.
The public are cordially in
vited to" attend the meeting
and every teacher in the coun
ty is urgently requested to be
present for this final session..
TRYON GRADED SCHOOL
Honor Roll
High School
Fourth year ? Kat h e r i n e
Hardy.
Third Andrews
Second year ? Miriam Strong
Elizabeth Doubleday
First year? Geraldine Sayre
Elementary School
Seventh grade ? Louise An
drews, Zella Bellew, Robert
Burnett, Katherine Jones, John 4
KittreD, Allen Jervey, Myrtle
Kuykendoll, David Strong, Ben
White
Sixth .Grade ? Jean* Beatson,
Ollie Lindsey, Aberdeen Mills
Fifth grade? Myrtle Mills,
Janet Durham, Mary Sayre,
Mary McFarland, Ethan Rip
py, Florence Moore, RoyBiack
well, Marie Ross, Edith Jus- 1
tice
Fourth grade ? Elizabeth
Avant, Harold Dunlap, Lenora
Goodwin, Nelson Leonard, t
James Moore, Carl Osteen,
Ruth Williams
'third grade ? Modena Brad
shaw, Bertha Black well, Mamie
Cantrell, Adeline Fisher, Coy
Fishery Glenn Kuykendoi,
Donald Flynn, Thomas Jones,
Carrol Leonard
Second grade ? Allen Cal
houn, Esther Andrews, Isabel
Durham, Elsie Mills Bob Mmi
kin, Bertha Palmer
Advance 1st grade? Bertha
Williams Virginia Ward.
First grade ? Lois Avant,
Ruth Creasman, Annie Hart,
George Jones, Carl Kuykendoi,
Mildred Hippy, Dick White,
Georgia Screven.
LANIER CMJB TO ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT WEEK
The annual business meeting
meeting of the Lanier Club will
be held next Thursday after
noon, April 17, at 3:30 o'clock
at the Library at which time
officers for the ensuing year '
will be elected.
Members of the Lanier Club
are urgently requested to be
present even at the cost of per- /
sonal inconvenience. Beside
the election of officers, several
other matters of importance to
the club and the community
are to be decided upon.
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E. H. Tomlinson who has
been spending the winter In
St. Petersburg, Florida is ex
pected to return to Tryon soon
and will occupy the cottage of
Miss Minerva Conner for the
remainder of this month
May.
A group of about thirty
girls of Spartanburg Y. W. C.
A. wiH spend the week-end at
the Battleship . in the valky.