10 Pases This Week POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Cardlina Volume XXIX No. 40 Tryon, N. C., April 10> 1924 % L N. ? i % ? f \ " ' A. f/k. J 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 bus. ? I t I 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. n 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. 4- ? o 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, i - ? ? ? ? * % 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, - ? ? 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. \ L ? V 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. l ? ? T 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. + 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.