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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
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\X1X No. 42
Tryon, N. C., April 24, 1924
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$1.50
PRICE
S Cts.
a Year
jipital f or A Cotton
Sin Raised By Farmers
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to
Erect New Gin atj
County Seat I
farmers of Columbus, White
k Cooper Gap and Tryori
enshipj4 have pledged overt
half uf the necessary capi-*
for tht* construction of a <
tton gin to be built at ColumJ
|s this year. The ginnery asj
anned at the present time will'
5t in the neighborhood oil1
MOO.
Realizing that a large volume
the cotton business and
Ibsequently other commerce
is taken out of Polk Countj
planters who took their cot
to Kutherfordton or Lan
um could be induced tc
rade at home" with the con
ruction of a gin at some cen:
?al point in this section of th(
junty, Fred W. Blanton, cash
of the Polk County Bank <8;
fust Company, Columbus be
[n a move about a year ago to
ice a gin in his community,
ist Monday morning active
gps were taken to raise cap*
fl fot the venture which melt
ith ready response from the
rmers and ' planters of thfe
irt of the county, approxt
itely half of the quota, set
g raised in pledges the firlt
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..... Blanton estimated thjfet
pproximately $25,000 worth
cotton was taken annually
. of Polk County, a large pdr
)n of which was spent out
Je the county as a result |of
pe lack of a cotton gin witrtin
^sy reach of the planter in iis
ivn section. *
. T. MOORE KILLED IN
PALL AT FOREST CI
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|W, Theron Moore, aged
rmerly connected with |hfe
orth Carolina State Highway
Jngineering department, died
st Tuesday evening at about
o'clock in the Rutherford ;on
|ospital as the result of a
11 from a tower at his hdme
Forest City.
iThe accident oecured at ab^ut
o'clock Tuesday even ing
hile Moore was working on a
|)wer at the town pumping
ation He fell about twenty
et striking on his head. He
?as lushed in an unconscious
Jondition to the hospital at
utherfordton where every ef-?
lort was made to save his ife.
|)eath followed within two
ours after the accident.
Funeral services were leld
esterday from the family :esi
pence in Forest City.
urvived by his parents,
fcnd Mrs. D. W. Moore,
pothers and two sisters.
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pEVERAL PROPERTIES
SOU) IN LAST FEW DjAYS
Several real estate trakfers
lave been made in the past ten
lays through various local)
agencies.
Mr. Mark Smith of
}as purchased the Reich
ormerly owned by W,
Jewell. To this tract hj
added an acre of land t
Cor win estate sold tl
Blake and Calhoun.
Mr. \V\ W. Reid of Gri
S. C-, has purchased th(
shaw house on Godsha1
now being occupied by
Stone. The sale was
through the Tryon Real
Agency,
Mr. William Cantrel
bought recently five a<
?i in the eastern
town, tii rough Blake anp
houn.
hAR1) luck follow^
TRYON SCHOOLS TEAM
Tuesday was "hard lufck" day
Jor the Tryon Grade! School
I^aseball team. Returning late
luesday afternoon 'roift a
Jfimtning at the hands of the
^ampobeWo School tean i to the
tun(! of 10 to 8, the trick driv
en ( y G. H. Bridgeir an and
J-'ontaining a dozen or i nore of
"(l boys swerved fiprii the
-nd turned on
^pillin^ the boys into the ditch.
?Minor bruises and ibrasions
ts side
Spitzer Rorick & Co.
Awarded Water Bonds
Sealed proposals for the pur
chase of | $28,000 six percent
water bonds for the Town of
Tryonl w^re opened last Tues
day afternoon, seven bids hav
ing b^en I received. The bond
issue i was awarded Spitzer
Rorick aiid Company of Toledo,
Ohio who bid $28,087.50, eigh
ty seven dollars and fifty cents
above, par value. The bonds
will be ready for delivery on or
about May 5.
Seated! proposals will be re
ceived by the Board of Com
missioners until two o'clock
May 6, for the furnishing and
laying of 8,200 feet of six inch
cast iron pipe, the taking up of
six inch | pipe and relaying of
5,850 feet of this pipe, also the
construction of a 200,000 gal
lon concrete or steel reservoir.
Shooting Match Will
Be Held Here Friday
The shooting match and dem
onstration of the "Live Pigeon
Shooting Park" scheduled for
two weeks ago and postponed
due to the illness of the invent
or of the apparatus, E. E
Thresher of Hendersonville,
will be held Friday of this week
beginning at 10:30 o'clock near
the residence of Dr. A. J. Jer
vey: I
Worq was received yester
day morning that Mr. Thresher
would arrive in Tryon Friday
morning to give a demonstra
tion of his invention. A large
number of men have signified
thejr intention of participating
in the j shoot both from Tryyon
and Landrum. The match will
continue throughout the day
^and tftosr-Tntere8ted are cor
dially invited to attend.
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TOWN BEGINS STREET
AND SEWERAGE REPAIR
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Street repair work was start
ed by ijthe Town of Try on last
Monday morning. Many com-i
plaint^ have been received by
the commission recently in re
gard jo the condition of streets
and rpads in town due to the
usual winter damage. Work
this year has been delayed to
a considerable extent by the in
clement weather but it was
stated! by the commission that
work would proceed now and
an effort made to place all
streets in good condition.
On? thousand feet of sewer
line is beingreplaced from the
top ojt' Oak Hall hiW at the end
of Melrose avenue to the L&n
druml road. This sewer line
was one of the first lines to be
laid in Try on. Due to the heavy
traffic on that road last year
during the months of detouring
and (subsequent rains washing
away the soil over lines the
sewqr pipes have been broken
in a number of places necessi
tating replacement.
and ja severe shaking up was
the extent of the collective in
juries The driver of the truck
stated that he had turned out
to |pass an approaching car
when the wheels encountered
soft dirr on the edge of the
road, pulling the truck Into the
ditch.
MRS. J. E. McKINNEY
LAID TO FINAL REST
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Funeral services for Mrs. J
E. McKinney, thirty-two years
of age, sister of Mrs. James
Mo<j>re, who died Sunday at a
private sanitarium, were held
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Woodward Avenue Bap
tist church, Atlanta. The Rev.
Brpokshire officiated and in
ter jnent was in Greenwood
cemetery. The . Grant Park
chapter No. 178, O. E. S., had
charge of the services at the
grave.
Mrs. McKinney is survived by
her husband, three small
daughters and one son; one
sisjer, Mrs. J. R. Moore, and
foiir brothers, William Roy,
Rajlph and C. T. Gurley
Miss Rose Lipscomb of Paco
let is visiting Mrs. T. J. Ken
nedy.
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Tryon Ideally Situated Both
For Industry And Recreation
Town 100 Per cent American-Many Sites Available
in County For Industries? As Recreation Center
Tryon Offers Year-Round Advantage
Tourists visiting Tryon in the
past few weeks have stated
that the eyes of the nation are
watching North Carolina with
a great deal of interest in its
rapid strides agriculturally, in
dustrially and as a recreation
center. Every day this state
is placing its name more indeli
bly in the minds of the people
oi other states. Industries are
watching developments with
especial attention to water
power and labor conditions.
Some parts of the state are
now boasting a cotton mill for
every mite of railroad that
passes through that particular I
section. It is equally true that!
note] syndicates, boys and girls
camps and sectarian confer
ences are looking this way for
sites.
Tryon is particularly well
adapted to cater to the needs of
industries and recreation seek
ers. With the possibility of a
lake in this vicinity, financial
interests are mjaking inquiries
in regard to the immediate de-j
velopment of such a proposi
tion. Roadroad officials havel
stated that they have received
assurance that a hotel on a
large scale would be built here
as soon as the lake plan was
definitely started.
Regardless 0f what the ulti
mate development will be on
the Pacolet proposition it was
pointed out this week emphati
cally that the construction of
the. dam as now planned would
permit-absolutely no draw on
the water supply. The horse
power as indicated at about
oOO was based on a minimum
flow with, no draw down to
leave muddy banks that would
be an eyesore to the public.
Numerous sites offer them
selves around the shores of the
| proposed lake for hotels fwith
commanding views of the sur
rounding chain of mountains.
Miles of drives along the
shores winding in and out of
the woods giving accessible
residential sections each with a
splendid view.
Due to the genera* contour of
the land surrounding the pro
posed lake any site available
would have a view of almost
the entire range. The lake
would be easily accessible from
either the North or South
Carolina over county or state
highways. It would be on a
direct route to Lake Lure and
Chimney Rock via Tryon and
Kutherfordton.
Industrially Tryon has much
to offer with a one hundred
percent American population
containing no radical etement
and ample rural population to
supply mill operatives at reas
onable wages. Within a very
few miles of the center of town
there are innumerable sites for
mill's contingent to power lines.
With the main j Mne of the
Southern Railway! from Cincin
;nati to Charleston and Florida
| intersecting their New York
to New Orleans jiinction within
i twenty* four miles there is as
surance of direct; rail connee
itions with the shortest mileage
I for raw materials, finished pro
i ducts and coal deliveries.
! The North and South Carolina
state-line parallelte the rail
road for some distance within
a short distance south of town.
A railroad station established
i at that point would insure a
I local rate on all outgoing and
incoming freight from the two
states saving in the neighbor
hood of one quarter of the
freight charges
The taxes in Polk County are
not exorbitant and the attitude
of the whole people in inviting
capital i? a guarantee that they
wil) remain low. In sections
for mill sites, tjie tax rate i?
approximately one dollar and a
half per hundred valuation.
Tracts of land containing from
500 to 1,000 acres are obtain
able at reasonable prices. The
county affords ample sewerage
facilties and th,ere are innum
erable mountain streams of the
[purest water for drinking pur
| poses. With the increase in
the Tryon water system, work
!upon which will be started
within the next thirty days,
i there will be adequate water to
supph7 population of about
five thousand.' [>"*? e '?
| The agricultural sections of
| the county are rapidly taking
up the raising of produce to
supply demands as well as for
carload shipments to neighbor
; ing markets. ! * (
Improved highways afford
easy access to! the larger cities
north and soulth of Tryon.
! It has been pointed out by
government statistics that Try
;on's health conditions are un
surpassed, the U. S. medical in
spection of all army men from
this vicinity showed less than
cone half of one percent active
1 tubercular lesions. Covering
ia period of four years govern
iment climatic records show a
imean temperature for the
i month of January of 43.4 and
'for July, 74.8.
i Modern school facilities on a
jpar with the educational pro
gram undertaken by the state
are offered home seekers in this
region and several schools
have been built in the past year
to accomodate the growth of
county population. It is expect
! ed that by the beginning of the
| fall term of school next year
| Tryon will have an accredited
| high school equal to that of any
in the state.
Inquiries and requests for price lists of articles on display in
the offices of Western North Carolina, Inc., from this section are
being received by that office from the constant stream of visitors
whose attention has been called to the new display case. Major
Hall, secretary of that organization requests that firms having ar
ticles in the case kindly forward price lists or catalogues as soon
as possible.
The Saluda Weave Shop has recently placed an exhibit in the
offices that is attracting attention.
Major Hall also urges all communities in this county that are
participating in the efforts of the office to forward booklets and
pamphlets to Asheville at their earliest convenience, specifying in
particular Saluda and Columbus.
SWIMMING POOL FOR
CLUB IS PROGRESSING
Concrete work for the new
swimmng pool at the Tryon
Country Club will be started
about the middle of next week
according to the present plans.
It is expected that the forms
will be in readiness to begin
pouring concrete by next Wed
nesday, the majority of the ex
cavating having been eomplet-i
ed.
The structural iron for rein
forcement arrived last Satur
day. In spite of the incitement
weather of last week consider
able progress has been made by
the workmen.
School TrackMeet
To Be Held Sat. May 3
County School to Compete
;Cup.? Two Ball Games
Final arrangements were com
pleted this week for the county
school meet to be held on the
Tryon Grade School grounds
Saturday May 3 beginning at
10:30 o'clock. This is the first
time in the history of 4he coun
ty schools that a general track
meet has been held. Schools
throughout the county are
urged to send representatives
to the- meet to compete for the
silver loving cup to be awarded
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IS PERMANENT PASTURE
WORTH WHILE?
By I. R.Sams
To one whos memory runs
back to his starting point in
life, whose experience never
knew any thing than the fact
that a good permanant pasture
is a prime necessity on every !
farm cant possibly undersand
why some people having eyes
see not, and having ears then
cannot hear and being deaf,
dumb and void of taste cannot !
understand; but still there are!
that kind of people in Polk
County. The writer was told
that some individuate in Polk
County have said that the
preaching of the County
Agent about grasses and. per
manant pastures had proved aj
failure and every effort by
farmers had proved a failure.
Now the question arises: Has
it all come to naught, or have
those individuals been asleep,
or have some farmers to some
extent succeeded? Let any in
dividual who entertains such
fond hopes and desires that
good pastures cannot be built
up and maintaind in Polk
visit any of the following
farms, Mr. C. D. Elliott,
Columbus N. C., who was the
first man in Polk County who
sowed pasture grass seed under
my instructions.Next Mrs* R*
Smith, Columbus N. C.; Mr. C.
ElWotte, Mill Spring, N. C.; Mr
Elias Edwards, Tryon R. 1, N.
C.; Mr. G. C. Miller, Tryon N.
C.; Mr. W. B. McSwain, Lan
drum R. 1, S. C.; Rev. J. J.;
Gentry, Bird Mountain, Farm
Landrum, S- C.; K. N. Hines*|
Campobello, R. D. S. C.; W^!
liam Fowler, (Pearidge) Mill
Spring R. 1, and hundreds of
men who have operated on a
smaller scale. I wonder how
many of these .places- thase
doubting. Thomases have visit
ed? I wonder how many of
them have made an honest ef
fort to improve their farm and
poMc County by trying to build
up a permanent pasture on
their farm? Very few farmers
who have made an effort ^ at
pasture making have given it a
fair chance. They have ag a
rule taken poor thrown out
land for this purpose and as a
matter of course success is not
what it would be if good land
had been chosen. For instance,
visit Mr. R. N. Hines and see
the old gullied up thrown out
field where he planted grass
seed three years ago. See how
the land has been saved from
utter destruction and been
made a paying project in the
way of pastures. visit all
these farms mentioned herein
and scores of others and see, lx
it is aU failure. What I desire
to see is this; Now that a few
good faithful farmers have
proven ? beyond a doubt tnayi
permanant pastures^ .canT> "Jft
made and maintained in Fo
go to work at once and prepare
some extra dairy heifers and
prepare at once for a creamery
in Polk County. This was my
vision and aim when first I saw
Polk County conditions. we
are not now ready for a cream
ery; but in two years from now
if farmers will get busy, we can
be busy. A Polk County Cream
ery properly organized and con
ducted, will eventually make
Polk County a rich ocunty; be
cause we have the clay founda-.
tion on which to build for the
by-products of the dairy busi
ness No? the growing of
grasses and permanane pas
tures in Polk County In not a
failure by a "jug fuff while it
is not the "Howling Success it
should be. ? J , ?
Respectfully,
the school winning the highest
number of points in the meet.
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BOX- WOOD INN OPENS
DOORS AT COLUMBUS
"Box Wood Inn" which has
been chosen for the name of
the newly remodled hotel at Co
lumbus, was opened the first of
the week. The first person to
register was Mr. J. P. Arledge,
now of Hendersonville but who
for many years was proprietor
of the old Columbus Hotel.
New Officers Elected
! To Head SaUda Bank
Directors Elect Staton and
Little? Splendid Fruit
Prospect? Record Tour
ist Year Expected
R. B. Station was elected as
president and G. R. Little, vice
president of the Bank of Sal
uda at a meeting of the' direct
ors of that institution held last
[Wednesday. The election was
held following jthe resignation
of H. P. Cor^th as president
and P. H. Bailey as vice-presi
dent, both of Whom have held
office over a period of success
ful and progressive years for
the bank.
Mr. Staton has recently return
ed to Saluda from an extended
trip in the west and stated upon
his return that he intended re
maining in | Saluda where
the prospects for the
of that town look so
good" the prospects for the
future of that town look se
so good". Mr. Little is owner of
the Saluda Pharmacy and prop
rietor of the Princess Theatre
Splendid Fruit Prospects.
The past three weeks have
have been busy ones for the or
chard men in the vicinity of
Sakida. Hand and povfcr
sprays have been working over
time. Three sprays have thus
far been applied in the orch
ards, the dormant, pre-pink
and at the present time the
pink spray. Pruning and field
work is about completed. Dur
ing the past severe winter all
,of the orchards in this vicinity
were generally in good condi
tion and according to the pres
ent prospects will produce an
exceptionally fine grade of
fruit in large quantities this
year. , | ... . .. .
Fruit Growers Will Meet.
The first field meeting of the
apple and peach growers wiM be
held in May at Grand View
Orchard near Hendersonville.
This orchard is being supervis
ed by H. P. ICorwith of Saluda.
Those attending this meeting
are assured iot only of a most
interesting meeting but will
have an opportunity of seeing
one of the finest twenty mile
views in this section ofWestera
North Carolina, overlooking
the Henderson plateau from
Mount Pisgah to Sugar Loaf.
Canadian Inspects Orchard.
Robert Mj Rolles of Edmon
ton, Canada, made a tour of in
spection of (the famous Over
brook Orchard recently and
stated that jhe was so impress
ed with the possibilities of fruit
growing in |this section that he
ing locating here,
k Orchard is re
in splendid condi
r with prospects
r crop of apples,
m this week and
was consid
The Overbr*
ported to b
tion this y
for a ban
It will bl
should be one of the show
places of the region. The own
,er H. P. Corwith, is putting in
a new sprajyer with a capacity
of ten gallons to the minute to
spray.
Mr. Crawford of Charlotte i#
working with P. H. Bailey on
his orchard. Mr . Crawford
comes with the highest recom
mendations for result produc
ing work.
Needs More Accomodations
That Saluda wiM need more
cottages and boarding houses
than ever before is indicated by
the large qumber of inquiries
received each though var
ious sources for summer ac
comodations and rates. Each
year every available room has
been taken in advance of the
season and all indications this
year point to a record year.
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Dr. and Mrs J. C. Bushnrtl
returned to Tryon last week
after being absent for several
months. Mrs. . Bushnell landed
recently in New York after an
extensive European trip, while
Dr. Bushnell spent the winter
in Washington.
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Mrs C. |P. Burnett was called
Tuesday to the bedside of her
mother who is seriously ill in
St. Louis, Mo.
Mesdames Roy P. Whitlock
and Nash [of Landfum were vis
itors in Tryon Wednesday.