10 Pages This Week 'volume XXIX POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina No. 43 Tryon, N. C., May 1, 1924 V X PRICE set*. $1,50 a Year Capt. Adams Declares PacoW Lake Would Yicjld Immediate Turnover Financial Agent of Chimney Rock Inc. Assures Chambier of Commerce of Co-operation In Lake Project Declaring tha project would turn-over both itvJ and to the ^ield a o the com the stantiating his :olet uick un ijives icial ;ors. Captain Adams, fin , agent of Chimnjy Rock, jlnc., gave comparative figures 'sub ^ # A ~ X JI ' _ a statements at 0 1 ? the Tryon Chamber of Com merce meeting held last Wed-j nesday evening in Missildine Hall. In order to giv& |a more concrete basis I for computation of figures on; the possibilities months.;* Among the make interesting repo the immediate Commerce f Wednesday regular bi Miisikline th&t de finite steps will be takeri in re Der of Matters brought ;jto the tlhe organization committees to action for the Chamber of Commerce fere the lake committee , the road meet ing committee -the voluiiteer tire department committee,; the advertising and pubjicity Com mittee and the entertainment committee apiointed for the arrival of the secretaries of the Chamber of Commerce of the south scheduled for June 13. In order to formulate ' definite plans foltowin B. *L. Ballenger, president, urges that ev present. bry member be LANIER CLIi OFFICERS AT MEETING t these ireports, B ELECTS At the annual meeting of the Lanier Club held last week, the following officers iwere, (elected for the ensuing year|[ Presi dent, Miss Stiarns, Vice presi dent, Mrs- P iattie,' Secretary, Mrs. Denniso 1, Treasurer, Mrs. Orr. The beard of directors include, Mrs. Frost, Mrs. Kil pin, Mrs. M illiken aijd Mrs. Norman- C orrespondjng Sec retary, Mrs. Kennedy. | The folio ving committees were appoint id by thfe presi dent : Pi ogramme,j Mrs Searles, Chairman, Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Lindse/c Library ? Miss Louisa Pitkii ij j chairman, Miss Purdy, Mrsj j Peattie, Miss Oliver, librarian ; Civic ? Mrs. Kelly, chairrfiap, Mrsi Hester, Miss Flent^i; House ? Mrs. Wifson, chailr an, Mr$. Frost, Miss Anne i^sh; Social ? Mrs. Sharp, chair tun, Mrs Holland, Miss Taylor. J About twi hund-ed and twenty dol a: s was realized through the fetle of tickets and through gei&ous friends at the "Roof jParty'' held last week in the? librai^- Bridge and Mah ?tyngg were played and refreshpifnts weajre served. rounding country side adjacent to the lake. He stated that in so far as , he could discern there was no reason for any com petitive feeling between the two projects but to the con trary, the immediate con , struction of the lake here j would be of material assistance [to the Lake Lure project in working out a delightful chain jof lakes for Western North Carolina which is the ultimate purpose of Western North Carolina, Inc. Financially the Pacolet lake would prove to be of Immense ! value to the community accord ing to Captain Adams. He pointed out the fact that other nearby cities were in terested in the development of recreational centers convenient to them that would be easily ; accessible by automobile and would permit business men to live in the mountains through out the summer months or even throughout the year and conveniently allow them to conduct their business in the 'cities. He assured the mem bers of the Chamber pf Com merce that his organization stood ready to co-operate with Tryon in the immediate devel opment of the lake with no [other motive in view than that I ?' ? ! the lake here yrould help j to a large extent in fhe future ; success of Chimney Rock, Inc. . MILLS RIVER ROAD TO BE OPENED AS DETOUR ? ? - -? ' ? - - Anticipating: the extraordi nary motor traffic usual over the Applachian highway, every effort is being made by the State Highway commission to open the Mills River road as a detour between Hendersonville ! and Asheville pending the com ! pletion of the hardsurfacing | of the main highway. A large force under the su i pervision of the commission have been rushed to this road | to place it in good condition at | once. It is expected that the I detour road will be completed j this week. The Mills River i road will add approximately j four miles to the present dis | tance between the two cities. 0 J. O. WILSON HEAD OF CLEVELAND CONCERN I After twenty five years of service with the Cleveland, Southwest and Columbus rail j way, J. 0. Wilson has resigned las secretary and treasurer to |take up his duties as executive 'president of the Harvard Sav ings and Loan Company of I Cleveland. Mr. Wilson lived in Tryon for ia number of years comig here in the early '90s- He built the residence now occupied by Mr. J. B. Hester and was associated j with Mr. T. T. Ballenger in the I Ballenger-Wilson Mercantile Company. He was director of the Bank of Tryon and a stock holder in that institution for several years resigning his dir ectorship about 1909 -to go north. Mr. Wilson is recogniz ed as an able financial execu tiveand has held responsible executive positions with large concerns in the neighborhood of Cleveland. o FUNERAL HELD TODAY FOR SON OF DR. PALMER "^Funeral services were held this afternoon from the resi dence of Dr. M. C. Palmer for his infant son, Peter B. Pal mer, aged eight months, who died Wednesday night follow ing a brief illness. The baby was stricken with pneumonia last Sunday. The services were conducted by the Reverend R. Dyer. Interment was made in the Tryon Ceme tery. Criminal Docket of Superior Court Light Superior Court of Polk Coun ty adjourned Wednesday after a ten day session' with Judgt James L. Webb .presiding and J. W. Pless, Jr. of Marion pro secuting the criminal "docket. Judge Thomas B. Finley of North Wilkesboro is holding the courts of this judicial dis trict but exchanged the Polk court with Judge Webb who will also hold the September term. No cases of importance were on the docket for trial at this term, it being the lightest docket in this county for years. Most of the cases were sub mitted, only one going to the jury for decision, this result ing in a conviction. Mr. Pless dispatched his work efficiently and quickly, the criminal docket being completed Tues day afternoon of last week. Civil cases. were taken up last Thursday morning the calen der being completed yesterday Some forty cases were disposed of on the criminal docket and in practically all of them light fines and suspended sentences were imposed as none of them involved serious infractions of the law. Cotton Gin Campaign Meets With Success With practically all of1' the stock owned by cotton . growers in Polk County the outlook for the new cotton gin at the coun ty seat looms brighter every day. Growers in the uppir sec tion of the county are respond ing generously to the stock subscription campaign being carried on by Fred W. Blanton, sponsor for the gin. Subscrip tions have been sent jQaEpQunt ing from $100 to $300 each. With the location of this gin at the most central point in the county, the county seat, it will give ready access to cotton planters in tfre northern sec tion of the county. It will be the only gin on the road be tween Tryon and Rutherford ton and will serve growers in the vicinity of Columbus, Mill Spring, Pea Ridge and the far edge of the county. It is esti mated that fully one thousand bales are ginned out of the county annually, a leakage which will be largely remedied by the installation of the gin. The new gin will buy cotton and cotton seed and will carry cotton seed meal and hulls for exchange with customers. It will be electrically operated ac cording to present plans and able to gin day or night. Ar rangements are also being made for the company to act as receiving agents for the North Carolina Cotton Grower's Co operative Association. , PRESBYTERIANS BUY PROPERTY FOR CHURCH ? Announcement was made this iweek of the purchase of prop erty by the Presbyterian church for the erection of a church on the corner of Howard and Grady avenue. The property formerly belong ed to N. B. Jackson. Plans are being made by the building committee of the church for the immediate con struction of the building. NEGRO WANTED "ROCK EYE" AS A MOUTH WASH An old negro ambled into Missildine's Pharmacy the other day, sidled up to the counter in the rear of the store and stated his needs to Mr. Missildine. "Doctah, Ah want a bottle of Rock Eye." Mr. Missildine is wefl posted on the drug trade from many years of exper ience, but for a moment he was stumped- * Telling the negro that he did not have it, he ask ed him what he wanted it for. "Doctah suh, you got - it. Rock !Eye^ Th'&ent'man tole me to wash f mah mouf wid Rock Eye in wateh." Mr. Missildine saw light, and the old negro departed happi ly with a bottle of peroxide. County Schools Will Compete on Saturday Track Events And Baseball Scheduled for Day Tracks teams representing the various schools of Polk County will meet Saturday morning for an all day track meet the first in the history of the county. Following the an nouncement last week, several schools that werenot frepfle ted requested that they be permitted to enter teams. A sihver cup will be awarded the school winning the highest number of points, the cup to be known as the Jackson Trophy. Three Groups Contestants will be divided into three groups: Group 1 ? Boys weighing 125 pounds or over; Group 2 ? Boys weigh ing under 125 pounds; and Group 3 ? Girls events. Each group will be allowed three contestants in each event ex cept for the relay race where each school may enter a limit of five boys. Blue, red and white ribbons will be awarded for first, sefcond and third places respectively. School teams will be scored in points as follows: first place ? 3 points, second 2 points and third ? 1 point. Loving Cup. The team winning the high est number of poits will be awarded the cup to be held un til: the county meet next Spring. The winning team at the next meet will hold the cup until beaten. ~ Events according to group ings will be as follows: Group 1 ? 100 yard dash, high jump, board jump, pull up, baseball throw, getting down to first, round the bases, relay race. Group 2 ? sack race, three leg ged race (three teams,) 100 yard dash, high jump, broad jump, pull up, cracker race, re lay race. Group 3 (Girls only) high jump, broad jump, indoor baseball thifow, potato race, base-ball thi]ow (overhead) Two baseball games will be played in the afternoon, one between Coljimbus and Saluda, and the second between Tryon and Green's Creek. o LOCAL HORSES PLACE AT BILMORE SHOW ? ! ! ? ~ ' L Tryon horses made an excel lent showing at the Biltmore Forest Horse Show held Tues day of last week, winning a first, a second and two thirds. Carter P. Brown's mare "Bonnie," with Miss Julia Denison up, took the blue rib bon and siltver cup offered for the best three gaited saddle horse in the women's class. Miss Martha Lightner's "Ten nessee" with owner up,, took second place in the jumping class and the third in the class of exhibition riding. Mrs. Carter Brown's hunter, "Glory" with Mr. Brown up, took third in the high1 jumps. A party of twenty five, in cluding those entering horses, and also a number of Tryon visitors, motored to Biltmore for the event enjoying luncheon at the Biltmore Country Club. ? I STORM CREATES HAVOC IN SOUTHEAST STATES Storms of cyclonic propor tions devastated sections of five southern states including North and South Carolina yes terday. South Carolina was the hardest hit with the known dead at 61: and more than 100 injured. Reports thus far place the casualties in this | state as three dead and twenty seven injured. The storm as far west as Alabama leaving considerable damage ii|i its wake. According to the pres ent reports more than 400 people were injured and the property loss Is estimated at nearly $10,000,000. Relief measures are being takekn by the Red Cross and many cities and , organizations throughout the south have taken steps to relieve the suffering. News WiH Distribute County Publicity In Special Edition Boost And Build! TeJI The Nation What Polk County Has And Watch Polk County Grow The News Will issue a special National Publicity edition for distribution to the secretaries of the Southern Chambers of Commerce who will be the guests of Tryon and Polk Coun ty on June 13. In that edition we will at tempt to show the many ad vantages of the town and coun ty as a place in which to live, play and transact business. The superior advantages of this section as a year-round resort center will be forcibly delineated in word and picture. Our possibilities atong indus trial, commercial and agricul tural lines will be duly stressed. Every phrase which might in terest outside people in this section will be featured in well written and illustrated special stories. The help of every Tryon and Polk County booster will be needed if we make the ven ture the success it deserves to be. Without the support of our loyal friends and advertisers the effort cannot - succeed. Every business concern in COLUMBUS P. T. A. Meets Friday The next meeting of the Co lumbus Parent-Teacher Ass'n will be held in the school audi torium Friday, May 2nd at eight o'clock. After the busi ness meeting, a social hour will take the place of the regular program. This will be the last meeting during this school term and it is hoped that every* parent who has a child in school will make a special ef fort to be there Seniors Entertained . The Senior class of the Stearns' High School, which has been the recipient of quite a number of social courtesies during the closing days of their High School career, was de lightfully entertained by Hugh Jack at his home last Thursday evening. The house was dec orated thruout with dog-wood blossoms which was symbolic of the class colors, green and white. After playing various games and having a good time in general the host assisted by his mother, Mrs. J. W. Jack served delicious refreshments. Miss Margaret Edwards of the State department of Voca tional Education was in Colum bus Monday to consult with! County Supt. E. W. S. Cobb re garding vocational courses of fered in the county schools. Mr- and Mrs. 0. J. Zeigler of j Green's Creek were guests of; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walker! last Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs. Zeigler will leave for their new home at Marshal! soon. Miss vada McMurry is at home after having taught the past year in High School at Grover, N. C. Mr. Austin Newman who hai been employed in the U. S. ser vice at Washington has been tranf erred to Atlanta. En route to Atlanta he spent a few days with his parents1, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Newman , the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Sikes who have been living in the Barnes Cottage at the edge of town have moved into the house re cently vacated by J- W. Smith on Peak street. Box Wood Inn Box Wood Inn has been- the scene of quite a number of merry parties since its open ing last week. Last Tuesday evening a party of seventeen from Rutherfordton motored over for supper* and since then groups from Tryon and other near by towns have been com ing over enjoying our smal) town hospitality. the city and county should have representation for in the last analysis every tax-payer will be directly benefited by a wide spread program of nation al publicity. ' i Elbert Hubbard said "If a man build a better mousetrap, write a better book, or create a | better commodity, the world 1 will beat a pathway to his door ? if he tells the world about i itj" Tryon and Polk County have | much to offer. People from 'the ends of the Earth have heard of our city in the Hills and every year brings more visitors to our gates.. The more people we tell the more visitors we will have, the more permanant residents, t And the more residents, the more business for everybody. | Publicity pays in dollars and j cents- We want to advertise this section and its assets. We wiW do our share. You can do yours. Phone the Polk County News for further information if you are interested ? and of course you are! Page Sets June 12 For Visit To Polk County I . 1 | Acknowledging the invitation (extended by the local Chamber ! of Commerce to attend a meet jing of the State Highway Com j missions of both North and South Carolina, Frank Page, chairman of the North Caro lina commission has written that he has set aside Thursday, June 12 as the most convenient date for his visit and inspec tion trip to Polk County. Final arrangements for the inter-state meeting are being held up pending the acknowl edgement of. the invitations of the members of the commis sion of our neighboring state. Miss Mary Ormord of Kings Mountain is visiting relatives ! in Columbus. Mr. Fred Blanton made a business trip to Monroe , and Charlotte last week. He was accompanied by Mrs. Blanton and little daughter. Ladies Aid Society The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church met with Mrs. Herman Walker Tuesday afternoon. The treasurer re ported that twenty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents had been realized from the sale of lunches at the Court House This together with money rea lized from the "Hen Shower", Polk County News subscrip tions, and voluntary offerings enabled the society to make a payment of fifty dollars on the church piano. The next meet ing will be with Mrs. Sheehan at the dormitory, Tuesday afternoon M%y 6th. - ' Commencement The program for commence ment at Stearns High School is as follows ? Sunday night, May 4th, 8:00 P. M. Commencement Sermon at Baptist Church, by Rev. C. P. Burnett of the Episcopal* Church, Tryon. Monday night, May 5th 8:00 P. M. Grammar Grade exer cises in school auditorium. Tuesday night, May 6th 8:00 P. M. Music Recital in school auditorium. Wednesday night, May 7, 8:00 Pi M. Debate ? in the school auditorium. Thursday night, May 8th P.* M. Class Exercises *in school auditorium. Friday afternoon- May &th, 4 P. M. Recitation and Decla mation contest in auditorium. Friday night, May 9th, 8:00 P. M Graduating Exercises. Commencement Address by Prof. Henderson of Forman University. Saturday night, May 10th Senior Class Play.