10 Pages
This Week
'volume XXIX
POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
No. 43
Tryon, N. C., May 1, 1924
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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
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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 <f the ? local
jake Captain -Adams gatfe a
general outline of the financial
plan of his oy n organization.
In referring to Lake Lure, the
projected lake at Chfytiney
Rock, he pointe 1 out the? fact
that whereag Lake Lure would
consume severa years iiri its
ultimate Construction, includ
ing its many ramifications, the
local lake could be gotjten : well
underway within three months
or so.
,
Major Warren! Hall, secretary
of Western IS'prth Carolina,
Inc., accompani ed by Captain
Adams arrived in Tryon , Wed
nesday noon, a<id proceeded at
once under the guidance of C.
J. Lynch to mace a tour of in
spection of the lake site. | At
the meeting V rednesday even
ing, the fina icial agent of
Chimney Rock, Inc., upon be
ing introduced by Major Hall
declared , hinself as f being
greatly impresied by the sur
Chamber of
WHIM*
The Tryon Chamber of Com
t next Wednes
merce will mee
day evening I in
monthly meeting at
Hall. It is expected
gard to a num|
that have been
attention of
in the past twi> 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
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! 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LOCAL HORSES PLACE
AT BILMORE SHOW
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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.
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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
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| 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.