POLK COUNTY HEWS
C. BUSH, Publisher ,j
H. M t FjKASKR. Editor
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Until furtn
J
er notice inj view
of the large number of matters
under discuss lion and pending
action on the part of the Try on
Chamber of Commerce,! that
organization Jwill meet ] every
other Wednesday evening.
Clubs, societies and fraternal
organizations are urged fobear
this fact in nind in pi
meetings or mtertainmei
The next meeting
Chamber of Commerce w|ll
held on Wedi esday, May
The Chamber of Commerce,
imbued with the spirit of pro
gress. growt 1 and civic pride
in this eomir unity largely as a
result of our entry in the pro
gram fostei ed by W jstern
North Carol; na, Inc., is- ^striv
ing for this community's share
of the benefi;s to be Reaped
from co-operation with arger
organization. It is only
through locfl cooperation of
every citizen that the pj-esent
plans can succeed.
Through its efforts Try oh has
several miles of paved street^.
Tryon will scon begin the! con
struction of a water system
of adequate proportions to
serve a town several
times its sizi. Tryon willj have
a well organized volunteer fire
fighting system to protect its
homes and Duildings. Tryon
will have th<! honor of jnter
taining for cne day the < secre
taries of the Chambers of Com
merce of the South. Tryoi will
have a mee;ing of the {State
Highway Commissions of two
states, with i possibility of en
tertaining tjhe governors of
those states. And according
to all present indications Tryon
will have a l|ike.
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Developments in the past ten
days on the Pacolet lake! pro
ject have, according tjp aM
available information, reached
a point where the entirej suc
cess or failure of the project
for immediate construction
hinges upon the attitude of!
Mr. J. B. Cleveland of Spartan
burg who controls a portion of
the property involved ii '? the
development.
Try on, i 1 reviewing] Uhe
career of ft r. Clevelanq / and
knowing of his deep regard
and affection for this section
does not feel that she h?s an
alarmingly difficult tasl in j
pointing out to him the value
of such a lal:e as the pr< posed
Pacolet projoct to Try or and
to Polk Courty. That thi 5 lake
has sold itsef to the commun
ity is evidert from the enthu
siastic manner in which ^the
citizens have supported it? from
the beginning Members of the |
Chamber of Commerce ins 'dis
cussing the present sitiationi
feel that Mr; Cleveland will de
cidedly not stand in the \ray of I
the progress of Tryon an l the |
county that is assured by, the |
development of a lake in this
vicinity. I eputable engineers
have proven conclusively : that
the site as proposed foi f i the
lake is the test One ford^velop
ment with a view of immjedi^te
returns both to the town as a
whole and t> those financially,
interested.
Western N)rth Carolina Inc.,
and Chimney Rock, Inc.* jhave
both assurer the local Cham
ber of Cc mmerce of j their
hearty co-operation in thip -pro
ject. Citizens of neighf
cities in the
boring
piedmont country
are watching Tryon with
siderable interest as are
syndicates and the official
the Southern Railway
pany
NORTH CAROLINA
What are
of North C
turpentine
How: this.,
the rosy day
when we ol<|
the pages of
It all seem^
The pictures
ers on our
the big pine,
darkies werel
ing turpentip
mansion on t"
of the cotton
quarters ata
the woods,
we recall th
with the c
simplicity
of that edenfc
the chief prpducts
pitch,
con
hotel
is of
com
^rolina ? Tar,
lumber.
takes us
s of our chi
er ones tl
the old
but yest
of the ship]
eastern
woods wh(
busy at th<
e stills; tl
he plantati<
field andtl
ng the f 1
flow many
ise peaceful 'scenes
hjarm of primitive
g for the return
peace that; fond
recollection calls up. Truly,
history repeats itself, and that
divine dissatisfaction, that in
ward motor turns whether we
will or no, drives the mighty
forces of men and nations, to
what for a better name we call
destiny.
For years North Carolina
drifted along- White her peo
ple were not rich they pos
sessed what to them was more
valuable and enduring, a home
I'with love and faith, the foun
dation of contentment. jLux"
lury was an unknown quality
except as an appreciation for
the blessirtgs they enjoyed, and
they were thankful. One must
I be blind indeed not to be able to
see the guidance of the Divine
Hand behind all this crude pre
paration for the glorious pos
sibilities which the light of the
present reveals.
North Carolina is not a
stranger to suffering andpriva
tion. A natural family pride
taught her the bitter exper
ience of war. Reconstruction
taught her the virture of for
bearance and patience. But
through it allshe emerged with
clean hands and true hearts,
firm in her resolution to rebuild!
the waste places and restore;
the proud name of thecommon
1 wealth from the ruins of a lost
cause. From the declaration
of independence at Mecklen
burg, N. C. May 20, 1775 to the
universal exception in 1924
North Carolina was laying the
foundation for the great future
which by Prophetic vision was
held by the ' patroits within
her borders. Then North Caro
lina was ready. The natural
honor of her people was not ap
pealed to in vain to pay the
debt she considered , was her
due to the descendants of La
fayette and true to her con
victions she gave to the limit
of her treasurer. Then camie
the end and when the clouds of
war had cleared away and the
bright light of peace once
more blessed the world North
Carolina was not slow to recog
nize the fact that amid the
crumbling of kingdoms and
empires, customs and institu
tions that had served the re
quirements of the past were
not servicable in the new order.
Old things had passed away
and a new dispensation was in
order ? in fact was here. She
saw billions of treasure licked
up by the flame of conflict, mil
lions of innocent victims led as
sheep to the slaughter and she
turned away with loathing
from this exhibition of man's
inhumanity to man with the
high resolve that she would use
her greatest remaining asset
(her children) for a* more
noble and glorious purpose, and
right here the strong sturdy
man-and woman-hood came in
to its own and North Carolina
threw her whole might into the
great cause of education. And
what is the result?
I For the past few years the
writer has spent much of his
time at our national capital. I
have talked with many repre
sentatives from other states
and from every scource there
came the highest tributes and
praise for the people of this
(state. One member said "You
have neither oil, coal nor iron,
the great sources of wealth to
other states What have you
down there that is making you
so much talked about? "I re
plied," We have an abundance
of. a superior kind of sand and
with this sand in the craw # of
our people it gives them a high
quality of nerve)." Talking to
an old servant of the United
States whose middle name was
"Statistics" he said "Do you
realize that the progress
made by your state is without
paralell in history? And all
within the past four years. Do
you know that the educational
budget for the negro of your
state is greater than that of
Italy, Austria and Poland? Do
you know that there is less
want and proverty in North
Carolina than in any place on
earth of the same- area? Then
this old man smiled and said
"I'll tell you the reason lor
this. Your population is just
ninety nine and one half per
cent American born."
Spieaking of nosegays. I
was sitting in the lobby of the
Hotel Washington . one day
when two "knights of thegrip"
came and sat down and we got
into conversation. One of
them asked me where I was
from . I informed him of
course that I was from Trycm,
North Carolina. "Tryon,
North Carolina," he came
back, "Then what the devil are
you doing here or anywhere
else? Say, old man, I stopped
pff there two weeks last Fall
and take it from me, mafa, Try
on, N. C., for its size is in a
class by itself. The town is
like a cameo in a setting of
emerald." And so it goes.
Where ever I have gone I
found eyes looking this way.
In conclusion I wish to say
that taking into consideration
the results as shown by the
statistics and the high tributes
paid from all sources, I think it
would be for the best interests
of our country to close the
gates for awhile against the
ignorance and crime of South
ern Europe until we have had
time to give each imigrant
within our gates a good bath
of Americanism.
J. C. Bushnell
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Many on the Route attended
the Egg Hunt given under the
auspices of the * Epworth
Leaggue of Bethlehem Church
last week.
Thirty three guests were en-[
tertained at Walnut Grove on
Easter Sunday.
Miss Essie Edwards of
Weaverville College spent the
Easter holidays with home i
folks.
Mrs. Frank Edwards was
called to Chartotte to attend
the funeral of her uncle last
week.
We were sorry to learn of J;he
death of Mr. Boone of Mars'
Hill, father of Miss Maye
Boone.
Miss Maria Hall of Stearns
High School spent Easter with
her aunt, Mrs. E. H. Edwards.
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SUNNY VIEW |
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Several from this section at
tended the preaching at Big!
Level Sunday.
Miss Oma Reynolds and Miss!
Millie McKinney spent the '
folks. ,
cfinner guest of Lucille Taylor
Sunday.
Mrs. Bill Jackson visited Mrs
W. D. Helton list Sunday.
Mrs. G. L. Taylor visited Mrs.
J. L. Jackson Sunday after
ao?L ; ' I F
Miss Arkansas Jaqkson was
the guest of Miss Martha Jack
son Sunday.
Miss Emma Helton spent one
night last week with Venetta
Hyder on Route 1.
Miss Lizzie Fowler of Green
Hill who has been visiting rela
tives in this section has re
turned to her home.
Miss' Esther Wilson of
Stearns High School spent the
week end with her mome folks
FOR SOLICITOR
I hereby announce my can
didacy for the nomination as
Solicitor of th4 Eighteenth
Judicial District of North
Carolina, subject to the demo
cratic Primaries of Saturday,
June 7th, 1924.
jr. WILL PLESS, JR.
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I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Sheriff of Polk
County subject to the \ Demo
cratic Primary to be held on
June 7, 1924. j -
W. Y. Wilkins
I hereby announce my can
didacy for State Senate 27th
Senatorial District subject to
action Democratic primary
June 7th
John R. Burgess
II hereby announce myself a
candidate for Sheriff of Polk
County subject to the Demo
cratic primary June, 7, 1924.
J. Robt. Foster.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate to represent the 32d
Polk, Rutherford, Cleveland,
McDowell and Henderson
courities, in the State Legislat
ure, subject to the Democratic
primary June 7, 1924.
My race will be made on my
past record as senator.
James C. Fisher.
? Political Advertisement
Bank
Are a sure index of community prosperity.
When business is moving, deposits increase
and banks find themselves in position to make
loans more freely.
MONEY IN THE BANK
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therefore is intimately related to the
COMMON WELFARE
Reason then would show how advantageous
it is for every person to deposit all they can in .
BANKS, NOT ALONE for the purely selfish pleas
ure a fat bank account affords but for the good of
the business life of a community.
Your deposit with us, either in Saving Interest
Certificate, or Checking is absolutely safe and
have always, during hard times, been instantly
available. ! j
At the same time ?our deposit here is an active
factor in the growth of buisness in Columbus and
Polk County. We invite you to deposit here.
POLK COUNTY BANK & TRUST CO.
Columbus, North Carolina
If
Resources Over One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars
Men Can
You Beat
This
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Price, $6.
Oxfords that carry the looks of shoes at twice the
price; made of black and brown calfskin, in all the
new styles.
Let us show you them today
Hugh M Thompson Co.
Builders* Supplies
.
Let us give you an estimate before you buy
Boz 274 Saluda, N. C.
Dodge Cars Willys-Knight
Graham Trucks Ovrelands
Sales and Service
If you are in the market for a car it
will be a pleasure to show you the 1924
models.
The Overland Spad is an ideal car for
Light Delivery and farm produce trucking.
The most economical light truck on the
market.
Used Cars Bought and Sold
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C. W. BALLENGER
Try on, North Carolina
It Helps Your Credit
When you see a man paying his bill by check, your
estimation of him is instinctively greater and it is the
same with others when they get a check from you in
payment of a bill. They feel that you are worthy the
trust extended you because you have shown your busi
ness foresight by having a checking account. Let us
help you start one today.
The Bank of Tryon.
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Five Reasons Why Particu
lar Women Favor Our
Footwear
1. Because our styles are exclusive without being
expensive.
2. Because they are not transient styles that are the
rage today and passed tomorrow but modes that
are beautiful and enduring.
3. Because they actually beautify the feminine foot,
lending it a tempering delicacy and a trim, clean
cut contour. ,
4. Because they maintain their slender, beautiful
lines as long as they are worn.
5.\ Because they wear and wear and wear.
NISSEN'S
122 E. Main St. Spartanburg, S. C.
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HOLMES SEED CO.
152 E. Main St Spartanburg, S. f.
Garden, Field and Flower Seeds.
We carry the highest grade of garden and field
seeds that grow in this locality. Come to see us
or write us for catalog and quotations.
BETTER SEEDS-BETTER CROPS.