IPatres
Week
ime XXIX No.
POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Tryon, N. C., May -15, 1924
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,.i;iv. "Peggy of" Prim
j.-.,rm", presented I y the
,r V-j.lss of Stearns High
el Saturday night i rought
rL.se the Commencement
y. j Sl s of the ? ? ' insiitiition
started last Eunday
t with the Baccalaurate
10n delivered in thejBaptist
?ch u? a large audiefce by
j' p. Burnett of the Try
piscopal church, 1
Monday night tn Pri
v and Grammar gripes un
the direction of MrfcJ. W.
ami Mrs. J. A. gFeagan
lered quite an interesting
rram- Tuesday nififfit Mrs.
fe MeHugh rendered quite
interesting progranf Tues
night'Mrs. Nelle IIcHtigh
lented a number jbf her
tile in a piano and violin re
Fednesday night cafne the
ite, the subject being Re
id "that the infer-attied
debt should be cdhcelled".
Affirmative side was up
hy Annie Edwards- Eulas
Vis, ad Laura Jatk ? with
rrie Barber, Elbert West
>k and Ernest Gibtp on the
fative. Each debitor did
lit to themselves put the
^;s decided in favofr of the
rative side. A medafl was al
fiven to ' the debAor who
and delivered thelbest in
hdual debate. Tlfis medal
[s awarded to Erne|t Gibbs
th Elbert Westbroojc worthy
honorable mention.
Thursday night thefclass day
jreises were held.
"wo medals were toven in
mection with thisfcpntest ?
? for the best recimtion, the
ler for the best declamation,
rain each participant did
edit for themselves? but the
iges decided in favor of
mice Cloud with jhonorable
jntion of Annie Lots Mills in
|e recitation contdst, while
ibert Gibbs won in J the decla
ration contest with | honorable
rntion for Jacob Cfcbb.
Friday night the 6igh^ water
j ^cercises
4 splendid
HJ Hender
University
Mcintosh
together
to each
deposit of
{?edit in the
Trust Co.,
[ark of the closing)
is reached with
Idress by Prof. E.
>n of Furman
Fter which Prof
resented diplomas]
^ith a Saving's Boo
raduate showing a
le dollar to their c
folk County Bank &
riven by Fred W. B anton, Vfce
[resident and Cashier of the
rolk County Bank]
fhairman of the _T
'he graduates this! year are ?
lisses Gretch,en | Lynch,
)orothy Edwards, [Annie Ed
vards, Mable Thompson, Laura
lack- Alice Mcdrain, Evrfl
)avis, and Eunice | Cloud and
Messers Marion Smith, Elbert
IVestbrook and Hubert Gibbs.
After the acceptance of the
liplomas by Mifi Gretchen
Lynch, president <j>f the Senior
medals and other remarks byj
Prof. Mcintosh, Mas. Fred W. I
Blanton, in behalfljof the Co
lumbps Parent-Tfacher As
sociation, presented a beauti
[fui picture of "Spj
IFrench Artist (
sixth grade for ?
greatest per cent ? of parents
present at P. T. f|A. meefings
our*
tag" by the
$rot to the
having the
iring the year.
These exercise
n^se exercises f were all well
attended and ma
?f a most succi
work at the
Scnool.
:ed the close
fui year of
teams High
Tev, B H. -
L ?f ;jolnt on is vis
Mrs. S- A. Strou
Prof, and Mrs.
baby of Hunte. .
week-end in col
friends.Mr. Lo
principal of
Schol.
Miss Gertrud
urntd home aft
week in Rut
guest of Mrs.
Mrs. W. B- A.
dren, Coy, Dori
Hendersonville
friends in Colu.
days last week.
Box Wood In
merriment las
lughridge of
ting his sister
4
r. D. Loy and
(lie spent the
imbus visiting
is a former
Learns High
West has re
spending a
irfordton, the
*ie Carnegie.
;e and chil
id Bettie of
?e guests of
is for several
i. ?
;was a scene of
Monday night
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
It is expected that final ar
rangements for the entertain
ment of the secretaries of the
Chamber of Commerce of
the South during their visit in
Tryon will be made at the
meeting of the Tryon Chamber
of Commerce next Wednesday
night.
O.ther matters of importance
will be disccussed and a full at
tendance of the organization is
urgently requested by the
officers.
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COUNTY RANKS EIGHTH
IN SCHOOL GRADUATES
Averaging 54.2 white high
school graduates per 10,000
white population. Polk County
ranks eighth in the list com
piled by the University of tht
North Carolina. This estimate
is based upon the number of
graduates for the year 1923
showing this county as having
42 high school -graduates.
"Northhampton County ranks
first with 93.7 graduates, and
Gates " County, second, with
64.3.
The State totals white gradu
ates fi;om bublic and private
high schools in 1923 was 6*317
giving an average of 33.7 stud
ents per 10,000 white "inhabit
ants, or one graduate for every
63 white families in the state
when about seventy-five young
people from Columbus, Ruther
fordton, Tryon, Saluda and
other near by places attended
the first dance to be held in the
new hotel. Music was furnished
by the negro string band from
Rutherfordton and a' most en
joyable time was spent.
Rev- S. A. Stroup left Mon
day for Atlanta to attend the
Southern Baptist Convention
which is in session there.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist Church met with Mrs.
A. L. McMurry Tuesday after
noon. At this meeting plans
were made t<Ksell ice cream at
the the Court House Saturday
afternoon. May 17th. Plans
were also made to have a
"White Sale" sometime during
the month of July and each
member is to report what her
donation will be at the next
meeting which will be held
with Mrs. FredWi Blanton next
Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
After -the program and busi
ness meeting Mrs. McMlurry
served delicious refreshments;:
Mr. N. T. Mills has returned
home from the hospital at
Greenville SL C , where he was
taken last Sunday for an exam
ination air ex-ray treatment for
his head. He will have to go
back to the hospital Saturday
for further treatment.
Miss Maud Wallace, Assist
ant Home Demonstration
Agent, will be in Columbus:
May 26th. She is to give a{
course in clothing from 10:30
until 3:30, with a short inter
mission for lunch. In this
course the study of color, line,
design and alteration of pat
terns will be stressed. Miss
Wallace comes to us highly re
commended- She is a graduate
f a leading Maryland College
and has proven her ability thru
her work as Assistant State
Agent. It is hoped that every
woman and girl will be presen
and take advantage of this un
usual opportunity to hear Miss
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The Columbus Circle of the
Columbus-Tryon Auxiliary will
meet with Mrs. F. M. Burgess,
Monday 19th at 3i30. Subject,
Foreign Missions. Topic?A
General Survey of the Fields
E Rev. Sheffer will begin a
Bible Study Class at the Pres
byte'rian Church iWtednesday
night. The Gospel of St. John
will! be studied and the public is
invited.
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Growers of improved farm
seeds in North. Carolina are
planning to- form a State-wide
Assciation which wiH work to
build up the quality of seeds
planted in the State. They will
hold a meeting _ at the Upper
Coastal Plain Branch Station
in Edgecombe County during
August. , .J r
FARMERS SELL SURPLUS
MONTHLY AT AUCTION
A practice being developed by
farmers in Anson County is
the holding of a farm auction
sale at Wadesboro on the first
Monday in each month. As a
result several thousand dollars
worth of surplus farm produce
has been sold at a profit to
those consigning and the farm^
ers have enjoyed a closer rela
tion with the business men of
the city. The movement has
been fostered by the Wlades
boro Advertising Club cooper
ing with County Agent J. W.
Cameron of the State College
extension ^ staff.
In holding these sales, a
vacant lot easily accessible to
the business section is secured
and farmers are invited to
bring their sijrplus farm mach
inery, wagons, buggies, har
ness, 'livestock of all kinds,
poultry or any other thing
grown or used on the farm. An
auctioneer, paid by the adver
tising club, sells these, pro
ducts. The farm?rs are iiivit
ed to list their products the
week before with a chairman
of the auction committee ap
pointed by the club, *but as a
general thing the products are
listed on the day of the sate.
All expenses are paid by the
business organization- The
sales have been going on now
for about two years and inter
est has been steadily increas
creasing. Sometimes only a
few hundred dollars worth of
produce is sold and on other
days as much as one or two
thousand dollars worth changes
hands. .
Mr. Cameron states that the
the advertising club sometimes
appoints a commitee to get be
hind the sales and push them'
along. He says also that the
merchants interested in * tlte
movements give special bar-'
gains in the local paper. Mr.
Cameron believes their move
ment is doing much good in re
lieving farmers of their sur
plus material and is also aiding
other farmers in obtaining
such things as they need at a
reduced price
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PRIMARY GRADES AT
SALUDA GIVE PLAY
The primary department in
cluding the first and second
grades of the Saluda school
gave a delightful entertaiment
last Friday evening at the
school. The play was under the
direction of Mrs. M. C. Luns
ford. y
A feature of tne school work
this year is the series of talks
being given by the Reverend
M. C- Lunsford at morning
chapel exercise. His talks cov
er the live question 'evolution
as commonly in interpreted at
the present day.
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HOME DEMONSTRATION
MEETING SCHEDULED
You are4nvlted to attend any
of these three meetings. Mon
day, May 26th, at 10:30 in the
school house. (Columbus) Tues
day May 27th, at 10:30 Greens
'Creek school house. Wtednes- ,
day May 28, at 10:30 Mill?
Spring school house.
Miss Maude WaHace, Assis
tant State Home Demonstra
tion Agent, will be present at
each of these places to give an
all day course on "Clothing". A
study of color, lines alteration
)f commercial pattern and de- !
sign wiH be included in this
Short School- The most inter
esting feature of the day will
be the round table discussion,
which will close the meeting
about 3 P. M., by the club mem
bers themselves. Every one
come preparea to ask and have
solved for you, ygur hardest
problem in sewing.
Bring with you a lunch as on
ly a short period wfll be given
for this time. This applies to
the country woman who lives a
good distance away. Club
members, see to it that you are
there. Both the girls and wo
men. See to it that you invite
a non-club memjber also
Home Agent
"THE SCOUTS AND
THE COMMUNITY."
Today your boy is just a boy.
Tommorrow; he will be the
man. What kind of a man?
Upright and honest or a dis
honest crook? _lThe job is up to
you! Are j you prepared, to
shoulder the responsibility?
Scouting offers the man
building program " Any boy
who accepts the Scouts oath
and law as a guide j makes the
crimson current of his heart
clean, and keeps it; clean, for
that guide is: "On my Honor:
Fl) do my best, to do my duty
to God and my country and to
obey the scout law
To l^elp | father people at all
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To keep my self physically
strong, mentally awake and
morally straight. j
The law is:. A scout is trust
worthy, Loyal, helpful, friend
ly, courtious, kind obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean,
and above all, reverent toward
his God.
With a boy like this. in years
to come the community will
have a man, a real, red
blooded man's man. One who
will stand for the rights even
though the jeers and threats of
his enemies still ring in his
ears. He! will be a man who
will "buck the line" for the
rights of his community, and
do the jpb well. Are yoif back
of him ? j If not, why ?
Give the boy a chance and he
will secure the future
y Wm. R. Turner, :
Scouts lExecutive Spartanburg
r County Division Boy Scouts
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Dr< A. J. Jervjey, President
Boy Scout troop Committed,
Tryon, IfJ. C
My dear Div; Jervey: ?
I am gtedfio ndte the interest
your committee is taking in
the Boy Scouts of Tryon and I
trust that the campaign to
secure ^ funds for permanent
euipment will be successful and
that you will raise a sufficient
amount to give the boys a place
where they may develop in
mind, body and spirit.
As Deputy Scout Commis
sioner I commend your cam
paign to the generous hearted
citizens of Tryon.
Most cordially yours,
J l Geo. W. Sheffer
Deputy vScout Commissioner
Spartanburg j District.
The Boy Scout drive to raise
funds for a permanent home
will be made next Tuesday.
Dr. Allen Jervey, Chairman,
has the drive in /charge. There
will be ten committees to do
the soliciting of funds.
Tryon is indebted to the scouts
for their work in the past- No
doubt our citizens will' welcome
an opportunity to - help ' this
worthy momement. ,
Western North Carolina* In
corported is exploiting the
mountain country for Boys
Camps. It 'has the coopera
tion of the National Boy Scouts
organization. Tryon will want
to keep in lihe with this work
by building up our local boy
scouts. Tryon citizens will
have an opportunity next Tues
day to help the scouts by in
vesting in their new home.
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A good rain the 10th.
AW not done planting yet.
T Henderson is entering into
the bee business
T. Wj. Bradley went to Zircon
ia Saturday to teach a singing
class
E. J. Bradley went to Colum
bus last Monday returning by
way of Mill Spring Tuesday.
A party iof the Blue Ridge
power company have been look
ing the past week for a suitable
place to erect g power house for
the] Fishtop dam.
Mr. Davenport has worked
out the cove road from the
river to the Howard Gap road
and has it in the best condi
tion it has ever been.
The saw mill crew are turning
out some nice lumber and auto
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POURING CONCRETE ON
ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY
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Concreting of the Asheville
Hendersonville highway began
last week, the first pour being
started near Mountain Home.
The contractors are working
toward Henderson ville and it is
expected .that this section of the
road will be open for traffic by
July 1.
The Mills River detour is re
ported to be in good condition
but the highway commission
advise the use of the regular
Ashevilhe detour except in wet
weather.
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HIGH SCHOOL PLAY TO
BE GIVEN FRIDAY EVE
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"The Land of Heart's Desire,"
a one act play by W. B. Yeats, i
will be presented by members
of Tryon High School at the
school auditorium Friday even
ing of this week- Included in
the program to be offered are
scenes from David Copper
field, "The Friendly Waiter/'
and -'Betsy Trotwood at Home.'
Those taking part in the
play are:Noah Wilson, Frank
lin Little, Rudolph Hardy,
Katherine Hardy, Lucy Moore
and Geraldine Sayre.
Dan Rion and Rucker Dur
ham will present the first of
the scenes from Dicken's book,
and Mary Swann, Leon White,
Nell Hagaman> fohn Preston
ad Mary Sharp, the second.
An admission of fifteen and
twenty five cents will : be
charged to defray expenses
LOUISVILLE SEEKING
LEGION CONVENTION
Louisville,. Kentucky, and
Houston, Texas, are the first
cities to announce bids for the
1925 national convention of the
American Legion. The effort
to bring the convention to the
Kentucky city will be made
next Saturday, Derby Day,
wfien National Executive Com
mitteemen of the Legion will
be entertained by the Louis
ville Post on their way to the
executive meeting to be held
the following week in Indiana
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ASHEVILLE I STUDENTS
SPEND DAY IN TRYON
Sixteen members f the grad
uating class of St. Genevieves
School of Asheville , arrived
this morning to spend the day
in and around Tryon
A picnic luncheon was served
at noon on the C, J. Lynch
farm. Automobiles were fur-|
nished by the foltowig Dr.
Earle Grady, G. F- Stone, C. J.
Lynch, and the Reverend J. A.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES
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Rev. J.v H* Henderlite, Chair
man of the Home Mission Com
mittee of Kings Mountain Pres
bytery ReV- Greenlea Tate,
Moderator pf Kings Mountain
Presbytery, Rev. W. Wi Akens,
Lincolnton, Rev. A. W. Craw
ford, Superintent of Home Mis
sions of the Synod of North
Carolina, and Mr. Kennedy, a
member of the Home Mission
Committee, j spent Tuesday in
Tryon looking over the local
situation with a view to assist
ing the local Presbyterian con
gregation in their building pro
gram. These gentlemen repre
senting the Presbytery and
Synod were much impressed
with the field and expressed
their willingness to cooperate
to the limit of their ability] in
making the building campaign
a success. The need for a Pres
byterian Church is apparent
when it is a known ' fact that
there are more than fifty
Presbyterians in Tryon, affiliat
ed with the Chiirch, and When
Presbyterianfe considering lo
cating here ask, "Is there a
Presbyterian Church". Presby
terians want to locate in a com
munity where there is a church
for their children as well as for
themselves.
5ggs preserved in water glass
may be poached * this winter.
They are plentiful and cheap
now but will be scarce and higfc
when cold weather comes.
MILL SPRING R 1
The Rev. Mr. Freemanpreach
an interesting sermon at Leb
anon Sunday night. Quite a
large crowd attended the ser
vices.
Miss Mildred Womack has re
turned to her homeyfroro Hill
Crest . Institute- Her irienfl
Miss Mary Coffin is spending a
week with her.
George Whiteside of Uree
visited his brother Roscoe
Whiteside Sunday.
J. C. Griffin who has been ser
iously ill the past few days is
improving.
Masses Pantha and Gilreath
Edwards were the supper
guests of Yinetta and Vernie
Hyder.
0. D. Early and wife spent
Sunday at the home of W. E
Elliots.
Joe and Fred Womack also
Fainy Laughter and Ray El
liott were the afternoon visit
ors of their friends Gordon and
Garland Hyder.
' Alberta Edwards was in
Rutherfordton Saturday.
Little Avery Lee Edwards
has been very sick with sore
throat. j
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FORMER POLK COUNTY
BOYS TO WED
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Arnold of
Buffalo, N. Y-, and St. Peters
burg, are announcing the en
gagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Ida
Dora, to Mr. Claude Andrew
Shankle of this city.
Miss Arnold is an accomplish
ed musician, both as a pianist
and as a vocalist, and as an
active church worker she is
particularly well known as a
pianist both for the Sunday
pianist of the First Christian
church and for the Young Peo
ple's Christian Union. Her
friends will be pleased to learn
that she is planning .to make
her future home in St. Peters
burg permanently.
Mr. Shankle, who is a nephew
of B. T. Boone of this city and
of Mrs. T F. Thorne, Landrum,
S. C., has lived here the greater
part of his life. He received
his early education in St. Peters
burg public schools, and later
attended the North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, N. C. At
present he is connected with
the W- B. Elliot Crocery Co.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Goodale of
Bangor, Me., who spend the
winters at 2709 First avenue
souths have announced the en
gagement of their daughter,
Thelma Phyllis, to Mr. Claude
v. Lewis, son of Mrs. J. M.
Lewis, formerly of North Caro
lina, but now of this city.
Miss Goodale is an attractive
yyoung tourist resident, who
has made many friends during
her past two winters which she
has spent here with her par
ents. She is a graduate of the
Bangor* High school and of
Mrs. Gilman's Business College
of Bangor
Mr. Lewis is a prosperous
young business man of this
city, being a member of the
firm of Lewis & Thorn.
Union.
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Union.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
WORK IN POLK COUNTY
To the club members and
those interested in club work
in our county
No. field day 8 221-2
" office days ...a 51-2
" miles traveled ..... 957
" letters written 267
"bulletins sent 76
" demonstrations club
meetings held ...... 37
Attendance ' 1.037
No. other meetings at
tended 5
Attendance 285
Total meetings held and
attended 42
Total attendance 1,072
No. conferences held ... 57
No. homes visited 28
The improvement of the
home inside and out and "hat
making" main features of this
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