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Volume iXlX No. 49 f. f Official Count of Saturday's Primary Close Co itest for Senator and Sin >riffs Office Call for Ai^otherJEIoctioii The final returns from the primary fehction hek! in Polk County Juie 7, shows the foil lowing votes Cast for the var ious candid] ttes For Governor* Josiah W Bailey ...... 125 Angus Wilton McLean. 1024 For Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Q. JJowie . * . . . 69 Robert Rj[Reynolds .... 966 J. Elmer For Auditofl James P 53 202 840 Cook Baxter Durham For Attorney General Frank Nssh 616 D. G. Bru mmitt 225 Charles R >ss 206 For Commissioner of Agricul ture . 807 . 841 , 96 Labor & 225 753 William Aj Graham T. B Parler Fred P Latham For Commissioner of Printing Luther Ml Nash M. L. Ship man 0. J. Peter soi L .;. . 67. Frank D. (rrigt 71 For Insurance Commissioner J. F. Flow irsj . . . . . ,..;L 110 Stacey W- Wade 935 For Member of Corporation Commissi on Oscar B. C arpenter .... 275 Geo. P. P(M ; I.' 772 For Solicitor \ - I" Gudger W. Edwards . . . 531 J. Will Pies s, Jr. ....... 651 For State Senator, 27th Dis trict F. P. Bacori .i... 518 E. B Cloud -205 ........... ~ S \ V. . W ? . . C. nijp ? . J. C. Fishir ; 189 ? ? ?. ? 4 m John R. Burgess For Sheriff Lvi - , _ _____ a F. McFahand . . . fi W.-Y- ? - J. Robed" E. & For Cou Geo. A. Pa 314 J. T Waldibp r 852 610 ais m w. c. Tatei Erwin W- Thompson B. F. Greei As neither F. P. Bacon, candi date for senator or R- F. Mc Farland, candidate for Sheriff polled a major ity of vote cast it will be necessary to hold a "run off" elec ion between them and the next highest competi tors. John R. Burgess and W. Y Wilkins. T MISS EVA MiSSILDINE AT R0I1LINS COLLEGE L Tt ; The News t lis Week received the following :?rom the faculty of RoHins Colbge^ Winter Park* Fla., which will be of interest to our readers, Rollins College Winter Park, Floriila, I June 7, 1924 1 Among the' Rollins seniors who left immediately for their homes in the North immediate ly following j graduation was Miss Eva Miss Idine, daughter ?f E. E. Missi dine, of Tryon, North Carolina- ^iss Missil dine was the recipient of the degree of Bachelor of Arts Miss Missildijie entered Rol lins College as \ fresman , and has_ continued ler course there until Kraduatioi i this year. Mr. Missildine is ateo a Rol graduate, a member of the class of '96. ,As a member of Kappa Ep sjlon sorority, tjhe oldest soror the Rollins c&mpus and une of the first! established in | "">rida, Miss Mjssildine wag al social headers {This year she \sa>s one of the oi the college, held the positioi Kollnns y. C great success on the campus, the most outs' in the senior fact held this her classmates of president of A. and made a the "Y" work She was one of nd^ng students and has, in utation with "ooomaies aver since en tering college in] 1920. ? . ' AT! >s Missildine states that may accent a position which has been peered, her in try on- She hasfmade no other announcement a$ to her plans the future. 1"I was mighty fry to leave old Rollins after i %r years there, V she said upon Imparting for her home. JOHN T. SMlTfl PROMINENT POLK COUNTY FARMER MARRIED AT FLAT BOCK A most beautiful and impres sive ceremony was solemnized in the Methodist church at Bast Flat Rock, Sunday evesfre* June 1, at 8 o'clock. The con tracting parties were John T. Smith, of Columbus, and Miss Sarah Maude Padgett, daughter of Mrs. Martha Padgett, of East Flat Rock. The bride fip>ne of Henderson county's most at tractive and popular young wo men, while the groom is one of Polk county's substantial young farmers. The ceremony was performed by the bribe's pastor, Rev. M W Dargan, tie beauti ful and impressive rfiag cere mony was used.1 At the ]ilano Miss Effie Rozier presided with grace and ease, while Mrs. U. G. | Patterson very effectively sang, J "The Sunshine of Your Smile," and Miss Edwin Padgett, sister of the bride, very sweetly sang, "I Love You." The bride and groom advanced to the altar to the beautiful - strains of Men delsshon's, preceded bye the maid-of-honor, Miss Hattie Pad gett, sister of the bride, and the beautiful ring bearer, Elizabeth Jones, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O- Jones- The bricfe's gown was of iprpassing elegance and bauty . Hir flowers were brides roses, showered with lilies of the vmUey. The decorations were a dream of loveliness and sweetest per fume, the altar being banked with mountain grown laurels, ferns, peonies and dtfises, the color scheme t>ejng pink and white. The churcch was packed to. its capacity Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs Smith, father and mother of the groom and ? sister, Mils Grace Smith, of Co] Mr and Mrs. Wakk&p Brazil, of Louisiana ; L. L.' Wells, k uncle of the bride, C, S. Harding, . J. H. Lovin and .losses fiattie gett, of Southport, N. Q-; Miss Minnie Arledge, of Columbus; M. and Mrs- Walter Steadman, A. Yates Arledge and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shipman, of Hender sonville. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left immediately after the cere mony by automobile for their honeymoon, destination as yet unknown. -J At present Mr. and JMfrs. Smith will make their home at "Beii Creigeon" on White Oak Mt. where Mr. Smith is in charge' of the Reed Estate. miCl spring R 1 Rev. W. W. Womack filled his appointment at Lebanon test Sunday. Dr. and Mrs- A. R. Walden, and children of Landrum were in this section a short while Tuesday. They were enroute to visit relatives near Chimney Rock. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Sheehan of Lynn spent Thursday night at the home of their sister, Mrs. A. A. Edwards, Many from here went to Stony Knoll Sunday, to 7 hear the great crowd of colored people sing/ (Lebanon did win the banner in our contest but we are glad there was^nolj any of these colored people that heard us. For wfe admit we cannot sing as they can. Mr. and Mrs. Q. M. Powell and little sons, MelviMe and William spent Sunday with Mrs. Powell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abrams. Mr. V B. Hyder and childen attended the Baptist Rally at Coopers Gap last Sunday. Mr. Roscoe Whiteside has purchased a Ford. He says he don't know what he'll do next. Mr. Hix Nanney and Miss Whiteside of near Rutherford ton passed through here Sun day. - Miss Maggie Sue Edwards at tended services at Coopers Gap Sunday . Where have all our corres pondents gone ? Sunny View, Big Levell, and even Mill Spring and Tryon Route one, you must not go to sleep on the job' and the ones who are asleep must wake up. j k TO THE FARMERS 5 OF POLK COUNTY ynr 1 ? ? a ? . About eleven months ^fco, the Farmers Federation decided to undertake to grow some other cash crop, to supplement the fotton crop which is the chief cash crop now grown in Polk County*. r Mr. P- C. Squires the man ager, suggested Head Lettuce as a crop for favorable consid eration, which was unanimous ly adopted. It was late in the season to begin; but a goodly number prepared seed beds and and planting in the fields ' was be gun in February and continued until May the first. Some of these plantings were on rich well prepared lands and at the proper time. These as a gen eral rule succeeded in produc ing a fine quality of lettuce, at the proper season, others failed to plant in good rich soil, with proper preparation and cultiva tion and failed. Every one must remember once and for eyer, that Head Lettuce is a highly specialized crop? railing for rich, mellow, moist and [wtll prepared soil, and watch ful care, and unless the grower can provide < such conditions, he I should not undertake this* crop Now what has been our success in this understaking ? From a cash receipt stand point, it is a i failure: but from an experi mental and demonstration stand point, it is a great and glorious success. The financial failure this year came from marketing condi tions which never happened hefore, and perhaps will not again. , As an experiment and dem onstration, we have proved conclusively that Iceberg Head Lettuce of the very highest quality and flavor can be pro duced in Polk County when planted at proper date, on the right soil, in proper condition. This knowledge of the possibi lities of our soil and climate, is worth immensely more to Polk County than all the effort ex pended if ali were lost Now what are we going to do with -the knowledge we have worked out? Shall we: because of the failure to reap a golden harvest the first round, stack arms and timidly retire, from the, battle field? Or shall we after working out a difficult problem, gird up our armor and renew the charge until victory will be ours? In all ages, in order to find ''oat the great men and women, they v VMS. REV. H. S. HOWARD Pastor of the French Broad Baptist church of Asheville, who will assist Rev. Dr. Justice of the Tryon Baptist church in a revival meeting to begin Sunday, June 15. Meetings will be held both mohiing and evening, to which the public is cordially invited. been put to severe tests. The great souls, always conquer. Gideon went to battle with too 4nany cowards in the ranks; Twenty two thousand coward ly ones were permitted to re turn to their homes. Three hundred true hearted soldiers went forth and won the battle Joseph went through prison to immortality. ^ . .Daniel went through the Lion's Den to glory and the Hebrew children passed through a flaming furnace of fire to everlasting fame, ?I am now ready to confess that the few farmers of Polk County who undertook and did put across this Head Lettuce Project with everlasting cred it to their county and to them selves; but only the .burning question now before us is: Will we tamely surrender, because the financial success was not up to our expectations; or will we like true soldiers go lot - ward with the knowledge we have gained of the crop by this year's experience to a glorious victory next year and for all succeeding time. Of * course a few with weak knees and hearts will fall out and make no use of the knowledge gained by this years experience; but many who have witnessed the causes of failures this year, will fall in with the courageous and put this crop to a fuller test next year- , It is remarkable that those who who had. least - involved, have made greater ado about losses. What the Farmers Federar tion untook to do last Fall was to find a cash crop that farm ers of Polk County could grow together and sell to city mark ets in car lots, that would in terfere least with their mlajor cash crop; which is cotton, Head Lettuce fits this condi tion well, as it grows at that time of year when grass and weeds do not grow and when cotton crop is not in the way. We have learned that we can grow the crop to perfection, when the laws of nature are obeyed. We have learned that we can do it in car load lots. Business says go forward and possess the land Respectfully J. R. Samis r ' ' - Customer: Your dog seems to be particularly fond of watch ing you cut 'hair, Mr. Thomp son Mr. Thompson: It isn't that Sometimes I make a mistake and snip of a piece of my cus tomer's ear. i COLUMBBUS Miss Margaret Auman of ; Charlotte is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Doar, in the home of Mrs. Lindsey Smith* Miss Thelma Mills has accept ed a position in the bakery at Tryon. ? j . Mrs. Fred W Blanton has re turned home after a visit of two weeks with friends and relatives^ in Albemarle. The following young ladies are at home from college to spend the summer vacation with their parents ? Misses Aylene , Edwards and Leona from N. C. C. W. at Greens boro; Miss Jeanette Feagan from Cullowhee Normal at Qullowhee; and Misses Doro and Katherine McChesney m Due West at Due West S !v ' , ' . . \ Mr. and Mrs. H. L- Sikes and baby spent tast week-end with relatives in Monroe. Mr. and Mrg. D. Wj. McChes ney attended commencement at Due West College, Due West $. C. last week, where ? their daughter, Miss Katherine Mc Chesney was a member of the graduating class. Cullpepper Sikes of Albe marle has arrived to spend the summer with his brother and sister, Mr- H. F- Sike& and Mrs. Fred W. Blanton. ? I James Shannon of Monroe is visiting his sister, Mrg. H. Fw Sikes. . Haseltine Shipman of Hen dersonville and Kenneth Bostic of Forest City spent last week with their aunt, Miss Minnie Arledge, at Boxwood Inn. Mr. Fred W. Blanton. f Vice present and cashier of the Polk County Bank & Trust Co., at tended the N. C- Banker's Con vention at Asheville last wek. Miss Minnie Arledge attend ed the wedding in Charolette June 2nd of Miss Margaret Rucker to Rev- Dr. E. V. Hud son. Mrs. Hudson is well known in Columbus where she has frequently visited. '^?Miss Maye Mills is visiting her friend, Miss Marietta Rog ers, at Gledale, S. C. The people of Columbus were quite saddened to hear of the sudden death of Hon. Solo mon Gallert of Ruterfordton last Friday. Mr- Galert was well known and loved In Colwn bus where he had attended court for many years. Mr. and Mrs. John Louis Smith and daughter of Gaffney, S. C., are visiting Mrs- Smiths parents, Mr. and Mrs J. W. Newman. * Mr. H. H- Carson is having his house on Ward Street re modeled. Mrs. Carson and children have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs- John, L. Jackson at Lynn. Since their return they are o^Py10* ^ McFarland house until theirs is completed. . Mr- Ed Newman and nieces Janette, and Mary E13,za??^ McFarland, motored to Gaffney S C. last Sunday and spent the day The story telling hour and the hour of play on the Stearns High School campus, conducted every Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Columbus Parent Teacher Association is being welt attended and enjoy ed by the younger children of the town. The school I library is also kept open every Friday afternoon from 3:00 until 6:00 and many are taking advan tage of thig opportunity to get good books and magazines to read. Mr. Austin Newman who is employed in the U. S. mail ser vice at Atlanta is spending a three weeks "vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- J. W. Newman. Mr. and Mrs. W. W- BreazeaB and little daughter, Laura, of Coleman Texas, are visiting Mrs. Beazeals's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith. They are planning to make their 1 home here for the summer. Mrs- N. T. - Mills has been called to the bedside of her daughter, Mrs- Lindsey Swof ford, of Spartanburg who Is very iM in the hospital there. Miss Curtis Hill who has been working at the bakery In Tryen FORMER RESIDENT INSTANTLY KILLED IN HENDERSONmLE J. S. Shaver, about seventy year of age, and a former resi dent of Polk County who has been living in Hendenooville for the past few yean, was in stantly killed last , Saturday morning when he was struck by an automobile driven by Chas. E. Corpening, a farmer from Mills River. Mr- SKaver whose home was near Druid Hills, a mile north of Hendersonville was struck while crossing the State High way and according to report* the accident was unavoidable. , Jias given up her work and re turned home. Prof, and Mrs. E. W? S. Cobb and children spent Friday in Asheville. The Columfbus Circle of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. J. W. Mcintosh on next Monday the 16th* This is a very important meeting and all members are requested to present. The studies in the gospel of John taught by Rev. Sheffer at the Presbyterian church very Wednesday night are proving to be helpful. Everybody in Columbus and community are invited to bring their Bibles and join the study. Prof, and Mrs. E. W S- Cobb and children will leave Friday morning for a visit to rela tives in Winston-Salen and Greensboro. While away Prof. Cobb will attend a - Conference for Superintendents th be held in the auditorium at North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro, June 16-20. Rev. S. A. Stroup and family spent a few' days in South Carolina last week.* The Columbus-Try on Auxil* ary met with Mrs. McCown in Tryon last Thursday- A pageant on Korean work among women , was read in a very entertaining way by> the ? President, Mrs- Schi&etter. '? The auxiliary is striving to reach the standard of excel lence adopted by the Auxilia ries of the Southern Presby terian church. A Prayer Band has recently beeq organized. Those attending this meeting from Columbus were Mesdames !H. F. Sikes, E. W. S. Coob, J. W. Jack, J W. Mcintosh, D- W. McChesney, J. A. Feagan, and F. M. Burgess. I' Work has started on the new ten thousand dollar cotton gin - being erected on the outskits of Columbus. H. H. Carson a Dd Lindsey Owens have the con tract to build it- Practically, all of the stock has been sub scribed by farmers in one hun dred dollar shares. Even tho Polk County boasts of fier new $40,000 jail, it' is not sufficient yet to hold some of the "jail birds" placed there ii Early Tuesday .morning Sheriff Thompson discovered that two of his "birds" had - bown. They had made their escape with the aid of a half witted prisoner who had been allowed to wander . at random along the corridor, and who helped them work the combina tion on the lock. Mrs. J. A. Feagan will leave Monday to attend school at Asheville Normal. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church met with Mrs. H. H. Edwards Tuesday afternoon- At this meeting the society finished studying the book, "Stewardship and Mis sions", by Cook, soon the study a new book wiH be taken up. The next meeting will be held with Mrs- Fred W. Blanton next Tuesday afternoon June 17th at foui o'clock. It Is hoped that each member wiD make a special effort to be present. Rev. Stroup of the Baptist church held reMgioua services with the prisoners in the jafl last Sunday " afternoon and girls from the Baptist choir sang several songs. [ Lines to Be Remembered. They are never alone that art companied with noble thoughts.? ttf Philip Sidney. _
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