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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Tryon, N. C., July 17, 1924 /
$1.50 a Year
Tryon Wallops
Flat Rock Team s j
In Dazzling Finish
Local Ball Tossers Strut
Their Stuff in Ninth In
ning Rally? Fisher,
phillips and Wafd
Star
The Tryon baseball team
won ft'0111 *n a thrill
er and well-played game at
the Tryon ball park Saturday.
The final score 10 to 9. - Tryon
von with a spectacular 9th in
ning rally, scoring 4 runs to
win with none out. James
Fisher, playing third base for
Tryon. starrer at the bat with
2 doubles and 3 singes out of 6
times at bat. Phillips, center
tieMer J'or Tryon, also had a
good batting day, getting a
triple, a double and two singles
oat of five times up. For Flat
Koek. C. Ward gets the batting
laurels, with four singles out of
five chances.
Score : ?
Flat Rock R H E
002120113 9 14 7
Tryon
0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 10 14 3
Batteries ? for Flat Rock,
Mabry, C. Ward and Greer; for
Tryon. Harrison and Durham.
t COLUMBUS |
Entertained the Outlook Club
Mrs. J. W. Jack entertained
the members of the Outlook
Club Wednesday afternoon. The
study- of North Carolina Writ
ers and their works was re
sumed. Mrs. J. W. Jack read
quite an interesting paper on
John Henry Boner and Mrs. D.
W. McChesney one on Mary
Bayard Clarke. ^ J)dr&v If rank
Sikes rendered a beautiful
piano solo, after which the hos
tess served an ice course to the
following members: Mesdames
E. W. S. Cbb, D. W. McChes
ney, Fred Wl. Blanton, E. B.
Cloud. H. H. Edwards, J. W.
Mcintosh and Frank Sikes.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mcintosh,
Mrs.- Fo u:te and Mary Elizabeth
Mcintosh are spending a few
days in Denver N. C. with with
the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Ledbet
ter have gone to Detroit to
make their home for the pres
ent. Mrs. Ledbetter before her
marriage was Miss Sally Lynch
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Lynch. Mr. Ledbetter is a
Rutherfordton county boy.
The Circle of the Presbyter
ian Church will meet with Mrp.
Frank Sikes Monday afternoon
at four o'clock. Mrs. J. W.
Jack will have charge of the
program.
Baptist Ladies Aid Meet
The Ladies Aid Society of
the Baptist Church met with
Mrs. Stoup at the parsonage
last Tuesday afternoon. . The
business hour was spent in
making and discussing ways
and means by which the treas
ury might be replenished. A
committee was appointed to
select a communion set which
is to be a gift to the church.
*'Jr- &(>up, the pastor put en
thusiasm into the meeting by
Jejng present and giving help
ful suggestions. It was decid-j
to have a report from the
society read in church every
|hree months when the church
Measurer makeks his report.
At the conclusion - of the
Meeting refreshments were
Serv'ed by the hostess.
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Edward Shore Raper of
wston-Salem is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. E. W. S. Cobb.
AI[. and Mrs. L. Ode Parker
* Albemarle are visiting their
n!fe, Airs. Fred W. Blanton.
Major Hutcherson and chil
spent several days the
past week with her sister, Mrs.
viHe c^we^ in Henderson*
Ji!*SomS Carrie Efird and Han
an bikes from Albemlarle who
t e spending some time at
a*rJunaluska spent" Tuesday
W ;) ednesday with Mrs. Fred
\Blanton. ' " " ?
1 rs- W. a. Bridges, nee Mis#
F. P. Bacon Visits
Historic Capital
of Bonny Scotland
Glad to Get Tryon News S#ys
Local Captain of industry
While Touring Europe
North British Station Hotel
Edinburgh, June 29,
Dear Mr. Bush:
By today's mail I received
copies of the Polk County
News June 5. and 12. These
proved to be the most interest
ing papers I have read since
leaving Tryon. The home news
"sounds" good to me.
You asked me to write you. i
Our trip has been most en
joyable and as you can see from
the above address we are visit
ing the most wonderful city of
Edinburgh, wonderful for its
beauty and historic interests.
We return to South England
July 1st and from there to
Paris when we will spend a
week or ten days, sailing from
Cherburg July 24th on the S.
S. Ohio, arriving in good old U.
S. A. about August 2nd.
' Give my kindest regards to
all inquiring friends and be
lieve me
Yours Very Sincerly
F. P. Bacon
Ada Tallant, and baby of De
troit are visiting friends and
relatives in the county.
Migs Omah Reynolds leaves
Thursday for Washington, D.
C., where she will spend a week
or ten days.
The Girl's Book Club held
their semi-monthly meeting
Wednesday afternoon , with
Misses Dorathy and Katherine
McChesney as hostesses. An
interesting program was given
after which refreshments were
served.
To Polk County*
owers
A new disease of cotton (cot
ton blight) has appeared in
many counties of the state.Mr.
Fredrick A. Wolfe, State Plant
Pathologist describes leaves or
branches, dark brown sunken
spots may be found at the base
of the affected leaves and
spots appear as brown streaks
along the main steams. The
leaves are so weakened that
that1 the leaves shed or drop
off, as well as the stems or
branches. - In severe cases* the
plant may become destitute of
leaves and consequently die.
This disease has never been
epidemic in N. C. It appeared
in epidemic form in Arkansas
in 1920, which was a very wet
season there. Cloudy wet
weather appears to be the
c&use of infection. SunsKlne
effectually stops this trouble.
If any cotton grower discov
ers such trouble; please let me
know.
Respectfully, J. R. SAMS,
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Sunday Services at
Tryon Churches
Congregational Church Of
Christ
Rev. Joseph L. Daniels, D. D.
L. L. D., Pastor Emiritus
Rev, Will O'Neffl, Minister
Church School 10 A. M.
Nelson Jackson Jr. Supt.
A graded school with classes
for all. ' |
Morning worship ..,..11 A.M.
Y. P. S. C. E..... ...... 3.P.M.
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The Quiet Hour 4 P. M.
Everybody .welcome and
visitors in the city are especial
ly invited to worship with us.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. C. P. Burnett, rector
Sunday Service:
Holy Communion 7:30;
Sunday School ........ 10 :00
Morning Prayer and
sermon
Friday 5 P. M. Litany and in
tercessions for the sick.
Tryc" 'Church
Thomas L. -Jiu'tkc, D. D.
Pastor. , __ _
Sunday School at 10 A. M.' C.
E. Hagaman, Supt./
Regular Service at 11 A. M.
Rev. C. P. Linebarger
Who is conducting a service of
meetings at the Mill Spring
Baptist Church.
Presbyterian Church Items.
Rev. George %V. Sheffer, pas
tor, will preaeh at the Presby
terian Church, Sunday night.
Services begin at 8:15 o'clock.
The subject for the- evening is,
The Unpardonable Sin, and
Who May Commit It. If you
are at all disturbed over this
^question you should attend
'this service and hear a Scrip
tural presentation of the whole
matter.
Friends of the pastor, away
off in Texas and in other States
are showing an interest in the
building campaign by sending
contributions to help erect a
church in Tryon to the glory of
God and the good of the com
munity.
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W. C. Ward, Superintendent
of the . Southern Mercerizing
Company, was in Asheville last
Saturday looking after busi
ness matters.
Items of Local Interest About
Tryon People and Their Friends
Miss * Elizabeth Kinloch left
Monday for New Jersey and
other Northern points to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Carl Underwood of
Spartanburg. S. C., spent Mon
day with Mrs. W. C. Ward and
family.
The many friends of Miss
Alice Jackson are glad to have
her home again and to learn
that she is imroving so rapittyy.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Justice,
with their sons Frances and
Thomas Logan, and maid, left
last Friday in their car for a
vacation trip in the mountains.
Ther itinerary included Saluda,
Chimney Rock, Hendersonville,
Asheville and other points.
Misses Betty Clark and Sarah
Paris of Columbia ate visiting
at Country home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Lynch.
Mrs. Mary Murphey and son,
Ed of St Mathew have return
ed to their home after a
month's visit with Mrs. Mur
phey's daughter, Mrs. iFrank
Cain.
M. R. McCown of Clemston,
was the week end visitor of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
McCown.
* Mrs. S. H. Rion is visiting in
the home of her son, James j
Rion and family.
Mrs. W. C. Ward v spent the
latter art of last week in Sal- j
uda the guest of her friend, i
Mrs, Wi. H. Pace.
Miss Louise Monroe, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. j
Monroe, of Tryon and Mr. Roy
Delon, a young business man
of Brevard were married in lat
ter place on Monday of this
week. They will make their
home in Brevard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bullard andj
two little son's J. J. Jr. and Wil
liam of Spartanburg were the
week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Cormick.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hart and
Miss Virginia Sherfey were
Chimney Rock visitors Tues
day.
Dr. Edward Rutledge And
family have taken Mrs. Charles
Wilson's house on Melrose Ave.
for the summer months.
Dr. Robert, Dean of College
of Medecine of Charleston' was
in town on Saturday,- on his
way to his summer tome in
Saluda.
If the hot weather continues
there won't be many*left in the
South to fight the Boll Weevil,
while Tryon and adjoining re
sorts will be full to verflowing.
Dr. John Graham, his wife
and niece of the University of
Tuskaloosta, Alabama, will be
in Tryon for a short visit next
week. Mrs. Graham is a friend
of Mrs. Holden's known to her
in the long ago in Munich'
Bayira. Dr. Graham has been
professor of biology for many
years in Tuskatoosa.
Mrs. Harshman has sub-let
the Leonard cottage to the new
dentist who proposes to make
Tryon his permanent home.
A difficult question of road
morals arose near the Erskine
Bridge on Sunday. Whether
to run into the three flappers
who were stretched across the
the street or to drive right on
into a car 1 was the question.
The driver decideded on in
vading the car..Miss Lois Cook
Inman, S. C. was . badly hurt.
She was taken to the hospital
for an operation from which
she Is rapidly recovering.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Peattie
left for Washington yesterday.
Thence they will go to Stam
ford Conn, and Falmouth Mass.
to spend at least two months
with their children and grand
children.
Miss Grover who has been
for sometime at Miss ? Petti
er ew's will go North soon.
Mrs. Harshman will leave,
[this week for Washington,
with her nephew, taking the
remains of her husband, Com
mander Harshman for , burial
in the cemetary at Arlington. *
Miss Martha Lightner 'writes
rejoiceing from Camp Orduna.
She has escaped the ignomy of
being classed with the "baby's
in the swimming contests. She
is now a "Junior".
Castle Park Mich., has proved
a fine market for Polk Co. in
dustries, of all. sorts, baskets,^
pottery and woven goods.
J. T. Camp and wife of Greens
Creek were visitors in Tryon
Saturday.
J. G. Landrum, Cashier of
the Mutual Bank of Landrum
S. C. was in Tryon on business
Saturday. j
Judge Dan Hart of Wewoka,
Okla. is visiting his sister. Mrs.
S. Edwards and family.
R. L. Newman of Saluda was
exchanging hand grips with
old friends in Tryon during
the week end. i
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Osborne
of Spartanburg are in Tryon
for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. J. W. Houghston and
children of Spartanburg have
taken a cottage for a month s
stay in our midst.
Mrs. Catherine Mulligan who
has been visiting friends
returned to her home in Spar
tanburg last week.
Mrs. Sallie Watson under
wet an operation for appen
dices at the Tryon Hospital
Monday. Friends and acquain
tances will be pleased to hear
that Mrs. Watson is recovering
rapidly according to the at
tending physician.
Dr. E. M. Salley of Saluda
paid a visit to Tryon during
the week.
Mrs. D. G. Lewis of Golds
boro N. C. who is visiting her
mother, Mrs. E. Rhodes, was
the guest of Mrs. W. C. Ward
one day last week.
Miss Clyde Metcalf left Sun
day for Spartanburg, S. C.
where she will enter Spartan
burg Business College. ^ Mi3s
Metcalf, it will be remembered,
won the valuable schorship to
this institution through the ex
cellence of her essay on Busi
ness Education, which won fist
prize over a long list of entries
this spring.
Dr. B. B. Bishop
Dental Expert
to Open Office
Former Resident of fnman
Locates Permanently in
Tryon-Well Known in
This Section
B. B. Bishop formerly of In
man S. C will locate in Tryon
where he will continue to prac
tice his profession as a dentist.
He is an A.B. graduate of Wof
ford College' where he was
most popular with the faculty
and student body. Immediate
ly after fininshing the course
at Wofford, Dr. Bishop matric
ulated at the Atlanta v Dental
College, Atlanta, where he
graduated the past June, again
with high honors. This is re
flected in that he was success
ful in passing the dental boards
of Georgia, Florida and North
Carolina, as well as that of his
own native state
Dr Bishop wili have an office
equipped with the most modern
apparatus and this backed up
with the ability to render real
dental service will fill a long
felt want in this community.
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PHONE DIRECTORY
The Polk County Telephone
Company will shortly issue an
attractive and up to date Tele
phone Directory something
Jyhich the business men of Try
on and vicinity have wanted
badly for some time. The
Company states that flas soon
as the directory is in the hands
of the public central operators
wiH be instructed to handle
phone connections by number
only in order to speed up the
service and eldmiate unneces
sary delay.
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MILL spIUN6 R 1 ;;
Rev. Roland Wlhite preached
a very interesting sermon at
Lebanon last Sunday to a large
congregation.
The Lebanon choir sang at
Marus Chapel last Sunday af
ternoon. Rev. Freeman gave
a very beneficial and interest
ing leccure on 'Preparation for
life'g work' especially for the
the young people. A large
crowd was there
Mrs A. A. Edwards Is spend
ing this week at AsheviUte with
her daughter Mrs Thos. C. Aut
rey.
Mr. A. A. Womack and family
of Greens Creek, spent last
week-end with relatives here.
Messrs. Ben Edwards and
Roscoe Whiteside spent Satur
day in HendersonyiUe.
Mr. W. G. Gilbert and child
ren, also his sister, Miss Sarah,
spent Saturday night with his
sister, Mrs. Mary Lynch, near
Rutherfordton.
Mr. L. H. Sheehan, of near
Tryon, spent Tuesday at the
home of A. A. Edwards.
Miss Lela Womack, who has.
a position at Spindadle, N. C.,
spent l&st week-end at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Womack.
Several people from Greens
Creek attended services at Leb
anon last Sunday.
Mr. Sampson Fowler of Green
Hilll, visited relatives here last
week.
Mrs. R. R. Melton of near
Rutherfordton, is spending sev
eral days with her daughter,
Mrs. Waiter Dyer.
Mr. Clinton Johnson of Mel
vin Hill and Miss Mildred Wo
mack motored to Pearidge list
Sunday.
Miss Maggie Sue Eddwards
has been sick for several days
with tonsilitis. <?
Mr. Ralph Edwards and littie
Ralph Jr.rwho have been visit
ing relatives here, have return
ed to their-home at Inman, S.
C.
Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Allen,
both formerly of this viciniy,
but now of Charlotte, are the
proud parents of a fine boy.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Q. M.
Powell on last Monday, a boy.
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Don't crok, if you cannot see
any good in this world, keep
the bad to yourself.
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I Hooch Hound's Flirt
With Undertaker Says
Noted Chicago Medico
Distilled Poison Populates
Nut Factories and Peni
tentiaries According
to Famous Alienist
. A Texas peace officer when
requested to arrest a- hooch
crazed cowpuncher said -No
suh! I'll leave Jim alone until
he gets sober. When I commit
suicide, I does it natural!
And the hooch-hound loaded
to the gunnels with the brand
of liquid dynamite dispensed
by moonshine peddlfers is a
potential killer.- Bang! goes his
little gun, and somebody turns
up his toes or maybe he just
slams his benzine buggy along
the highway taking the turns
on high until he bumps into a
victim.
In any case liquor is to blame.
It was bad enough when the
whiskey addict got simon pure
corn juice but NOW?well
listen to what Dr. Francis J.
Gentry of Chicago has to say
about the ] "bottled in bond
brands dispensed by thrist alle
viators of the present period.
There is np competition
among bootleggers, and any
compound which may pass for
whiskey or gin findjB a steady
sale. The profits from this
iljegitmate industry are enor
mous, and these persons have
not the spur of commerical
honesty to stimulate their
scrupulosity. Asa result, a
mash of corn meal which has
been inaccurately fermented in
some dirty cellar is distilled
entire- and the resultant pro
duct contains large quantities
of aldehyds and fusel oil . A
! few drops of the essence of
I juniper added to alcohol of
doubtful purity and shaken
up with some water,
produces gin. A little caramel,
some moonshine whiskey. The
effects of the drinking of such
compounds are reflected in the
increased admissions to insane
asylums, and in the ever in
I creasing number of automobile
accidents, murders- and other
crimes.
Practically all of the home
brewed products contain acetic
acid, aldehyds, fusel oil, and
various decomposition pro
ducts. A high percentage of
the labeled goods which are al
leged to have been imported in
to the United States are spur
ious imitations. Safety lies en
tirely in leaving strickly alone
any alcoholic beverages in the
United States, no matter by
whom prepared or by whom
offered.
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{Another Boquet
From Carolina
Booster
N. Buckner of Asheville Prais
es News Publicity Editon
Asheville, N. C.
July 10, 1924.
Mr. C. Bush,
Tryon, N. C.
Dear Mr. Bush:
Just a line to congratulate
you on the splendid edition of
the Polk County News, Nation
al Publicity Edition. It was
fine and ought to be a big
factor in attracting more at
tention to the beautiful city of
Tryon.
With the opening up of the
Dixie Route A from Cincinnati
through N. C. many thousands
of motor car tourists will come
through here every fall and ?
spring and add to our popula
tion and business. ?
Cordially yours,
N. Buckner.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. John's Church Cor. Mtlrose
Ave and Lanier St.
MASS? Sunday 9 A.M.
REV. J. A. MANLEY, Rector.
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Postponment is nearly al
ways a sign of weakness. -
It's twice as easy to become
rich as to become respectable.