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L paeeS i?VVeek Kiis U If fj K POLK COUNTY-The Gateway off Western North Carolina tlume XXX No. 2 , PRICE 5 Cts. Tryon, N. C., July 24, 1924 ,50 a Year ??/ry Club Pool Urns Big Crowds During Sultry Days lYou Gettoo Hot--Go Swim Li New Pool Proves Cular With Both Sexes Club Grounds in Excellent Shape . new swimming pol at the Z Country Club is proving filial- innovation and many K are taking advantage of ^!ub offer for a limited flbership which includes u?e of the pool but not coif course. ?he pool is 40x60 built of re forced concrete and the L comes clear and cold )in a mountain stream. The may be tilled in four hours with water running con 10usly it is estimated that js changed six times every Many improvements . have, m made, including ten lock for women and twenty kers for men, with showers lavatory.. The approaches to be sodded and the pool iced in. Tryon people should - take (vantage of the pool during warm days" said the Club retary" as the season will v last a few months longer. ie Club went to a heavy ex _ to install the present im ivements and those extend invations who have not al ly taken out membership urged to do so". EThe golf course is attracting iny visitors from Spartan irg. Columbia- and Greenville d under the supeprvision of H. Dean, club professional, I ?the grounds are in fine Condi tion Miss Healy who acts as as sistant to Mr. Dean has made puny friends for the club thro k courtesy and efficiency. Through the efforts of Miss Healy and Mr. Dean the clufcv lias just finished seven months its most successful year.-. o New Arrival Janes Champman Jackson Born Sunday Night. Mother and Child Resting Well Nelson Jackson of the firm of Jackson & Jackson is the proud father of a bouncing baby boy who was born at eleven o'clock Sunday night James Chapman Jackson, named for his grandfather, consequently becomes Tryon's youngest booster. Dr. Jervey the attending Physician reports both mother pd son as getting along nice ly. Congratulatons ! Columbus Misses Katherine and Doro % McChesney had as their West for a few days last J'eek their friend, Miss Mary flakely from Ora, S. C. Mrs Frank Burgess, 'Miss Marie Burgess and John Bur ?ess have returned from a to?tor trip to High Point where [h0y visited Mr. and Mrs. Al berta Burgess. Jk and Mrs. C. Wriston and two children x of narlotte came Monday from Junaluska to spend a few Ja}'s with Mr. and Mrs. Fred if. ton. 'I , Misses Pearl and Mattie Tal r11 are at home from Asheville spend the rest of the sum-; Tajjanf*1 *r ^a^er> ^r* Miss Odessa Mills has return wbr e from Glendale, S. C.? witw spent several weeks J! ^r sister, Mrs. Swofford. BurvS M Catherine Shore of Prida Virginia arrived witk y,to spend some time Cobb r aunt> Mrs- E' W' S# fot^Jrank Green kft Monday ed .v. ,0lt where he has secur Mr n yment. famiiv McChesney and telatiLare. visiting friends and in Woodruff and Coroner's Fees Few In Polk County Now Says Peace Officer Sheriff Thompson Chases Bootleggers and Moon shiners In Order To Keep Down Killing In County Sheriff G. L. Thompson is busy every day in. the week. In addition to looking after the affairs of his office he is there with a pound of preven tion, which beats a cure by many miles. "I keep the boys pretty busy chasing 'shiners and bootleg gers these days and nights", he volunteered. "So far the cor oner hasn't earned but one fee since I've been in office, and that because of an accident, and I'm trying to keep him from making a dollar until my term expires." "Squirrel whiskey would make a mouse tackle a bull-dog and I'm dead set on limiting the circulation of the stuff to the minimum. I sure don't want a killing in this county while I'm sheriff." Sheriff Thompson has proven himself a capable and efficient officer, made friends m plenty, and won the repect of every body in the county ? and done it without resorting to Wild West methods.More power to him! o New Market Proprietor of Williams Market Begins Con struction On New Ruililinff A. H. Williams, proprietor of Williams Meat Market is erect ng a modern brick building be tween the Post Office and the Peoples Bank and Trust Com pany on trade Street. Mr. Williams states that he will install modern fixtures arid fittings in the new building which will be completed within the next sixty dayys. WATCH TRYON GROW! SCOUT NOTICE All regular Scout meetings have been discontinued until September first. This is due to the fact that so many Scouts are out of town. The hall will be open on each Friday night I for those who desire to use the gymnasium equipment provid ing an adult is in charge. The equipment is of the very best and therefore must be protect ed. GEORGE W. SHEFFER, Depupty Scout .Commisioner. O other points in South Carolina. Mrs. H. H. Edwarda and Miss Dorothy Edwards spent a few days in Rutherfordton last week . Mrs. Edwards will go back again next week for treat ment in 'the Rutherfordton hospital. Messrs. J. P. and A. Y. Arledge of Hendersonville were in Columbus Monday on busi ness. - ' j Mr. John T. Smith went to Raleigh the last of the week and was accompanied home by Mrs. Smith who has been there for some time taking a special course in Home Demonstration work. I Mr. and Mrs. Major Hutcher son and baby are spending a few days at Lake Toxaway. Prof. Cobb left Sunday for Cullowhee where he will teach a class in history this week. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church met with Mrs. Ww S. McDowell on last Tuesday afternoon. After the j business a pleasant social hour) was spent in which the hostess ! served ice tea and cake. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. L. McMurry Tuesday afternoon, August 5th. Edward S. Raper who has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. E. W. S. Cobb, left Monday for a week's stay with hig uncle and aunt Rev. and Mrs. A. S, Raper of Dallas before going to his home in Winston-Salem. Items of Local Interest About Tryon People and Their Friends Mrs. J. K. McCowan of Spar tanburg is in Tryon for a visit with her daughter, Miss Mary McCowan who has been con ducting Mrs. E. M. Williams boarding house during the absence of the latter on an ex tended visit with her mother in Bell Air, Md., and h^a proven herself a delightful hos tess. Miss Natalie Green of Spartan burg is spending her vacation in Tryon, the guest of her aunt, Miss Mary McGowan. Miss Green is very popular with the young social set, and is enjoy- 1 ing her stay here very much. Mrs. C. S. Green of Colum bia,* S. C., is spending the sum mer in Tryon, Mrs. Green has been coming to Tryon every season for several years, and has many friends here who are ahvayys glad to see her return. Mrs. E. B. Briggs of Abbe ville S. C., came to Tryon to spend the season, and is a guest at the Williams boarding house. Mrs. M. F. Samples of Toliedo Ohio is visiting her son, B. E. Samples. Mrs. W. E. Henderson, and son, William, of Greenville, S. C. are visiting, J. C. Fisher and family. Mrs. Leslie Parrish and children of Rocky Mount are visiting her uncle, J. C. Fisher this week. J. C. Fisher and J. E. Lind sey, are on a fishing trip toj Rosman and Brevard and Lin-| vilte.. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McElhen ney and son of Spartanburg,' were Tryon visitors Sunday. Miss Daisy McFee is visiting in the home of her brother, Charles M/cFee, in Asheville this week. Mrs. J. W. Cockrum of Oak land, Ind., who has been visit ing in the home of her sister, Mrs. W. F. -Little, returned to ! her home Thursday. I Mrs. E. Rhodes spent Sunday | and Monday with friends and relatives in Hendersonvllle and Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Goddard and children of St. Mathew I are gusts in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cain. Miss Elizabeth ? Grady is spending two weeks in Hender sonville, with her cousins, the Misses Wilcox. Mrs. L. S. Presson and little son, are guests in the home of : her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines. Miiss Agnes G^ady of Green ville is visiting her brother and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Earle Grady. % Mrs. M. T. Clement, her chfl drsn and her father, Mr. R. M. McCown left Tryon Friday morning for Raleigh where they met her husband, Lieu tendent, Commander M. T. Clement, U. S. N. In company with Lieut. Clement Mrs. Clement and children proceed ed to Quantico, Virginia, one of the chief naval and marine bases of the country where the Lieutenant is stationed. Misses Charlotte L. Yale and Miss Eleanor P. Vance spent yesterday in Asheville. Dr. Thos. L. Justice who has returned from his vacation states that regular services will be resumed at the Baptist Church of which he is pastor. Mrs Norman B. Chase and Miss Eleanor Chase of Cincin nati, Ohio are guests of Mrs. James J. Vance. Mrs. McGown of Chaleston made a short visit to Tryon last week. She may return to her cottage on Godshaw Hill later in the season. -Miss Cook who was hurt in an automobile accident last Sunday has entirely recovered. We hear with satisfaction that the three little girls who were on the road at some distance from the accident in no wise deserved to be spoken of as flappers", they do not and never mean to belong that variety of the* femine gender. Mr. Julian Hester and Mr. Pressley were guests at* the hospitable Hester home, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Speed drove down from Asheville on Thursday for a short stay. Miss Voorhees and Miss Alice Lightner have gone to California for a visit. Miss Voorhees has relatives in that state and her companion has school friends, residing there Clarence Lightner, Jr., is spending a diligent vacation studying music under one of the most able organists in De troit. - p. H. Holmes, his family and Miss Porcher are spending a weeks or two at Sullivan's Island which is Charleston's popular beach resort. Mrs. Angell of Detroit writes admiringly of the booklet late ly issued by the Chamber of Commerce she adds "I should not think that Tryon people would want their city to be any more popular than it is". A young Russian, Miss Katze is the guest of Mrs. Marston at the Peery Cottage. Miss Marjorie ' Strong Is spending a few weeks in Tryon. She has been for some years an instructor in the Duluth teach ers college making hef home with her sister, Elsie, to that city, the climate she admits, is Severe but the people have learned to keep warm, when indoors. Dr. Mary Peery is making a short visit at the home of her parents in Tazwelt County Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Peattie are en joying .cool breezes at their son's home in Virginia. Girls School Selects Tryon For New Venture St. Genevieves School for Girls to Erect Modern Educational Institution Here.? Attracted by Scenic Beauty and Climatic Advantages. K The location of an exclusive girl's school in Tryon became an assured fact when Father J. A. Manley and Chajs. J. Lynch acting as representatives of St. Geijevieviei Of The Pines, an Asheville institution closed a deal involving thirty four acres in the heart of Tryon which will be used as a site for the new school. Attracted by the scenic beau ty and unsurpassed climate of the Thermal Belt metropolis the faculty of St Genevieves decided to locate their exten sion in Tryon. Plans for the buiidings are being prepared and construction will begin at an early date it is said. The site for the new school 0 consists of thirty four acre# lying near the high school building which embraces the C. W. Morgan home several acres owned by Brownlee and Hester and eighteen acres belonging to Wright Gaines. St Genevieve of the Pines is known for and wide for its ex celltent educational advantages, and its student body fs drawn from practically every state and from all religious deno minations. Teachers are thoroughly trained abroad before4 taking up their work and as soon as the staff can be gathered St. Genevieve of the High Hills will become as well known as St. Genevieve of the Pines. FREE! To Paid Up Subscribers Beginning August first every paid up subscriber to the Polk County News will receive without ad ditional cost The South ern Planter, the oldest agricultural journal in America, twice every month for a year. This subscription is paid by this paper as a part of its program to help the agricultural develop ment of Polk County. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon sailed from Cherbough, on the steam er Ohio on the 24th, so by that they willl soon be back at hotne. Mrs. Downs, Mrs. Clements mother, celebrated her eighty first . birthday on Monday. Those who attain such an age are few even in this favored valley. Work is progressing rapidly on A. M. Law's house near the Golf Links. This will be one of the finest houses built in Tryon. Edmond Poppe walked com fortably from the hospital the other evening after having a shot removed from his thumb. Modern surgery certaily makes light of minor operations. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bellamy returned to their home in En field Monday after a pleasant visit with their friends* Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Justice and family. Their daughters, Misses Mae Ruth Bellamy, left Tuesday for Black Mountain where they will enjoy an extended vacation visit. Their trip was made by motor, and many points of in terest were touched during their journey. Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Justice with their children, Francis and Thomas Logan, Jr., return ed home Saturday from a de ightful outing trip to Chimney Rock and Henderson. While in Chimney rock they were the guests of the Doctor's uncle, George Logan. They report splendid progress on the big Chimney Rock development project, and feel assured that this entire section will be great ly benefitted by the vast im provements under way. J.. A. Stuart, expert golf wizard, over seas veteran and allaround good fellow ran over from Charlotte, to spend the week end * in congenial com pany. During his stay in the county where he conducted an audit of the county records. Mr. Stuart made many friends and members of the Counter Chib say that he swings a wick ed golf club. Kennelly Averill and son. Wallace who have been spend ing sometime with Mrs. Flor ence Averill, have returned to their home in Montezuma, Fla. Mrs. W. C. Ward entertained a small party of friends at bridge last Thursday evening, two tables being filled. Follow ing a very pleasant evening with this popular game, deli cious light refreshments were served. Mrs. Ward is giving a large party Friday night in honor of her niece, Miss Clyde Metcalf, who has been making her home with the Ward fam ily! but is now in school in Spartanburg. ri. G. Bradshaw whose head quarters as a saleman are in Charlotte, spent last week in Tryon assisting the News in compiling the new Telephone Directory which will soon be is sued. Mr. Bradshaw has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Shannon. He has traveled widely having visited all/ por tions of the United States, and thinks Tryon is the finest little town in the entire Blue Ridge section. Careless Campers Cause Great Loss In Timber Country Watch That Cigarette Butt! It May Start a Forest Fire which will cause Immense Damage ? Cover Camp Fire Coals Carefully Careless campers who leave their fires burning in the woods or toss lighted cigar and - cigarette stubb into the bush, burned last season more timberland than was cut by all sawmills in the country ali year. ' Reforestation has beten rec ognized for years as one of the great necessities. Something is being accomplished in this direction. But forest fires at present wipe out much more timber every year than is be ing regrown. Records by the forest ser vice show that -every year the area of forest land swept by fire is about twice as great as the area cut over by logging operations. Four-fifths of he fires each year are man made. They might be prevented by the ex ercise of ordinary care. Most of them start from hot coals left by campers or .picnickers or from lighted cigarette butts, and some of them come through 1 carelessness of settlers in burn ing up stumps piles and brush heaps. The burned-over acreage is largely cut-over land, which re duces the monetary loss, but the potential destruction is i nevertheless terrific, for the fires on the cut-over acreage ? destroy the seeds and young growth that would reforest the land. The forestry service says the first important step in refor ? estation is to start the growth ? on the cut-over land, and on much of this land "effective . protection against fire will be aM that is necessary for this . ppurpose." o Silccesful Opening Tryon's New Drug Store Attractively Decorated Formal Opening Last Saturday The formal opening of The Tryon Pharmacy brought many visitors to Tryon Satur day. The new drug store with its mahogany fittings and fixtures was attractively decorated with cut flowers artistically i arranged by Mrs. R. 0. An drews, wife of one of the pro | prietors Residents of Tryon, Lan drum, Columbus and other ^ near by towns callfed < tp cxfOr / gratulate Messrs Andrews an# Watson on the appearance . of ***"" their place of business and wish them success in their venture. The curb was lined with cars from this section, Greenville and Spartanburg throughout the day and the new concern did a rushing business. o Out Look Club % Columbus Social Club Enjoys Outing at Melrose ? To Be Repeated Soon The members of the Outlook Club together with their families enjoyed a picnic sup per at Melrose last Thursday evening Members of the Club are Mesdames J. M. Mcintosh, E. W]. S. Cobb, H. H. Edwards, J. W. Jack, Fred W. B lan ton D. W. McChesney, Frank Sikes, E. B. Cloud, John T. Smith, J. i A. Feagan, and W. S. Mc ! Dowell. Such an eiyoyable time was spent that it was voted to have a similar outing ing again soon. o ? Dick Balienger, promiment in the industrial development of | Hickory and a former resident 'of Tryon motored over to spend I the week end with relatives land friends., ... .
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