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PRICE
5 Cts.
$1.50 a Year
Ed Jackson, Jr.
| Resigns as Treasurer of
I Tryon School Board
L?ent Businew Man Forced to R.sign Through
f pressure of
Executive Duties with Own Firm
interested in til? education
jnncemeat of Tryon wffl lew
oi the resignation of
regret oi -? ? ? ? _
)D Jackson as treasurer of the
School Board.
J. Jackson in spite of the prie*i
0{ business interests has man
t0 give much of his time to the
ol the Board, and he has al*
j^u amongst the progreaalre
**"* Kaa? oj^
which stood for the best ob
ibJe >u
the city's schools.
e" ""n" equipment, personnel,
methods in
jueimwo ? - -
Largely through his direct lulu
ind untiring effort Tryon ma j
r boast of one of the finest school
|ts jD Old North State. Seolnf
crying need for modern quartet!
equipment. Mr. Jackson swung
i uorement and the Tryon Grad
? School stands a monument to his
L^siveness and determination. -
L business manager of the c6tt6o
Ls firm of Jackson and Jackson,
Lon Jackson is forced to be away
L the cit-v for a Iarse Part of his
be, and the increasing growth of
jit business was directly responsl
le for his resignation.
Something from Mr. Jackson's
pes, Jazz and
?jollity At Saluda
I Labor Day Picnic
prominent Speaker# From
?two States to Discuss Prob
lems of Importance to Polk
Ediinty Rasiddii is# t Brass
I band, Red Lonionado and
i Glad Hand Will bo very
much in Evidenco
I Saloda will hang out the "WEL
I COME" sign Labor Day, and with
l jux, red lemonade, and enthusiastic j
I ontors attempt to entertain every ;
I nun woman and child in Polk coun
? and the surrounding provinces,
f i twelve piece jazz orchestra will
I ftuijish the music while United
I States Senator E. D. Smith of South
I Carolina Dr. H. N. Snyder of - Wof
I ford College, Hon. O. Max Gardner
of Shelby^ N. C., and other silver
tongued orators of the old school
will furnish food for thought. .
An entertainment committee
headed by J. F. Trexler of the moun
tain resort city, will furnish red cir
cus lemonade in copious quantities
-and other attractions which have
Qot as yet been announced.
The Charles Hotel Grounds will I
furnish an ideal spot for the plc-i
nic with plenty of- shade, ice-cold
^ater, and ample space, for spread
ing the basket dinners.
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Activities begin promptly at
10:30 Monday morning, September
^ first, and everyone within whistling
distance of Saluda is cordially 1 In*
Tited to enjoy the far famed hoe
Pitality of that thriving and pro
gressive summer resort.
Drive, walk ride or CRAWL , but
^ 8Ure and attend. It will be
w?rth our effort, and you'll have
toe time of your sweet young life.
Don't forget the date ? and don't
^et to lug along a full dinner
ba?ket LET'S GO! ' *v
Overbrook Orchard was sold at
auction Wednesday, the home place
?* U 1-2 acres bringing $13,600. Lota
801(1 at from $100 to $350. We have
learned the total amount the
Property brought but assume it was
over the $40,000 mark.
_eiiry p Corwith who sold the
?iis appk orchard has not ss yet
"?*** his future Intentions. It
toai 1IeVe^ that Mr" Corw^ Te"
11 in Polk County however, and
8 Wends all over the county hope
8uch is the case.
^rea Picnic at Chimney Rock
North Berea Association of Western
Pic i Carolina bold an aU day
Dc at the Bottomless Pools* two
es from Chimney Rodk on Satur
dei: August 30, and all former etu
Oqjj8, toachers and friends of Beres
ten/56 are invited to at
ability may be gleaned from hi# f
cord as an executive and organiser
with his own firm. Beginning lrntf
nesa in a small way, in a section
where the cotton goods business kM
never been attempted, he and Wf
father, John N. Jackson, built uj
conccern which is now doing busi
ness in practically every state in the
Union with an aggregate annual
turn-over approximating the :'?nif<
million mark. . : * :
During the late misunderstanding
with Kaiser Bill's Rhinela?|?
Jackson Nelson donned kfca*
did his bit along with the ttker
fighting men of his adopted Mate
On account of . his technical training
and executive ability he was retained
in the United States, having direct
charge of Uncle Sam's week in
the cotton mills of the CaroUnas. ?
Every taxpayer in Tryon ' regrets
that he has been forced to tend hit
resignation, and the universal ex*
pression seems to be that it will be
hard to find another treasurer who
can render the same degree of ser
vice as the late occupant of that of
fice. ^
Tryon School Opens Monday
As announced elsewhere in
the News, the Tryon SchooJ
will open for the 8ession 1924
1925, September. 1. The. fac
ulty for the coming year is ex
ceptionally strpng, and a suc
cessful (session is predicted.
W. A. SchiUetter, Principal,
who ha8 been engaged in sum
mer school work at Clemsoo
College, S. C, will be on band
to meet the teachers and fupil?
on the opening date.
Tryon has one of the hand
somest school building8 in- the
state, the architecture follow
ing closely along classic lines,
and it'8 position on the hill
overlooks the beautiful Pacolet
Valley.
The names of the members
of the Board of Education,
available at -this date are Mr.
A. L. Hill and Mr. James Lank
ford, the third member suc
ceeding Mr. Nelson Jack8on not
having been appointed. The
faculty is composed of the fol
lowing: First Grade, Mrs Kit
trell; Advanced first prade
has not yet been filled, Second
Grade, Miss Stockard; Third
Grade, Mr8. Jervey; Fourth
Grade, Miss jEva Missildine;
Fifth Grade, Miss Jackson;
Sixth Grade, Miss Monday ;
Seventh Grade, Mr8. Preston;
Miss Jeffries will be Mr. Schik
letter's assistant in High
School, teaching mathematics,
The third member of the High
School Faculty has not been
appointed at thi8 time.
NEW ARRIVALS^AT OAK HALL
THE PA8T WEEK
The hospitable doors of Oak Hal)
hare opened In welcome to the fol
lowing guests since last week: Mr.
and Mrs. Garbeson, Mr. Walter
Gabeson, Mr. P. A. i Turner, Dr. E.
O. Hutcherson, all Qf Pensacola,
Fla., Mr. A. E. Burke, Charleston
S. C.. Miss Anne Sims^ Atlanta, Oa.,
Miss Barbara Gunnell, La Grange
Ga., Mr. Wm. B. Davis, Houston,
Texas, Mr. G. A. Andrews, Mr. F,
B as com, Mr. F. H. Hamilton, Mr.
and Mrs. 'Little^ all of Boston, Mass.,
Miss Florence ' Moore, Arkansas,
Miss Mollie Fin klesteiq, Hlllboro,
Ohio, Mr. C. W. Heaylett, Louis
ville, Ky.r Mr. M. L. Stewart, Wash
ingtdn, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Deas, Sumter, S.
C., Mr. C. R. T. Brown, Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thornton, Hav
ana, Cuba, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wood
ward, Columbia S C., Mr. and Mrs.
O. B. flunk, Atlanta, Ga., Mr. R.
;.B Lowry,, Miss L. Boyd, Cheater, S.
C., Miss Rubye Frost, Knoxville,
Tenn., Mr. E. J. Braswell, Atlanta,
Ga., Mr. and Mra. George J. Mann.
Spatanburg, S. C., Dr. H. B. Hefntah
and pa rtyt Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Stone
of Spartanburg, Mr and Mrs., Fred
Adams, Colubia, S. C.
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items of Local Interest About ; ,
Tryon People ami Their Friends'
Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Savan
nah are new guests at the E. .. P.
Williams boarding house this week.
Billy Elliott of Columbia, S. C.
spent the week end in Tyon visit
ing his friend Cleland Oreen.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pue Williams who,|
with her children Pinckney and i
Cornelia have spent the summer at
Mrs. Williams' old homj^in Bell Air.
Md.', are expected home the latter
part of this week.
f Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and Mr.
Jones oT Butte, Mont., spent the lat
ter part of last week in Tryon with
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ross. The guests
are relatives of Mrs. Ross, and they
had not met for over twenty years.
They had been visiting other rela
tives in this section.
The laymen from Southslde Bap
tist Church of Spartanburg will con
duct sevices at The Baptist Church
morning and evening next Sunday.
Mr. George Cleary will have charge
of the morning service, and Dr. C.
B. Simmons of the evening services.
Mr. Paul Vipperman, a gifted singer
will sing at each hour. The public
is invited to atend.
The Berea Association will give a
picnic at Bottomless Pools at Chim
ney Rock on Saturday, August 30th..
and invite ' all former students,
teachers, and friends of Berea Col
lege to attend.
Miss Margaret Strong who haa
been spending her vacation in Try
on, left for Philadelphia Tuesday
where she -will be the guest of her
brother, Howard Strong. After
her visit in the old Quakertown,
Miss Strong will proceed to Duluth,
Minn., where she will take up her
school work.
Mr. Graham Horton came up from
Spartanburg and spent the week
end with his friend Dick Watson.\
Mrs. Beiggs and little daughter
who have been spending the sum
mer in Tryon, are visiting in Hen |
dersonville this week.
Rev. George W. Sheffer, pastor
supply of the Presbyterian Church,
will fill the pulpit of the Presby
terian Church Sunday night This
will be Mr. Shelter's last service
with the local congregation. The
subject for the evening will be, The
Greatest Thing in the World. The
text will be the thirteenth chapter
of First Corinthians the great love 1
chapter.
Mr. Sheffer will also preacch * hig
final sermon at the Columbus Pres
byterian Church Sunday morning.
Rev. George W. Sheffer is holding
special evangelistic meetings in the
old Pacolet school house every night
this week. The interest is good.
Everybody is invited to these ser
vices.
The Polk County Fifth Sunday
meeting will be held in Saluda
Baptist Church Saturday and Sun
day, August 30-31. ^.n interesting
program has been prepared and
every hour will feature a rare treat
"by prominent speakers. Dinner
will be served, and every church in
Polk county is expected to send
delegates.
Miss Nelle Jane Jackson is spends
ing the week at Kings Mountain vis
iting friends.
Cards are out annoncing the
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Pulaski Gray Morris,
which will be celebrated at a re
ception from eight-thirty to eleven
o'clock at Lanier Library, Tryon, on
Sept. 3rd.
Mr. Upton has been in Mill Spring
the past few weeks assisting in the
care of and old friend who has been
very ill.
Mrs. McGown and Mrs. Matthews!
have taken Mrs. Jones' remodeled
cottage on Godshaw Hill for aj
month or two. Mrs. McGown and
little son of Atlanta will spend sev
eral weeks with them.
? The friends of Mrs. James Vernor
Jr. will regret to learn of her illness
at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Pearce of Fayetteville, N. C., are
Rev. E. C. Caldwell, D. D. L. L, D. !
of Richmond, Va., A. S. Caldwell, Jr.
of Highpoint, N. C.> and Mrs. A. W;
visiting their father, Rev. A. S. Cald
well. Owing to a previous engage
ment in Asheville, Rer. CaldwBll
will pot preach in Tryon Sunday.
E. M. Smalley of Saluda was a
'Tryon visitor Sunday.
Howard Harrison, who has beei
clerking at W Missildines Pharmacy,
has resigned and will go into busi
ness in Inman, having purchased
half -interest in a cafe in that town.
'"Red" as he was more generally
known, was popular both at the
store and with the young folks."
and his departure is regretted by
all. Nevertheless, the people of
TryoiT wish him success in his new
enterprise. ^ ' -
Several Tryon music lovers took
advantage of Grand Opera in Ashe
ville last week, the number includ
ing Mrs. Hester, Mrs. Landrum, Mrs.
Merrick, Mrs. Conrad, and Waverly
Hester. Mrs. Lindsey, Miss Lind
sey, Mrs.Holden, Miss Yale and Mis?
Wilson were entertained during the
week of opera by their friend, Mrs.
Speed at her new home in Biltmore
Forest . -
Miss EnAly Holmes accompanied
by ' her niece and nephew, came
down to spend the day Thursday
with Mrs. Holden.
Miss Rachel Oliver is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. Proctor, Lynn Mass
Mr. Marranovitch writes ,with
pleasant anticipation of his return
to Tryon in the early autumn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lightner, with their
son and daughter,* are on their way
home from Vancouver, and will
stop in New Hampshire to pick up
their younger daughter who has
been in camp in the White Moun
tains.
Wm. Stewart, Chief Petty Officer
U. S. N. has gone up to Flat Rock
this week to enlist recruits for the
Navy. While in Tryon last week D.
C. Sheahan, one of Polk County's
splendid young men, enlisted and is
now on his wayfto the training ship.
C. S. Bird, former proprietor of
Log Cabin Inn at Columbus, but
who has been in the hotel' business
for the past four years In Virgin^
has returned to Polk County and
will manage the Boxwood Inn at Co
lumbus. Mrs. R. W. McFarland:
who has been hostess at the Inn
this summer, has been very popular
and her friends and the Boxwood
guests regret her leaving.
Live Stock Sanitary Board, is Id
Polk County inspecting cattle for
tuberculosis in cooperation with the
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry.
Miss M. B. Craig of Chester, S.
C., who has been in Cuba for twenty
two years, is in Tryon, the guest of
Mrs. Kittrell.
Mrs Sara McNiece who, with her
sister, Mrs. Carey, occupied Mrs.
Wm. E. Strong's apartment, has
gone to Long Beach, Calif, for the
winter.
UNCLE SAM 18 BOSS
Uncle Sam says we cannot con
tinue to mail the Polk County News
to those on our mailing list who are
not. paid-up subscribers, as second
class mail matter.
We didn't make the law, bat we
do have to observe it and we will be
forced to drop every name that is
in arrears.
We want .you to *get the NEWS.
We believe that it is well worth the
price" we ask for it We want your
cooperation and help in making it
the best county paper in North Caro
lina. But Uncle Sam is the boss
and he says uubscriptions MUST be
paid in advance.
We are mailing statements to all
delinquent subscribers. If there
should be any mistakes in them,
we will be glad to make .corrections.
Please help us comply with the
law in regard to this matter.
THE POLK COUNTY NEWS
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< Tryon Grapes to Atlanta
The Fruit Growers Exchange of
Tryon shipped their first car load of
Naigaras an^ Delawares to the
Roger's Store at Atlanta Wednes
day.
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OF SPECIAL INTEREST
TO THE BOYS 8COUT8.
Rev. George W. Shelter, Deputy
Stout Commissioner, desires to meet
all the boy scouts at the Scout
Headquarters, Monday night, Sep
tember first As this will be his
last time to be with - the boys he
desires a full attendance. Scouts
remember the hour, seven-thirty and
the date, Monday. Let every Scout
be present
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Tri-Tewnship Fair ,
To Be Held At Mimesa *
Friday, October Tenth
Contests, games, music and Fun to Feature Tri-Township
Fair. Saluda, Columbus, and Tryon join Hands
to Make itBig Event of the Year
Four community fairs hare been
scheduled for P#lk County during
the month of October, the first be
ing held at Sunny View in Cooper's
Gap township, jon October 7th; the
second at Mill Spring in White Oak
township, on October 8th; the third
at Green's Creek in Green's Creek
township on. October 9th; and the
fourth and last at Mimosa, near
Lynn on October 10 in whfbh Sal
uda, Columbus and Tryon townships
will jointly participate.
. Enthusiastic meetings have, been
held under the direction of Farm
Agent Sams, and Home Agent Mrs.
Padgett Smith, aided by Charles J.
Lynch, president of the Fair As
sociation.
The decision of Columbus, Tryon
and Saluda to hold a joint fair at
the old Mimosa hotel grounds near
Lynn marks the beginning of & plan
which should result in an
fair of great importance to all Polk
County. ?
Coopers Gap; Greens Creek, and
White Oak townships were cordial
ly requested to send in their exhib
its to the Tri-township Fair, and ex
tended a hearty invitation to par
ticipate in the festive occassion.
People from the Tryon-Saluda-Co
lumbus townships were urged Jo at
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GORDON GIBBS, Mill Spring Youth
Who Won First Ptizo in Recont
Farm Club Story Contost.
Court Adjourns labor Day
Owing to Labor Day, and the big
picnic to be held in Saluda on that|
date, Judge Jas. L. Webb will begin
Court in Columbus Tuesday, Sept
2, instead of Monday, Sept. 1, as
scheduled. All jurors and suitors !
have been notified of this change in j
date through Sheriff Thompson.
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SONS OF CONFEDERATE
VETERANS ORGANIZED
John W. L. Arthur of Asheville
State organizer Sons of Confederate
Veterans was in Tryon Wednesday,
and organized.
Garrison-Mills, Camp, Sons of Con
federate Veterans with the follow
ing officers:
P. P. Bacon, Commander; C. W.
Ballenger, 1st. Lieut Com.; R. O.
Andrews, Judge Advocate; Dr. M.
C. Palmer, Surgeon.
All sons of confederate veterans
are invited to see the adjutant and
join the camp.
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FOIJ SALE: ? Upholstered Rocker*,
Baby Chair, Child's Chair, Child's
Bed, Child's Closet Seat, Wash
Machine and Wringer, 4 ? Head
ing Stoves, Laundry Stove, Sev
eral other Household Necessities
will be sold for any reasonable of
fer. Can be seen at my residence.
JAS. LEONARD.
The Grand American Handicap,
under way in Dayton, Ohio this
week. Six hundred shot-guns sling*
ers from all over the United States
will compete for national honors at
the clay target game. Twenty-five
women have entered, and one of
them, Mrs. W. P. Andrews of At
lanta, startled her competitors by
smashing 49-50 in the preliminaries.
Kipling's allegation concering , the
deadliness of the species apparent
ly holds good.
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tend the other fairs and find out
themselves what the rest of the
county is doing, and how the three
outlying townships are forging
ahead.
The announcement of a series of
basket-ball games between Sahida
Tryon and Columbus High Schools
for the championship of the other
ships and a challenge to the other
schodls for a match game to decide
the county championship resulted in
considerable enthusiasm and will
undoubtedly prove a drawing card.
A pie eating contest. A greased
pig race a potato race an old fiddlers
contest, a stunt prize contest and
other novel entertainment features
are being worked out.
Merchants are requested to secure
space for demonstration purposes,
and every industry in the county
should have a booth and suitable
display space.
Mimosa is conveniently 4ocated: ?
and every able bodied inhabitant of
the county should be in attendance
when the Fair starts its program
Friday morning, October 10th.
As Charley Lynch says "Let's get
together and put it across right
Let's make it a red-letter day ' Id
the annals of Old Polk. Let's show
everbody, what we can do".
Fruit Growers Pic-nic
At Saluda
The second annual field meet
ing and picnic of the apple and
fruit growers of Western
North Carolina will be held in
Copsia Orchard, tfiear Saluda,
on 4;he Appalachian Highway,
o n Tuesday, ' September
2, and it is expected that a
large number of fruit growers
and their families will attend.
H. R. Niswonger, extension
State Horticulturist, - under
whose direction the meeting
will be held, has arranged an
interesting program. Mir. von
Kohlden, of Tryon, will discu8s
the possibilities of grape cul
ture in Western North Caroli
na and his tal? promises to be
of great value. Other speaker8
will be the State Horticulturist
of Tennessee, a representative
from the department of agri
culture and perhaps ~ United
States Senator, E. D. Smith, of
South Carolina, who has been
invited to make an address on
cooperative marketing. All
fruit growers and others inter- y
ested are cordially invited to
attend this meeting, ^rhich
cannot help but be a source of
great benefit to the fruit grow
ers of this entire 8ection.
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Twenty-Fifth Annual Rennion
A reunion of the family of the late
O. J. Nelson, pioneer resident of
Polk County, was held in the old
home at Mill Spring on Sunday, Aug
ust 17.
A picnic, watermelon feast and an
automobile trip to the Blue Ridge
dam-site were included in the enter
tainment program. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Ross, Mrs.
and Mrs. Albert Waldrop, Albert
Waldrop, Jr., Misses Mary and Net
lie Waldrop, of Landrum, S. C.; Mr
and Mrs. O. T. Baynard, Miss Ade
laide Baynard, Robert, Walter, ' Lee,
and Henry Baynard, of St Peter*
burg, Fla. ; Misses Annie Lee and
Mattie Fae Gibbs, Mrs. Mattie Glbbi
Mill Springs; Mr. and Mrs. \Mack
Morris, Miss Gertrude Morris, Ruth
erfordton, N. C.; Mr. an^Mrs. W B.
Greene, of Tryon, and Mr. and Mra.
Ed. Castle of Thermal City, N. C.
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Woodmen Organize
Woodmen of the World ? are or
ganizing Laurel Camp No. 872 Wed
nesday night.. R. W. Early is clerk.,
and the meeting held in the hall
over Missildine's Pharmacy. The
proceedings and newly elected offic
ers will be given nxt week.
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