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Iff polk ; County First Sec ?d. Last and all the IvATCH IT GROW! tm 2T RALffQU An Independent Weekly Published in an inde pendent part of these United States. |1 '<? ? i s'iiMi tm 22 PAGES POLK COUNTY-The Gateway of Western North Carolina FIVE CENTS PER COPY rolume Na| 'Hews Too Modest in Claim," Says Noted N.C. Editor >0ne of the best I've Seen During My Twenty-Five Years Experience in Weekly Field," Asserts W. N. U. Chief . ? P. F. Callahan Boosts It ? yon Are Leading the Way," Says Vice-President of World Color Corporation, Publishers of Slim Jim. . -Von are indeed to be congratu jated on your progressiveness, for of ,11 the publishers using our service |you are U-ading the way. Rominell Messing, Vice President World Color Corporation St Louis. Mo. I The NEWS of the past week ,iiows up fine and dandy It carries a good line of ads. well displayed and a larSer number of flne reading matter features. The pictorial sup plement shows up well and both it and the comic sheet ought to make a tit with your readers. In fact the current issue of the NEWS is one of the best looking weeklies I have ever seen in twenty-five years ex perience in th? weekly newspaper game." P. F. Callahan, 3ervice Editor Western Newspaper Union Charlotte, N. C. The Polk County News of Tryon: K. C. has ju- - ^suing an eight-page seCvitn, vs.rh rotogravure and colored ? ? 1- !? Quite the word in wee*;> va; ers, and if Polk County s-ipi-Oic this publi cation as It tl ould, it wW be a large sized feather in rho cap of Hender sonville's neigcbcr to the south' east. In styling itseli the largest weekly newspaper south of the Mas on and Dixon i;a? " the Polk County News is mode *. pn-'-uld take in both sides o' Maryland-Pennsy lvania diviri g .ino. ? Henderson rille Daily . . r -, " JoB i for , ^aves;*?ditor. Sunday School Associate Meets At lire jns Creek It is anncun- 4 ty ?fflcers of Polk County Sur.dp . :-c3iK?l Association that the a- County Sunday School Coiiveitiou w-.il he held on Saturday nigf ? ai .1 1 day Sunday I Septembei ; :i i -8^ in Greens | Creek Bai.r v ' In addi? : to v o out-of-county speak' * : ? u> . -i \ ke a prominent part ? ? will be a num ber ; i rr minent pastors and , . ? ; iv co: ooi .workers in the cov - r\u take part in the va v c s -i . s of the convention. ; the arrangements for n are E. W. S. Cobb , d H. H. Carson, secre Counay Sunday School These offlciers are re ie cooperation of all pas rintendents and other Sun ol leaders in the effort tc e convention a success. ?*ing a plan started at the rf : ? .v convention last year, the of j have announced that again rear a pennant will be present ^ to the Sunday School having the k' ?9st number of representatives ?Uxreen years of age or overf ac ' tj"ding to the number of miles trav e:<id. The number of representa Lves from each Sunday School will Je multiplied by the number of miles from that church to the convention church, and the Sunday School hav ing the largest total will receive the Pennant among the Sunday Schools 01 county. The Sunday School with which the convention is held: *nd others within one mile, will not comPfcte for the pennant Q Giggle at This The captain of a disabled ship at during a severe storm, went woongBt the passengers and at tempted to prepare them for any em ergency. He knocked on a state room door and when told to enter, Put his head in the door and an nounced to the young flapper sitting there busily engaged addressing plc" tQre postcards: "Miss, I think I had better tell you that we're In father a precarious position. We've Just io8^ the rudder off the ship. Flapper: "Oh that's alright, Cap* No one will notice, I'm sure Its under the water and don't show *&yhow. Good Reason . x He? i uke stuifed olives She? Why? He ? Oh^ the dinner guests are a?t detracted lh counting the ?eed? others' plates. j- .''ij&feSE ' - ? 1 ? J ? ? . ? ? ? ? Tryon, N. C., September 11, 1924 Tri-Township Fair At Mimosa October Tenth To Be Big Event Reeling Room of Southern Mercerizing Company's Plant in Tryon. This Concern will Display it's product at the Tri-Township Fair, Oetober 10th. FREE! To Paid Up Subscribers Beginning Sept. 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. W. F. LITTLE AP POINTED TREASURER OF school board; ? - At a rccent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Tryon School district Mr. W. F. Little was appointed as Treasurer of the Board to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Mr. Nelson Jack ' son, Jr. OPENING OF TRYON GRADED SCHOOL The Tryon School opened on Monday Sept 1st with a very pleas ing attendance. 40 students being en rolled in the High School and 260 students in the Elementary School. j Since the opening date quite a *ew new students have enrolled making, the present attendance in the en tire school 318 pupils. The Tryon High School has been very fortunate in securing the ser vices of Mrs. T. G. Smith, as teacher of English and Latin, and Miss Leo nora Jefferies as teacher of mathe matics and history. Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Win- 1 throp College, receiving an A. B. degree in 1918. Since graduation Mrs. Smith has been teaching in the Spartanburg, and Forest City Schools. Missv Jefferies is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College, receiving an A. B. degree in 1917. Since1 graduation Miss Jefferies has been teaching in Florida and Morganton. N. C. We have one new teacher in the Elementary School and have been very fortunate in securing the ser vices of Miss Eva Missildlne as teacher of the fourth grade and ~ as sistant athletic director. Miss Missildlne is a graduate or Rollins College receiving an A. B. degree in 1924. LYNN SCHOOL OPENS Ninety-eigth bright faced girls and sturdy boys of Lynn were ready for work when the Lynn Schools started off Monday morning, Sept 8. All seemed ready for business, and ambitious to make the coming school year one of the best and moat successful of record. Mr. Isley, the principal, will be ably assisted by Miss Hilda Burgess of Columbus, in the Intermediate department, and Miss Oma Reynolds, in the primary. The little village of Lynn a located in one of the mott charming spots in the state, saturated with Indian history and legend, and the unsur passed view of the surrounding I mountains will no doubt be piration to both teachers and 0 Salty Ham? If a salty ham If .in milk it wilt remove a great deal of salt, as well a a improve the I"* jfet'-'J:* ?? ! : j -? < v ? > Industrial Exhibit Assured For Fair; Art and Antique Exhibits to be Shown, Manufacturers, Retailers and Farmers Cooperate to make event Red Letter Day. A thorough canvass of the manu facturers, bankers and merchants of Tryon township resulted in the fol lowing concerns being assigned ex position space in the Tri-Township Pair Building at Mimosa. The Green Gate Shop Antique Furniture Quality Bakery Bakery Products Mountain Industries Mountain Crafts, Basketry etc. Southern Mercerizing Co Mercerized Products-Hosiery Tryon Hand Weavers Hand loom woolens Blue Ridge Weavers Hand loomed rugs^ hand made bask ets, art objects. Tryon Toy Makers Hitnd made toys and art objects Tryon Electric Service Co Electrical Labor Saving Devices The Ballenger Company Merchandise Exhibit Missildines Pharmacy "Rexall" exhibit Tryon Chemical Company "Cleaning Compounds Andrews Brothers Grocery Exhibit Tryon Pharmacy Sanitary & Drug Exhibit Tryon Banks Commercial Exhibit Saluda has signified its intention to participate in a big way and the following well known residents of that city and township have been ap pointed as a committee. Rufus Staton, Albert Salley, Prof. Sawyer, "Vrv ? ?mes A. Pace, Mrs. Lunsford, Mrs. R. T. Hopkins^ Lillian Herriot ] Dorothy Corwith, Mrs. H. C. Sonner ! Mrs. E. M. Salley and Jane Thomp son. Columbus has selected the follow ing residents of that township to look after their interests. Rev. S. ? A. Stroup, Prof. E, W, S, Cobb Fred W. Blanton, Prof. Mcintosh. Dr. E. D. Dedmond, John T. Smith, G. L. Thompson Herman Walker; Mesdames E W S Cobb, E. B. Cloudj J. W. Newman, E. W. Dedmond. Chas^ Devenport, J. A. Feagan, N, B, Jackson, McMurray, McChesney, Mc Dowell, Mcintosh, Lindsey Smith, and Miss Vada McMurray. A committee meeting will be held in Tryon at Missildine'a Hall, Tues day afternoon September 16th at 4 P. M. and every person on the com mittees mentioned above Is request ed to attend. Manufacturers, merchants, orchard ists, fruit growers and others throughout the county are retiuested to communicate with Charles J. ; Lynch, President of th? Tjri-Town ship Fair Association and make re*' servations for floor space at. Mimosa at the earliest possible moment. The Association desires to hav^ every progressive concern in the j county represented) and they are Open to suggestions ' ffrom any source con cerning ways to better the program me and bring out the crowds. Messers Aid and Ellis will stage an art exhibit and Mrs. E. G. Holden ; has agreed to gather and arrange a collection of antiques, historical ob jects, old fire-arms, Indian curios and other things of like nature which are numerous in the homes of the community. Objects loaned for this exhibition will be taken care of and returned immediately after the Fair is over. Those having such objects which they are willing to loan will confer a favor on the management by communicating directly with Mrs. : E. G. Holden, Tryon^ by phone, let*! ter or personal call. The Tri-Township fair is worth boosting. It means a lot to every resident of the county, and with suf ficient publicity it will attract a large crowd from outside the bord ers of the county ? and once they are sold the possibilities of this section we\have plenty of opportunities to hold them permanently. Get to gether and boost Polk County and watch it grow! t o SILVER WEDDING RECEPTION One of the most delightful recep tions was given last Wednesday evening, Sept 3rd by Mr. and Mra, Pulaski Gray Morris in celebration of their 25th. wedding anniversary. The place chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Morris was the Lanier Library which, with its decorations and fur niture arrangement, had all the charm of the home, and at the same time was spacious enough to acco modate easily the large number of guests who came during the evening to greet the happy couple and offer congratulations. Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Morris were their only daughter, Mrs. Buckner of Ashe ville and their only son, Mr. Morgan Morris with his lovely youVg bride, Mrs. Ktttrell, Mrs. Kennedy, Mra. Millikin and Mrs. Morgan received at the door, Misses Lucile Smith and Margaret Doubleday presided over the punch bowl. They were assisted by Miss Leonora Jeffries of Gaffney. a member of the Tryon school facul ty. The t)oubleday orchestra played at intervals throughout the evening en-| chanting music appropriate to the happy occasion and Miss Eunice Stockard and Mrs. Preston sang dear old love songs in their usual charm ing manner. At a late hour deli cious refreshments were served by a bevy of high school girls. The gifts attested the popularity of the pair. Besides a large number of Tryon friends there were present also an almost equal number of friends and former neighbors in Landrum where Mr. and Mrs. Morris resided before they came to make Tryon their home a few years ago. Farmers of Polk County are heartily invited to exhibit their cat tle, swine, poultry, farm products and mountain craftsmanship at the Tri-Township Fair to be held at Mimosa, October 10th. Prem ium list open to every resident of the county. - Come and bring your family and friends. The big day of the year for Polk County. * You can't^ffordto miss it^y Saluda, Columbus, Tryon Industrial and Commercial Concerns Declare Day a Holiday. Public 1 Schools Requested to Close. Cooper's Gap, White Oak, and Green's Creek Townships to be Represented. Premium* List open to Ml Residents Of Polk , County. The Tryon Chamber of Commerce in executive session went on record as being heartily in accord with the objects of the Tri-Township Fair As sociation and pledged its support in making the 1924 Fair at Mimosa a red letter day in Polk County his tory. / President B. L. ^Ballenger called the meeting to order promptly at eight o'clock Thursday evening and explained the purpose of the special meeting to assembled members. Chas. J. Lynch, President of the Tri-Township Fair Association in a short and snappy address stated that in his opinion the success or failure of the fair depended largely upon the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Tryon and its mem bers individually and collectively. Stressing the importance of the pro ject to merchants, bankers, farmers and other residents, Mr. Lynch ex plained that he wanted to make the fair something really /worth while and he felt sure that the Associa tion could do it with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Try on business interests. Mr. Sams, County Agent, told of the work he and Mrs. Padgett Smith, Home Demonstration Agent, had al ready done throughout the county and expressed himself as believing that the majority of Polk County people were heartily interested in the Fair and wanted to see it a suc cess. Mr Sams stately that in spite of the continued dry weather he could assemble a splendid ' at&erA tural exhibit, Including corn, pott toes, yams and other products of the section. "From Tryon to the foot of the mountains and for three miles out, no section in North Carolina has greater agricultural possibilities," said Mr. Sams. "They may joke about our "Thermal Belt", but such a belt exists and the farmers of the section know it from actual exper ience." Mayor W. S. Green of Tryon said Polk County folks could depend on Tryon for solid support in putting over the fair. "If they want us to. we'll daddy the whole thing", said Mr. Green with a smile, Road Commissioner Stearns, who freely tendered the use of Mimosa Casino for the housing of exhibits said he believed the Fair would be of great interest to everybody in the county. Calling attention to the presence of Judge J. J. Gentry in the audience he expressed himself as believing that Tryon and other towns n the county could profit by the Judge' example in building rest stations for the use of tourists. In troducing Judge Gentry, Mr. Stearns requested that the South Carolina visitor tell the audience what he was doing on Bird Mountain. Judge Gentry said that nothing would help the county more than close cooperation betwen the people of the cities and those of the farms and that in his opinion lairs had done as much as any other one thing to build up a cooperative spirit When asked to exhibit at Mimosa he explained that bis holdings in part lay In South Carolina, where he lives "but," said the Judge, "If you wish it I'll put on a Bird Mountain ex hibit". Mrs. Padgett Smith recommended that the premium list be opened to all exhibitors whether residents of the three townships or not, and was heartily agreed upon, thus al lowing Green's Creek, Cooper's Gap Mill Springs and other townships to enter their picked products in com petition to the three townships re presented. - ? Prof. Isabell of GreeoTs Creek, stated that his township would f up the challenge and have represen tation., "We needed $500 to htTo our schools placed on the accrediat'ftd list. When I starteed out to raise it folks laughed and said It couldn't be done. I had it oversubscribed in jig-time. Thata the .way .Green's Creek does things.'* Mr. White^ County Commissioner from Greens Creek, expressed his approval of the plan and said that the Association could count upon Idi personal support to the 01 ti&Dt of President Ballanger of the Ch*m (Continued on Page 4) ability. $1.50 a Year Bandit Protection Recently Installed In Tryon Bank Peoples Baak & Trast Compaq Install Mechanical and Chem ical Protective Devices Prevents BankBurgfaries, Gas Bombs Drive Amy Wonld-Be Burglars and Bandits. Ap proved by Nice Officials Acting on the theory that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure the officers of the* People'! Bank & Trust Company have recent ly caused to he installed the latest devices in vault and safe protection, which include an automatic alarm system, triple automatic locking'" de vices and gas bombs. These bombs according to W. F., Little, cashier of the institution are of glass, so arranged that an ex* * plosion in the vault will release a trigger causing them to burst overpower the would be bu with deadly fumes. Three different gases are used in order to prevent the bandits from utilizing gasmasks, it being asserted that no one mask is proof against all three gases. ' '*'? The locking devices are so arrang ed that the blowing off of the lock will automatically cause the trippinf of extra bolts and double lock all e? is ting bolts so that they cannot.. b? moved even though the locking mechanism is destroyed. In addition to these devices ths Peoples Bank and Trust carries am* pie insurance against both burglary and hold-up losses for as Mr. Little asserts "Anything that one man can;' build another man cai? tear apart given the time. Protective features are intended to multiply the time it takes to force entrance and increase the chances of detection. , J The Peoples Bank and Trust Com- j) pany carry membership in the N* . tional Bankers Association as well as the Carolina State Bankers Associa tion and both organizations Main tain an adequate field staff engaged in runniqte down offenders against their members Inplnrihig burglars, holdups, forgers and swindlers ef various sorts. These and the In. surance companies have possibly 4 done more to make bank deposits safe from lawless depredations any other agencies. V HENDERSON COUNTY WANTS ' MORE IMPROVED HIGHWAYS The Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce has gone on, record for ? hard surfaced road program for that county. In this expression they hare struck the note of commercial and civic progress. Wherever hard sur? faced roads have gone they have brought progress and prosperity. Transylvania County, our jneighbor on the west, Is a wonderful example. Take a ride along the road to Brevard. Passing out of Hender son County f you drive on a hard sur faced road from the Henderson line all the wai to Brevard. All along you will see prosperous-looking farm buildings and communities and fer tile fields. This was not so until the hard surfaced road came to Transylyvanla. Look at Buncombe County. A few years ago Henderson Coun ty woke up and started a program of hard surfaced roads.. Look at this community now? one of the most prosperous for Its size In the South. More hard surfaced roads will add tp this prosperity Nothing, says a dally newspaper which has the na tionai circulation not enjoyed by the Dally Times, can do more to bring prosperity to a community than hard surfaced roads. North Carolina was the first South ern State (Maryland being "betwixt and between") to formulate and bring to? realization a hard surfaced road program. The result is that every state in the south Is envying North Carolina, and nearly every state but Virlginla is following lo the footsteps of the Old North State Virginia is the most backward state in the Union. Good roads are the arteries of com merce. They not pnly promote com merce by bringing foreign dollars In to a state, but they make for cheap er transportation and reduction la overhead of farmers', products and manufactiu3. Bring on more good roads to Hen | dersonvllle and North Carolina.? Hendersonville Times. Home Town Business Man Happiness belongs to the Ann of Watch and Watte Affiliated with Attitt, Early and lute Ma's a director of the house of Ooo and Dalritt, And President of the company of mkm .? i
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