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POLK COUNTY? -The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Five Cents Per Copy
?olume XXX_Kolg5
Tryon, N. C., February 5. 1925
$1.50 a Year
K COUNTY CLUB PLAN OUTUNED '
BY SELECTED COMMITTEE
ti ciut To include Business and tatesfenl Mao of County h Close Knit
C'gaiintiM Which WiU Wort to Betterment 4 the Coauolty
|n dime of the "Get Togeth
^tinv iv Columbus some weeks
on.inittee appointed at that
consisting of B. L. Ballenger, of
p \V Blanton, Columbus^ Dr.
'S;iilov Saluda, Prof. W. J. Is
jreenn Week. Prof. J. A. Brown
Oak, a->d George Taylor of
Qa;) has drawn up a consti
aml t. laws and outlined a
plan for a county wide or
ation to be known as the Polk
Club
objects are to encourage and
the active interest of every
in the civic commercial, ed_
pnal, social and moral welfare
|e county.
develop and conserve the natu.
esources, improve the industrial,
cural and agricultural conditions
preserve by proper and accredit
fethods the public highways and
public properties of Polk
|ty
develop a broader acquaintance
attendant interchange of ideas,
[attempt to arrive at a common
rstanding of the needs of the
DQ.
Itive membership is limited to
white adults of good business
Dess reputation who may be en.
In business or tho practice of
afesaion la Polk County.
norary membership may be ex_
any pers6n who may have
aguished himself or herself by
unusual service to the county
or nation.
ke by-laws are comprehensive
| well adapted to the requirements
ich an organisation.
meeting fixed for Columbus
abandoned on account of incle
weather and those interested
ke organisation are marking time
favorable condition*. Ui .?stj
I business men of the community
tther and effect the proposed or.
ition.
a club operated upon broad
constructive lines can do much
illd up a spirit of cooperation
reen the various sections of Polk
aty and will no doubt prove a
jhty force in the development of
latent resources and possibilities
le Thermsi Belt,
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YOUNG PEOPLES* CHRIST
IAN UNION
jt Saturday afternoon one rep
fcntative from ? each of Tryon's
:hes met at home of Mr. John
to consider the advisability of
lizing a society similar to the
istian Endeavor( Epworth League
Japtist Young . People's Christian
)?. and the place of meeting, the
tist Church, as being the most
trally located. After due consid.
lion it was thought best to con
the society to activities of re
)us nature, as the young people
fe at present a aociety or clubf
to all fostering wholesome rec
Hon and social entertainment.
Young Peoples Christian Un
will be under the guidance of a
?cii as follows: Mrs. John Orr,
irman; Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs.
Hester Mr Schilletterj and Mr.
| Foster Searles. The first meet
will be held next Sunday after.
Dn February 8th, at 5 o'clock at
Baptist Church, to which ?11 the
people are invited.
FIDELIS GLASS MEETS
A very interesting meeting of the
Fidelia Class of the Erskine Memor
ial Church wal held at the home of
Miss Helen Morton in the valley
Friday afternoon, January 30th.
Painstaking preparation for the
program waa made by the committee
appointed for that purpose. The
first part of the program w&8 given
to devotional exercises opening with
the beautiful song, "The Old Rugged
Cross," followed by a prayer and
Bible reading II Cdr. 7 chapter, by
the teacher Mrs. Avant.
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The businefs of the class *was then
disposed of, and the social program
was rendered. Piano solo, "The
Rosary" Geraldine' Sayre; Reading,
"The Village Blacksmith" Elizabeth
Avant; Song, "Star of the East"
Ruth Andrews, accompanied by HeL
en Mrfrton on the piano; "Loyal
Hearts," a very pretty poem, was re
cited by Lenora Lankford; Song,
"Redwing," Helen Morton. The pro.
gram was concluded with an inter
esting talk on "The Blu^ Ridge Con
ference" by Alice Andrews. Delic
ious refreshments were served
which were enjoyed by all.
The Udells Class will rlsflj irsl
come anyone who Is not
Sunday School elsewhere. The
next meeting will be with Mrs.
Avant.
TOO MANY BISHOPS
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Residents of God Shaw Hill are
having some innocent aihusement at*
intervals this season, all owing to
fact that on this celebrated residen
tal elevation three Bishop* reside.
Bishop Tbaret of Idaho and Detroit
8 winter retMeae, 1b the Oo4_
s haw house; Rev. Mr. Bishop, who
has the Peattie home for the Mason,
and Dr. B. B. Bishop, Tryon's popu
lar dentist. It is not . an unusual
occurence for Bishop Touret to ans
wer his telephone and be addressed
by a pa in racked voice, "Doc, hurry
on down to the office and get this
thumpln' toothache stopped" ? or for
Rev. Mr. Bishop to be called upon to
match up a golf game, which is Dr.
Bishop's favorite, pastime. Either
are natural mistakes, but if a strang
er should call Dr. Bishop and re
quest his dignified presence in pre.
siding at a wedding ceremony- ? -
there would probably be one tele
phone subscriber less on Godshaw
Hill.
NOTES MINISTER IN TOON
Dr. D. B. Martin, of Henderson.
ville, formerly the pastor of. the
church in Marion, Ohio, attended by
the late Warren Q. Hardin will con
duct the regular services at the Try
on Baptist Church both morning
and evening on Sunday, Feb. 8th.
Dr Martin is a man of deep cul
ture and great ability whose wide
experience has qualified him as an
able exponent of his faith.
The people of Tryon are cordially
invited to avail theiyelves of the
opportunity to hear him during his
stay with Dr. T. L. Justice and they
are sure to be pleased with his el
oquent messages.
COLUMBUS
The regular monthly meetinf
e Columbus Parent-Teacher Asso.
u?on win be held In the school
di'orlum Friday nighty February ?
Beren o'clock. All members are
*ed to be present.
Mrs j. w. Mcintosh was hostess
the Columbus Circle of the Pres
to r tan Church Monday afteroooo*
ife Circle has Just completed the
tid r of "The Romance of Home
ls8ions(" by Morris and a sum.
Iry of wuh chapter was giTfn^by
ff^rent members. After a. short
isineBs meeting the hostess serr
1 hot tea and waiero.
Miss Ana Ridings, an aged lady
bo UveB near Columbus, lost har
in the darkness Wednesday
ening and fell breaking her collar
Her cries attracted neighbor^
10 carried her home and secured
?dkal aid.
Harold, the little son of Mr. &n<^
Mrs. J. F. Ormand who has been
seriously 111 for the past tw0 weeks
was carried to the hospital Friday
for an operation. } Altho still rery
sickt he seems to be improving.
Mrs. N. B. Jackson well known to
her neighbors and friends as "Aunt
Sally" fell on the ice Thursday
morning dislocating her shoulder and
j breaking the shoulder bone. She
i pLm carried to the hospital at Try.
on. Her many friends wish for her
a speedy recovery.
. Mr. and Mrs. H. F, Sikes and baby
?pent *the week 6nd in Monroe with
Jfrs. Sikes' parents' Mr. and Mrs.
Shannon
i The second number of the lyceum
course will be given Jby Miss Hazel
PopkeXde, one of America's great,
eat play nsadors in the school audi
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COMMISSIONERS WAI
ABOLISH COUNTY
Maqr to their Agreement Ne w
Gradated For and Against Mi
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F-'K
AND DAVIDSON MAY
AND HOME AGENTS!
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to Abide by Results of Petitions
tosiMs Favor Continuation
iw the Agricultural
ProminriMtrt Business Man Voices Strong Protest
During the past few years North
Carolina has led the Sooth In jmany
ways. Its road building program
has astonished the nation ? the de
velopment of the textile industry
has set New England gasping for
breath ? its commercial and man a.
factoring concerns hare grown and
prospered ? its farmers have foond
the means of growing and market*
lng produce in competition with
other sections.
t A large part of the continiled pros,
perity of the entire state is due to |
the work of the State and Federal I
Agricultural Departments who by
showing ways and means of improv
ing: the soils and adapting them to
crops particularly suited ': to" given
conditions have increased in acre
age yieldt and valuation.
Polk County has been and is pros,
perous. The farmers are self sup
poting, sensible business men and
they have availed themselves of the
opportunity to better the conditions
through cooperation with these
agencies. Both the farm agent and
Tiome demonstration work has ac
complished results which cannot be
measured in dollars.
In a mistaken spasm of economy,
the newly elected County ( mmis
sioners have shown a strong ^Lncllna.
tion to dispense with the Mrrlces l
of the cbunty agent and home dem
onstrator. And this is not In accord
with the wishes of the majority of
people who live in Polk County.
The assertion that it will be done
to save the county money does oot
ring true. Money isn't saved by
cutting off essential employees.
.? This action, if it goes into effect
will cost Polk County thousands of
dollars between this time and next
election. Every influence possible
should be brought to bear to effect
a reversal of the policy Davidson and
Waldrop are attempting to put into
effect
In order to sliow the prevailing
sentiment regarding their actions in
this matter, the NEWS is running a
letter just received from one of
Tryon's most influential business
men. It ? reads :
The spirit of fair play and all the
rules of" sportsmanship observed
make a team, whether it be one on
the athletic field or one ronning the
affaira of a 'town, county, or nation.
It is felt very keenly by many in.
terested in the future of Polk
Connty that two of the three com.
missioners heading all connty pro.
cedore in Polk have deliberately, or
at least thoughtlessly let themselves
be bound by promises not made gen
erally known prior to their election
jto abandon all communication and
eaitfact with the Department of Ag
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riculture at Raleigh and Washington I
by abolishing the present County
Farm agent and home demonstrator
system. The answer of these two
gentlemen to pleadings (or the re
tention of this contact is that econ
omy most be practiced at all costs.
In this answer all will agree that
they are right, except as to all costs
for sometimes economy can easily
be the most extravagant form of
waste and expense.
North Carolina has won a place in
the agricultural field that is envied
by practically all other states. It
rankst and has ranked for four years
asN the fourth state in the Union in
the value of it's farm products and
there must be some reason for this
since only a few years ago it was
far down the lisL It is conceded by
practically all within the state and
enough outside that delegations are
sent here to study the system that
the Department of Agriculture has
perfected a system of contact with
the individual fanner that imparts
to him knowledge in his line. This
is done, as we all know, through
the farm agent The state does not
propose or even expect to outline a
plan for the individual farmer how
to make his particular farm ideal in
production but does propose to talk
over with him what the department
has learned and that he shall em
ploy his own knowledge jointly with
this information and thus get a
greater production on the same land.
Without this agent all contact with
sources of information are lost ex
cept what reading the farmer may
do. Unfortunately too many people
are not given to much reading and
a written article is not open to dis
cussion that may- prove valuable
both to the farmer and the framer
of the opinion.
; Commissioner Thompson favored
the retention of a term agent and
voted at all times to employ the
young man offered by the state, Mr.
Gordon. The State proposed to
send Mr Gordon to Polk and to
sume half his salary and Polk to as
sume the other half. Also to take
over Mr. Bams for 8tate work but
leave half of his time tor Polk grat.
is. On the first Monday in January
Commissioners Waldrop and David
son opposed ..this irian but rathtr
than bring the issue tb a vote and
probably antagonise a large precent.
age of the -voters offered a counter
plan. This was, that petitions be
circulated both for and against and
that on the first Monday In Febru
ary these be brought in. Many rea
lised that petitions do not always
show the rial needs or desires of a
people hot It was their proposition
and afrMd to *? U?e only ?!?*?
with their known attitude.
On the first Monday in February
these petitions were presented and
counted and it was found that there
were over four hundred in favor of
accepting the State proposition and
the employing of agent and one hun_
dred and ninety-eight against. This
left it on a basis of two to one for
having a farm agent. In the face of
this which was their own proposi
tion. Commissioners Waldrop and
Davidson voted "ho" with Commls-'
sloner Thompson "yes" when it was
brought to a vote.
The world loves a good loser and
especially should a man of public
trust show that he will abide by the
rales of the game when he has pro
posed those rules himself. This ^lt
0f economy may, and apparently will
prove a great expense to Polk Coun
ty for it places It! where all counties
were in this state before the depart
ment of Agriculture was established
when every farmer had to rely upon
rhis own meager sources of infor
mation for improved methods in
fanning. The action of Commis
sioners Waldrop and Davidson car
ried to it's natural conclusion would
eliminate all f&nn research work
and abandon -the State Department
of Agriculture and that at Washing
ton, In other words we would rath
er turn our backs on improved meth
ods as things to be despised rather
than emulated.
Nelson Jackson Jr.
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- A little daughter was born to
Principal and Mrs. W. A. Schilletter,
Monday, February 2nd, at Tryon In
firmary
At the meeting of the Lanier
Club Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock, Miss Henson wilt speak on
"Bird Lore of North Carolina."
There will be a business meeting of
the Club at 3 o'clock. *'
An annual St. Valentine's dinner
will be served at the Lanier Library
at 6:30 Friday, Feb. 13th with tables
laid for one hundred covers at .fl.OO
per plate under the auspices of the
Parent-Teacher Association.
The boys from Greens Creek in.
vaded Gram ling last Tuesday after
noon and after putting up a fast {un
aggressive game of basket-ball lost
by a narrow margin. Special men.
tion should be made of Grayling's
captain, Dick Gowan, who scored 15
goals. Gramllng can always feel
sure of victory when Gowan is at
his best, and h<> is always backed up
by every n.omoer of the team. The
final scare was 24 to) 21 Ben Turpin,
of Qraa$*'? ?ad Greens Creek's
i i if th sis a.
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BAILEY BROTHERS BUBBLE
AIRED IN FEDERAL COURT
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Tryonites Testify In Winston-Salem Trial ol Tobacco Company Promoters. Investors
Disregarded Advice Of Bankers. Glowing promises of Big Dividends Attract
Bale^of Long Green. But the Bubble Burst
The "Bailey Bubble" with its
promises of a thirty percent divi
dend attracted hundreds of thous
ands of idle dollars with its glowing
representations and alluring possi
bilities. <<'?
Using the success of old estab
lished tobacco manufacturing con
cerns as a lure showing the increase
in the value of stocks in those con
cerns, promising dividends which
were never paid ? the Bailey Broth,
ers Tobacco Company with high
pressure salesmanship unloaded on
a gullible public.
Now those investors ? are having
their day in court and Judge Yates
Webb of Greensboro is sitting in
Judgement on promotqre and stock
salesmen who floated the bond is
sue on a fraudulent basis according
to allegations made by the Federal
government.
One woman testified that a sales
man of stock told her that she
would get so much maney from div^.
Idends on her $4,000.00 worth of
stock that she would have to leave
the farm in order to go where she
might spend it. She is still on the
farm.
J# E. Bushn^lT^of Tryon, who In
vested two thousand good American
dollars in neatly engraved certifi
cates of the concern testified that
h couldn't even remember the name
of the man who sold him, and that
he had decided to go ahead and try
to forget all aftout his loss.
AceO*^
to dispatches from
Greensboro, J, T. Ingle of Tryon and
A. H. Connolly of , Rutherfordton al
so put their kale to work for Bailey.
A . merchant from Weaverville in
Buncombe Coanty was Bo much in
lore with the prospects that he in
vested $3,000 in stock against the
peny.
Other witnesses testified that
salesmen told them that the stocd
was as "good as gold" ? that the
concern had $400,000 in a bank in
Winston Salem to guarantee divi
dends ? and none of them testified
that any dividends had ever been
Pa 14;
"Doc" Cook consolidated a lot of
worthless oil companies and reload
ed the original investors with mil
lions of dollars worth of good look
ing wall paper ? the defunct Wiz
ard Motor Company of Charlotte
left a lot .of North Carolinians hold
ing the bag when the bubble burst ?
in spite of Henry Ford's glowing
success in the motor industry which
the Wizard stock salesmen promised
to paralell and DIDN'T.
Bankers in and out of Polk ^Coun
ty are ready and willing to give ad
vice to prospective investors. That
advice in most instances is based on
inside information obtained through ?
bankers organizations national and
state. The "banker is seldom
wrong.
It is the boast of the "high pres
sure" stock salesman that he can
"gell anything." It doesn't much
matter to him what he sells. And
it doesn't matter in the least to him -
whether the Investor gets trimmed
to. a frazzle! he gets his sa,les
commission when the sale is made.
That there are legitimate stocks
and bonds being sold every day? no
one denies. That some of these In
dustrial stocks have paid unusually
large dividends cannot be disputed.^
Yet a basicly sound proposition 1b
'generally financed in a different
manner.
Wild cat stocks can be legitimate
ly sold ? as wild cats ? which is some
times done. Men like to gamble and
will gamble. The stock that prom
ises more than 10 per cent dividends
needs careful analysis ? and the
banker is the man to do the analyz
ing.
Put your money into home enter
prises which are safe^ sane and
sound. Consult your banker first
| even then. If he adviaea, you to
! keep ofT^ take his advice for its face
value. And in doing that you wQn't
find your name on the "sucker
list" of the get rich quick kings of
modern finance.
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RUTH E. COBB WINNER OF THE
SPELLING MATCH
Prof. Cobb attended the State Ed
ucation meeting in Raleigh last
Thursday and Friday. He was ac
companied by his eleven year old
daughters, Eloise and Ruth who en
suMssssai a
Raleigh paper:
Raleigh. Jan. 31. ? The annual
spelling match with the best chil
dren from the ' six North Carolina
districts competing resulted in a tie
with Ruth T. Cobb, of Stearns High
School Columbus Polk county and
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Lillian Warren> of Monroe^ each
spelling every word in the book and
going strong on the way to spelling
every word in the dictionary when
the contest was declared a tie in
order to let everybody eat.
George Weaver, of Raefordf: won
second place in the contest^ falling
out when he left out ar"p" in appeal,
ing.
Eloise Cobb, a twin sister of one
of the winners, wa#> third. Through
a slip of her pen she left an "1" out
of alter.
Twenty of the champion young
spellers of North Carolina took part
in the contest.
Ml 88 Helen Falrchilds, who will be
accompanist for the Carl Behr Quar
tette at its appearance in the Parish
House next Wednesday night, is not
a member of this famous musical or
ganization, hut is a house guest of
Mrs. James Vernor this winter.
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Mrs. Cornelia Pue of Bel Air, Md.
is in Tryon for the season and will
make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. E. P. William 8 and her grand
children, Pinckney and Cornelia
Williams,
Rev. S. W. Dendy, Presbyterian
Minister, will preach in the Tryon
Methodist Church Sunday, at 11 a.
m. and at Columbus^ at 7:30 p. m.
The reception, Tuesday, announc
ing the opening of the Blue Ridge
Tea Room was a decided success,
and throughout the afternoon many
ladies called and expressed their
admiration of the appointments and
location.
James Leonard has recently dis
posed of his three lots on the old
Landrum road, now Sooth Main
Street Tryon, to Dr. W. S. Green
and W. M Hester. Mr. Leonard also
announces the sale to J. L. Arledge,
formerly of Saluda, of the R. L.
Young place in the valley, opposite
the Wilcox Dairy Farm.
Chas. Leonard was called to his
home In Lake Genera, Wis. on ac
count of business, and left Saturday
of last week after a visit in Tryon
with his brother, Junta Leonard.
P. F. Cantrell was looking after
business matters in Tryon Monday,
and while here was a renewal visitor
at this office.
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A large number of visitors as well
as members of the Lanier Club were
present at the meeting last Thursday
afternoon to hear Mrs. PadgetJ3mith
speak on her work in Pojk County as
Home Demonstration - Agent. This
woman is always a welcome speaker
at the Lanier Club and her audience
Thursday thoroughly appreciated and
enjoyed what she had to say. . A
short musical program was render
ed, Mr. Arthur Carver singing a song
cycle, "In San Nazaro" and an old
English yngt "8ir John Peel.",
Owing to the unprecedented num
ber of visitors registered at Pine
Crest Hotel as well as Pine Cresi
Cottages, Mr. Carter Brown, the
popular host of this famous hostelry,
has rented the Bushnell and the
James Leonard houses for the fur.
ther accommodation of guests.
Mrs. J. H. Stephens who had been
occupying the Clara Bell , Cottage,
left Thursday of lsst week for her
home in Chicago.
"The Prince and Princess" a story
of Italy, is a new book by Claude C.
Washburn, published by A. A- C.
Bion of New Tork, and on sale by
Mlssildine's. Mr Washburn Is the
son of Hoax Jo'I* .Md , Mrs. Wash
Uura.o* .Tryos, Aad.lhJ* book will be
received with great Interest by their
Many friends here.