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XXX No. 31
POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
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Tryon, N. C
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I 19, 1925
An Independent Weekly
Published in an inde
pendent part of these
United States.
Five Cents Per Copy
$1.50 a Year
PROJECT!
00 MILK COATS FOR PROFIT MAY
become wished industry in moun
tains OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
diss Belle Earls of Saluda Has Toggenburg Herd Supplying Hospitals
Ifiroughtout South With Nutritious Product.
I ? , p.. ? wnoultti ral Agent
I By R '? f"
'0proKTrN!n f.T a profitable in
f . u j:!v i- vi, ' v b,> luii.i. up in the
liiiiir of milk goats
I tfco ;?rtu!ui-v:i?ii of coat's milk I
ua 3 r> ? ? I
rTho u.^uistaci-s that the South j
?possess f-: industry j
Kver 0t!> ? >? ' lu s in the abun' I
JJaDtv Jw.?p raim,' land and ex.
%emely t'.noratde elimatie condit
s iliuif wil. i-onsuuie with rel
the co. r<e ,cra>ses> sprouts,
Itwi.es. eli.. tha' are refused by
other animals and tan find sub.
rtance w li- re other stock would
litarve. The mild climate^ with the
lions cradr.s season makes it possL
ije to ra:>.' woats at suprisingly
small expense A goat will consume
only a m:u1. amount of reedt com
I pared with a lt,w. 1
A good awrac trfade goat will
produce about* l."n> gallons of milk
'annually tvr:ified cows milk will
'retail at aho:t -?"> cents per quart,
rhilc ?"? tt < milk has a much high
er value. but basing it on the same
price a> certified cow's milk^ 150
jallor.s win sell a' $150.00. Deduct,
in? t!u> annual cost of feed,
leaves a balance fo $115.00 as a
handsome profit on the investment.
Owing to th,. small size and cleanlft
j nes> of the goat. they may be kept
in quarers where space is at a pre
laium.
The .chief feat^S
fins in the South is the city and hos-1
pital demand for the product. Goat
milk has the hipest value as a food
Ifor infant.* and invalids and is aL
jways prescribed where available in
: preference t0 row's milk in prepar-j
nurseorv foods. It can
no; ho dis inmiished from the best
cow's m;lkt exiept by its superior
richness and pur,, whi e colar< ;4
The palatability and richnew^ Of
j foa: s milk make it specially desir
able for faiailv use. It does not
carry the g.erms of tuberculosis as
cow's milk mayt the goat being
practically immune to that disease.
In some cities, notably San Fran
cisco, goat's milk is used for tuber
cular patients where 'its usefulness
in fighting the progress of this dis
ease has been proven. The fat con
tained is divided into such . small
globules that is is very easily disol
ve?j by the digestive juices which
maikes it perfectly* and quickly dig
ested by the most delicate stomach.
It is alkaline in reaction^ while
coW's milk Is acid. -
Mrs. Belle Miller, recently of
Ejie^ Pa., now conducts a goat
da^iry near Saluda^ N. C. Her farn\
consists of about forty acres of moun
taiin land where she keeps her
herd of ifcirty_five does in milk
fojur bucks and a few kids. In ad
dition to realizing a handsome pro_
fid on her investment, Mrs. Miller
experiences the pleasure of supply
ing the Spartanburg Baby Hospital^
near Sallida^ with goat's milk. It
ig an ideal and highly suitable oc
cupation for a woman.
In making a start it is not nec
epsary to buy pure-bred stock. It
hjas been found that mating a pure,
bred buck of a milking strain to a
riative doe will give good results
The doe kids from such a mating
i^lll have a higher value than their
dams and, in this way , reimburse
ttie onilr tor . the ooct of the back
Am in* 1 ? Amm i? Httie
Subject to decreasef and demands
Cor the young stock and milk are in
Creaing.
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Presbyterian Church Service
REV. S. W. DENDYf Minister
Tryon; 2nd and 4th Sundays each
inonth at 11 a. m. 1st and 3rd Sun. j
days at 7:30 p. m.
Columbus; 1st and 3rd Sundays at |
111 a. m.~ 2nd and 4th Sundays at j
7:30 p. m.1 ?
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Fry - has # ni; felt the need fori
r,-Ki-rr. c ?iiim* rcial hotel conven
'!
'->? '.oc.i' ii ^L'.id ' operated on a
?Ah:-h permits 'he average inJj
tn . njoy its conveniences, j
Oak II;.!! and Pine_Crest have
- '???!" lt;n niche in tbe schem*
'? 'h.:..- f;:frini? as they do to
thosfr who want only the best and
wb > ar? r- ady and willing to pay for
tot prlvil? ?T* < afforded.
Durinr thf win < r season it hab
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celebrate two birthdays
ON LUCKY THIRTEENTI
A joint birthday party was givem
friday nisiht at the Blue Ridge Tea
Room, complimentary to Mrg. HoV
ird A. Shannon, and Mr. *G??rC0j
Ca^hey. wh.: d-clared their inten
tentions of balking at any further,
milestones, but expect instead to
the back track and ''forget it-"
The small tables were arrangjed
into onc^ frurrant with beautiful
r?se.st and imv with decorations.
CH Suty with the proper accot%
Paniments con. posed the menuf ^nd
a^r a d' lklitful evening all depirt
ed wishing Mr f'athey and Mrs.
Shannon many happy returns of the
day,"
B&ides tjn- truests of honor were
Mrs G(,(jrge Cathey( Miss Margher
Jle Weltner Mias Maggie /line
^ards. Mr. H A. Shannon, Mr.,
^ Cobb Mr. Dwight Snltllf
i/' Uwrfcnce Goelet, Mr. H. C.
wadshaw.
Mr and Mrs ? T crapo their
Mary, their son, William I
J Miss Elizabeth Wilcox of $agi- j
w, Mich, the la.ter a student at
('"liege, Virginia and
^nce of Mr. W.W. Capo, will
w * to ^is5!, iiavanels for a few
here8i0f lh" "Nth inst- when la8t
01 the j18 ( rai'? wa? the 0CCIlpaIit
u0w \ ?hn troughs cotxage ^rhich
- 0ngs l*> Mrs, Kelly;. ,
NEW LIVINGSTON HOTEL OPENS IN
CATERING TO COMMERCIAL AND TRANSIENT TRADE
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Attractively Furnished Hostelry Affording Accomodations at Moderate
Prices Has Long Been Needed.
been impossible for the causal trav
eler to secure accommodations and
many people have motored through
Tryon because of that fact when had
such accommodations been available
they would have remained for an
Indefinite period.
W. Y. Wilkins sensed thin need
and the spick and span Livingstone
Hotel, is the result of his careful
consideration of Tryon's possibilities
Located on the old High School
site the Livingstone is within easy
reach pi the Southern Station and
directly on the Appalachian High
way. Handsomely fitted and fur
nished its twenty rooms afford ac
commodation for thirty guests.
The lobbyf reading room and lad
ies rest room are located on the
first floor all being splendidly eq
uipped. Rooms ,on both first and
second floors are all outside rooms
with an ample light and air supply.
V. L. Livingstone^ of Chester^ S. C.
an experienced hotel man who has
a host of friends throughout the
Piedmont section of the Carolinas
has been seiected as manager and
he assures the public that an ex
cellent accommodations will be fur
nished transient guests at reason
able rates.
The Livingstone will be operated
on the American plan and the din
ing room will be given ? particular
attention according to the propietor.
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J. 1 HOLDEN VISITS PARENTS
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Mr. and Mrs. James S. Holden
?pent a few days with their parents
on their way outh for the vacation
which seems a real necessity to the
inhabitants of the great automobile
baadit city of Detroit where In many
banks a guard armed with a rifle sits
Iloft with eye and gun fixed on _ the
window of the cashier^ and where
they, pull down perfectly good busi
ness blocks and churches to build
Chamber Of Commerce Banquet
Brings Out Enthusiastic Crowd
Which'Pledged Solid Support
DAM TO BE BUILT IN SIXTY DAYS
Tryonltes At Last See D<eain Realized
When P. L. Wright of Hendersonville
Takes Over Development of Lake
Lanier Project and Begins Work.
All roada, last Monday nighty j
seemed to lead to the Chamber of i
Commerce banquet at Oak Hall, j
Every nook and corner of the din
ing room of Tryon's famous host/elry
affording sufficient room for a
chairf was occupied. Despite the
tremendos rainfall and tile fact that
"water" was flowing profusely from
the mouths of all ihe speakers of the
evening, the enthusiasm and spirit of
the gathering wasn't tiie least bit
dampened. On the contrary t the meet
ing was so successful as to satisfy
the most optimistic. ? The interest
manifes ed in the proposed develop
ment of Lake Lanier, by those in at
tendance, gave the project a grati- j
fying send-off.
Mr Broadus Ballenger, acting chair
man for the evening^ had a treat for
the audiance in the person of Mr. J
Robertson of 'Chicago, who enter
tained with several humorous mono
logues and popular songs of his own
composition^ sung to his own piano
accompaniment. * When the tumult
occasioned by the last of Mr. Robert
son's offerings a ditty on Lake Lan.
ier, had subsided, the meeting set
led down to the more serious busi
ness of tbe evening ? Lake Lanier
project
Dr. Jervey outlined what had
been done in the fall of 1921, when
he^ in consort with Dr, M. C. Palmer
and Mr. H. W. Whitef deceased, act-"
ing on the suggestion and advice of
a U. S. Army Engineering Corps
Office^ formulated plans for the dev
elopment 'of a lake on the site under
consideration for LLake Lanier at
this time. Whether due to Mr.
White's prolonged illnes and subse
quent decease qfr to the fact that it
required more capital to swing tfian
they were able to control^ the pro
ject never did materialize. "Cer
tainly" Dr. Jervey stressed, "the
undertaking didn't fall short of ac
complishment because of it's imprac
tibility and to allay any doubt of Dr.
Jervey's faith in the undertaking, he
was one of the first to pledge him_
self to the pilrchase of a parcel1 of
Jake-frontage. ? . -
Mr.- Rogers of the Hendersonville
Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Hol
loweil, Editor of the Hendersonville
"NEWS" in turn delivered a eulogy
for Mr. Preston L. Wright, the pro
motor who proposes with a highly
efficient field force - to "sell" the
Lake Lanier project to prospec
tive investors and to carry the un
dertaking to a successful conclusion.
While these well-intentioned gentle.
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What Spartanburg Thinks
Of Lake Lanier Project.
Spartanburg will be interested in the announcement ,
that the Lake Lanier project at Tryon is to become a re
ality, and at once. This development is one in which
Spartanburg has been interested, and that there is no
longer any questions as to its realization is good news for"*
Tryon and for Spartanburg, The lake * development in
volves the construction of a dam across Vaughn's Creek,
just a short distance from the highway entering Tryon,
and the flooding of approximately a hundred and fifty
acres of bottom lands. Driveways will follow the contour
of the body of water and the property will be developed
facing the lake.
Spartanburg will recall that there was much discus
sion of this development twfc years ago.. The idea was
correct and that it has been adopted and is to be carried
out by experienced real estate interests, represented by
Mr. P. L. Wright, the developer of the Druid Hills prop
erty west of Henderson ville, is evidence of its possibilities.
It will be another interesting place in Spartanburg's
wonderful part of the world. If we are not mistaken,"
much of the property and much of the lake will .be in
South Carolina, ?Spartanburg Herald, v
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then of Hendersonville were lauding
Mr. Wright-painting him with the
colors of a demigod^ we noticed in
Mr. Wright a trace of embaraccment
occasionally he appeared perplexed
and franky puzzled He reminded us
of a story of a little woman at a
funeral, who three or four times
while the minister was delivering a
Little \ speech priasing the nobleness
and unselifishness of tbe late de
parted spirit^ pushed her way
through the gathering to view the
body. The minister was surprised
and unselfishness of the \ late de_
sallies and after the service was
over^ he singled her out and asked
the reason for her peculiar actions.
"Well parson" she replied, "you see
he was my brother-in-law and from
what you said about him, I was
afraid that someone had swapped
corpses."
Mr. Wright^ we learn * from our
Hendersonville neighbors came there
some years ago with his bad health
and $800.00. He had the vision and
foresight to realize the possibilities
of a restricted residential park fn the
suburbs of tliat town. jHe managed
to interest a group of sn|all investors
in this proposition and today Druid
Hills, a mile or so from Henderson
ville with it paved side-walks^ sew_
ers^ electric ^ight^ telephone, etc.,
bears witnesB to Mr Wright's quali
fications a a developer, of suburban
properties. Investors in this deve
lopment realized 17 p6r cent the
year, 42 per cent the second year
and now it is worth 47 per cent to
them,. Incident!^ while helpinf th*
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community and individuals at large
Mr. Wright earned a fortune for
himself. He is no philanthropist
he believes the development of Lake
Lanier will surceed-if he didn't think
it would ad?r to his prestige he
wouldn't undertake It With his rec
ord of past achievments attesting
to his abillty.Hendersonvirie'ft. ab
solute faith in his integrity and hon
esty-Mr. Wright com?8 V0 us to re
peat his Hendesonville txiump.
His introduction by Mr. Broadus
Ballenger was met 6ith tremendous
applause. In addition to his other
abilities^ Mr. Wright is an interests
ing speech-maker.persuisiVB and ex
tremely eloquent He propounded his
prospectus in a sraight foward man
ner and won the immedite good-will
and confidence of his listeners. He
proposes to start work immediately
on the construction of .a dam, which
under proper climatic conditions
should be completed within 60 days.
He further proposes to flood 120
acres1 of and-on the site orgiinally in
tended for the unsuccessful attempt
made by the Padmer_Jervey-White
combine of 1921. There are 715 acres
of land Contemplated to be taken in.
to the project^ with seven miles of
shore frontage. A - Subdivision of
these lake-front sites into lots of , 50
X150 to sell for $750.00 per lot
Tryonites are given an opportunity
to get their pick of the beet sites for
$600.00, only nntil such time as the
dam is completed. It is' guaranteed
that there will be no lots sold after
that for>Jes8 than $750.00. Although
application! should be fil?4 with
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POLK COUNTY CLUB ASSUMES DEFINITE
SHAPE WHEN ORGANIZATION IS PERFECTED
' AT DOXWOOD INN BANQUET WEDNESDAY
Arthur Carver and Miss Helen Fairchild Render Musical Numbers.?
Nomination Committee Appointed and Constitution Adopted.
-Fred. W. Bianton Acting Chairman.
It looked like rain, it smelled like
rain, and it did rain Wednesday eve- ]
ning but it didn't keep seventy f.ve j
citizens of the coun y away from the j
banquet at Boxwood "inn, 'Columbus,,
wliere the plans for the organization
of the Po.k County C.ub were finally
chystalized into definite shaije.
The meeting called for seven-thii\y
got under way 'about eight, and the
Birds did themselves proud in serv/|
ing dinner to many more than the j
expected number of guests. The gen_ |
ial couple who preside over tfie cus_ j
j ine of Boxwood Inn seem capable of
meeting any emergency and they
rose to the occasion handsomely.
Appetites satisfied^ Fred W. Blantou
acting chairman called the audience
to order and expounded the plans of
the organization and explained its
purpose and intent. Various commit- i
tees were appointed including a nom
ination committee whiih will select
two candidates for each elective of
fice and submit, a printed ballot for
action at the next meeting which is
scheduled for April 15th in 'Colum
bus.
Charles J. Lynch of Tryon was ap_
pointed toa^t-master and his con
duct of the ensuing activities en
livned the occasion and amused
the crowd. Vocai selections by Ar
thur Carver accompanied by Miss
Helen Palrchllds were exceptionally
good aad met hearty applause. W. B.
Wiegel offered some otfhls folk songs
in his usual style^ and Doctor Ded
mond of Columbus followed suit.
P. L. Wright, who is handling the j
development project 'at Lake Lanie? i
near Tryon, made a short
and snappy talk In which he sail
that the growth of Polk County had
only commenced and in which he
prophesid fa bright future for this
part of the Thermal Belt, R. (57 Rem.
uiick wh0 is building the Hog Back
Mountain scen.c highway in a short
er and snappier address said nothing
as usual.
Judge J. J. Gentry of Bird Moun
tain said hi? say and said it well^
winding up with a side-splitting joke
such as have made him famous in
half dozen states.
Broad^is BaJenger^ president of
Tryon chamber of Commerce urged
closer cooperation and better under
s an ding between the farming and
the business interests of the count?
and explained that their interests
were identical and not to the least
an/agonistic. ^
Erwin W. Thompson of Saluda
suggested that the club take up the
mauer of equalizing taxation in the
section and stated ihat in his opinion
it would pay to employ an expert ap_
praiser on a regular salary basis to
determine and fix tax valuations.
J. R. Sams whom Mr. Lynch intro_
duced as ihe "Daddy of Polk County"
stated that he had worked for thirty
years, sometimes facing almost in
surmountable obstacless in an ef
fort to bring about better farming
methods and better marketing
methods and better marketing for the
farmers^ and better understanding
between the farmers and business
men. 'He hearily endorsed the club
plan arf submktedA. * ' .
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Miss Mae Irane, Fleatye^ Mrs. Llnd
sey, Mrs. J. T. Smith, Mr. Gibbs,
fsbelL Mayor Green, Senator Bacon,
J. N/ Jackson, H. A. Shannon and
others added their endorsement,
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A chicken and waffle supper will
\>e served at the library by the Lan_
ier Club March 27^ from 6 to 8 p. m.
Pates $1.00
ROSA PONSELLE, DRAMATIC SOPRANO, SINGS
IN SPARTANBURG MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MAY
Metropolitan Grand Opera Star Will Make Her Appearance at Converse
College Auditorium May Eighth.
Rosa Ponselle, leading dramatic
soprano prima donna of the Metro,
poiitan Opera Company^ New York
City will appear In Spartanburg
at the Spartanburg Music Festival
on Artists Night, Friday May 8th.
Miss Ponselle's former success
either of the two banks in town for
the purchase,^ these lots now, pay
ments will not be due un il the dam
is completed when 25 per cent of the
purchase price must be paid, balance
in 6, 9, and 12 months. Property will
be restricted to the erection of homes
costing not less than $3000.00, pre_
haps more-. However, the erection of
boathouses will be permitter in or
der that owners of lots, with homes
e.sewhere may enjoy the water
sports.
The endorsement of such substan
tial and conserative citizens as Sena,
tor Bacon Mr. Frost Dr. Missildine,
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Dr. Jervey, Mr. Broadus Ballenger,
Mayor Green, G. rf. Holmes and
others assures the prospective in
vestor of the integrity of purpose
fnd praticability of the undertaking.
Forty pledges for the purchase of |
one lot each on Lake Lanier water
front were received before the meet
ing adjournied. A list of them reads
like ttfe "Blue Book" of Tryon
C. P. Rogers, Julian Calhoun, J. B.
Hester, G. H. Holmes, Dr. A. J. Jer
vey, Eugene Brown lee, B. L. Ballen.
ger P G. Morris Mrs. F. B. Bacon,
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Mr Geo. Kershaw, R G. Rand Wav
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erly Hester, Chas/ Lynch, G. F. and
R. W. Stone, W. B. Weigel, E. E.
Missildine, W# C. Jackson, C. W.
Morgan, R. E. Goodard, Dr. M C. Pal
mer, Dr. Earle Grady, Ralph Jack
son, Dr. B. B. Bishop, Mr. H. A.
Shannon, W. T. Hammett, Carter
P. Brown, L K. Geelett, w'c. Ward,
Fred E. Swann Ray Jackson Mrs.
H. H. Conrad, Richard Waison, W.
A. Wilson, L. A. Avant, W. F. Little,
Mrs. B. P. Willhyris, C. W. Ballenger,
W. J: Gaines, T. A. Rippy,* W. B.i
Hammett, W. S. Green, G. E. Bell,
B. B. B. Bishop, W. M. Moore.,
here had endeared her in the hearts
of local music lovers to an extent
unrivalled by any other artist who
has graced the concert platform
here in many years and her re
turn should be stalled by gener
ous support. \
Miss Ponseile's sudden and bril
liant debut with Caruso four years
?So, when as Lenora in Verdi's
"La Forza del Destino" she forged
to the front rank of the Metropoli
tan Company in a night and created
one of the greatest sensations in
history of the Metropolitan Opera
House^ will not be soon forgotten in
the Metropolis as, in so doing, she
established a precedent and broke
all the opera tradMons in America^
for she had been appearing in vaude
ville only a few months preceding
tht memorable night Futhermore,
she is the only American born prima
dona who secured not only her en
tire musical but also her cultural
education in' the United States, re
futing thereby> that born-no_one
knows-where idea that artistg must
absorb a foreign atmosphere before
earning the/ right to be called great
The Spartanburg Festival will be
he!d i his year Wednesday f Thursday
and Friday, May 6th, 7th and 8th.
The Philadelphia Festival Orchestra
has been secured again this year
There will be eleven solists, six
grand opera singers^ a famous pianist
an adult chorus of thi-ee hundred
and fifty voices - trained by Prot
Federick W# Wodell, festival Direc
tor and a chlldrens chorus of five
hundred voices.
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MISS WATSON IN ST. AUGUSTINE
Through an error the News last
week s ated that Miss Amelia Wat
son wag sketching in Augustine, Fla.
when it should have read St. Augis
tine, Fla. Heref in this quaint old
city of perpetual charm y Tryon's .
noted artist will spend some time
sketching the places of interest and ^
the beautiful scenery for which St
Augustine ia famooa* *
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rjwr?Jb?Qfe A-., heni&JL'mM
where sites can be easily approached
The owners of snch orchards
would be expected to keep on haad
machinery and material to carry oat
Mr. Niswonger*s plans (Or working.
Who in different sections of Polk
County desire to cooperate in this
work which will mean ranch to our
County in dollars and cents if pot
into practice? Any one baring a
young orchard just started or an
old one that needs to bo worked
over can apply to me and wo will in.
vestigate and arrange for future
work where conditions are favorable
Respectfully, ,
. , N. J. B. Sana,
/? County Agent
ussuumniTiu
?KITP.I.L
The Tryon Parent-Teachers Assoo
lation win hold their regular meet
ing In the School House Auditorium,
Monday afffinoon at 3: 15. MIh Baa
son of Milwaukee will address the
audience on '*8ong Birds," and be
ing an authority qf note oa the sub
ject her discussion win bo wed
worth having. Hotel
? visitors In tfe